Maya is the most powerful artistic tool ever created to help bring to life anything you can imagine. One of the most eagerly anticipated and powerful pieces of software for high-end 3D animation. Maya offers an exceptionally vast feature set with real-time performance that pushes the edge of the industry. Creating 3D characters and sets in Maya is like having a cutting-edge film studio on your desktop and at your fingertips-yet all of this power to animate is wrapped in an intuitive interface that actually frees you to concentrate on the creative process. Maya 2 Character Animation covers Maya's advanced features and is a real-world tutorial for serious users. Learn step-by-step techniques for harnessing the awesome power of this tool while creating a variety of realistic talking characters and walking creatures.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 255 mm
Breite: 205 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-0-7357-0866-2 (9780735708662)
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I. CREATING STORIESFOR 3D ANIMATION. 1. Creating Story Concepts for 3D Animation. 2. Designing Characters. 3. Designing Storyboards for Animation. II. CREATING BASIC CHARACTERS. 4. Modeling an Organic Humanoid Hand with NURBS. 5. Modeling an Organic Humanoid with NURBS. 6. Modeling an Organic Dragon with NURBS. 7. Texture Mapping Organic NURBS Characters. 8. Digital Lighting in Maya. III. ANIMATING CHARACTERS IN MAYA. 9. Setting Up Your 3D Characters for Animation. 10. Animating Characters and Keyframing. 11. Facial Animation.