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Maya 5 Fundamentals - Written by
Jim Lammers and Gary Lewis in 2003, this new edition was
published in September of 2003 on the New
Riders label.
With Maya 5 Fundamentals, you'll learn to:
- Model, texture, and add paint effects hair to a human head, based on supplied photography (this model is also used for the book's cover)
- Create a complete architectural scene based on drawings, then light, texture, and render it
- Learn to use Mental Ray -- new in Maya 5 -- for photorealistic lighting and complex materials
- Model complex objects -- build a car model from photos using NURBS, then create a realistic rendering of it
- Learn Maya with an animation of an undersea tour that washes up on a tropical beach
The CD-ROM includes a dozen hours of hands-on tutorial movies (recorded at 800x600) to aid your learning process.
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Maya 4.5 Fundamentals - Written by
Jim Lammers in 2002, this new edition was
published in February of 2003 on the New
Riders label. This edition differs from the
previous book in the following ways:
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polygonal modeling chapter uses new
smooth proxy feature.
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new chapter on character animation,
character rigging, trax and facial
animation.
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new cover art and color section art
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3D paint tutorial
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new volume light tutorial
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Many minor edits and improvements
As with the last book, every single tutorial
in the book is available in the form of a
WMV movie on the CD-ROM. Over 14 hours of
demonstrated Maya at 800x600 resolution.
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Maya 4 Fundamentals - This title was
written by Jim Lammers with Lee Gooding and
published February of 2002 on the New Riders
label. This is New Rider's first book for
beginners on Maya. For this book, we added
an innovative new feature for computer
books, complete deptiction of every tutorial
in the book in a full resolution format
movie file on the CD-ROM. 14 hours of
800x600 video on one CD!
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This book has been translated to Russian and
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Max to Maya 3 Quickstart - This
multimedia package was produced by Jim
Lammers and created by Rudy Cortes, Lee
Gooding and Rich Pickler in 2000. Trinity
Animation published it and also sells it
through Amazon and Trinity's network of
dealers. The package includes a CD-ROM with
the files, a book with the tutorial steps,
and the video that guides the user through
three projects: Flying Logo, Architectural,
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Maya 3 for Beginners -
This multimedia package was produced by Jim
Lammers and created by Rudy Cortes with help
from Richard Dalton in early 2001. Trinity
Animation published it and also sells it
through Amazon and Trinity's network of
dealers. The package includes a CD-ROM with
the files, a book with the tutorial steps,
and the video that takes the beginning Maya
user through all the basics of how to create
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3D Studio 4 Beginners - Written by
Jim Lammers with Michael Todd Peterson in
1995 for New Riders Publishing on the last
version of 3D Studio for DOS. The next
release of 3D Studio would be for Windows NT
and called 3DS MAX. The additional hardware
requirements for Windows NT gained this book
an impressive lifespan for a software book,
only finally going out of print in 2000.
This book was the first beginners book on 3D
Studio for New Riders.
Here's the descriptive text: This
hands-on tutorial provides new users with
the information they need to become
professional 3D Studio Animators--with ease.
Using helpful tips and strategies, users
will get productive quickly and master this
popular software application. CD-ROM
provides all the files for the exercises and
examples in the book, animations, and
utility programs. Loaded with tips and
expert insight for the new 3D Studio user.
Provides answers to questions such as "What
is Gamma Correction and how does it affect
the way my animations look?". Includes
full-color illustrations. Covers Release 4
for DOS.
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3D Studio 4 Beginners
in Russian
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3D Studio 4 Beginners
in Italian
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3D Studio 4 Beginners
in Hungarian
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3D Studio 4 Beginners
in Korean
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3D Studio 4 Beginners
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