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 Maya Feature Creature Creations, 2E

 

Published by: CHARLES RIVER MEDIA
Author: Palamar, Todd
Number of pages: 307
Group: MAYA
ISBN: 1584505478/9781584505471
User level: Intermediate/Advance
Objective: Reference
Date Published: May 2008
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In today's competitive entertainment market, animated movies and video games succeed or fail based on the quality of the characters and graphics. Artists and designer who use state-of-the-art software like Maya are better able to achieve this quality, so it is imperative that they master these tools. Maya Feature Creature Creations, second edition, teaches 3D artists and modeler how to master Maya for quality productions, by providing an easy-to-follow process for building commercial-quality,anatomy -based CG characters. In this new edition, a variety of new characters are covered using up-to-date techniques and technology, and other major improvements include coverage of how to use Maya Cloth to produce skin, new muscle deformations techniques, and two new characters to build from start-to-finish. Currently, no other book on the market addresses the methods incorporated here. Upon completing this book, artists will have the skills and techniques needed to create their own fantastic, Hollywood-style creatures and characters.