Learn Autodesk Maya from an award-winning
insider
Best-selling author, visual effects supervisor, and technical
educator Dariush Derakhshani brings you a newly-updated,
step-by-step guide to the most popular and complex 3D application
on the market, Autodesk Maya. Introducing Autodesk Maya 2015
includes straightforward lessons, real-world examples, detailed
tutorials, and downloadable project files that get you modeling and
animating your own digital models and scenes right away.
The book starts you with the latest CG concepts and production
workflows, and then shows you how to create a solar system to help
get you acquainted with the basic tool set in Maya. From there, the
books helps you:
* Learn the Maya user interface, including menus and
plug-ins
* Build simple animations and 3D images right away
* Explore polygons, modeling, and NEX tools
* Get started with HDRI lighting, rendering, dynamics,
simulations, and effects
Whether you’re new to 3D or migrating from another 3D application,
Introducing Autodesk Maya 2015 will kick-start your
creativity and get you up and running with Maya. Author
Derakhshani has worked on movies such as The Fantastic Four
and Pan’s Labyrinth, the South Park TV series, and numerous
commercials and music videos.
Circa l’autore
Dariush Derakhshani is an award-winning visual effects
and CG supervisor, author, and educator. He has worked on movies
such as RED and Pan’s Labyrinth, TV shows such
as Game of Thrones, Falling Skies, and South Park, as
well as countless commercials and music videos. He teaches story
and 3D animation, and is the author all the Introducing Maya
books, as well as coauthor of the Autodesk 3ds Max
Essentials series of books.