Maya Character Animation, 2nd Edition

Book Description
Updated cover-to-cover for Maya 5, here is the second edition of one of the most popular Maya books. Maya Character Animation is a one-of-a-kind guide featuring more than 800 pages of full-color, step-by-step, heavily illustrated instruction. Written for intermediate Maya animators, who have already familiarized themselves with the Maya interface and basic Maya techniques, it covers everything from character creation to animation. Topics include: subdivision and polygon modeling, subdivision surface mapping, subdivision surface character modeling, NURBS modeling, facial expression, binding characters, character setup, and nonlinear animation. Maya Character Animation also features in-depth coverage of Deep Paint 3D, a premiere texture painting program.


From the Back Cover
"The best character animation book available." Ian Cairns, Editor, MAYA Association This second edition of the popular Maya Character Animation is an in-depth, step-by-step guide to perfecting your modeling and animation skills. Abundantly illustrated tutorials teach you how to build life-like characters from the ground up, with detailed coverage of effective subdivision surface and polygon modeling techniques. You’ll master the intricacies of rigid and smooth character binding, discover the art of convincing facial expressions, and conquer post-modeling challenges ranging from character setup to non-linear animation editing to mapping and rendering. Benefit from this edition’s coverage of inverse and forward kinematics, 3D character animation for character modeling and character setup, and valuable info on rigging your characters. Put your new skills to the test by completing a realistic project in which you plan, create, and refine your own short-piece animation. Throughout, you’ll find hundreds of full-color images that demonstrate what you can—and will—accomplish. You also get bonus coverage of Deep Paint 3D, the premier texture-painting program. Featured on the CD The CD contains the files needed to complete all the book’s tutorials, including modeling, mapping, and scene data. You also get a collection of sample video clips and still images.


About the Author
Jae-jin Choi holds design and animation degrees from Hong-Ik University in Seoul. For six years he was the resident PowerAnimator and Maya artist for the Seoul Broadcasting System, where he designed titles for sports, arts, education, and drama programs, including program titles for the 1988 Nagano Winter Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. Today he is the section chief in charge of 3D animation at ARC Studio. He is also vice president of ma-p-ya Academy, a Seoul institute devoted to Maya education. He is the author of three previous books on Maya character animation published by YoungJin.com.


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Updated cover-to-cover for Maya 5, here is the second edition of one of the most popular Maya books. Maya Character Animation is a one-of-a-kind guide featuring more than 800 pages of full-color, step-by-step, heavily illustrated instruction. Written for intermediate Maya animators, who have already familiarized themselves with the Maya interface and basic Maya techniques, it covers everything from character creation to animation. Topics include: subdivision and polygon modeling, subdivision surface mapping, subdivision surface character modeling, NURBS modeling, facial expression, binding characters, character setup, and nonlinear animation. Maya Character Animation also features in-depth coverage of Deep Paint 3D, a premiere texture painting program.


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