3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya

by Roger King

Each chapter of 3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya introduces critical aspects of the 3D animation process and presents clear and concise tutorials that link key concepts to practical Autodesk® Maya® techniques. Providing a principles-based, yet pragmatic, approach to 3D animation, this first-of-its-kind the process for creating animated projects in a nonmathematical fashionExplains why—and not just how—to apply Maya techniques in the real worldIncludes access to a dedicated Web site, , featuring useful videos, lessons, and updates3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya is an ideal academic textbook as well as a superlative do-it-yourself training manual. When employed as a text, it frees the instructor from the painstaking task of developing step-by-step examples to present Maya’s complex interface and basic capabilities. When used for individual study, aspiring animators revel in the book’s easy-to-follow, hands-on learning style.Make 3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya your book of choice for understanding the essential theory and practice of 3D animation.

486 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 22, 2014

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've skimmed this book and it looks like it will do the title's subject, teach you to use Maya, there is a fully functional free version, and it's widely used in the gaming industry. Has a good associated website. I've read scores, if not hundreds of tech books in my career, so it's fairly easy for me to sort out the crap books from the can do the job books.