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These books introduce students to working with the Maya interface and the basics of modeling, texturing, animating, and visual effects. These books show students how to build models with a variety of surface types and then make them move with a wide range of animation techniques.
This exceptional, full-color Autodesk Maya Press title-produced by Autodesk (formerly Alias), the software's creators-uses an award-winning movie short as the basis for the book's all-new hands-on tutorials. Learning Autodesk Maya 8: Special Effects Handbook will allow students to follow clear step-by-step projects to understand the rendering and dynamics stages of production.