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Maya 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guide
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Maya 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guide

by Morgan Robinson, Nathaniel Stein
March 2007
Beginner content levelBeginner
544 pages
18h 55m
English
Peachpit Press
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1. Maya Basics

Maya’s user interface is complex but powerful, giving you in-depth control over the application’s wide range of functions. This chapter introduces you to that interface and then shows you how to set up a project, work with files, and access online help. First, though, it’s a good idea to know something about the way Maya works.

About Maya

Maya is a node-based program. A node stores and processes related pieces of information (Figure 1.1). Everything you create in Maya is represented by a node or several connected nodes (Figure 1.2). The nodes themselves are made up of many attributes, which contain the information that defines the node, such as an object’s position or a material’s color. The advantage of this node-based architecture ...

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