Book description
A unique, in-depth approach to creating realistic characters in Maya. Maya Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls' author, Chris Maraffi, has expertise in the field and in the classroom that translates to the knowledge and solid teaching skills needed to make this book a "must-have"!
The current trend in computer graphics is greater organic realism. Many of the top-grossing movies today, such as Spiderman, Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park 3 , and Star Wars Episode 2, all feature realistic 3D characters. There is a major need in the 3D community for educational material that demonstrates detailed techniques for achieving this organic reality. Maya is one of the main packages used on such cutting-edge films, and has an established toolset for creating believable 3D characters. Maya Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls is designed to take you through the process of designing, modeling, and setting up animation controls for complex 3D characters. The concepts, techniques, and Maya tools used for each step in the process are presented in each chapter, followed by many hands-on exercises. NURBS, polygon, and subdivision surface modeling techniques are shown for creating the character's skin, and skeleton-based animation controls are covered in detail. You will learn how a character's skin should deform when the skeletal joints and muscles move. Advanced MEL scripted animation controls are also covered extensively.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Creating Organic 3d Characters
- Chapter 2. Modeling the Skin of a Biped Character
- Chapter 3. Character Skeleton Setup
- Chapter 4. Deforming the Skin
- Chapter 5. Character Setup for Animating the Face
- Chapter 6. Scripting MEL Character Controls
- Chapter 7. Finishing Your Character for Animation
- Index
Product information
- Title: Maya® Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2003
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 0735713448
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