Getting Started in Camera Projection
The first step in camera projection is to prepare your painting for use in Maya. Unless you are a very experienced Maya user, I recommend that you work along with the demonstration using the same file shown in the figures. At the end of the chapter, you will be asked to prepare your own castle painting the same way. Open the demonstration castle painting completed at the end of Chapter 7, Castle_Final_Textures.psd (Figure 8-1).
Figure 8-1: Final Photoshop painting from Chapter 7
Next, you’ll break up the painting into the smallest number of layers that will produce acceptable results. When you prepare your ...
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