Lining Up the Reference Box
If you are not familiar with Maya, or have not done camera projection before, I suggest that you work through this chapter using the demonstration files provided so that your work will match the figures. At the end of the chapter you will create geometry for the castle you finished in Chapter 7. Advanced Maya users should read through this chapter to familiarize themselves with the concepts, then go right to the assignment.
If you were working along with me, find the Castle_Project_Chapter_9 folder on the Chapter 9 DVD materials. Open Castle_Project_Start_Chapter_9.ma, inside of the scenes folder. This is the file completed in the last chapter, with the image plane aligned to the grid. When you open the file, choose ...
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