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More About This Title Autodesk Maya 2013 Essentials
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Paul Naas is a professional animator and educator. He runs the Multimedia and Computer Graphics Program at Cañada College in Redwood City, California, and has done animation work for companies such as Disney, Cisco, bZillions/C2 Gaming, and the Children's Discovery Museum. He is also a professional cartoon artist. He has a Master of Fine Arts in animation from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
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Introduction xvii
CHAPTER 1 Understanding the Maya Interface 1
CHAPTER 2 Creating Your First Animation 15
CHAPTER 3 Modeling with Polygons, Part 1 37
CHAPTER 4 Modeling with Polygons, Part 2 69
CHAPTER 5 Modeling with Polygons, Part 3 87
CHAPTER 6 Modeling with Subdivision Surfaces 103
CHAPTER 7 Surfacing Your Character 127
CHAPTER 8 Getting Bent Out of Shape: Blend Shapes 153
CHAPTER 9 Dem Bones: Setting Up Your Joint System 165
CHAPTER 10 Weighting Your Joints 191
CHAPTER 11 Rigging Your Character 205
CHAPTER 12 Making It Move: Animating Your Character 225
CHAPTER 13 Let There Be Light: Lighting Your Shot 243
CHAPTER 14 Rendering and Compositing Your Scene 263
Index 275
