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Inside Maya 5


by Max Sims, Mark Adams, Erick Miller

Inside Maya 4.5 is the only book on Maya that covers the entire production process from concept to completion. The authors are animators and modelers from some of the top animation studios in the business. Inside Maya 4.5 covers the newest tools and upgrades to the program as the name "Inside" truly implies. This book builds a complete computer animated project from beginning to end in the Alias Wavefront Maya software. The book and companion CD walk the reader through a step by detailed step workflow. Going through the book, the reader gains a deeper, more relevant knowledge of how to actually design and complete a short animated piece. The guest authors are respected professionals in the design, production, and execution of similar pieces. Such a book has never been done in Maya and would complement the New Riders' Inside Studio Max 4 by Kim Lee.

About the Author

Max Sims has been teaching 3D design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco since 1994. He worked for Alias servicing industrial design and animation clients and started his own entertainment design and design visualization firm, which boasts clients such as PDI, ILM, Pixar, frogdesign, Apple Industrial Design Group.

Inside Maya 5
by Max Sims, Mark Adams, Erick Miller - List Price: $59.99 , Price: $35.99 You Save: $24.00 (40%) Paperback: 936 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 1.60 x 9.06 x 7.12; Publisher: New Riders; 1st edition (July 9, 2003)

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