Autodesk Maya 2018: A Comprehensive Guide

Autodesk Maya 2018: A Comprehensive Guide textbook covers all features of Autodesk Maya 2018 in a simple, lucid, and comprehensive manner. It aims at harnessing the power of Autodesk Maya 2018 for 3D and visual effects artists, and designers. This textbook will help you transform your imagination into reality with ease. Also, it will unleash your creativity, thus helping you create realistic 3D models, animation, and visual effects. It caters to the needs of both the novice and advanced users of Maya 2018 and is ideally suited for learning at your convenience and at your pace.

The salient features of this textbook are as follows:

• Tutorial Approach
The author has adopted the tutorial point-of-view and the learn-by-doing approach throughout the textbook. This approach will guide the users through the process of creating the models, adding textures, and animating them in the tutorials.

• Real-World Models as Projects
The author has used about 37 real-world modeling and animation projects as tutorials in this textbook. This will enable the readers to relate the tutorials to the real-world models in the animation and visual effects industry. In addition, there are about 34 exercises that are also based on the real-world animation projects.

• Tips and Notes
Additional information related to various topics is provided to the users in the form of tips and notes.

• Learning Objectives
The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that will be covered in that chapter.

• Self-Evaluation Test, Review Questions, and Exercises
Each chapter ends with Self-Evaluation Test so that the users can assess their knowledge of the chapter. The answers to Self-Evaluation Test are given at the end of the chapter. Also, Review Questions and Exercises are given at the end of each chapter and they can be used by the instructors as test questions and exercises.

• Heavily Illustrated Text
The text in this book is heavily illustrated with about 550 diagrams and screen captures.