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If you already understand the basics of Maya, the industry-leading 3D animation and effects software, you’ll be ready to move on to the sophisticated topics in this updated edition of Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting. Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions will teach you the real-world production secrets that professional animators use to achieve amazing results. In the second edition, you will find extensive and updated coverage of the latest theories and trends in addition to an enclosed CD with exclusive content to help you sharpen your skills.
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Turn the Spotlight on Your Creations with Tips from a Pro
If you already understand the basics of Maya, the industry-leading 3D animation and effects software, you’ll be ready to move on to the sophisticated topics in this updated edition of Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting. Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions will teach you the real-world production secrets that professional animators use to achieve amazing results. In the second edition, you will find extensive and updated coverage of the latest theories and trends in addition to an enclosed CD with exclusive content to help you sharpen your skills.
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Turn the Spotlight on Your Creations with Tips from a Pro
Learn the secrets of professional animators and achieve amazing results with the detailed instruction you'll find in this new edition of Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting. Written by industry veteran Lee Lanier, whose texturing and lighting has been featured in such films as Mortal Kombat, Antz, and Shrek, this in-depth book focuses on advanced techniques used in real-world production environments.
You'll find extensive and updated coverage of custom shading networks, particle texturing, pelt mapping, Global Illumination, Final Gather, HDR lighting, mental ray shaders, normal mapping, and multipass rendering. You'll also explore the latest texturing and lighting theories and trends in the animation industry—information to help you improve your skills, no matter what software you use.
The enclosed CD features exclusive content, including textures, custom shading networks, movies, and scene files for chapter tutorials and many of the illustrations in the book. All included scene files are saved in the Maya 8.5 .ma format and have been tested with Maya 8.5 and Maya 2008. You'll also find a bonus chapter with advanced lessons.
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render settings, global illumination, paint effects, surface shader, bump mapping, ramp shader, layered shader, specular color, cylindrical mapping, surface luminance, environment fog, environment shader, render options, shadow attenuation, rendering features, world matrix, shutter angle, photon intensity, facing angle, caustic photons, vector product, photon tracing, color chooser, displacement shader, layered texture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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render settings, global illumination, paint effects, surface shader, bump mapping, ramp shader, layered shader, specular color, cylindrical mapping, surface luminance, environment fog, environment shader, render options, shadow attenuation, rendering features, world matrix, shutter angle, photon intensity, facing angle, caustic photons, vector product, photon tracing, color chooser, displacement shader, layered texture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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