Maya 5 Fundamentals



Price: $31.50 (Amazon.com)

Paperback: 450 pages
Publisher: New Riders Publishing; 1st edition (September 10, 2003)
ISBN: 0735713723


I am thinking of ordering this book and I thought I should post my comments here so in case anybody else is interested in it...

The really nice part I see is that they offer CD full of video tutorials (800x600 res) to help us

As for the book we'll be able to create the following:

• Model, texture, and add paint effects hair to a human head, based on supplied photography (this model is also used for the book's cover)
  
• Create a complete architectural scene based on drawings, then light, texture, and render it
  
• Learn to use Mental Ray -- new in Maya 5 -- for photorealistic lighting and complex materials
  
• Model complex objects -- build a car model from photos using NURBS, then create a realistic rendering of it
  
• Learn Maya with an animation of an undersea tour that washes up on a tropical beach

The book is going to be available September 2003

-Emo