Learning Autodesk Maya 2009: The Modeling & Animation Handbook
Learning Autodesk Maya 2009: The Modeling & Animation Handbook (Buy Book)
By Autodesk Maya Press
ISBN-10: 1897177526
ISBN-13: 978-1897177525
Review by: Josh Martin
I was lucky enough for Autodesk to allow me to review this book. As an animation student myself, I wanted to continue learning through the summer while school wasn’t in session. I’ve read many negative and positive reviews on this book and I wanted to get to the bottom of this book and of course, to further my knowledge of modeling and animation in Maya.
The first thing I noticed when I received this book was the great illustrations throughout it. With the illustrations being in full color, it is easy to follow along and find the subjects the book talks about. I was hoping there would be a DVD that came with the book. My hopes were correct! The book comes with a DVD which includes project files, textures, and even a quick video walk-through on different sections of the book. Of course, the book also has the “all important” index which lists every general term a modeler, texture artist, rigger, or animator would use so you can easily look up different techniques and terms.
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