• Author:
  • Alias Learning Tools
  • Walker, Doug
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  23/09/2005
• Price:
  $105.00
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• A new approach to teaching rendering and dynamics using characters and effects from the Oscar-winning short film The ChubbChubbs.
• Coverage of the whole range of special effects topics, including lighting, camera rigging, effects, particles, and rigid bodies.
• Your able to compare effects you create with effects found in the final film.
• A DVD with instructor-led tutorials (Quicktime videos) as well as scene files, artist interviews, and Maya Personal Learning Edition.

Order your copy of this indispensible handbook today!

The company was founded in 1995 when Alias Research (founded 1983) and Wavefront Technologies (founded 1984) merged under SGI. In July 2003, the company changed its name to Alias.

Set up lights and cameras.

Work with shadows and raytracing.

Learn to control your renders.

Understand rendering for special effects and compositing.

Explore hardware rendering and vector rendering.

Create Caustics and Global Illumination effects.

Understand Final Gather and HDRI techniques.

Create Maya and mental ray Shaders.

Create and animate Rigid Body objects.

Create and animate particles using fields, goals, ramps and expressions.

Render particles with hardware graphics and software techniques.

Dynamically animate NURBs and polygonal surfaces using Soft Bodies.

Utilize Artisan functionality in conjunction with Maya Dynamics tools.

Instance geometry with particle motion.

Use Dynamic Constraints including Rigid Body constraints and soft body springs.

Optimize and troubleshoot dynamics scenes.