本书籍是关于Autodesk Maya 2014官方学习指南书籍，Autodesk Maya 2014 Essentials Autodesk Official Press，大小：39 MB，附工程源文件，共304页，语言：英语。

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Autodesk Maya 2014 Essentials Autodesk Official Press

The premiere book on getting started with Maya 2014

Whether you’re just beginning, or migrating from another 3D application, this step-by-step guide is what you need to get a good working knowledge of Autodesk Maya 2014. Beautifully illustrated with full-color examples and screenshots, Autodesk Maya 2014 Essentials explains the basics of Maya as well as modeling, texturing, animating, setting a scene, and creating visual effects. You’ll absorb important concepts and techniques, and learn how to confidently use Maya tools the way professionals do.

Each chapter includes fun and challenging hands-on projects, which you can do as you go using the downloadable files from the book’s website. They include starting and ending files, so you can compare your results to how professionals do the projects. This information-packed Autodesk Official Press book also helps you prepare for the Autodesk Maya 2014 certification exams.

Helps beginners and those migrating from other 3D animation and effects programs get up and running on Autodesk Maya 2014

Features step-by-step tutorials, hands-on exercises with downloadable files, and four-color examples and screenshots

Covers modeling, texturing, animating, visual effects, lighting, compositing, setting a scene, and more

Written by an Autodesk Authorized Author and is an Autodesk Official Press

Autodesk Maya is the industry-leading 3D animation and effects software used in movies, games, cartoons, short films, commercials, and other animation