The Game Animators Guide to Maya - Sybex

The Game Animators Guide to Maya - Sybex

Game animation is a demanding art. Not only do you have to deliver realistic, beautiful animations, but you have to do so under strict real-time, video-game constraints. The Game Animator"s Guide to Maya is your focused resource for using Maya to create professional-level game animations for console and PC games. Written by a game industry veteran and featuring interviews with professional animators and artists from around the country, this focused book features specific, detailed, real-world game animation techniques. It"s the perfect reference and tutorial for those looking to develop or refine their game animation skills.

The enclosed CD features more than $3000 worth of exclusive content, including models, high-resolution textures, animations, concept art, and animation reference videos. It also includes the Maya Personal Learning Edition and project files so you can complete the hands-on tutorials.

The Game Animator"s Guide to Maya gives you an insider"s view of the animation business and teaches the skills necessary to animate everything from characters to vehicles to lip-synching audio. First, you"ll get an introduction to the industry and typical game development pipelines, then learn rigging and animation basics before moving on to advanced techniques and the detailed tutorials. Inside, you"ll find:
* Game Career Guide: Industry information, demo reel advice, job descriptions, game asset pipeline overview
* Animation Techniques: detailed explanation of animation terms, techniques, tools, concepts, and editors
* Rigging and Animation Setup: IK and FK, joint hierarchies, skeleton controls, constraints, selection handles, and more
* True Game Animation: real-world assignments that mimic the day-to-day jobs of professional game animators–walk cycles, run cycles, idle cycles, action sequences, lip-synching to audio, and more



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3D Studio Max 8 - E-Learning Course

3D Studio Max 8 - E-Learning Course

Size: 2.15 GB, 10 Chapters, Source Files included | DVDRip

Content
Chapter 01 - Editable Poly Modeling
Chapter 02 - Using the Unwrap UVW Modifier
Chapter 03 - Material Improvements
Chapter 04 - Hair
Chapter 05 - Cloth
Chapter 06 - Biped
Chapter 07 - Character Animation with Bones
Chapter 08 - Animation Controllers
Chapter 09 - Skinning
Chapter 10 - Rendering
Chapter 11 - Project Management



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The Portrait Institute - Light and Shade in Portraiture

The Portrait Institute - Light and Shade in Portraiture

The precise judging of tonal values provides the underlying structure of a portrait. No other factor is more important to the portrait’s success. This video explains the bases on which these critical judgments are made… the six kinds of tone… the nine-tone value scale… “reading” values… making a tonal study of simple objects… making a tonal study of complex objects… Relationship of light and shade in portraiture. 90 minutes.

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Size: 780 Mb.


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