Table of Contents

Understanding Maya. Project 01. Lesson 01. Primitives. Lesson 02. Adding Details. Lesson 03. Shaders and Textures. Lesson 04. Animation Basics. Lesson 05. Working with Maya. Lesson 06. The Dependency Graph. Project 02. Lesson 07. Polygonal Modeling. Lesson 08. Polygonal Texturing. Lesson 09. Skeleton. Lesson 10. Skinning. Lesson 12. Inverse Kinematics. Lesson 13. Rigging. Lesson 14. Animation. Project 03. Lesson 15. NURBS Modeling. Lesson 16. NURBS Texturing. Lesson 17. Rigging. Lesson 18. Paint Effects. Lesson 19. Deformers. Lesson 20. Lights and Effects. Lesson 21. Rendering. Project 04. Lesson 22. SubD Modeling. Lesson 23. SubD Texturing. Lesson 24. More Animation. Lesson 25. Trax Editor. Lesson 26. Rigid Bodies. Lesson 27. Motion Path. Lesson 28. Particles. Lesson 29. MEL Scripting. Project 05. Lesson 30. Render Layers. Lesson 31. Combustion. Lesson 32. Compositing. Index.