Maya 5 for Windows & Macintosh

By Danny Riddell

Presents features which include rendering technology and the Fluid Effects feature, found only in Maya Unlimited. Using screen shots and step-by-step instructions, this title aims to teach beginning... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321219201
• ISBN13: 9780321219206
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

If you need to understand Maya

It's a good book to use as a reference, but not to learn how to use Maya for modeling and animation as a professional. If you need a place to search about 'how does a specific tool work', this is gonna be a nice choice. If you want to learn how to use Maya for real jobs, there are others books that would help you with the learning process, try Maya 5 Fundamentals or Maya 6 Foundation.

A great jump start

Talk about "get up to speed quick". This book does a great job in skimming the surface of Maya with detailed tutorials and images. The chapters covers everything from Modeling, Lighting, Rendering and Dynamics. I worked with 3D MAX before and decided to make the switch to Maya, I am a strong customer to the Visual QuickStart Guide series and this book reinforces my decision. If you wanted to start using Maya quick, This is the book for you. I will be buying more books from this author in the future.

This book is oke

As we all know Maya offers endless possibilities for creating virtually anything in 3D. However, since onces imagination is the only limiting factor, you need a book that is not only helpfull in learning Maya but is also inspiring enough to get you going. I personally find this book helpfull in learning Maya, but it doesn't tell you anyting about how to create really good animations. Probably because it would extend the context of what this book intends to be: a handbook. So for quick reference, this book might be helpfull, but then so is the helpserver which comes with Maya...