Maya (Visual QuickStart Guide)

By Danny Riddell and Andrew Britt

For any course in Digital Graphics, Web Design, Web Scripting and Development, Multimedia, Page Layout, Office Tools, and Operating Systems, 'Visual QuickStart Guides' are a helpful way to get... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201771381
• ISBN13: 9780201771381
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Good start for Maya

This book is easy to read and follow, and will give you a good basic knowledge of Maya.There are pictures on every page, illustrating what the steps are telling you to do. The steps are short, and not mystic. A good training book will tell you how to do something, and if it requires knowing how to do something else first, it will teach you how to do that and then continue. This book does that. It doesn't get you lost looking for a command you have never heard of before.

A recommended core reference for Maya programmers

Maya: Visual Quickstart Guide by web design experts and educators Danny Riddell and Andrew Britt is a superbly presented introductory and intermediate level reference for programmers who need to learn the basics of Maya quickly. Filled with "do it yourself" step-by-step instructions and black-and-white screenshots, Maya: Visual Quickstart Guide seeks to presents its information directly to the eyes as well as with words. Chapters cover creating text, templates, polygons and surface modeling, animation, creating light effects and much more. Readers will especially appreciate its usefulness for quickly and easily looking up practical information. A recommended core reference for Maya programmers and graphical artists of all skill levels, Maya: Visual Quickstart Guide is direct, simple, and easy to follow.

Definitely a worthy buy!

Price-wise you can't beat it! Unlike the other books which are several inches thick, this book provides a straightforward approach to getting started with Maya 4. The book is a little more than an inch thick, and certainly worth every penny. A lot of the instructions and illustrations were easy to follow and straight to the point. If your broke from buying Maya or are exploring the possibilities with Maya: Personal Learning Edition, then this book is certainly worth getting. No fillers, just down-to-earth instructions.

Awesome.....

Get this book, this is the starting point for any productive use of Maya. Now you dont need to take those $10,000 courses at your local Art Academy,,,,ahem, to learn this app.This book wont give you the talent, but it will give the technical skill necessary to get started effectively.

Love these books

No B.S. step by step instructions. Very clear and direct. This book is not for those of you who are looking for a few paragraphs on what a button does, but rather instructs you very directly on what your doing and gives you ideas and options as to what everything else does within that pannel/topic