Maya 5 Fundamentals

# 1 17-06-2003 , 12:18 AM

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Maya 5 Fundamentals

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Price: $31.50 (Amazon.com)

Paperback: 450 pages
Publisher: New Riders Publishing; 1st edition (September 10, 2003)
ISBN: 0735713723

I am thinking of ordering this book and I thought I should post my comments here so in case anybody else is interested in it...

The really nice part I see is that they offer CD full of video tutorials (800x600 res) to help us user added image

As for the book we'll be able to create the following:

Model, texture, and add paint effects hair to a human head, based on supplied photography (this model is also used for the book's cover)
Create a complete architectural scene based on drawings, then light, texture, and render it
Learn to use Mental Ray -- new in Maya 5 -- for photorealistic lighting and complex materials
Model complex objects -- build a car model from photos using NURBS, then create a realistic rendering of it
Learn Maya with an animation of an undersea tour that washes up on a tropical beach

The book is going to be available September 2003

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# 2 17-06-2003 , 01:02 AM

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Looks like a cool book I must check this one out! user added image

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# 3 17-06-2003 , 11:46 AM

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You could just get Maya 4.5 fundamentals which is already out. The difference between the two are small updates. A mention of new features, maybe a new tutorial, but thats about it.

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# 4 17-06-2003 , 11:56 AM

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I think i'll buy this book when it comes out user added image

whatever!

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# 5 17-06-2003 , 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by HAL 9000
You could just get Maya 4.5 fundamentals which is already out. The difference between the two are small updates. A mention of new features, maybe a new tutorial, but thats about it.

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Hmmm, my bad. 4.5 Fundamentals and 5 are completley different. Sorry...I just read over the book summary. One question...it says the head model was used as the book's cover....why is there no head on the cover?

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# 6 24-06-2003 , 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by HAL 9000
it says the head model was used as the book's cover....why is there no head on the cover?

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maybe because cover might not be the final cover? or maybe they mean the backside of the cover - which contains the text and you can see the face at same time?

we have to wait til the book is out to know for sure.

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# 7 24-06-2003 , 02:06 AM

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I dished out $45 for 4.5 fundamentals. I dont plan on dishing out another $45.

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# 8 30-06-2003 , 12:37 PM

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I already read the 3d Studio Max 5 Fundamentals Book and can REALLY recommend that kind of books. I generally like the New Riders books. I´ll buy this one for sure just to get in touch with Maya.

Sounds great!

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# 9 01-07-2003 , 10:22 PM

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Originally posted by HAL 9000
I dished out $45 for 4.5 fundamentals. I dont plan on dishing out another $45.

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same as

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# 10 26-07-2003 , 08:06 PM

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but i wonder why there is so little difference in Maya 4Fundamentals and Maya 4.5Fundamentals

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# 11 26-07-2003 , 09:12 PM

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Lemm just say that I bought Maya 4.0 Fund and then 4.5 came out - irregardless of that - I found the books to be quite the useless. I wouldn't recommend them. Junky, confusing, and very very superficial and a lot of things I needed to know the book doesn't even cover. You'll learn so little you'll get pissed off. It's a very very newbie book which won't be looked at past a couple of weeks. Mine has not even been looked at since. Stick with the maya online help, online tutorials or

these

JAejin Chon ' s Character animation book. Stupendous!

Maya Savvy 4.5 - confusing as hell but detailed, and makes you think. at least the information is there albeit needing a bit of work to get an understanding.

Maya 4.5 Bible (EXCELLENT) - Probably one of the best generalist ones (but it also goes really detailed into lots of stuff). Cheap, thick and good. The cdrom is screwy on PCs - the tutorial files won't show up on a PC but will on a mac - you can download them from their website or copy the files on a mac and reburn. Excellent.

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