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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 03-09-2002 , 08:11 AM

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Whilst looking for a good maya book i came across this place, not sure if they deliver to US (sorry guys) but its £1 delivery in the uk.

https://www.compman.co.uk/cgi-win/sea...e=all&x=40&y=4

i Picked up Maya 4 fundamentals for £29 which is almost £10 cheaper than amazon.

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# 2 03-09-2002 , 08:14 AM

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great price on the fundamentals.. good link lemmy, cheer for pointing it out!!

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# 3 04-09-2002 , 05:32 AM

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I live in Canada, but throughout Canada AND THE US, lies a damn good bookstore knows as chapters, I found that maya fundimenals, when I took a glance at it my first words were "This is easy, though it would be an excellent resource for beginners".

Anyway, the website for chapters is

https://www.chapters.ca (I forgotton the us link, but there should be a regional link somewhere through out that site, but they DO take credit cards or cheques I beleive).

See yaz, bye.

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# 4 05-09-2002 , 03:08 AM

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Yep Chapters rocks!!!......you can pretty much find anything you want there user added image

Thanks Killer user added image

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# 5 12-09-2002 , 01:55 AM

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every good canadian know that chapter's rule .
but if you live in montreal i can give you some nice adress for more specific source (like all aliaswavefront learning tools)
and kevin this is totally official.... user added image

-KeOpS-

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# 6 13-09-2002 , 02:12 PM

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Art of Maya

....anyone know where I can "download" a PDF copy of the Art of Maya?

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# 7 13-09-2002 , 04:29 PM

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This is probably not the best place to ask for that sort of thing... you risk being removed. user added image

Just a heads up...

-Mike
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# 8 14-09-2002 , 12:55 PM

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yeah, i believe that falls under the category of things not to talk about

- Simon

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# 9 14-09-2002 , 09:28 PM

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..dont matter, heard the thing sucks anyways

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# 10 15-09-2002 , 08:17 AM

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Originally posted by ezysk
..dont matter, heard the thing sucks anyways

Originally Posted by

LOL yeah it does suck LOL

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# 11 15-09-2002 , 04:03 PM

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I actually kinda liked that book... not for its helpfulnes, but just for its visual quality. ;P

-Mike
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# 12 15-09-2002 , 04:38 PM

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LOL you mean it had nice pictures user added image

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# 13 16-09-2002 , 12:39 AM

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.....this kind of thing brings back some pleasant memories,when I was once painting a horse barn, an observer made a remark to me: " what your doin sure as hell aint much.....but it sure looks nice!"

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# 14 18-09-2002 , 10:53 PM

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For info - very low price for this seemingly popular book as listed on Amazon.co.uk:

Maya 4 Fundamentals
List Price: £34.99
Our Price: £17.49
You Save: £17.50 (50%)

What do people think of this - is it worth buying (compared to the "Instant Maya" user guide that comes with the software) ?

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