Mastering Maya Complete 2 Book

	Introduction	xxv
Part 1	Maya Fundamentals	1
Chapter 1	Your First Maya Animation	3
	Setting the Scene: Modeling	6
	Texturing Your Models Using the Hypershade	16
	Lighting the Scene	21
	Animating the Scene	25
	Creating a Follow Camera	30
	Rendering the Animation	31
	Advanced Topic: Adding Exhaust	33
	Summary	36
Chapter 2	The Maya Interface	37
	What's Behind the Maya Interface?	40
	Interface Elements	43
	Summary	71
Chapter 3	Techniques for Speeding Up Workflow	73
	Adjusting Interface Options	76
	Using the Hotbox Instead of Menu Sets	77
	Shelves	78
	Hotkeys	79
	Marking Menus	81
	Working in Layers	85
	The Outliner	86
	The Hypergraph	88
	The Hypershade	89
	A Workflow Example: Building an Arm	93
	Summary	99
Chapter 4	The Hypergraph: Your Roadmap to a Scene	101
	What Is the Hypergraph?	104
	Getting to Know the Hypergraph	104
	Summary	121
Part II	Modeling	123
Chapter 5	Modeling Basics	125
	What Is Modeling?	127
	Modeling Tools	130
	Modeling with Primitives	141
	Hands-On Modeling: Creating a Living Room Scene with Primitives	147
	Summary	152
Chapter 6	Nurbs Modeling	153
	Curve and Surface Concepts	156
	Editing Curves	165
	Hands-On Maya: Aftershave Bottle, Part 1	173
	Creating Surfaces	176
	Editing Surfaces	184
	Hands-On Maya: Aftershave Bottle, Part 2	191
	Hands-On Maya: Building a Face (Advanced)	192
	Summary	199
Chapter 7	Polygon Modeling	201
	Polygon Concepts and Terms	203
	Creating Polygons	207
	Selecting Polygons	218
	Editing Polygons	221
	Mapping Textures	234
	Hands-on Maya: Building a Hand	244
	Summary	252
Chapter 8	Organic Modeling	253
	Laying the Groundwork--Start with a Sketch	256
	Building the Head and Body	257
	Cutting Up the Body	260
	Building the Legs	263
	Rebuilding the Parameters	267
	Stitching the Puppy	268
	Building the Face	274
	Mirroring and Attaching the Model	275
	Cleaning Up the Model	276
	Global Stitching	276
	Summary	277
Chapter 9	Working with Artisan	279
	The Tools: a Quick Overview	282
	Sculpting Polygons: Deforming a Sphere	283
	Sculpting NURBS Surfaces: Sculpting across Seams	289
	Creating Sets with Artisan	293
	Painting Selections	296
	Painting Weights	298
	Painting Scripts: Hair on a Head	302
	Painting Vertex Colors	304
	Painting Attributes: Painting Goal Weights	305
	Painting Skin Weights	307
	Summary	310
Part III	Animation	311
Chapter 10	Animating in Maya	313
	Keyframe Animation	315
	Animation Controls	317
	Creating Keyframes	319
	Editing Keyframes	323
	Working with Breakdowns	332
	Hands-on Maya: Setting a Driven Finger	334
	Summary	339
Chapter 11	Paths and Bones	341
	Path Animation	343
	Skeletons and Kinematics	354
	Constraints	370
	Hands-on Maya: Setting Up the Puppy for Animation	373
	Summary	378
Chapter 12	Deformers	379
	Creating Deformers	381
	Editing Deformations	398
	Advanced Facial Animation	402
	Summary	410
Chapter 13	Skinning and Character Setup	411
	Skinning	413
	Advanced Character Setup	429
	Summary	446
Chapter 14	Character Animation: a Walk Cycle and More	447
	Creating a Walk Cyclexix	449
	Advancing Beyond Walk Cycles	461
	Summary	468
Chapter 15	Working with Rigid Body Dynamics	469
	What Are Rigid Body Dynamics?	471
	Creating a Simple Rigid Body	472
	Catapult! Converting a Body from Passive to Active Mode	475
	Using Fields to Add Effects to Rigid Bodies	478
	Using the Rigid Body Solver	479
	Using Impulse and a Newton Field to Simulate Orbital Dynamics	483
	Converting (Baking) a Rigid Body Animation into Keyframes	486
	Throwing Dice: Working with the Dynamics Simulator	487
	Building a Chain: Adding Constraints to a Rigid Body	489
	Summary	492
Part IV	Working With Mel	493
Chapter 16	Mel Basics	495
	MEL is Fundamental	498
	What is a Scripting Language?	498
	The Script Editor	498
	Hands-On MEL: Building Lights Automatically	502
	Hands-On MEL: Creating, Moving, and Naming an Object--with One Keystroke	505
	Placing Objects Using a Marking Menu	507
	What's an Attribute?	511
	Using Expressions with MEL	513
	Summary	517
Chapter 17	Programming with MEL	519
	How To Get Help with MEL	522
	Debugging MEL Scripts	523
	Placeholders, Circles, and Trees (Variables, Loops, and Branching)	525
	Creating a GUI	530
	Using Procedures and Scripts	535
	A Comment on Commenting	538
	Studying the Masters	539
	Summary	547
Part V	Rendering	549
Chapter 18	Rendering Basics	551
	Rendering an Object	554
	Using Other Rendering Techniques	567
	Summary	571
Chapter 19	Shading and Texturing Surfaces	573
	Using Hypershade	575
	Using Shading and Texturing Attributes	581
	Using Shading and Texturing Techniques	593
	Summary	606
Chapter 20	Lighting	607
	Types of Lights	609
	Shadows	617
	Light Effects	622
	Lighting Techniques	628
	Summary	634
Part VI	Advanced Maya Effects	635
Chapter 21	Particle Basics	637
	What Are Particles?	639
	Creating Particles	640
	Working with Particles	644
	Adding Particles to Objects: Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz	654
	Colliding with Rigid Bodies	658
	Attaching Fields to Objects	660
	Summary	663
Chapter 22	Particle Rendering	665
	And in This Corner: Hardware vs. Software Rendering	668
	Pictures from Outside: Using Sprite Particles	681
	Fine-Tuning Particle Rendering	684
	Summary	686
Chapter 23	Using Particle Expressions and Ramps	687
	A Simple Expression and a Simple Ramp	690
	Changing Color and Lifespan per Particle	699
	Changing Radius by Position	701
	Moving Particles Around	703
	Collision Events and Expressions	706
	Disappearing Bubbles: Radius Ramps	708
	Emitter Expressions	709
	Changing Opacity with Motion	710
	Changing Rotation with Motion	711
	Animated Sprites: the UFO Again	713
	Summary	714
Chapter 24	Dynamics of Soft Bodies	715
	What Are Soft Bodies?	717
	Creating a Basic Soft Body	718
	Adjusting Goal Weights	722
	Using Goal Weights to Create Fluid Motion	726
	Adding Springs to Soft Bodies	728
	Faking a Bounce	730
	Denting Soft Bodies	732
	Advanced Hands-On Maya: Adding Ripples to the Fountain Project	737
	Advanced Hands-On Maya: Creating a Watery Body and Face	739
	Summary	741
Chapter 25	Paint Effects	743
	Paint Effects Theory	746
	Strokes and Brushes	747
	Painting on a 2D Canvas	750
	Modifying and Saving Brushes	753
	Painting a 2D Texture onto a 3D Object	762
	Painting in a 3D Scene	764
	Rendering	773
	Tutorial: Painting Hair on a Head	774
	Summary	784
Appendix	Interviews	787
	Index	811