• Author:
  • Alias Learning Tools
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  21/10/2005
• Price:
  $89.99
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Learn the Alias-endorsed workflow for creating a game in Maya with. this full-color, official book. Discover the Game with Alias is the only book available that also teaches animation techniques in Alias MotionBuilder. Accompanying the book, are two DVDs. The first features instructor movies, scene files, and PLEs of Maya and Alias MotionBuilder. The second includes Maya Techniques in Polygon, Texturing, Lighting, and Shading. Be sure to get your copy of this invaluable resource today.

This official book is written by Alias, the creators of Maya.

Alias (Toronto) is the company that produces Maya software and other applications for the entertainment and high-end design industries. Alias's Learning Tools division publishes its own books and DVDs. Alias's recognizable industry customers include CNN, Disney, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Pixar, Sega, GM, Honda, and more.

This book covers all aspects of art creation for video games based on one project. Readers build a level and characters of a Ninja game; each chapter/tutorial utilizes a stage of the game creation production process:

• Modeling
• Texturing
• Character Set-up
• Pre-baked Ligh