Todd Palamar - Photorealistic Characters (with DVD)

Todd Palamar - Maya Studio Projects: Photorealistic Characters (with DVD)


CREATE REALISTIC CHARACTERS WITH MAYA 2012

How do you make human characters look really human? Step into the studio with veteran animator Todd Palamar and learn how to use Autodesk Maya 2012's sophisticated tools to create amazingly realistic characters for film, games, and television. As you work on a series of projects, you'll learn body and facial rigging and how to do hair, skin, muscles, lighting, motion-capture, and much more. An Autodesk Official Training Guide, this book offers you the very best, professional-level training for a career.

Create a character named Jack, starting with his skeleton

Build facial rigging that allows Jack to talk and show emotion

Understand hair in all its glory--bangs, bowl cuts, wet hair, thinning hair, growing hair, and more

Master fur tools and create eyebrows, eyelashes, and Jack's beard

Add blood, sweat, tears, and more with textures and nParticles

Outfit your character in field pants, safari shirt, and a bomber jacket

Bring Jack to vivid life with Performance Capture, made famous in Avatar

Simulate hair, fur, clothing, and skin

Create your own motion-capture studio

Simulate muscle motion using motion capture

VALUABLE COMPANION DVD

Enhance your learning with real-world videos on the DVD. The DVD also provides support files, textures, tools, professional shaders, and more.


Author: Todd Palamar
Publisher: Sybex
Publication: April 8, 2011

Formats:
.mobi (compatible with Amazon Kindle, etc.)
.epub (compatible with Sony Reader, Cruz Reader, iPad, iPodTouch/iPhone, etc.)