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Ibanezhead

07-30-2002, 07:11 PM

Anybody using "Learning Maya | Character Rigging and Animation" from A/W? Is it worth it, or is there something that is better?

Also, does anyone know of some good videos or books that discuss Rendering/Lighting/Texturing, in Maya?

Thanks,

Vic

svenip

07-30-2002, 07:46 PM

as it is with/from jason schleifer i guess you can be sure that it's woth the money and brilliant. he's character td at weta for lord of the rings

matty429

07-31-2002, 12:10 AM

Hell Yeah.....It's a great book.....front to back......plus the cd's it comes with....It sheds light on many dark areas....but not too mutch soo you won't get stuck in theory....

Ibanezhead

07-31-2002, 01:06 AM

Thanks guys! I am about to purchase Maya, unless I chicken out, and I had my eye on this book. I am glad to hear it is a good one...

Thanks again,

Vic

svenip

07-31-2002, 03:26 AM

ohh i was wrong. i thought you mean this DVD :D shame

Chrissy

07-31-2002, 03:49 AM

www.gnomon3d.com has some great videos and dvd's

pigbelly

07-31-2002, 10:05 AM

Dose anyone know if you can get this book in Europe???

/Tommie

matty429

07-31-2002, 05:11 PM

I wouldnt see why not ..you get it fro mthe A/W website....

Underwurlde

08-01-2002, 06:32 PM

I bought the A|W Rigging book direct from the AliasWavefront website store and I live in Europe ( U.K ) so you should be okay, the shipping costs are really bad though ( and I mean really bad !!! ), on the plus side it was delivered really quick and it is a brilliant book. Explains things very well and shows you some pretty in depth rigging techniques, I was in your shoes a couple of months ago and took a deep breath and paid the cash for Maya Complete, the Learning Maya 4 book and the book we're discussing.I've been very happy with Maya so far and feel like I'm learning a lot, so I'd say go for it :beer:

d3v1n

08-01-2002, 11:26 PM

believe me its worth to buy that book...i bought it last week. awesome book , good & detail explanation , also easy to understand. go buy it !:buttrock:

Ibanezhead

08-02-2002, 04:25 AM

Thanks guys for the feedback!

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