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BlissDD
09-17-2002, 09:28 AM
HI All,

I am just loving my PLE version of Maya....Can anyone recommend a good text to buy...kinda like a 'bible' for Maya???

There seems to be a lack of available texts as oppossed to MAX or lightwave...where there's heaps..:(

Cheers All:buttrock:
ambient-whisper
09-17-2002, 10:00 AM
you can still see?
BlissDD
09-17-2002, 10:12 AM
i dont follow.... :confused:
ambient-whisper
09-17-2002, 10:33 AM
dunno about you. but thats quite some distraction.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/images/maya_ple.jpg

i think the houdini aprentice cd is much more worthwhile. AND cd 2 comes with over 300 megs of videos covering pretty much every topic of the program.

alias ( and others ) should follow this example.
BlissDD
09-17-2002, 10:45 AM
yeah...the watermark is a bit 'off-putting', but i am determined to become very good with maya...so i'll turn a blind eye ;)

Thanks for your input though... :D

Cheers!!
DrAdamDinosaur
09-17-2002, 12:15 PM
as far as online goes, you could check out the "maya bible"

http://www.jackals-forge.com/bible/bible.html

If you looking for good maya books have you checked out the A|W sites shop? Heres there list:

http://store.aliaswavefront.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry16?SP=10024&PN=29&xid=41107&V1=11029516&V2=11029516&V3=1&V5=11000161&V4=10&S1=&S2=&S3=&S4=&S5=&DSP=0&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0

Hope that second eye works out for you.
BlissDD
09-17-2002, 12:21 PM
DrAdamDinosaur,

Thanks dude for the links... i ve checked out the A|W books...there a bit on the expensive side though...think ill stick with the online stuff for as long as it remains productive!!

Where in oz r u ??? are u working in the industry??

Cheers mate
jason-slab
09-17-2002, 01:25 PM
LOL martin:applause:


if your just getting in to maya i can recommend
maya fundamentals
no mel tuts though :(
aurora
09-17-2002, 06:39 PM
Sadly I also have to agree compared to LW, Max and even versions 3 or earlier of Maya there is really nothing for Maya 4/4.5. However I have noticed that there are a couple of potentially good books for 4.5 coming out soon. As for V4 the Fundametals is probably the best bet next to just surfing web tut's, which is what you will still need to do after Fundamentals which does not even cover character rigging/IK's.
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