An interview with Weta Digital's David Gould

[Hugh]

Thanks for that!

This kind of thing is a great inspiration to people like me, who also want to follow the programmer/artist route...

I'm planning on buying his book soon - really wanting to get into API stuff soon....

[CGmonkey]

Awesome!! I think I'm gonna buy this book.. want to get more involved with MEL and API :buttrock:

[ambient-whisper]

the books been awesome sofar. nice to see the interview take shape d :)

[dmeyer]

Originally posted by CgMonkey
Awesome!! I think I'm gonna buy this book.. want to get more involved with MEL and API :buttrock:

Do it. I bought it and its a fantastic way to get initiated into MEL and the API. Some programming experience would be optimal but not required. :thumbsup:

[robin]

can anyone post the name of the publisher, so i could order it, i dont think i could get that over here unless by mail

thanks

[Matt Leishman]

Morgan Kaufmann publishes this book.

Great buy, by the way!! I highly recommend it too!

[aurora]

BRAVO, BRAVO!!!!!
I have a new hero to look up to.:applause:
As a programmer and CG artist I loved reading his history and views. I absolutely agree that programmers should use and know there product they are writting for FIRST. And as I am learning right now all of the wonderful people here make life even better yet when designing new software/plugins.
Thank you, thank you, thank you all.

[MrPG]

much props to Dmitry. good stuff man.

[aurora]

sithwarlord, where in Utah do you live? Do you work for one of the CG houses out there?

[Javier3D]

This book is simply amazing.


:thumbsup: :applause: :buttrock: :bounce:

[Array]

Im Dmitry if anyone is wondering :beer:

[visualboo]

nooo your not....


I'M DMITRY!!



[edit]aurora: sithwarlord is a crazy sob.... trust me you dont want to talk to that man. He'll haunt you for the rest of your life. He doesn't even live in Utah


hi Matt ;)

[boomji]

finally !!!...some one does a tech interview :)


this book coupled with the one Mark wilkins authored u cant go wrong with mel'n maya.

thanks u all.
b

[dgould]

Great read, have fun!

Just wanted to thank everyone for their kind words. I'm really pleased to hear that people are getting so much out of it. I had a hunch when I started writing the book that there were a lot of people out there that wanted to learn Maya programming but simply did't know how. The overwhelming number of positive replies confirms this. Thanks again and I wish you all the best of luck with your future endeavors.

BTW I'd love to see these great replies disseminated to a wider audience. Would any of you be so kind as to write a short review on Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558608354/ref=ase_davidgouldcom-20/002-6671602-0738461

[Javier3D]

Hey david, you made a great job on it.

By the way, reading the comments in amazon, i agree with one. I feel that some more mel scripts examples would be great. I have Mel scripting for animators as well (you may know this book sure).

I mostly use it to read examples, and yours for the basis....where i find it impressive :thumbsup: :bowdown:

[mark_wilkins]

Great interview, David!

-- Mark

[Zappa]

Hey!Mark,

I got your book "Mel for Maya Animators" and for someone who wouldnt know scripting if it came and bit me on the backside, it made my "Mel life" a lot easier.Awesome work :thumbsup:

Thanks n Cheers :beer:

[Javier3D]

Yours too mark!! Hey guys, buy this two books and master MEL!!

:beer:

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