Download or read book Focal Easy Guide to Maya 5 written by Jason Patnode and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Companion website provides new updates and tutorials for version 6! If you are an artist who's new to Alias's Maya, or are moving over to use this powerful, oscar-winning animation and effects software from another 3D package, you will find this book invaluable. It provides you with all you need to know to get up and running with this difficult software, fast! Focusing only on the key things you need to know when starting out it doesn't overload you, so speeds up your learning process. Highly illustrated in color throughout this book benefits from a clear, concise, jargon free style. Written by a LucasArts professional it will provide invaluable knowledge that will help you get that elusive first job in animation!