Mastering Maya 7

This official, Alias-endorsed guide offers comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the Maya interface. You'll find:

A Quick Start overview followed by in-depth coverage of the Maya interface and all of the tools for modeling, texturing, animation, and special effects.
Information on of all of Maya's latest features as well as chapters on advanced topics.
Material on Maya Unlimited topics such as cloth, fur, and fluids.
A logical organization that that follows the typical Maya workflow.
Tutorials for modelers and animators from all disciplines.
A CD-ROM with tutorial files and the Maya Personal Learning Edition.

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From: Amazon
Posted: Jan-31-2008

Very informative book

I am new to Maya and currently the version available for free download is version 8.5. Since I have dial-up internet access at home, I decided to buy this book as it was rather cheap and it provides a cd with the older free version. The book is very informative. Clear images and instructions make...

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Posted: Dec-24-2007

Completely turned me off of Maya

I am a fairly computer savvy person working at one of the world's largest software companies, and as a published author myself I can say that this book absolutely blows (for beginners).I bought it last year sometime (2006?) and I was oh so excited to learn Maya. I got through the first 2 chapters...

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Posted: Feb-22-2007

VERY problematic

I question whether anyone praising this book has actually gone through it exercise by exercise. You get stonewalled on a regular basis by botchy instructions. The wording is often poor, crucial steps are omitted, and many of the diagrams are useless. The text, for example, may instruct you to...

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Posted: Jan-04-2007

this book rocks

If there is anything you still dont know about maya, this is the book your looking for, this book explain a lot of things, about almost everything.

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Posted: Oct-15-2006

A book that really can take you to mastry.

As an educator, developer and 3D enthusiast I can most highly recommend Mastering Maya 7. It is completely true to its title, and given enough time and patience can lead even a novice 3D user to advanced modeling and and well beyond. I was particularly drawn to this book because I'm interested in...

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Posted: Jul-23-2006

A Total Dissapointment!

I bought this book in hope of that it was as good as all the reviews said. The first 2 chapters of the book was really good, but when I got to the 3rd chapter the book became a hell. You were supposed to create a templete for a polygonal model, and at the part where you were supposed to finnish...

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Posted: Jul-06-2006

Good but flawed

The content of the book is generally quite good, methodically going through how to create a model, animate it, and use most of the major functions of Maya. However, sometimes certain steps are omitted, which the writers may think are understood, but as other instructions are very detailed and...

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Posted: Jul-06-2006

Awesome book

This is an awsome book. it takes you through the basics of modeling to texturing animation. It also explores a litle bit of mental ray and rendering, not as much as I would have liked though. This is a great book but is not recommended for beginers. Some lessons are confusing and they don't...

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Posted: May-25-2006

Great Manual.

Maya is huge, treacherous beast(but you gotta love her) and can't possibly be covered in depth in one book. This volume does however give the beast a run for her money. My favorite aspect about the book is a special Icon that points to all the new features in Maya 7. If all you want is to brush...

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Posted: May-19-2006

Another point of view...

First let me just say that I am not a complete buffoon. While I am new to Maya, I am extremely competent in various complex programs.Purchased this book after reading the strong reviews of it here, and was thus compelled to present another point of view based on my experiences.First off, the...

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