CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- Extensibility -- What Are Plugins and Why Use Them? -- Why a Plugins Book? -- How Do I Use This Book? -- What Programs and Plugins to Cover -- Versions of the Software Versus the Version of Maya on Which It Runs -- Why Does This Book Include Discussions of Some Stand-Alone Software? -- Installing a Plugin -- The DVD-ROM -- CHAPTER 2 CLOTH SIMULATION AND MODELING -- Introduction -- The Quick and Easy Cape -- Object Collision -- 3D Mesh Objects as Cloth Objects -- A Simple Garment -- CHAPTER 3 HAIR AND FUR -- Introduction -- A Furry Bird -- Sixties Shag Rug -- Blowing in the Wind -- CHAPTER 4 COLOR, TEXTURE, LIGHTING, AND RENDERING -- Introduction -- The Right Look -- Common Rendering Terms -- Pixar's RenderMan for Maya -- RenderMan Compliance -- Light Simulators -- CHAPTER 5 WATER, WAVES, AND OTHER MATTER -- Introduction -- The Elephant and the Umbrella -- High-Voltage Wet Maps -- The Wakes of Loch Ness -- CHAPTER 6 CHARACTERS -- Introduction -- Rigging Allen the Alien -- Testing Movement of the Rig -- CHAPTER 7 A HOST OF HELPERS -- Introduction -- Four Wheeling -- Camera Tricks -- CHAPTER 8 DYNAMIC DESTRUCTION -- Introduction -- The Easy Exploding Wall -- Creating Cracks -- Collision, Gravity, and Secondary Debris -- CHAPTER 9 MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS -- Introduction -- Wire -- SmartDuplicate -- Stitching with Seamour -- CHAPTER 10 STAND-ALONE APPLICATIONS -- Introduction -- Luxology's modo -- Nevercenter's Silo 2.0 -- Pixologic's ZBrush 3.1 -- Okino Computer Graphics' PolyTrans -- E-on Software's Vue 6 xStream -- APPENDIX A: CHAPTER AND RELATED LINKS -- Chapter Breakdown -- Chapter 2 Cloth Simulation and Modeling -- Chapter 3 Hair and Fur -- Chapter 4 Color, Texture, Lighting, and Rendering -- Chapter 5 Water, Waves, and Other Matter -- Chapter 6 Characters -- Chapter 7 A Host of Helpers.

Chapter 8 Dynamic Destruction -- Chapter 9 Miscellaneous Tools -- Chapter 10 Stand-Alone Applications -- Excellent Resources -- APPENDIX B: PLUGINS COMPATIBILITY CHART -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.