CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 MAYA WORK FLOW AND INTERFACE -- 2 GETTING STARTED WITH MODELING -- 3 NURBS AND COMPONENT-LEVEL EDITING -- 4 NURBS CONTINUED -- 5 COMPONENT- LEVEL EDITING AND BOOLEANS -- 6 SUBDIVISION MODELING -- 7 MATERIALS AND TEXTURING -- 8 CUSTOM TEXTURE MAPS IN MATERIALS -- 9 LIGHTING AND RENDERING -- 10 RIGGING THE BIRD FOR ANIMATION -- 11 ANIMATION -- A WHICH HARDWARE TO USE? -- B CUSTOMIZING THE MAYA USER INTERFACE -- C CREATING EFFECTIVE TEXTURE MAPS -- D ABOUT THE CD- ROM -- INDEX.