The Game Artist's Guide to Maya -- Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: The Game Industry -- Developers and Publishers -- Artist Jobs -- Getting the Job -- Art Tests -- Crunch Time -- The Game Development Pipeline -- 2: Polygonal Modeling -- Game Art Limitations -- Game Modeling Common Tools and Commands -- Game Modeling Pointers -- Efficiency -- Edge Flow -- Articulation -- Cleanup -- Reference Usage -- Symmetry -- Scale and Orientation -- Tutorial: Creating the Weapon -- Creating the Blade -- Creating the Hilt and Grip -- Tutorial: Creating the Character Model -- Creating Silenus's Head -- Creating Silenus's Body -- Creating Silenus's Armor -- 3: Texturing -- Texturing in the Gaming World -- Mapping UVs -- UV Projection Commands -- The UV Texture Editor -- Texture Resolutions and Formats -- Alpha Channel and Pixel Shader Effects -- UV Mapping the Sword -- UV Mapping the Body -- UV Mapping the Torso -- UV Mapping the Leg -- UV Mapping the Arm -- UV Mapping the Armor -- UV Mapping the Head -- The Hypershade -- Applying a Material to a Model -- Applying a Texture to a Material -- Optional Procedures -- The 3D Paint Tool -- Vertex Coloring -- Baking Normal Maps -- Texture Painting Tips -- The Finished Model -- 4: Rigging -- Skeletons and Joints -- Creating a Skeleton -- The Pelvis and Legs -- The Spine -- The Arms -- The Hands -- Extra Joints -- Setting the Local Rotation Axis -- Forward and Inverse Kinematics -- Leg IK -- Displaying Selection Handles -- Armor Parenting -- Binding to the Skeleton -- Painting Weights -- Joint Rotation Limits -- Eye Controls -- Rigging the Face -- Blend Shapes -- Binding the Head -- Set Driven Key -- Facial Skeletons -- Creating SDK Controls -- Sword Constraints -- 5: Animation -- Creating a Character Set -- Editing the Character Set -- Creating a Subcharacter Set.

Creating a Quality Animation -- Animation Reference -- Making an Attack Animation -- Creating Emphasis -- Modify Timing in the Trax Editor -- Secondary Motion -- Idle Animation -- Forward Movement -- Blending Between Clips -- The End? -- 6: Particle Effects -- Sprites -- Creating a Sprite Effect -- Adjusting the Effect -- Creating a Second Effect -- Continuing the Dust Effect -- Geometry Effects -- Creating Impact Effects -- Additional Helpful CD Files -- Final Thoughts -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.