Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop.
Title:
Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop.
Author:
Gray, Daniel.
ISBN:
9780470113158
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (226 pages)
Contents:
Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop -- Acknowledgments -- Letter from the Publisher -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Hardware and Software Considerations -- Part I: Maya and Photoshop: A Beautiful Friendship -- Chapter 1: Drawing a New Course in a 3D World -- Let's Work Together -- Maya and Photoshop Walk into a Bar... -- The Learning Curve -- Looking Forward -- Chapter 2: The Maya-Photoshop Connection -- Beyond 2D -- Learning Essential 3D Concepts -- Maya's Interface -- Maya Geometry -- Maya and Photoshop Interaction -- Next Step -- Chapter 3: Introduction to Maya: Texturing with Photoshop -- Mapping Exercise: Simple Image Maps -- Wine Bottle Part Deux -- Further Practice -- Part II: Striking Graphics for Various Markets -- Chapter 4: Dazzling Illustration -- Meats's Road to 3D -- The Evolution of Mother Nature -- On Learning Maya -- Chapter 5: Classic Cartoon Sensibility in a 3D World -- The 2D/3D Connection -- The TELETOON Bumpers -- Chapter 6: Comic Strips in 3D -- When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Cartoonist -- Creating "Syntax Errors" -- On Learning Maya -- "Syntax Errors" Gallery -- Chapter 7: Creating Realistic Animals: Bringing Dinosaurs to Life -- Creating the Orodromeus for Dinosaur Planet -- On Photoshop and Maya -- Chapter 8: The New Tradition-Adding 3D to Graphic Illustrations -- Classical Beginnings -- The Alanis Morissette Project -- The Time DNA Cover -- Little Blue Pills -- Giants of Media -- Maya in Perspective -- Chapter 9: Re-creating Egyptian Antiquities -- A Worldwide Effort -- Modeling the Giza Plateau -- Reconstructing King Tutankhamun's Tomb -- The Temple of Luxor -- On Photoshop -- On Learning Maya -- Chapter 10: Digitizing Dream Rides -- Building the Digital Garage -- Digitizing Cars -- The EleMENTAL Woodie -- Meshwerks Game Ventures.
Chapter 11: Mirko Ilic: A Body of Work in 3D -- A Time-Tested Methodology -- On Producing with Maya -- Index.
Abstract:
Add Another Dimension to Your Portfolio-And Move to the Top of Your Craft Professional artists who strive to bring a new look to their illustrations are using Alias' premier 3D software in tandem with Adobe's prominent digital imaging program to create cutting-edge graphics. Now, with Maya 6, this remarkable combo is even better integrated than before. Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop-brought to you from Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias-is a dazzling introduction to the vibrant world of 3D and Maya. Graphics wiz Daniel Gray, with help from an elite group of pros, will inspire you to incorporate 3D into your graphics and think more artistically when approaching your creations. And if you're already familiar with Maya, you'll learn how Maya 6 makes it even easier to work between both applications. First you'll get the essential Photoshop user's introduction to Maya and learn how to make the leap from 2D to 3D. Then, you'll discover how high-profile artists use Maya and Photoshop together in real-world scenarios where 2D and 3D collide in a burst of creativity. Through a series of interviews that address a variety of 3D applications, you'll discover how: Maya Master Meats Meier depicts Mother Nature with otherworldly success Michael Elins combines photography and classical painting with the 3D world Damon Riesberg cranks out a daily comic strip by posing and rendering his cast of characters guru studios crafts beautiful 3D cartoons with a cool retro feel for TELETOON Meteor Studios brings ultra-realistic prehistoric creatures to life for the Discovery Channel's Dinosaur Planet IBM painstakingly re-creates ancient artifacts, such as the Sphinx, for the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Meshwerks digitizes automobiles for use in movies, advertising, and video games and creates the ultra-cool chopped and channeled
Honda EleMENTAL Woodie! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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