which book do u recommend for learning Maya? thx guys~~

[cheerychums]

i want some hands on training :>

[cheerychums]

i want some hands on training :>

[s.winders]

Maya oooh,hmmmm I am not familiar enough with maya sorry,but I would suggest Amazon.com and check out the testomonials people have written for each Maya book [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]



Stu.

[Gaussian]

Yes, Stu, I don't think that one can give a better advice. The fact is; 50 testimonials on Amazon count more than the single opinion of one user IMHO

[Dan Huff]

Cheerychums, have you tried the tutorials that come WITH Maya, Instant Maya and Instant Maya Unlimited? They're really quite detailed and easy to follow, and you can learn a great deal about the program just by doing them.

Maya's manuals are quite extensive as well, but there's a LOT of reading there!

Danny Huff
http://www.asherrocks.com
(I'm the guy who USED to have a lot of excess hair)

I've just started reading Maya 4 Fundamentals and it seems to have appropriate space devoted to each aspect of version 4. Yeah, yeah, 4.5 is out now, but my publisher (from whom I got a free copy of the book...no influence here [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] sez that a definitive 4.5 book will not be out for several months.

New Riders Publishing, FWIW, and I don't make a penny by promoting books by my my publisher other than Inside Photoshop 7.


Best Regards,
Gary David Bouton
Resuming Moderatorhood

I've just started reading Maya 4 Fundamentals and it seems to have appropriate space devoted to each aspect of version 4 (modeling, rendering, particle systems, animation, and so on). Yeah, yeah, 4.5 is out now, but my publisher (from whom I got a free copy of the book...no influence here [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] sez that a definitive 4.5 book will not be out for several months.

New Riders Publishing, FWIW, and I don't make a penny by promoting books by my my publisher other than Inside Photoshop 7.


Best Regards,
Gary David Bouton
Resuming Moderatorhood

[s.winders]

Welcome back bud,really good to have ya back [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]



Stu.

[bmh216]

Great to see ya back, Gary.
This place has been a bit slow lately.

Brett