Autodesk Maya Digital Classroom (Electronic book text)

Get started with Maya with this book-and-website package

Written by an Autodesk Certified Instructor in Maya, this complete training package introduces you to the increasingly popular software that makes visual effects for animation, visualization, and games. Step-by-step instructions make it seem as though you have your own personal instructor guiding you through each lesson and helps make learning even more complicated tasks less intimidating. The book includes 20 self-paced lessons that let you discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Autodesk Maya. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions, lesson files, along with online video tutorials for download that complement the topics covered in each lesson. Includes exercise files and video lessons to enhance your learning experienceProvides a project-based workflow for both animation and game developmentShows you how to optimize workflow for speed in a mixed package environment, for animation, visualization, and games

"Autodesk Maya 2014 Digital Classroom" combines an instructional book with online video training so that you can maximize your learning experience.