Maya Studio Projects: Dynamics
by Todd Palamar
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Author: Todd PalamarEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-02
ISBN: 0470487763
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Sybex
Book Reviews of Maya Studio Projects: Dynamics
Book Review: Blame Todd Palamar not Prometheus.
Summary: 5 Stars
My main objective when I bought this book was about the creation of fire.
It's not like modeling a car or a humanoid in Maya, I'm not saying this is easy either but you can always find models and very good tutorials about it on the web, for the contrary it's almost one of the hardest. It's really true and there aren't a lot of tutorials out there that you can find. Has you all have noticed this review is entirely about Chapter 6 - Playing with Fire. I haven't checked the rest because at the moment I devoting all my attention to the creation of realistic fire. And with this book I definitely learn something. It has a very good introduction about Fluid Mechanics, explaining in a basic way how fluids work, the need of an container and the relation and interaction between the different parameters - the analogy that Todd explains with a clear glass of water is a must. If you are a student like me and you are giving the first steps in the area of fluids, I definitely recommend you to read a bit the help of Maya about the Fluid effects section just to learn what some parameters are for because Todd doesn't talk about all of them, just the ones necessary to create Fire. He's very objective and straight forward, he doesn't make you go around in circles, he explains what he needs to explain to really make understand the way fire must be created to achieve realistic results. I have definitely learn a lot with this book and I think this is one of a kind. Very important and keep it always close to you because this is a generalist book to create natural elements, everything you need to know is here, even hi-res results are achieved in this book, this was what really conquered me. If you are looking to create impressive fluid effects with Maya, and you don't know how. This is the book you need to have.
Congratulations Todd and a huge thanks for this book.
Cheers
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