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Beginning VFX with Autodesk Maya

Name: Beginning VFX with Autodesk Maya
Author: Abhishek Kumar

Create Industry-Standard Visual Effects from Scratch

Abhishek Kumar,

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eBook - ePub

Beginning VFX with Autodesk Maya

Create Industry-Standard Visual Effects from Scratch

Abhishek Kumar,

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About This Book

Dive into the nuances of visual effects (VFX) design, from planning to execution, using Autodesk Maya. This book introduces the methods and techniques required for your first foray into 3D FX generation from scratch.
You will start with the fundamentals of visual effects, including a history of VFX, tools and techniques for creating believable visual effects, and popular tools used in the industry. Next, you are introduced to Autodesk Maya and its various components that make it a favorite among professionals. You will learn how to create rigid body collisions and simulate realistic particles such as dust, fire, water, and more.
This book also presents strategies for creating a vortex, rain, hair, fluids, and other soft body simulations and also demonstrates nature element simulations for computer-generated production.
At the end of the book, there is a capstone project to make your own visual effects scene in a practical way. After going through this book, you will be able to start building computer-generated visual effects from your imagination through to production. What You Will Learn

Understand the basic physics behind effect creation
Create 3D visual effects scenes from scratch
Know the details of dynamic simulation in the computer generation space using various functionalities available in Autodesk Maya

Who This Book Is For
Beginning-level users; students from the field of visual effects design, 3D modeling, and simulation; game designers; those creating computer graphics; FX artists and aspirants looking for a career in the field of 3D

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Publisher

Apress

Year

2021

ISBN

9781484278574

Topic

Computer Science

Subtopic

Programming Games

Index

Computer Science

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Front Matter
1. Introduction to Visual Effects (VFX)
2. History of Visual Effects
3. Industrial Applications of VFX
4. Introduction to FX in Maya
5. Working with nParticle FX
6. Creating Effects with Particle Emissions and Fields/Solvers
7. Maya’s Rigid and Soft Body Systems
8. Working with Maya Fluids
9. Magical FX Using Maya
10. Playing with Maya nCloth
11. Maya Hair FX Simulation
12. Bifrost Simulation
13. Procedural Animation FX and Live Action Integration
Back Matter