Dariush Derakhshani is a senior CGI effects animator with Sigh Effects in Venice, CA, working on award-winning national TV commercials. He has won the Bronze Plaque from the Columbus Film Festival and has shared honors from the AICP and London International Advertising Awards. He was a Supervising Technical Director for the South Park TV series, and also teaches Maya and animation at a variety of schools. He is a contributing author to Maya 4.5 Savvy and Maya: Secrets of the Pros.
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Computer Graphics and 3D
- Chapter 2: The Maya Interface
- Chapter 3: Your First Maya Animation
- Chapter 4: Modeling with NURBS
- Chapter 5: Modeling with Polygons
- Chapter 6: Further Modeling Topics
- Chapter 7: Maya Shading and Texturing
- Chapter 8: Introduction to Animation
- Chapter 9: Further Animation Topics
- Chapter 10: Maya Lighting
- Chapter 11: Maya Rendering
- Chapter 12: Maya Dynamics
- Index
