Mastering Autodesk Maya 2013

The only problem with this book is finding the space and time to absorb the information.I thoroughly enjoyed "Introducing Autodesk Maya 2013" by Dariush Derakhshani, which took me 6 months to complete. I took notes each day and made screen shots of everything I created to document the progress while working through the book. This book is the next level up for learning Maya. It is also 600 pages and the material contained is essential to unraveling the creative workflows and production processes. This book is a prerequisite for working at production studios. I talked to one company and they basically said all their interns were already "Masters" and had worked through the book. There is no secret where the information comes from. You can learn it like everyone else if you want to with this book. The Autodesk University in Las Vegas is another place to get involved.

But overall this is a great book for information. It's a backbreaker though to carry around, this book is THICK. lol

The Mastering Autodesk Series is really good, and this edition addresses a lot of new stuff that comes with Maya 2013. If you have mastering Maya 2012, I don't think it is necessary, but it was a big improvement from Mastering Maya 2010.

This book explains in great detail all main concepts of Maya2013. If you want to learn this soft , don't even think about it - just buy it !!!!

big pictures, nice comments and great skillthe contend is really professional and will reach all yours expectations.i'm really happy

Excellente!

Great book for who are interested in 3d modeling character modeling Animation thank you

El mejor libro de Maya, aunque no se traduzca al castellano lo recomiendo, se puede seguir perfectamente, te lo cuenta prácticamente todo, esta serie de libros son los mejores, al igual que el de Revit.

The is the most professional industry book, and it is recommend it because there's a chapter how to model a character which I found it really interest it. However, you will have to learn the basics of Maya before reading the book because it is an intermediate and higher level, but you can still buy it and you can always look for basic Maya tutorials on youtube or websites.

Un livre vraiment complet sur le logiciel Maya, pas forcément le plus simple pour débuter, mais le seul de tous ceux que j'ai lus jusqu'à présent à aller au fond des choses. L'ouvrage ne se limite pas à la maîtrise du logiciel mais ajoute des notions de mise en scène, photographie, cadrage....en rapport avec les possibilités du logiciel. On ne peut pas dire que les exercices soient très attrayants, mais ils permettent vraiment de comprendre le fonctionnement du logiciel, cela pourra peut-être rebutant, mais s'avère beaucoup plus efficace que les ouvrages proposant la création d'un projet (souvent pas très attrayant non plus d'ailleurs) sans réelle réutilisation personnelle possible. Le livre est épais et complet, ne vous attendez pas à le terminer en une semaine!!Je dirais pour terminer que je ne le conseillerais pas pour débuter (il y a de bons tutoriels sur internet...), mais si vous connaissez déjà un peu Maya, c'est selon moi le meilleur ouvrage pour approfondir vos connaissance et en acquérir de solides.