what is the best book or CD to learn Maya Animations at home?
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get some free e books from the net,
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Macromedia Falsh 8 <-- the most powerfull tool to do 2D animations.\n\nMacromedia Director\n\nYou can download it for free for 30 days at:\n\nhttp://www.adobe.com/
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By far, the best graphics tutorial site (it's basicaly an aggregator of all tutorial sites) is http://www.good-tutorials.com/ - I've learned TONS of techniques that classes and books will never teach you. If you're looking for basic usage how-to's (how to resize, make a new image, save etc.) then the HP course above is probably fine. If you want to actually use the software to make art, you want to learn the tricks and techniques in the tutorial sites. Good luck!
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Sam's Teach Yourself series is always good. If you just need basics, the For Dummies series works well. Microsoft Press's "Step By Step" books are also outstanding if you just want to quickly learn how to write programs with the Microsoft IDE.\n\nHowever, since Visual Basic 6 is a legacy product, why don't you invest in a book about Visual Basic .NET 2005?
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for making video games and 3d interative programs \n\nAlia maya\n3dsmax\nsoftimage\nthese are the good sofware for for making video games and 3d interative programs
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here are some links \n\nhttp://www.infotoday.com/searcher/may01/liddy.htm\nhttp://www.monash.com/spidap4.html\nhttp://www.searchtools.com/slides/web2001sf/sld007.htm\nhttp://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/search.html
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unfortunately i cannot give you a direct answer. what you will find with all the 3d apps out there is they they are all different. i am a 3d studio max user myself, i just found that easier to work with, but i know many people who find maya or XSI or lightwave easier to use. the bese sugestion i can offer is that you give the demo's a go. 3d studio max has a 30 day trial, and maya has a personal lerning edition (PLE) give them a go, use the tuts that come with the programs, you can even visit websites like www.3d-palace.com and www.3dbuzz.com who both have larve amounts of FREE video tutorials for most 3d packages out there. once you've used the 3d packages then and only then can you answer the question, which is easier and which one you should start with.\n\n i hope this helps\n\neagle4
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I have used the program discussed above and find it a little hard to learn everything. Here is a simple, but powerful, program that is free and easy to use. They also have a great FAQ page with detailed instructions including pictures. :)
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:}\nHere is a good one\nhttp://www.directdegree.com/scripts/offer.php?offer=LIBUNI-015&&session=1
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www.3dtotal.com\nthe right place for right tutorials for character modelling.\nits just great!\n\ncheers!\nKrishnam
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Try Learndirect and vision to learn both are on-line courses and are free.\n\nhttp://www.learndirect.co.uk\nhttp://www.vision2learn.co.uk\ntry the links, I have and it is fun learning something new.
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http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st=%22resize+animated+gifs%22&search=Search&action=s\n\nhttp://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/motiongif.htm\n\nhttp://www.vansowerwine.com/animation/animation.html\n\n anim8or.com]http://www.anim8or.com\n\nhttp://blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html\n\nhttp://www.daz3d.com/program/studio/1_0index.php
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Try one of these Abobe/Macromedia products:\n\nAuthorware http://www.adobe.com/products/authorware/ : It's an AICC-certified program used to create tutorials, manuals, etc. with full-motion screen capture, narration, etc.\n\nCaptivate http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/ : Sort of like Authorware, but more specifically tailored to demonstrating software.\n\nBreeze http://www.adobe.com/products/breeze/ : It's really a conferencing software, but can be used as a training tool.
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Zara 3d\nUlead Cool 3d\nUlead Production Studio 1.5\n3ds Max........Trial Ware\nAlias Maya..... Trial Ware\nSoft Image ..........Trial Ware\nTrue Space........Trial Ware\n\nwww.anim8or.com/ \n\nwww.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html\n\nwww.freeserifsoftware.com/software/3dPlus/default.asp
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you could do a yahoo search for "3dbuzz" they have VTM's (video tutorials) you can purchase to learn 3dsmax. Or you could buy this awesome book (i bought it, it rox) called "Modeling a Character in 3DS Max". You can find the book on amazon.com, i highly reccomend it.  isbn == 1556228155
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i would just use 3d studio max there is millions of tutrials and free 3d models for max out there .. http://www.3dcafe.com is a good place.. goto http://www.cgtalk.com  this is the biggest Computer Graphics forum on the net they have tons of tutorials images and people there they will answer all your questions .. hope this helps.
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Try this ebook:\n\nhttp://www.ebook-maniacs.com/Learn%20French.zip