With this book you will:

- Learn and experiment with Autodesk Paint FX to create impressive illustrations with a few simple brush
   strokes
- Create seamless composites of live action and computer-generated images
- Learn key modeling and texture projection techniques
- Use image warping to create background patterns for surface textures and environments
- Achieve high-quality photo-realistic results much faster than you would expect
- Learn to customize Maya to fit your personal workflow
- Use the flexible output capabilities in Maya to render Flash (.swf) files
- Allow toon shading techniques to give your work a unique look and style
- Learn how to use 3D render layers to expedite your workflow

What you need to use this book

- Maya Complete 8
- Adobe Photoshop & Adobe illustrator
- DVD-ROM drive

Project 1 Photo-realism
Project 2 Workflows introduction
Project 3 Special effects
Project 4 Yatoer, the bus stop boxer