How to Cheat in Maya 2026

Tools & Techniques for Animators

Kenny Roy, Genevieve Freckelton (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

350 Seiten

2025 | 6th edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-032-88309-0 (ISBN)

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How to Cheat in Maya 2026 is more than a software manual - it’s a complete guide to working smarter, animating faster, and thinking like a professional. This edition covers Maya’s latest tools and features, but more importantly, it focuses on real-world workflows and the creative process behind great animation. You’ll find not just the how, but the why behind each technique, helping you build intuition and confidence in your craft. Whether you’re learning the ropes or refining your skills, this book is designed to remove friction, streamline your process, and let you focus on what matters most: crafting compelling animated performances.

Featuring advice, strategies, and best practices for:

Configuring optimal Maya settings
Testing and mastering your rigs
Avoiding and overcoming common animation pitfalls
Harnessing the power of Constraints, Layers and Cycles
Employing physics, anatomy, and psychology to push your facial animation and polish to the next level

New to this Edition:

Maya updates and upgrades to the Graph Editor, Time Slider, Time Slider Bookmarks, Dope Sheet, Light Editor, Ghosting, Blue Pencil … and more
4 new character rigs added to the How to Cheat in Maya series
All new interlude articles covering everything from AI, the animation industry, selecting schools to demo reels
“Tempo” - a workflow so revolutionary we’re calling it The Thirteenth Principle!

Kenny Roy began his career in 1997 as a dustbuster on cel-animated features. He’s gone on to animate some of the most memorable characters on screen, from King Kong to Scooby Doo. Over more than 25-year career, he’s taught animation in-person and online and been a speaker at conferences and seminars around the globe. Kenny currently operates November Games in New Zealand where he lives with his wife and two sons. Genevieve Freckelton is an animator and instructor. Genevieve started in TV commercials and network news, then moved on to feature films and television, credits include Tron: Legacy and The Adventures of Kami and Big Bird. Genevieve has been teaching undergraduate character animation in Autodesk Maya for over 10 years. Currently Genevieve is teaching at De Anza College.

01 BEFORE YOU START, 02 PRINCIPLES, 03 THE THIRTEENTH PRINCIPLE, 04 MAXIMIZING YOUR RIGS, 05 GRAPH EDITOR, 06 MASTERING TIME, 07 PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES, 08 CONSTRAINTS & CONTACT, 09 CAMERA, 10 CYCLES, 11 FACIAL ANIMATION, 12 LAYERS, 13 POLISH

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.2025
Zusatzinfo	8 Tables, color; 5 Line drawings, color; 389 Halftones, color; 394 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Film- / Video-Bearbeitung
	Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Maya
	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Spieleprogrammierung
ISBN-10	1-032-88309-X / 103288309X
ISBN-13	978-1-032-88309-0 / 9781032883090
Zustand	Neuware