Softimage|3D Fundamentals

Originally published as Inside Softimage 3D by New Riders, the complete guide to using Softimage|3D is back in print as Softimage|3D Fundamentals, updated for Softimage|3D v4.0 and with an additional all-new chapter on writing expressions. Softimage|3D Fundamentals covers the techniques and art of animating with Softimage|3D, but it is also so technically complete that Softimage licensed Fundamentals as the user manual included with the Softimage|3D 4.0 software!

Complete coverage of:
Exploring the Softimage Interface
• Moving in Space
• Producing Your First Animation
• Advanced Interface Concepts
• General Modeling Concepts
• Polygon Modeling
• NURBS Modeling
• Boolean Modeling
• Meta-Clay Modeling
• Duplicates and Instances
• Materials and Textures
• General Animation Concepts
• Shape Animation
• Animating with Deformations
• Animating with Inverse Kinematics
• Animating with Dynamics
• The mental ray Renderer
• NEW! - Expressions for Animation and Character Rigging