TY - BOOK AU - Lanier, Lee, TI - Creating visual effects in Maya: Fire, water, debris, and destruction SN - 9780415834186 AV - TR 897.7 L36C 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Burlington PB - Focal Press KW - MAYA (COMPUTER FILE) KW - COMPUTER ANIMATION KW - COMPUTER GRAPHICS N1 - Available to OhioLINK libraries; Adding foliage, fire, and smoke with paint effects page 1-32; Growing short hair, long hair, grass, and electric arcs with fur and nHair page 33-66; Creating water, smoke, and sparks with nParticles page 67-94; Generating nParticle swarms and bubble masses with expressions and MEL scripting page 95-124; Simulating semi-rigid and rigid debris with python, pyMEL, and nCloth page 125-146; Producing dust puffs, fog, trailing smoke, and fireballs with rigid and fluid dynamics page 147-174; Animating fire, water, and damage with effects, fluid effects, deformers, and textures page 175-200; Building reference models and motion tracking with Maya and matchmover page 201-226; Combining nCloth, nParticlrs, and fluid effects to create complex page 227-252; Preparing, rendering, and combining render passes page 253-294 ER -