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MEL Scripting For Maya Animators [Paperback]

Mark R. Wilkins (Author)

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Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (Dec 27 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558608419
ISBN-13: 978-1558608412
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.7 x 2.9 cm
Shipping Weight: 1 Kg

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"This book fills a huge void of material on learning the MEL Language... A great first step for Maya users who want to make the leap to becoming Maya technical directors. -Doug Cooper, Digital Supervisor, DreamWorks Feature Animation Mel Scripting for Maya Animators is well written for both technical and nontechnical animators. It is an essential tool in making sophisticated animation not only possible, but also practical. -Henry LaBounta, Senior Art Director, Electronic Arts

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Learning how to unlock Maya's powerful programming capabilities can be a daunting task if you're not a programmer. Although the package's programming language, MEL (Maya Embedded Language), is easy to learn, virtually all available instruction assumes that the reader has some programming background-that is, until now. You hold in your hands the first MEL tutorial written especially for non-programmers. MEL Scripting for MAYA Animators will quickly show any user how to go beyond Maya's built-in tools to create customized solutions, previously accessible only to programmers. With this book, animators, artists, game developers, visual effects developers, and technical directors will master Maya's fundamentals from "under the hood;" then learn how to automate tasks, personalize user interfaces, build custom tools, and solve problems, by becoming an expert in the MEL scripting language-all with no programming experience required!* Specifically addresses Maya users who want to develop MEL scripts * Teaches only those programming concepts necessary to learning MEL * Demonstrates scores of practical examples illustrating solutions to concrete problems* Shows how to determine which problems are best solved using MEL * Addresses the needs of experienced programmers wishing to learn MEL applications * Provides numerous code segments and Maya scene files at www.melscripting.com

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In this chapter you will learn That, to Maya, your scene is nothing more than a collection of nodes and connections, which together compose the dependency graph. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars You want to learn MEL, this is your book, Sep 11 2003

"cheier101" (Calgary, AB Canada) - See all my reviews

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Well, I had little experience using MEL scripting for Maya, so picking up this book was what I figured, an excellent way to learn. From the first few chapters, I was already starting to create experimental scripts. This is an excellent book for anyone looking to learn the down and dirty with Maya. Lots of detail and examples to help get you creating your own tools and scripts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for getting going, Aug 29 2003

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This book did a lot for getting me rolling on Mel. I found though, that even still, I had to do a lot of question asking of people I knew that know MEL. As is the case with most books on topics so complicated, it has a little trouble in the "why" and "would be applied to..." areas, but overall, it is a great buy, and the best resource available for those mentioned in the title. Do you animate? Want to learn about MEL? Pick it up.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Tutorial and Reference, Feb 17 2003

Michael Goldfarb (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This book is a very clear introduction to the mel scripting language. Often a user will need or want to explore mel to get the most out of Maya, to speed up workflow, repeat tasks more quickly, or achieve complex actions difficult to do in the GUI alone. Those users with programming experience will have little difficulty understanding mel fundamentals from the documentation included with Maya, but those with little or no previous programming experience will have a tough time learning from the documentation alone. Now Maya users of all levels of experience can gain the benefits of mel through the concepts presented in this book, in the form of detailed explanations and dozens of example scipts.
Mark Wilkins and Chris Kazmier have writen an excellent book for anyone who wants to learn mel and get the most out of Maya. I highly recommend it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I learned MEL from reviewing this book
Mark and Chris have done an enormous service to the Maya animation community by writing this book. I was very impressed, as I reviewed this book prior to its publication, with how... Read more

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