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Table Of Contents
termination 118
edges
border 86
creasing 126
hardening 126
selecting subdivision surface 179
Edit button
expressions 571
Edit Deformers > Blend Shape > Add 343
Edit Ramp 493
elbow
influence object 327
electronic tablet
sculpting surfaces 150
else keyword
expressions 580
Emit from Object 478
emitters 476
creating 477
Omni 478
End Bounds 523
End Time 188
equal to (==) operator 589
errors
syntax 578
Essential Skills Movies 5
closing the movie window 6
playing 6
exiting Maya 27
Expression Editor 568
expressions
advantage of separate 572
advantage of single 572
creating 568
description 565
editing 570
execution details 573
naming conventions 568
Extrude 100
extrusion manipulator
subdivision surfaces 175
F
face selection mode 85
faces
splitting 110
facial animation 330
FCheck 401, 493
fields 476, 493
file saving 27
fingernails 179
fingers 171
Flipbooks 493
Flood
Sculpt Geometry Tool 147
Flood All 553
Forward Kinematics (FK) 262, 314, 318
Four Panes 138
Frame In 231
Frame Out 231
Frame Selection
Graph Editor 192
frames per second setting 378
Freeze Transformations
description 278
Full Crease Edge/Vertex 181
G
Get Brush icon 555
Getting Started with Maya
about the lessons 2
before you begin 3
introduction 1
lesson conventions 4
using lesson files 5
using tutorials online 3
Global Illum Photons 448, 453
Global Illumination
Accuracy 452
color bleeding 454
description 440
light sources 456
photon maps 447
photons 447
Radius 452
rendering process 447, 449
Go to Bind Pose 327
Graph Editor 191
path animation 213
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