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Part I ✦ Getting Started with Maya 4.5

Summary

In this introductory chapter, we discussed the concepts behind Maya and its major

functions in different professional settings. Maya is such a flexible application,

capable of performing just about any computer function you desire. We encourage

you to push the boundaries of Maya and create and define your own uses. We also

touched briefly on Maya’s history and the new features in version 4. We covered the

following:

✦ What Maya is

✦ Painting a moving picture in a 3D world as it applies to Maya

✦ Artwork

✦ The role Maya plays in an animation production pipeline

✦ What’s new in version 4.5

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