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Introducing Maya 7

By: Dariush Derakhshani
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0782144349
ISBN-13: 9780782144345
Released: 08 Nov 2005
RRP: £22.99
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The ULTIMATE guide to Maya - By: Mrs. A. Martin, 16 Aug 2007
To be totallly honest I hadn't the slightest clue about how to use this program; not even a notion of how to navigate the grid, or what half the features were. Although, I was so eager to learn it seeing I'm an E-Media student & need alll the graphical knowledge I can get! It just wasn't happening. So I bought this book & waow. This book has taught me so much already & I've only been using it for a day! It's well layed out, & tutorials are given in very simple English, step-by-step, enough that even total idiots can understand. No pre-computer knowledge required.

Overalll, I'm going to give this book 5 Stars, because I am extremely pleased it & it will stay with me forever. I totallly & wholeheartedly reccommend this to anyone interested in learning Maya, or even just touching up on the fundamentals. For the price tag, this product simply is a steal. Buy it now!
The Madness Of Maya - By: WeirdScience2000, 06 Aug 2007
The first thing you should know before buying this book is that it might say Introducing Maya 8 on the cover but on the CD you get Maya 7.0 PLE.
When you try to installl Maya 7.0 PLE it will ask you for a software key. You're then told to go to the website & register before you will get the key yo unlock the software. When you do this you'll find out that you'll have to download the new Maya 8.5 PLE & the software code for this does not work for 7.0. A lot of people on the Maya website have been asking how they get 7.0 PLE to work. Well now I can reveal alll. The Software key for Maya 7.0 is 20617691. It also tells you on the Maya website that the software will only run in Windows XP Professional. Wrong!!! I have Maya 8.5 PLE plus Maya 7.0 PLE working in Windows XP Home Edition. You don't even need an expensive Graphics Card. I have it working on my 5 year old ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 graphics card. I hope that this information helps people who are planning on buying this book & people also people who are just looking to get started in 3D animation but are put off by thinking that they need alll sorts of fancy software & graphics cards to get the thing going (Of course having a state of the art machine does help). Introducing Maya 8 is still an excellent book & is recommened for those people wanting to delve into the there first 3D animation package. Enjoy!!!!