Mastering Maya® 2009

Acknowledgments

I'd like to thank all the people who worked so hard on this project, most especially the editors Lisa Bishop, Gael McGill, Linda Recktenwald, and Dassi Zeidel. I'd also like to thank Mariann Barsolo and Pete Gaughan. I thank all the folks at Autodesk who provided excellent support throughout the writing of this book.

I'd like to thank Eric Allen for his help in writing the rigging chapter and Michael Comet for agreeing to be interviewed. Several of my good friends contributed artwork that is used in the book. Anthony Honn built the car model used in many of the example scenes, and Chris Sanchez provided the fantastic design used in the modeling chapters. I've worked with these artists at several studios; they are both examples of ...