Adding Materials to Geometry

Unless you have an advanced knowledge of Maya, it would be a good idea to work along with this chapter using the demonstration files. If you are already a Maya master, read through the material, then do the assignment at the end of the chapter.

If you are working along with me, open Castle_Project_Start_Chapter_10.ma on the Chapter 10 DVD materials. When you open the file, choose File Project Set and set the project to the Castle_Project folder you created on your hard drive in Chapter 8. Be sure to save the Maya scene file to the scenes folder in Castle_Project. All the image files you created in Chapter 8 should already be in the sourceimages folder in Castle_Project on your hard drive. If they aren’t there, ...

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