Allen, Eric M. <br/><br/>
Body language advanced 3D character rigging / 
 Body language advanced 3D character rigging  [electronic resource] 
Eric Allen and Kelly Murdock ; with contributing authors Jared Fong and Adam G. Sidwell 
 - Hoboken, NJ :  Wiley Technology Pub.,  c2008 
 - xviii, 395 p. :  ill. col. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>The vehicle to get you there : applications and approaches -- Getting to know you : Maya?s interface and basics -- Rigging, that's right : correct rigging concepts you need to know -- Starting in the core : building a strong torso -- Creating contrapposto : perfecting pelvis rigging -- Arms of mass deformation : real and unreal arm creation -- Getting a leg (or two) up on the competition : understanding legs and feet -- Hands that grab your attention : workable hand rigging techniques -- A head above the rest : controlling the head and neck -- What are you looking at? : realistic eyes -- Grit those teeth : desirable mouth and jaw -- Can't you see what i'm saying : logical viseme creation -- Control that face of yours : working with expressions and facial user interfaces -- Deforming, organizing and bombproofing your rig -- Mel scripting, an introduction -- UV mapping and UVlayout -- The cMuscleSystem by Comet Digital -- The skinny on skinning : effective surface attachment -- Optimizing your character pipeline using Character Pipeline tools 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470173879 (paper/cd-rom) 0470173874 (paper/cd-rom) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rigging (Computer animation)<br/>Characters and characteristics--Computer simulation<br/>Three-dimensional imaging