July 2008
Craft Director Tools featured in Mark Jennings Smith's latest manual called Maya Plugin Power, published by Course Technology.
The manual covers a wide spectrum of plug-ins in Maya; everything from cloth to hair, fur and rendering. In the chapter devoted to Craft Director Tools the reader is taken step by step through the basics of using most of the vehicle plug-ins and almost all of the cameras plug-ins in the Craft Director Tools series.
"[Craft Director Tools] are powerful helpers that can ease a variety of difficult situations and deserve further investigation on your part," writes Jennings Smith.
Mark Jennings Smith is a seasoned artist, animator and writer residing in Beverly Hills, CA. Together with a partner he founded Digital Drama in 1994, which focused on computer-generated imagery, animation, digital painting and special digital visual effects. Digital Drama designed the digital film effects and animation for companies such as Universal Pictures, Trimark Pictures, Fox Home Entertainment, HBO and Showtime. Mark has contribued to several books and magazines including a chapter in "Maya: Secrets of the Pros". He also created cover art for the book and a variety of other titles in the 3D arena. He served as the technical editor for Mastering Maya Complete 2 as well as consulted and beta-tested dozens of software packages. Mark has also taught visual effects and computer animation using Maya at New York University.
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