A great follow-up to Volume L t Volume II is an in-depth guide to the mathematical and geometric concepts indispensable to advanced Maya programmers. ~Larry Gritz, Exluna/NVIDIA From Volume I of Complete Maya Programming. David's book is an excellent learning tool and reference for novice and veteran Maya developers alike. Maya developers can become more productive with MEL and the Maya API by applying what they learn from this book. Tracy Narine, Maya API Technical Lead, Alias David Gould is an expert at using, programming, and teaching Maya, and it shows. People who need to program Maya will find this book essential. Even Maya users who don't intend to do extensive programming should The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling Complete Maya Programming Volume II: An In-depth Guide to 3D Fundamentals, Geometry, and Modeling David A. D. Gould High Dynamic Range Imaging: Data Acquisition, Manipulation, and Display Erik Reinhard, Greg Ward, Sumanta Pattanaik, and Paul Debevec MEL Scripting for Maya Animators, Second Edition Mark R. Wilkins and Chris Kazmier Advanced Graphics Programming Using OpenGL Tom McReynolds and David Blythe Digital Geometry: Geometric Methods for Digital Picture Analysis Reinhard Klette and Azriel Rosenfeld Digital Video and HD TV[: Algorithms and Intofaces Charles Poynton Real- Hme Shader Programming Ron Fosner Complete Maya Programming: An Extensive Guide to MEL and COMPLETE MAYA P RO GRAMMI N G VOLUME I1 , David A. D. Gould AMSTERDAM BOSTON HEIDELBERG LONDON NEW YORK OXFORD PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO ELSEVIER Morgan Kaufmann Publishers is an imprint of Elsevier M 0 R G A N K A U F M A N N P U B L I S H E R S Senior Editor Publishing Services Manager Senior Project Manager Assistant Editor Editorial Assistant Cover Design Direction Cover Illustration Text Design Direction Composition Technical Illustration Copyeditor Proofreader Indexer Interior Printer Cover Printer Tim Cox Simon G. Crump Angela G. Dooley Richard Camp Jessica Evans Cate Rickard Barr Sean Platter, Studio Splatter Julio Esperas Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Pondicherry, India Dartmouth Publishing Inc. Daril Bentley Phyllis Coyne et al. Northwind Editorial Maple-Vail Manufacturing Group Phoenix Color Corp. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers is an imprint of Elsevier. 500 Sansome Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94111 This book is printed on acid-f?ee paper. © 2005 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Designations used