3D animation and simulation of cell biology with Maya and MEL
First Statement of Responsibility
Jason Sharpe, Charles John Lumsden, Nicholas Woolridge
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Amsterdam ;Boston
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxv, 622 p. , ill. (chiefly col.) , 24 cm. ], 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Computers and the organism -- Animating biology -- Maya basics -- Modeling geometry -- Animation -- Dynamics -- Shading -- Cameras -- Lighting -- Action! Maya rendering -- MEL scripting -- Data input/output -- Building a protein -- Self-assembly -- Modeling a mobile cell -- Growing an ECM scaffold -- Scaffold invasions : modeling 3D populations of mobile cells -- Conclusion : a new kind of seeing.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 587-592) and index.