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The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Graphics Series) by David Stripinis; Ebrary, Inc is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Graphics Series) about?

The Maya Embedded Language, or MEL, is the very foundation of the Maya application: it's what makes it so powerful. And, if you know MEL, you can make Maya work more efficiently for your own projects. Whether customizing the workspace, modifying the tools that already exist, or creating new tools, an artist versed in MEL is ready to exploit the true power of Maya. The problem is that MEL can be very intimidating to artists and other non-programmers. To an artist, MEL represents a whole other world filled with words like variable, conditional statements, and vector cross-product. Like any other programming language, MEL has its own vocabulary and rules of grammar. To master it, you simply need to learn the rules: you don't have to become a programmer. The MEL Companion helps artists do this. In the first part of the book, you'll learn about the syntax, vocabulary, and structure of MEL - its grammar. You'll learn some basic math concepts, such as types of numbers and simple math equations, and at the end of part one you'll explore concepts for building and constructing programs. The second part covers the construction of scripts that detail some of the ways you can use MEL. You'll le

Author

David Stripinis; Ebrary, Inc

Publisher

Hingham, Mass.: Charles River Media

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781584502753

Subjects

Photography, Computer Science, Art

Rating

3.6 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14