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Who or what is the project for? - Maya Tutorial
From the course: Maya: Advanced Modeling
Who or what is the project for?
- [Instructor] Before we begin modeling, we must know how the model is going to be used. There are three different overall fields that use 3D models. The first being the entertainment field, the second being the scientific field, and the third for a lack of a better name is the other/new field. Within each of these fields, there are specific industry. The entertainment field houses the film and advertising industry, this industry will typically use what is called surface modeling where the outer shape or shell of the object is the most important part. The entertainment field can use different types of geometry like nervs, polygons, and subdivision surfaces for the most part to represent various shapes. The video game industry will also use surface modeling, but does have a few limitations like it can't use nervs' object. The other limitation is its polygon resolution or poly count this limitation is placed on the nature of real time rendering within video games. The television…
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