Alias today announced the release of new beginners’ guides on DVD for Maya and Alias MotionBuilder. “The step-by-step tutorials and helpful demonstrations found in the five-part Maya 7 Beginner’s Guide Bundle give aspiring 3D professionals a solid introduction to the software’s interface and an opportunity to learn basic keyframe animation and rigging, modeling workflows, shading and texturing techniques, and to learn about rigid and soft body dynamics, particle effects and more,” notes Alias.