sorry for the large file size. hope the pre-loader helps. btw first time using flash ever really i did it this way cos DA is picky it seems about who can upload videos so this was the best way to do it.
I decided to make it an animation because i felt showing a still of a flying book would have been far less interesting than an animation also it was to try and make a rig that will make animating and posing a book and its pages easier for future projects.
Programs used
Autodesk Maya After Effects Photoshop Flash Mudbox(though i skipped this part cos i was spending too much time on it and when with a simple texture)
Alll Modeling,Texturing, Lighting, Animation, Rigging, Rendering, Comping was done by me
Most of the texture i use were from random 3d mags and 3D total but all edited and i generated normals and spec using Xnormal
maya is great i fine it easier to understand than other 3d apps. but its still a little complex in different ways but if you download vedio tutorials on the basics and learn more as you go along you will be fine the real trick is to stick with it and research how to get around the problems u are having with a project or figure out how to do it differently its a great program MAYA FTW!