This a step-by-step tutorial showing how to use Maya. Modeling, Texturing, Rendering, Lighting, Materials, Rigging, Animation, and Dynamics will all be covered. Learn from an industry professional with over 14 years of teaching experience. You will start off creating a snowman scene that will give you an overview of the different things Maya can do. From there you will dive deep into each aspect. Project files are included so you can easily follow along. Follow from start to finish or jump into any section that you are interested in. Each video is around 10 minutes or less to help you get your information as direct as possible. Files: Video Tutorials Lessons:
All files need Maya 2020 or newer to open
Adobe Photoshop recommended for some texturing files
Adobe After Effects recommended for some rendering lessons
There are 126 Video Tutorials averaging about 10 minutes per video. These can be viewed in order or feel free to jump into any lesson to just learn a specific technique.
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[ 1hr 41min] Quick Start Overview Project
Modeling Snowman (using views to align primitives)
Adding Color (adding materials)
Creating Trees
Adding Dynamic Snow
Animating Hat
Lighting
Rendering Video
[ 3hr 32min] Modeling
Hard Surface (Polygon)
Organic Character (Polygon)
[ 2hr 00min] Texturing
Proper Resolution
UV Mapping Hard Surface
UV Mapping Organic
Texturing (Photoshop)
[ 1hr 25min] Materials / Rendering / Lighting
Bump, Specular, and Transparency Maps
Hypershade / Attribute Editor
Chrome, Glass, and more
3 Point Lighting
Rendering Image Sequence
[ 1hr 29min] Rigging
Blendshapes
Skeleton (Human IK)
Control Rig (Human IK)
Face Joints / Constraints
Painting Skin Weights
Custom GUI
Set Driven Keys
Custom Attributes
[ 3hr 21min] Animation
Bouncing Ball
Walk Cycle
Lip Sync
Turntables
Graph Editor / Dope Sheet
Animation Layers
Motion Paths / Cycle Infinity
[ 2hr 08min] Dynamics
Active and Passive Rigid Bodies
Bowling / Catapult / Dominoes / Jenga
Cloth
Trees
Particles (Water / Smoke)
Fluid Containers (Logo Fade)
Constraints
Cache
Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners.part2.rar
Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners.part3.rar
Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners.part4.rar
Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners.part5.rar
Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners.part6.rar
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