
Autodesk Maya 2011
by Jason Welsh
Start the free chapterThis training series looks at the multiple tools within Maya 2011 and an example of how to use them. Maya is a vast program that covers a great amount of workflows from 3D modeling to full blown animation, but it\'s the tools that bind you and your imagination to the program. This training helps new artists who have never used Maya all the way up to the Maya pros. Also included are some workflows that take you through the steps necessary to create a fully textured model within the software. So sit back and enjoy the one program everyone that has ever played video games wanted to learn. To begin learning Maya 2012 today, simply click on the movie links.
Course content
Introduction5 lessons
Navigation10 lessons
Attributes & settings9 lessons
Basics11 lessons
- Basics Introduction1:481 credit or ad
- Polygons Geometry3:551 credit or ad
- Curves3:071 credit or ad
- Surfaces Geometry4:061 credit or ad
- Subdivisional Geometry5:411 credit or ad
- Rendering Basics6:081 credit or ad
- Lighting Basics7:041 credit or ad
- Material Basics2:271 credit or ad
- Texture Basics4:381 credit or ad
- Camera Basics6:461 credit or ad
- Manipulator3:371 credit or ad
Polygon Tools29 lessons
- Polygon Tools Introduction0:481 credit or ad
- Polygon Structure3:141 credit or ad
- Component Display4:051 credit or ad
- Selections4:071 credit or ad
- Snapping5:371 credit or ad
- Insert Edge Tool5:101 credit or ad
- Extrude Tool6:371 credit or ad
- Relationships4:531 credit or ad
- Bridge5:171 credit or ad
- Split Polygon Tool & Fill Hole8:011 credit or ad
- Merging Components2:571 credit or ad
- Crease Tool2:361 credit or ad
- Cleanup Tool1:421 credit or ad
- Edit Mesh Commands6:121 credit or ad
- Transform Component3:451 credit or ad
- Detaching Components3:201 credit or ad
- Booleans4:261 credit or ad
- Misc Mesh Commands6:581 credit or ad
- Mirroring5:451 credit or ad
- Lattice4:451 credit or ad
- Custom Shelf5:131 credit or ad
- Stubborn Hotkeys7:011 credit or ad
- Bending Deformer3:391 credit or ad
- Combine Deformers1:561 credit or ad
- Sculpt Deformer1:281 credit or ad
- Modeling with Curves5:221 credit or ad
- Normals2:421 credit or ad
- Level Design Tricks pt. 15:351 credit or ad
- Level Design Tricks pt. 23:381 credit or ad
Modeling Demo7 lessons
UVs & Hypershape13 lessons
- Introduction Video3:011 credit or ad
- UV Snapshot5:511 credit or ad
- Hypershade Connections pt. 14:231 credit or ad
- Hypershade Connections pt. 24:471 credit or ad
- Shader System pt. 14:301 credit or ad
- Shader System pt. 24:081 credit or ad
- Utilities5:581 credit or ad
- Mental Ray Shaders7:291 credit or ad
- UV Shells5:131 credit or ad
- Other Projections6:231 credit or ad
- UV Texture Editor7:491 credit or ad
- Layout5:571 credit or ad
- Misc UV Tools7:431 credit or ad
Materials & Textures Demo13 lessons
- Introduction Video0:461 credit or ad
- UVs pt. 15:211 credit or ad
- UVs pt. 23:401 credit or ad
- UVs pt. 36:361 credit or ad
- UVs pt. 46:501 credit or ad
- Layout UVs5:011 credit or ad
- Materials pt. 16:461 credit or ad
- Materials pt. 22:531 credit or ad
- Bake Setup pt. 14:561 credit or ad
- Bake Setup pt. 21:541 credit or ad
- Baking Color2:151 credit or ad
- Baked Conlusion2:031 credit or ad
- Final Texture4:361 credit or ad
Rendering23 lessons
- Rendering Introduction1:091 credit or ad
- Scene Setup4:391 credit or ad
- Photons3:161 credit or ad
- Mental Ray Features3:071 credit or ad
- Render Passes pt. 13:101 credit or ad
- Render Passes pt. 22:391 credit or ad
- Rendering Animation pt. 11:561 credit or ad
- Rendering Animation pt. 22:371 credit or ad
- Paint Effects2:431 credit or ad
- PSD Networks6:521 credit or ad
- Z depth pt. 12:131 credit or ad
- Z depth pt. 23:171 credit or ad
- Prelight6:001 credit or ad
- Spotlight5:081 credit or ad
- Point Light3:211 credit or ad
- Ambient Light4:101 credit or ad
- Shadows3:391 credit or ad
- Alpha Shadows2:441 credit or ad
- Volume Light2:461 credit or ad
- Directional & Arial Light4:501 credit or ad
- Image Based Lighting3:261 credit or ad
- Physical Sun & Sky2:031 credit or ad
- Clouds & 32 Bit4:121 credit or ad
Animation17 lessons
- Animation Introduction1:031 credit or ad
- Timeline2:511 credit or ad
- Keying5:141 credit or ad
- Graph Editor4:561 credit or ad
- Characters3:271 credit or ad
- Trax Editor3:451 credit or ad
- Trax Manipulation3:541 credit or ad
- Set Driven Key2:461 credit or ad
- Expressions3:261 credit or ad
- Constraints6:091 credit or ad
- Constraint Demo4:511 credit or ad
- Playblast2:591 credit or ad
- Jiggle pt. 13:591 credit or ad
- Jiggle pt. 25:431 credit or ad
- Wire Tool2:441 credit or ad
- Point on Curve2:351 credit or ad
- Soft Modification2:001 credit or ad
Rigging15 lessons
- Rigging Introduction0:521 credit or ad
- Bones4:491 credit or ad
- Skinning3:001 credit or ad
- Skin Weights4:101 credit or ad
- IK3:371 credit or ad
- Capsules4:251 credit or ad
- Muscles pt. 17:141 credit or ad
- Muscles pt. 22:121 credit or ad
- Muscle Weights3:221 credit or ad
- IK Splines1:531 credit or ad
- Parenting Rules3:291 credit or ad
- Grouping1:381 credit or ad
- Eye Rig3:451 credit or ad
- Clusters3:331 credit or ad
- Constraint Weight4:221 credit or ad
Dynamics17 lessons
- Dynamics Introduction0:471 credit or ad
- Active vs. Passive Rigid Bodies5:011 credit or ad
- Dynamic Relationships1:271 credit or ad
- Field Attributes5:131 credit or ad
- Newton Field3:181 credit or ad
- Radial Field5:341 credit or ad
- Vortex & Turbulence2:501 credit or ad
- Constraints pt. 14:421 credit or ad
- Constraints pt. 24:501 credit or ad
- Active Constraints2:401 credit or ad
- Toggle Dynamics2:041 credit or ad
- Shatter4:081 credit or ad
- Sprites3:171 credit or ad
- Emitters2:271 credit or ad
- Fluids with Sprites4:501 credit or ad
- Fluid Examples4:141 credit or ad
- nDynamics3:501 credit or ad