Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners_1

Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 143 lectures, based on 94 reviews, and has 513 subscribers.

You will learn about Modeling Texturing UV Mapping Animation Dynamics Rigging Rendering Lighting Materials This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner Students It is particularly useful for Beginner Students.

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Summary

Title: Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 143

Number of Published Lectures: 143

Number of Curriculum Items: 143

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 143

Original Price: $124.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Modeling

Texturing

UV Mapping

Animation

Dynamics

Rigging

Rendering

Lighting

Materials

Who Should Attend

Beginner Students

Target Audiences

Beginner Students

Autodesk Maya for Beginners Complete Course
[16hr 30min] Project Files Included

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:
All files need Maya 2020 or newer to open
Adobe Photoshop recommended  for some texturing files
Adobe After Effects recommended for some rendering lessons

Video Tutorials
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.

Lessons:
See free preview overview for each section!

[ 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

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Quick Start Overview Project

Lecture 1: PREVIEW – QUICK START OVERVIEW

Lecture 2: Download Files for Lesson –>

Lecture 3: 001 Interface

Lecture 4: 002 Snowman Scene Navigation

Lecture 5: 003 Snowman Grouping and Duplication

Lecture 6: 004 Snowman Duplicate Special

Lecture 7: 005 Snowman Component vs Object Mode

Lecture 8: 006 Snowman Color

Lecture 9: 007 Snowman Tree

Lecture 10: 008 Snowman Snow

Lecture 11: 009 Snowman Project Folder and Saving

Lecture 12: 010 Snowman Importing Textures

Lecture 13: 011 Snowman Adding Snowflake to Particles

Lecture 14: 012 Snowman Lights

Lecture 15: 013 Snowman Layers

Lecture 16: 014 Snowman Animation

Lecture 17: 015 Snowman Rendering

Lecture 18: 016 Snowman Video

Lecture 19: 017 Snowman Video Compression

Chapter 3: Modeling

Lecture 1: PREVIEW – MODELING

Lecture 2: /// DOWNLOAD FILES FOR LESSON ///

Lecture 3: Intro Extrude Insert Edge Loop

Lecture 4: Intro Custom Shelf

Lecture 5: Intro Moving Vertices

Lecture 6: Computer Setting Project Folder

Lecture 7: Computer Extrude

Lecture 8: Computer Keep Faces Together

Lecture 9: Computer Wedge

Lecture 10: Computer Scale Straight Lines

Lecture 11: Computer Curves

Lecture 12: Computer Extrude Along Curve

Lecture 13: Computer Smooth

Lecture 14: Computer Bridge

Lecture 15: Computer Circularize

Lecture 16: Computer Edit Pivot Duplicate Special

Lecture 17: Computer Cleaning Up Scene

Lecture 18: Computer Duplication

Lecture 19: Computer Viewport Settings

Lecture 20: Character Image Planes

Lecture 21: Character Torso

Lecture 22: Character Arms

Lecture 23: Character Legs

Lecture 24: Character Feet

Lecture 25: Character Hands

Lecture 26: Character Head

Lecture 27: Character Facial Edge Loops

Lecture 28: Character Facial Cavities

Lecture 29: Character Ear

Lecture 30: Character Soft Select

Lecture 31: Character Sculpting Brushes

Lecture 32: Character Clothing

Lecture 33: Character Cleaning Up Outliner

Lecture 34: Character Scale

Chapter 4: Texturing / UV Mapping

Lecture 1: PREVIEW – TEXTURING

Lecture 2: /// DOWNLOAD FILES FOR LESSON ///

Lecture 3: UV Mapping Theory

Lecture 4: Texture Jet Resolution

Lecture 5: Textures Jet Practice

Lecture 6: Texture Jet Assigning Color File

Lecture 7: Texture Jet Texturing

Lecture 8: Texture Jet Resolution Final

Lecture 9: UVMapping Fundamentals

Lecture 10: UVMapping Cat CheckerTest

Lecture 11: UVMapping Cat Unfolding Shells

Lecture 12: UVMapping Cat UVLayout

Lecture 13: UVMapping Jet PlanarProjecting

Lecture 14: UVMapping Jet UVLayout

Lecture 15: Texture Coffee Mug Challenge

Lecture 16: Answer Coffee UVs

Lecture 17: Answer Coffee Texture

Chapter 5: Materials / Rendering / Lighting

Lecture 1: PREVIEW – MATERIALS / RENDERING / LIGHTING

Lecture 2: /// DOWNLOAD FILES FOR LESSON ///

Lecture 3: Materials BrickWall Bump Maps

Lecture 4: Materials BrickWall SpecularMaps

Lecture 5: Materials BrickWall TransparencyMaps

Lecture 6: Materials Intro

Lecture 7: Materials Hypershade

Lecture 8: Materials Presets

Lecture 9: Materials Glass

Lecture 10: Lighting Intro

Lecture 11: Lighting 3 Point Lighting

Lecture 12: Rendering

Chapter 6: Rigging

Lecture 1: PREVIEW – RIGGING

Lecture 2: /// DOWNLOAD FILES FOR LESSON ///

Lecture 3: Blendshapes

Lecture 4: Skeleton (Human IK)

Lecture 5: Skeleton (Face Joints)

Lecture 6: Control Rig (Human IK)

Lecture 7: Constraints (Eye Aim)

Lecture 8: Painting Skin Weights

Lecture 9: Painting Skin Weights (Jaw)

Lecture 10: Creating Face GUI

Lecture 11: Setting Limits

Instructors

David Bittorf
Maya / ZBrush Award Winning Tutor

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 2 votes

2 stars: 1 votes

3 stars: 5 votes

4 stars: 25 votes

5 stars: 61 votes

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