Maya for Beginners- Complete 3D Animation Masterclass

Maya for Beginners: Complete 3D Animation Masterclass, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.5, with 108 lectures, based on 86 reviews, and has 868 subscribers.

You will learn about Animating with keyframes using Autodesk Maya Learn from an accredited university instructor with nearly a decade of experience teaching and working in the industry Getting started with Maya and understanding the interface Complete fundamentals of animation principles Understanding the importance of the bouncing ball with weight Fundamentals of motion capture and how to edit motion data Learn industry game standard animations: Walk, Run, Jump, Idle, and more Export your animations for game engines such as Unreal and Unity How to create industry standard animations for demo reels to apply for jobs Learn hotkeys and best practices to succeed with Maya based on industry experience This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone Interested in Character Animation or Competency using a computer or Developers who want to add game development to their skill-set or Anyone with a passion for learning game development or Anyone who wants the ability to create assets for games or Anyone Wanting to Develop New Skills for Unreal Engine, or Unity or Anyone who wants to learn 3D Animation and how to animate with industry standard workflows It is particularly useful for Anyone Interested in Character Animation or Competency using a computer or Developers who want to add game development to their skill-set or Anyone with a passion for learning game development or Anyone who wants the ability to create assets for games or Anyone Wanting to Develop New Skills for Unreal Engine, or Unity or Anyone who wants to learn 3D Animation and how to animate with industry standard workflows.

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Title: Maya for Beginners: Complete 3D Animation Masterclass

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.5

Number of Lectures: 108

Number of Published Lectures: 107

Number of Curriculum Items: 108

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 107

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Animating with keyframes using Autodesk Maya

Learn from an accredited university instructor with nearly a decade of experience teaching and working in the industry

Getting started with Maya and understanding the interface

Complete fundamentals of animation principles

Understanding the importance of the bouncing ball with weight

Fundamentals of motion capture and how to edit motion data

Learn industry game standard animations: Walk, Run, Jump, Idle, and more

Export your animations for game engines such as Unreal and Unity

How to create industry standard animations for demo reels to apply for jobs

Learn hotkeys and best practices to succeed with Maya based on industry experience

Who Should Attend

Anyone Interested in Character Animation

Competency using a computer

Developers who want to add game development to their skill-set

Anyone with a passion for learning game development

Anyone who wants the ability to create assets for games

Anyone Wanting to Develop New Skills for Unreal Engine, or Unity

Anyone who wants to learn 3D Animation and how to animate with industry standard workflows

Target Audiences

Anyone Interested in Character Animation

Competency using a computer

Developers who want to add game development to their skill-set

Anyone with a passion for learning game development

Anyone who wants the ability to create assets for games

Anyone Wanting to Develop New Skills for Unreal Engine, or Unity

Anyone who wants to learn 3D Animation and how to animate with industry standard workflows

Hi there!

Welcome, and thanks for choosing Class Creative’s Maya for Beginners: Complete 3D Animation Masterclass | Comprehensive Foundational Guide!!

In this foundation course we will be learning the fundamentals of Character Animation and game development. (specifically for the Unreal engine, but this method will also work for other game engines such as Unity).

Learn everything necessary to learn Character Animation utilizing Autodesk Maya taught by a AAA game professional with university level accredited instruction!  We will cover the basics starting with the Ball Bounce, Pendulum, and how to apply the 12 principles of animation to the human form.  We will apply all fundamental aspects taught to create full in game polished animations of: Idle, Walk, Run, Jump and more.

Autodesk Maya is the industry standard 3D animation software, understanding the concepts in this course will help you land a job in the game, film, tv, or music industry.  In this course you will learn how to animate your custom created character from scratch.

Over15 hours of Animation instruction

This course is updated frequentlywith new lessons, industry workflows, and resources!

Nov 2023 –NEW!  Advanced Skeleton Vs. ARTv1 Python 3 and Post Maya 2022 Unreal Mannequin

Nov 2022 –NEW!  How God of War and other AAA studios utilize Autodesk Maya

Oct 2022 –NEW! How to use Epic Art Tools with new Unreal 5 Mannequins

Aug 2022 –NEW! How to fix the most common run cycle mistakes

Jun 2022 –NEW!IK/FK Settings and Options best practices

April 2022 –NEW!How to combine multiple animations in the timeline to create one animation master file

Mar 2022 –NEW!How to fix the most common walk cycle mistakes

Jun 2021 –NEW!Unreal Engine & Autodesk Maya Retarget Process with Paragon/Unreal Marketplace Assets

We will cover the following core skill sets:

Getting started with Maya and understanding the animation process

Understanding how to utilize the reference image plane in Maya to create realistic game engine ready animations

Strong Fundamentals of Animation Body Mechanics

Process of using IK/FK controllers and best practices of Unreal Engine’s A.R.T. tools for Autodesk Maya

Unreal Engine’s A.R.T. rigging tools for Autodesk Maya

Understanding hotkeys to animate quickly

Animating with keyframes

Animation foundation instruction animations: Ball Bounce, Pendulum, & Basic Body Mechanics

Animating a production ready Idle, Run, Walk, Jump quickly and efficiently

Fundamentals of motion capture and how to edit motion data

Advanced polish process to create professional level animation ready for game engine (Unreal/Unity) export

Applying for animation jobs in the industry and what recruiters at top tier studios look for in a demo reel

Includes all the rigs necessary to learn while following along

NOTE  – Course does NOT include custom character mesh.  This course includes ART tools V1 zip  which will include mannequin mesh/rig which will allow all animation and lessons to be animated without a mesh or completing a custom rig.  Course is strictly showing the process of animating a character of choice (you can follow all of the animation concepts and apply them to any character rig you choose not just the Unreal Mannequin rigs),  for ANY character regardless of software or rig limitations.  ART tools requires Python 2 Support.  Maya 2022 for Mac OS (Pc/Linux Maya 2022 both currently support Python 2) currently only supports Python 3; the Art tools will require Python 2 which is currently only supported in Maya 2020 on Mac OS.
UPDATE  – We now provide and support current versions of Maya with a provided Advanced Skeleton Unreal Mannequin rig for the animation course if you choose not to use the ART tools Mannequin rig for Maya 2022.

What students are saying about this animation masterclass course:

“So Clear, Step by Step. First 3D animation course on Udemy that I can say has been my moneys worth.” – Rain Phillips

“Great course. Detailed, nicely explained topics. I enjoyed it!” – Boris Kuleba

We’ll be utilizing the latest software packages that top tier gaming studios of today use to create all of your favorite titles!

Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine’s Maya Animation Rigging Toolset (A.R.T. for short), and the Unreal game engine.

Why Learn From Class Creatives?

This course features an accredited university level animation instructor who has over 15 years of experience animating both keyframe, and motion capture for studios such as Naughty Dog (Uncharted Franchise), Insomniac (Ratchet and Clank Franchise), Guerilla Games (Killzone Franchise), Sucker Punch (Infamous Franchise), Google, Disney and more.  Whether it be a complex hyper realistic animation or a cartoony stylized “Disney” character animation it ALL starts with the fundamentals which we cover in these lectures.

Who This Course is For:

Whether you are just a beginner interested in Character Animation, or a Master professional looking to brush up on your current skill set, this course has material you surely won’t want to miss!

As with all Class Creative’s courses, we’ve laid out a structure that covers the full spectrum of industry standard character workflows from start to finish.

Please remember, if this is your first time animating a 3D character, we highly recommend that you follow the outline carefully, according to how the instructor has structured the course. We wouldn’t want you to miss out on any details!

However, if you are an advanced user and are looking for something specific to add to your repertoire feel free to dive in and skip to any sections you’d like to focus on.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1: Course Overview

Lecture 2: Udemy Rating System Very Important Info!

Lecture 3: Getting Started with Autodesk Maya

Lecture 4: Character Rigs | Unreal Art Rigging Tools Mannequin

Lecture 5: Advanced Skeleton Vs. ARTv1 | Python 3 & Post Maya 2022 Unreal Mannequin

Lecture 6: Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter 2: Introduction to Maya for Animators

Lecture 1: Maya Interface

Lecture 2: Setting Maya Preferences

Lecture 3: Default Hotkeys and Camera Manipulation

Lecture 4: Customizing Hotkeys

Lecture 5: Referencing A.R.T. Tool Rigs

Lecture 6: Image Plane Reference

Lecture 7: Saving the Scene

Lecture 8: Setting Keys

Lecture 9: Intro to the Graph Editor

Lecture 10: IK (Inverse Kinematics) FK (Forward Kinematics)

Lecture 11: IK/FK Settings and Options

Chapter 3: Animation Theory

Lecture 1: 12 Principles of Animation

Lecture 2: Line of Action

Lecture 3: Straights Vs. Curves

Lecture 4: Silhouette

Lecture 5: Ease In/Fast In

Lecture 6: Follow Through and Overlap

Lecture 7: Secondary Action

Lecture 8: Arcs

Lecture 9: Contrast in Posing

Lecture 10: Animation Offsetting

Lecture 11: Pushing Poses

Chapter 4: Bouncing Ball

Lecture 1: Overview of the Bouncing Ball

Lecture 2: Smaller Ball with Different Weight/Timing

Lecture 3: Squash and Stretch

Lecture 4: Creating Playblast

Chapter 5: Pendulum

Lecture 1: Intro to the Pendulum

Lecture 2: Animating the Swing

Lecture 3: Animating Drag, Overlap, and Follow Through

Lecture 4: Modifying Existing Animation to Forward Settle

Lecture 5: Applying Concepts to the Human Body

Chapter 6: Pose to Pose | Overlap | Breakdowns

Lecture 1: Key Poses and Building Overlap in Pose

Lecture 2: Fingers, Polish, and Additional Breakdowns

Chapter 7: IDLE ANIMATION

Lecture 1: Overview of the Project

Lecture 2: Saving Pose to Library

Lecture 3: Importing Pose from Library

Lecture 4: Lower Body Root Animation

Lecture 5: Lower Body Hip Animation

Lecture 6: Animating Foot/Knee Controllers

Lecture 7: Upper Body Torso Animation

Lecture 8: Animating the Shoulders

Lecture 9: Right Arm Animation

Lecture 10: Copying Animation to Left Arm

Lecture 11: Neck and Head Animation

Lecture 12: Right Hand Animation

Lecture 13: Left Hand Animation

Lecture 14: Animation Editor Curve Loops

Lecture 15: Animation Export Process

Chapter 8: Run Animation

Lecture 1: Overview of the Project

Lecture 2: Lower Body Side View

Lecture 3: Lower Body Copying and Pasting Second Leg

Lecture 4: Lower Body Front View

Lecture 5: Upper Body Torso Front View

Lecture 6: Upper Body Torso Side View

Lecture 7: Right Arm Animation

Lecture 8: Right Arm Breakdowns

Lecture 9: Left Arm Copy Paste Method

Lecture 10: Neck and Head Counter Animation

Lecture 11: Animation Polish Best Practices

Lecture 12: Common Run Cycle Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Lecture 13: Export Process

Chapter 9: Walk Animation

Lecture 1: Lower Body Side View Contact Position

Lecture 2: Lower Body Side View Down Position

Lecture 3: Lower Body Side View Passing Position

Lecture 4: Lower Body Side View Up Position

Lecture 5: Lower Body Side View Copying Animation to Opposite Side

Lecture 6: Lower Body Front View Translations

Lecture 7: Lower Body Front View Hips

Lecture 8: Lower Body Front View Knees

Lecture 9: Upper Body Torso

Lecture 10: Upper Body Shoulders and Arms

Lecture 11: Upper Body Copying Animation to Opposite Arm

Lecture 12: Upper Body Drag Follow Through

Lecture 13: Upper Body Neck and Head

Lecture 14: Upper Body Hand Animation

Lecture 15: Upper Body Hand Animation Cleanup

Lecture 16: Common Walk Cycle Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Lecture 17: Animation Export

Chapter 10: Jump Animation

Lecture 1: Overview of the Project

Lecture 2: Start Pose/Anticipation/Jump

Lecture 3: Land Animation

Lecture 4: Upper Body Posing

Lecture 5: Shoulders/Arm Posing Part 1

Lecture 6: Shoulders/Arm Posing Part 2

Instructors

Class Creatives
High Fidelity 3D and Game Art Instruction by Industry Pros!

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 3 votes

2 stars: 3 votes

3 stars: 9 votes

4 stars: 25 votes

5 stars: 46 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do I have access to the course materials?

You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

Can I take my courses with me wherever I go?

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