Python Programming for Maya Artists

Python Programming for Maya Artists, available at $84.99, has an average rating of 4.59, with 40 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 85 reviews, and has 576 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the basics of programming with Python Create production-ready tools for Maya Automate and improve animation workflows Gain a strong foundation to continue learning programming This course is ideal for individuals who are Animators interested in learning the fundamentals of programming with Python for Maya. or The projects in the course will be more relatable to animation and layout artists, however it will benefit anyone working with Maya. It is particularly useful for Animators interested in learning the fundamentals of programming with Python for Maya. or The projects in the course will be more relatable to animation and layout artists, however it will benefit anyone working with Maya.

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Summary

Title: Python Programming for Maya Artists

Price: $84.99

Average Rating: 4.59

Number of Lectures: 40

Number of Quizzes: 2

Number of Published Lectures: 40

Number of Published Quizzes: 2

Number of Curriculum Items: 42

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 42

Original Price: $84.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn the basics of programming with Python

Create production-ready tools for Maya

Automate and improve animation workflows

Gain a strong foundation to continue learning programming

Who Should Attend

Animators interested in learning the fundamentals of programming with Python for Maya.

The projects in the course will be more relatable to animation and layout artists, however it will benefit anyone working with Maya.

Target Audiences

Animators interested in learning the fundamentals of programming with Python for Maya.

The projects in the course will be more relatable to animation and layout artists, however it will benefit anyone working with Maya.

Welcome to this Introduction to Python Programming for Maya!

In this course, you will go from zero to a comfortable level of programming knowledge that will allow you to create your own tools, automate tedious parts of your workflow and help yourself and your team work a lot more efficiently.

The course will be more relatable to animators, as well as layout and rigging artists, mainly due to the nature of the projects, however, anyone working in Maya could benefit from the lectures if they are looking to learn Python programming.

Whether you’re just looking to improve your daily work or considering switching to a technical role, I’m sure this course will bring you a step closer to your goal!

What is covered?

Foundational programming concepts in Python: Loops, if statements, functions, lists, dictionaries, etc.

Fundamental techniques and best practices: Even if it’s a beginners course you will learn some best practices that professional TDs and developers use.

Maya cmds library: The skills you’ll acquire are broad programming skills, but the projects use the cmds library a lot since the tools being created are for Maya.

Production tools: You will finish the course with actual tools that you can use in your work.

UIs: You will learn how to create UIs using the built-in libraries in Maya.

Who is this course for?

Maya artists: This course will NOT teach you how to use Maya, you might learn some new Maya tricks, but it is assumed that you have some basic knowledge of Maya (although you do not need to be advanced at all).

Complete beginners or people with some basic knowledge of Python.

Programmers looking to become familiar with Python for Maya. The contents are geared towards beginners, but the projects might help someone become familiar with Maya and its libraries.

Best way to approach the course:

Follow the projectsin order: The projects are designed to introduce new concepts naturally as they are needed, from the most basic to more complex, and each project will reuse previous knowledge.

Deep Dives: The deep dives give you a break from the project to delve deeper into a specific topic. They are placed after a concept has been introduced, you might want to watch them immediately after learning the concept but you can also treat them as a reference library to go back to in the future.

Source Code: Keep a look out for the resources in each lecture, you will have be able to download the files with the source code for a portion of the project.

Video Timestamps: Unfortunately this platform doesn’t offer timestamps on videos but you will be able to download text files (in resources) with time codes for important points in the lecture.

Quizzes and Exercises: You will find quizzes and coding exercises after some lectures, these are optional, but a great way to practice.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Script Editor Overview

Chapter 2: Your first Python program

Lecture 1: Hello Maya

Lecture 2: Intro to cmds library and imports

Chapter 3: 1st Project – Prop Rigging Tool

Lecture 1: Project Intro

Lecture 2: Tool Breakdown

Lecture 3: Creating the Tool

Lecture 4: Modifying the Control

Lecture 5: Deep Dive – Help & Documentation

Lecture 6: Working With Node Names and Lists

Lecture 7: Extending the Tool with if Statements

Lecture 8: Deep Dive – if Statements and booleans

Lecture 9: Introduction to Functions

Lecture 10: Turn Code Into a Function

Lecture 11: PyCharm – Install and Setup

Lecture 12: Creating a Module

Lecture 13: Deep Dive – Functions

Chapter 4: 2nd Project – Pose Transfer Tool

Lecture 1: Project Intro and Breakdown

Lecture 2: Namespaces and Lists

Lecture 3: Selection and for Loops

Lecture 4: for Loops Overview

Lecture 5: Getting Attributes

Lecture 6: Storing the Pose – Intro to Dictionaries

Lecture 7: Storing the Pose – Building the Pose Dictionary

Lecture 8: Applying the Pose

Lecture 9: Building Main Transfer Function

Lecture 10: Intro to UIs

Lecture 11: Creating the UI

Lecture 12: Project Recap

Lecture 13: Deep Dive – Strings

Lecture 14: Deep Dive – Loops

Lecture 15: Deep Dive – Lists, Tuples, Sets

Lecture 16: Deep Dive – Dictionaries

Chapter 5: Final Project – Pose Library

Lecture 1: Project Intro

Lecture 2: Creating the Python Package

Lecture 3: Working With Files

Lecture 4: Saving Poses to JSON Files

Lecture 5: Reading Poses From JSON Files

Lecture 6: Creating the UI

Lecture 7: Connecting the Functionality and Sharing Your Tools

Instructors

Anim TD
Technical Education for VFX & Animation

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Frequently Asked Questions

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