Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners

About Intro to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners

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 filesAdobe 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_