Digital - Tutors Beginner%27s Guide to Maya 2011
English | 1 hrs. 21 min. | Video: VP6 (.mp4) 704x400 | Audio: MP3 44.1KHz mono | 220.26 MB

In this Maya tutorial we will be teaching you the essential workflows, terms and techniques to help you get started with Maya.
We will start off by learning how to navigate through the Maya interface, and moving the Maya virtual cameras. We will then explore many critical aspects of Maya, such as creating and manipulating primitive objects, understanding the various components of Maya geometry, animating objects in Maya, working with lights and shadows, adding materials and textures to our scenes, rendering out animated sequences, and many other concepts that will help you get a solid foundational understanding of Maya and it%27s capabilities.
Lesson Outline (15 lessons)

1. Introduction and project overview 1 min. 25 sec.


2. Navigating the Maya interface 4 min. 14 sec.


3. Setting up your Maya project 5 min. 14 sec.


4. Selecting and deselecting objects 4 min. 21 sec.


5. Working with Maya primitives 4 min. 47 sec.


6. Transforming objects in Maya 4 min. 50 sec.


7. Understanding object components 9 min. 33 sec.


8. Working with tool options 4 min. 9 sec.


9. Extruding polygons in Maya 7 min. 13 sec.


10. Animating objects in Maya 8 min. 54 sec.


11. Working with lights in Maya 5 min. 24 sec.


12. Adding shadows to lights 2 min. 43 sec.


13. Working with materials in Maya 4 min. 49 sec.


14. Assigning textures to Maya geometry 5 min. 9 sec.


15. Rendering a sequence from Maya 9 min. 9 sec.


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