Course Overview

Get the essential training you need to create high-quality 3D models and animations in Maya 2019. Learn core Maya skills such as modeling, texturing, rendering, and animation.

Course Circullum

Introduction

Create high-quality 3D models and animations in Maya 2019
System requirements
How to use the exercise files

1. The Maya Interface

Overview of the Maya interface
Work with files and Maya projects
Navigation in Maya
Configure viewports
Using the Hotbox and Marking menus
Customize the interface
Using Maya workspaces

2. Select and Manipulate Objects

Select objects
Use the Move tool
Rotate and scale
Manipulate pivots
Understanding the Channel Box
Work with the Attribute Editor
Reset and freeze transformations
Snap objects
Duplicate objects

3. Organize Maya Scenes

Work with the Outliner
Create hierarchies
Group objects
Understanding the Hypergraph
Hide and show objects
Create layers
Work with selection masks

4. Create Polygonal Models

Differences between NURBS and polygons
Create polygonal objects
Select polygonal components
Using Soft Select and Symmetry
Combine and separate
Boolean tools
Using brush tools to sculpt meshes

5. Model Polygonal Meshes

Set up reference
Model against reference
Work with edge loops
Use the Extrude tools
Mirror and merge components
Use the Bevel tools
Extrude along a path
Use the Polygon Bridge tool
Understanding Quad Draw

6. Refine Polygonal Meshes

Use the Modeling Toolkit
Smooth models and manage detail
Work with subdivision surfaces
Create creases in smooth surfaces
Use Edge Flow to smooth geometry
Manage object history

7. NURBS Modeling Techniques

Understanding NURBS components
NURBS primitives
Use the NURBS curve tools
Create radial surfaces with Revolve
Use NURBS Loft
Open and close curves and surfaces
Create shapes with NURBS Planar
Use NURBS Extrude

8. Refine NURBS Models

Use isoparms to refine NURBS surfaces
Extract NURBS curves from surfaces
Create curves on a surface
Project curves on surfaces
Trim NURBS surfaces
Convert NURBS to polygons

9. Create Materials

Overview of Maya rendering
Understanding the basic shader types
Work with Arnold materials
Opacity and refraction in Arnold
Create and apply maps
Use bitmaps as texture
Work with the Hypershade window
Create materials in Hypershade

10. Apply Materials and Textures

Apply multiple materials to objects
UV map polygonal objects
Understanding the UV Editor
Project textures on NURBS surfaces
3D painting
UV mapping complex objects
Maintaining UV scale

11. Render in Maya

Render Settings menu
Use Render View
Maya lights and lighting types
Understanding cameras
Use the Light Editor
Batch render animation
Understanding Render Setup
Use overrides in Render Setup

12. Render in Arnold

Arnold render settings
Arnold RenderView
Use Maya lights in Arnold
Use Arnold area lights
Use objects as lights
Image-based lighting and skydomes
Add depth of field in Arnold
Create motion blur in Arnold
Render animation in Arnold

13. Animate in Maya

Understanding the animation interface
Animate objects using Set Key
Modify keys in the Graph Editor
Modify keys in the Dope Sheet
Create breakdown keys
Animate objects along spline paths
Visualize animation
Use the Grease Pencil tool
Create animation cycles
Animation playback using Playblast
Work with the Time Editor
Create animations clips

Conclusion

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