Introduction to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners

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Introduction to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners

Name: Introduction to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners
Rating: 4.2 (346 reviews)
Author: David Bittorf

Introduction to Autodesk Maya! Learn modeling, animation, rigging, texturing, materials, rendering, lighting & dynamics

updated on icon Updated on Apr, 2024

language icon Language - English

person icon David Bittorf

English [CC]

category icon Design,3D Animation

Lectures -135

Resources -6

Duration -15.5 hours

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Course Description

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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 files
Adobe After Effects recommended for some rendering lessons

Goals

What will you learn in this course:

Modeling
Texturing
UV Mapping
Animation
Dynamics
Rigging
Rendering
Lighting
Materials

Prerequisites

What are the prerequisites for this course?

None

Introduction to Maya 3D Animation for Beginners

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Quick Start Overview Project
19 Lectures

Course Intro 01:45 01:45
001 Interface 08:37 08:37
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002 Snowman Scene Navigation 09:54 09:54
003 Snowman Grouping and Duplication 06:22 06:22
004 Snowman Duplicate Special 06:39 06:39
005 Snowman Component vs Object Mode 04:06 04:06
006 Snowman Color 04:51 04:51
007 Snowman Tree 03:15 03:15
008 Snowman Snow 05:08 05:08
009 Snowman Project Folder and Saving 04:37 04:37
010 Snowman Importing Textures 04:15 04:15
011 Snowman Adding Snowflake to Particles 04:35 04:35
012 Snowman Lights 06:46 06:46
013 Snowman Layers 05:07 05:07
014 Snowman Animation 08:46 08:46
015 Snowman Rendering 09:31 09:31
016 Snowman Video 05:33 05:33
017 Snowman Video Compression 02:32 02:32

Modeling
33 Lectures

Texturing / UV Mapping
16 Lectures

Materials / Rendering / Lighting
11 Lectures

Animation
28 Lectures

Dynamics
17 Lectures

Rigging
11 Lectures

Instructor Details

David Bittorf

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