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Autodesk Maya remains the industry standard for creating 3D content-- and with good reason! Maya\'s robust and expansive toolset includes incredible modeling, UV layout, surfacing, lighting, rigging, animation, dynamics, and rendering tools. In fact, this toolset is so extensive and deep that many game and broadcast studios use Maya exclusively for all of their CG production needs. In this introductory VTC course, we will dive into Maya 2013 and touch on all of the different Maya modules by applying these tools to a series of fun exercises. By the end of the course, you\'ll know your way around the Maya interface and be ready to begin tackling your own projects from start to finish. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

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Introduction and Interface Overview
  Welcome (02:25)
  Modules / UI (06:49)
  Creating Primitives (05:57)
  Navigating in Maya (Cameras and Windows) (05:33)
  Maya Window Layout Options (02:07)
  Manipulator Tools (04:21)
  Components (05:26)
  Selection Masks (03:42)
  Marking Menu Customization (01:26)
  Tool Options / Defaults (03:27)
  Cameras and View Cube (03:57)
Modeling a Laser Gun
  Split and Extrude (05:58)
  Modeling to Smooth (04:36)
  Create Polygon Tool / Append Polygons (05:53)
  Using Image Planes (05:27)
  Modeling a Laser Gun pt. 1 (05:59)
  Modeling a Laser Gun pt. 2 (06:30)
  Mirroring and Deleting History (03:01)
  Maya Projects (02:49)
  Modeling a Laser Gun pt. 3 (04:41)
  Creating Curves (06:14)
  Surfaces (07:14)
  Smoothing Out Mistakes (06:27)
  Working with Booleans (04:43)
  Introduction to Hierarchies (05:37)
Modeling a Simple Alien
  Organic Modeling Overview (03:30)
  Beginning the Alien Model (04:57)
  Offset Edge Loop Tool / Combining Objects (04:53)
  Face Normals (06:59)
  Curve Extrusions / Instances (06:24)
  Artisan Sculpting (06:00)
  Wire Deformers (05:15)
Deformers / Intro to Rigging
  Applying Nonlinear Deformers (06:08)
  Using Lattices (05:16)
  Applying Clusters (04:30)
  Creating Blend Shape Deformers (05:03)
  Selection Sets (01:42)
  Skeleton Tools and Hierarchies (06:23)
  Creating Alien Joints (04:30)
  Using Constraints (06:56)
  Creating FK Controls (06:38)
  Binding Geometry to Joints (05:28)
  Skin Weighting (04:49)
  Connecting Attributes (06:00)
Intro to Character Animation
  Creating Keyframes (06:46)
  Dope Sheet (04:38)
  Graph Editor and Curve Tangents (05:51)
  Working with Character Rigs (06:27)
  Marking Up Reference Footage in Photoshop (05:39)
  File Referencing (02:47)
  Importing Image Sequences into Maya (04:16)
  Character Animation Workflow pt. 1 (04:59)
  Character Animation Workflow pt. 2 (06:36)
  Character Animation Workflow pt. 3 (06:26)
  Character Animation Workflow pt. 4 (07:00)
  Character Animation Workflow pt. 5 (04:16)
Intro to Dynamics
  Emitters (05:14)
  Particles (05:42)
  Fields (06:09)
  Collisions (05:01)
  Laser Example pt. 1 (04:26)
  Laser Example pt. 2 (03:29)
  Goal Objects (02:26)
  Rigid Body Simulations (05:20)
  Baking Simulations (04:19)
  Soft Body Simulations (06:54)
  nCloth (06:35)
  Driven Keys pt. 1 (05:10)
  Driven Keys pt. 2 (03:01)
Applying Materials
  The Hyper Shade (04:32)
  Material Types (06:44)
  2d Procedural Textures (06:16)
  3d Procedural Textures (06:57)
  Projection Mapping (06:11)
  Arranging UVs pt. 1 (07:02)
  Arranging UVs pt. 2 (05:30)
  Creating UV Snapshots and Textures (05:31)
  Applying Textures (07:05)
Rendering
  Playbasting (04:34)
  Light Types (05:51)
  IPR and Render Settings (04:07)
  Render Globals (04:15)
  Software vs. Mental Ray (04:54)
  Shadows (Raycasting and Raytracing) (05:26)
  Reflections and Refractions (04:33)
  Vector Rendering (03:27)
  Render Layers (04:05)
  Compositing Overview (04:41)
Conclusion
  Course Wrap Up (04:01)
Credits
  About the Author (05:05)

Title Information / Pricing

Title: Autodesk Maya 2013
Author: Jason Baskin
SKU: 34411
ISBN: 978-1-61866-092-3
Release Date: 2013-02-28
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Duration: 8 hrs / 90 lessons
Work Files: Yes
Captions: Available on CD and Online University
Compatibility: Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux
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