Maya 8.5 Fundamentals (Program Details)

Soft Skills

COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction to Maya

About this Course
Overview of Maya
New in Maya 8.5

Getting Around

Interface Tour
Selection
Cartesian Coordinates Tutorials 1
Cartesian Coordinates pt. 2
Geometric Building Blocks
Project Management
Setting Keyframes in Maya
Ball Drop Bounce
Shader Basics
Point Lights
Render Settings

Maya - Diving In

Outliner
Maya Hotkeys Tutorials 1
Hotkeys pt. 2
Component Mode
Maya Geometry types
Pivot Points pt. 1
Pivot Points pt. 2
Material Types
Spotlights
Maya Camera Basics

Building Detail

Hypergraph
Curve Creation
Curve Editing Tutorials
Revolves
Camera Turntable
Extruded Surfaces
Lofting
Graph Editor
Maya Texture Maps
Mapping Coordinates
Depth Maps
Soft Shadows
Gobos Tutorials 1
Gobos pt. 2

Adding Depth to your Maya Projects

Shelves
User Prefs
Polygon Modelling Techniques
Extrude Face
Split Polygon
Edge Loop Cut
Smooth Proxy
Hierarchies and Groups
Bump Maps
Transparency
Raytraced Soft Shadows
Depth of Field

Making Connections

Artisan Select
Motion Paths Tutorials
Driven Keys
Displacement Mapping in Maya
Three-point Lighting
OptiFX

Moving On Up

Text
Bevel
Skeleton Basics
Added Attributes
Toon Shading
Reflection and Refraction
Batch Rendering Animation

Beyond Basics

Show By Type
Hiding and Showing
Maya Layers
Snapping
Cluster Deformers
Lattices
Constraints
Inverse Kinematics
3D Paint
Final Gather
Motion Blur

Advanced Maya Topics

MEL Scripting Tutorials 1
MEL Scripting pt. 2
Skinning
Reflection Mapping
Image Based Lighting
Dynamics
Particles

End

Wrap Up

Credits

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