Mirror and merge components - Maya Tutorial

Contents

• Introduction Introduction

  • Create high-quality 3D models and animations with Maya

    42s
  • Maya system requirements

    33s
  • Make the most of the exercise files

    30s
  • Enable Arnold rendering

    1m 24s
• 1. The Maya Interface 1. The Maya Interface

  • Overview of the Maya interface

    4m 22s
  • Work with files and Maya projects

    2m 13s
  • Navigation in Maya

    1m 27s
  • Configure viewports

    4m 57s
  • Use the Hotbox and Marking menus

    3m 20s
  • Customize preferences

    2m 46s
  • Use Maya Workspaces

    1m 33s
• 2. Select and Manipulate Objects 2. Select and Manipulate Objects

  • Select objects

    3m 41s
  • Use the Move tool

    3m 31s
  • Rotate and scale

    2m 36s
  • Manipulate pivots

    3m 12s
  • Duplicate objects

    2m 16s
  • Understanding the Channel Box

    2m 55s
  • Work with the Attribute editor

    2m 45s
  • Reset and freeze transformations

    2m 48s
  • Snapping objects

    2m 29s
• 3. Organize Maya Scenes 3. Organize Maya Scenes

  • Work with the Outliner

    4m 33s
  • Create hierarchies

    2m 17s
  • Group objects

    2m 31s
  • Understanding the Hypergraph

    3m 20s
  • Create layers

    3m 38s
  • Hide and show objects

    2m 24s
  • Work with selection masks

    2m
  • Create Sets in the Outliner

    3m 51s
• 4. Create Polygonal Models 4. Create Polygonal Models

  • Create polygonal objects

    3m 58s
  • Extend polygonal objects

    3m 8s
  • Select polygonal components

    3m 26s
  • Use Soft Select and Symmetry

    3m 47s
  • Use Brush tools to sculpt meshes

    3m 25s
  • Use the Modeling Toolkit

    2m 4s
• 5. Modeling Polygonal Meshes 5. Modeling Polygonal Meshes

  • Set up reference

    6m 5s
  • Modeling against reference

    5m 15s
  • Use the Extrude tools

    5m 40s
  • Work with edge loops

    2m 49s
  • Combine and separate

    5m 11s
  • Welding components

    2m 26s
  • Mirror and merge components

    2m 15s
  • Use Polygon Bridge

    3m 30s
  • Use the Bevel tools

    2m 11s
• 6. Additional Modeling Techniques 6. Additional Modeling Techniques

  • Understanding Quad Draw

    4m 10s
  • Smoothing surfaces

    2m 22s
  • Work with subdivision surfaces

    2m 28s
  • Add creases to smooth surfaces

    2m 1s
  • Boolean tools

    3m 13s
  • Manage object history

    3m 16s
• 7. Work with Curves 7. Work with Curves

  • Basics of NURBS curves

    4m 28s
  • Create curves

    4m 22s
  • Modify curves

    3m 48s
  • Extrude along a path

    2m 23s
• 8. Create Materials 8. Create Materials

  • Overview of Maya rendering

    1m 57s
  • Understanding the basic shader types

    6m
  • Work with Arnold materials

    3m 49s
  • Opacity and refraction in Arnold

    2m 19s
  • Create and apply maps

    3m 40s
  • Using bitmaps as texture

    4m 39s
  • Work with the Hypershade window

    4m 52s
  • Create materials in Hypershade

    3m 59s
• 9. Apply Materials and Textures 9. Apply Materials and Textures

  • Apply multiple materials to objects

    3m 14s
  • UV mapping polygonal objects

    4m 54s
  • Understanding the UV Editor

    4m 29s
  • UV mapping complex objects

    5m 9s
  • Maintain UV scale

    3m
• 10. Render in Arnold 10. Render in Arnold

  • Render settings

    4m 7s
  • Basic Maya lights for Arnold

    5m 1s
  • Maya point lights

    2m 2s
  • Use Arnold area lights

    3m 43s
  • Use objects as lights

    2m 30s
  • Image-based lighting and skydomes

    4m 4s
  • Add cameras

    4m 46s
  • Add depth of field in Arnold

    3m 13s
  • Create motion blur in Arnold

    3m 49s
  • Render view and final output

    2m 40s
• 11. Animate in Maya 11. Animate in Maya

  • Understanding the animation interface

    5m 34s
  • Animate objects using Set Key

    4m 14s
  • Modify keys on the Timeline

    2m 17s
  • Modify keys in the Graph Editor

    4m 27s
  • Modify keys in the Dope Sheet

    2m 12s
  • Work with the Time Editor

    4m 5s
  • Animate objects along spline paths

    5m
  • Create animation cycles

    4m 54s
  • Visualize animation

    3m 40s
  • Animation playback using Playblast

    2m 23s
• Conclusion Conclusion

  • Next steps

    18s