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Customizing the interface

Customizing the interface - Maya Tutorial

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Customizing the interface

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- [Instructor] Maya is a very customizable program and that includes the interface. Now, we can change the interface by going into Preferences. So, if I want to, I can go into Windows, Settings Preferences, Preferences, and that brings up my Preferences menu. I can also get into this menu from the interface by just clicking here on Animation Preferences. Now, however you get into this window, you need to go up to the top to Interface, and this is where we start changing what the interface looks like. Now, the first option here is really just your main menu set. So, if I wanted to, I can change from Modeling, to Rigging, to Animation, and that's mirrored here. But I also can turn off major parts of the interface. So, if I wanted to, I could turn off the main menu and that gives you a little bit more real estate. So, if you're used to using the hotbox or something, you might not need that top menu. We can also turn off the menu in our panels. So, if you don't really need that in your…

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