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Maya: Fundamentals of Medical Animations

With Emily Holden (McDougall) Liked by 17,992 users
Duration: 1h 31m Skill level: Intermediate Released: 6/8/2018

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Medical animations indulge our curiosity about the human body by allowing us to peer within at key biological processes and anatomy. They are valuable communication tools for teaching healthcare professionals, trainees, and the general public about the wonders of the human body. In this course, learn about the basic principles and techniques of 3D medical animation using Autodesk Maya 2018. Discover where to find good resources and references, how to use the Protein Data Bank to download 3D models for molecular animation, and how to approach storyboarding. Learn how to create some basic medical animations, including cell division and blood cell flow. Plus, explore common visual aesthetics in medical animations and see how to use lighting and material shading to make your animations stand out.

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  • Kanatbek A. Kanatbek A.

    Kanatbek A.

    Data Entry Technician || Data Entry Assistant || Junior Data Analyst || Junior Data Engineering || Junior Database Administrator || IT Supporter ||…

    3/5 March 19, 2023
    Explored the 3D visualization following the course. In this course you discover and learn the tool used and look at the ready images and data shared on the pdb website. Overall this course for beginners and SaaS users.
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  • Balaji Karuppaiah Balaji Karuppaiah

    Balaji Karuppaiah

    Higher Education Professional | Anatomy Educator | Research Enthusiast | Seeking New Opportunities

    3/5 December 20, 2022
    creating a medical anatomy completely will help the viewer. eg: how to create a bone model ( skull) , how to create a muscle: biceps origin, insertion and action. histology of a cell. LinkedIn teaching to create such medical animation will be helpful in learning for instructors and students.
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  • Matthew L. Matthew L.

    Matthew L.

    Prompt Engineer | Mammalian Cell Culture | Artist

    5/5 June 25, 2022
    Easy for beginners to understand fundamental medical animations.
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