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Move, rotate, and scale in Maya

Move, rotate, and scale in Maya

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Move, rotate, and scale in Maya

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- [Male Instructor] Now, once you have objects selected, you'll want to do things with them. And so, let's take a look at moving, rotating, and scaling objects. Now, you can find the move, rotate, and scale functions here. So, I can move, rotate, and scale. Now, the hot keys for this are W for move, E for rotate, and R for scale. Now, those might not seem intuitive, but when you look at the keyboard, you'll understand why they are the way that they are. So, Q, remember, is select. W, the one right next to it, is move. Rotate is E, which is next to that, and R is scale. So, the four keys on the top left corner of the keyboard are Q, W, E, and R, and we can just step through those very easily to move between our various tools. So, let's take a look at move. So, when I select my move tool, notice how my cursor changes slightly. Now, when I have the move cursor active, I can still use it as a…

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