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Use the Move tool - Maya Tutorial
From the course: Maya 2018 Essential Training
Use the Move tool
- [Instructor] Now let's start manipulating objects. We're going to work with the Move Tool first. Now the Move Tool can be found here in the toolbox, but before we go any further, I want to explain some important hotkeys for Maya. Now these are in the top left-hand corner of the keyboard. They are Q, W, E, and R. Now when you press them, Q selects the Selection Tool, which we've seen before. W selects Move, E selects Rotate, and R selects Scale. So, if you learn to position your hand up on that top left corner of the keyboard you can do Q, W, E, and R very, very quickly, and it's a great way to work in Maya. It really allows you to move very quickly between Move, Rotate, Scale, and Select. Now, we're going to look at Move, so I'm going to hit W to go into the Move tool, and when we do we can select an object, just like we select using the Select tool. So I can just left-click on any object in the scene, and it will select. Now when we select an object, this little icon comes up, and…
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Select objects4m 32s
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Use the Move tool8m 43s
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Rotate and scale4m 21s
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Manipulate pivots3m 8s
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Understanding the Channel Box3m 29s
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Work with the Attribute Editor4m 28s
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Reset and freeze transformations2m 59s
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Snap objects3m 8s
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Duplicate objects3m 49s
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