Join George Maestri for an in-depth discussion in this video Working with files and Maya projects, part of Maya 2016 Essential Training.
- Maya can use a lot of different data…that comes from different places.…It can use geometry data, it can have bitmap images…or textures, and all of this data needs to be organized.…So Maya uses a naming scheme called projects.…So basically a project is just a series of folders…that have known places for things to be placed.…So if we go out to our desktop,…you can see in my exercise files folder…we have a number of different folders,…one for each chapter, and each one of these…is a Maya project.…
So if I click on the chapter one folder,…you'll see that we have a number…of different subfolders here,…each of one has meaning or relevance to Maya.…So we have a scenes folder, which is very important,…because that's really where all of our scenes are located.…But these scenes may need images, for example.…So if we go back up, you'll see we…have one called source images,…which has all the images needed for the file.…We also have one called images,…which is where the rendered images go.…And we have a number of other different types of folders.…
Author
George Maestri
Released
6/22/2015- Getting familiar with the Maya interface
- Selecting and manipulating objects
- Creating hierarchies and layers in scenes
- Creating polygonal objects
- Extruding a mesh
- Working with subdivision surfaces
- Sculpting a basic landscape
- NURBs modeling
- Creating and applying materials and textures
- Adding lights and cameras to a scene
- Adding depth of field and motion blur
- Rendering
- Animating in Maya
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome33s
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1. The Maya Interface
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Configuring viewports7m 51s
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Navigation4m 29s
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Customizing the interface3m 50s
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2. Selecting and Manipulating Objects
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Selecting objects5m 46s
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Using the Move tool5m 3s
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Rotating and scaling2m 20s
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Manipulating pivots3m 21s
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Duplicating objects3m 6s
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Snapping objects2m 56s
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3. Organizing Maya Scenes
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Working with the Outliner6m 30s
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Creating hierarchies5m 19s
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Grouping objects4m 51s
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Using groups as pivots2m 8s
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Hiding and showing objects5m 37s
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Creating layers4m 38s
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Working with selection masks2m 30s
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4. Creating Polygonal Models
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Creating polygonal objects6m 42s
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Modeling a low poly tree5m 33s
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Combine and Separate3m 39s
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Boolean tools5m 57s
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5. Modeling Polygonal Meshes
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Setting up reference7m 32s
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Using the Extrude tools5m 55s
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Using the Bevel tools2m 52s
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Working with edge loops4m 45s
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Modeling symmetrical objects4m 55s
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Mirroring geometry2m 55s
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Extruding along a path1m 44s
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6. Refining Polygonal Meshes
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Using the Modeling Toolkit2m 18s
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Modeling with lattices3m 6s
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Managing object history4m 28s
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7. Sculpting Meshes
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Sculpting a basic landscape4m 51s
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8. NURBS Modeling Techniques
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NURBS primitives5m 27s
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Using NURBS loft3m 30s
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Using NURBS extrude3m 12s
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9. Refining NURBS Models
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Creating curves on a surface5m 28s
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Trimming NURBS surfaces2m 26s
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Converting NURBS to polygons5m 29s
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10. Creating Materials
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Overview of Maya rendering5m 41s
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Creating and applying maps6m 12s
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Using bitmaps as texture3m 19s
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Using the Ramp material4m 6s
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mental ray materials6m 3s
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11. Applying Materials and Textures
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Understanding the UV Editor4m 36s
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3D painting6m 26s
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12. Rendering in Maya
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Render Settings menu5m 19s
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Creating shadows4m 36s
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Adding depth of field5m 28s
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Using Motion Blur3m 33s
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Batch rendering4m 22s
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13. Animating in Maya
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Creating breakdown keys2m 30s
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Ghosting animation2m 42s
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Creating animation cycles4m 39s
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Adding sound to animations2m 49s
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Conclusion
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Next steps16s
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