Multimedia - Maya 2009 Essential Training Videos

Introduction

• Starting Maya 2009
• Working on a  Mac
• The Importance of a 3-Button Mouse
• Graphics and Card Recommendation

Interface Essentials

• Understanding the Maya Interface
• Working with Files and Maya Projects
• Navigating Viewports
• Using the Hotbox
• Working with Marking Menus

Manipulating Objects

• Selecting Objects
• Using the Move Tool
• Rotating and Scaling
• Manipulating Pivots
• Understanding the Channel Box
• Working with the Attribute Editor
• Understanding the Outliner
• Creating Hierarchies
• Understanding the Hypergraph
• Grouping Objects
• Hiding and Showing Objects
• Creating Layers
• Working with Selection Masks

Polygonal Modeling

• Polygonal Primitives
• Polygonal Components
• Using Soft Select and Paint Select
• Subdivision Surface Workflow Using Subdiv Proxy
• Subdivision Surface Workflow Using Mental Ray
• Using the Extrude Tool
• Keeping Faces Together
• Working with Edge Loops
• Inserting and Offsetting Edge Loops
• Using the Slide Edge Tool
• Cutting Faces and Splitting Polygons
• Poking and Wedging Faces
• Using the Polygon Bevel Tool
• Using the Polygon Chamfer Tool
• Using the Polygon Bridge Tool
• Working with Polygon Booleans
• Combining Objects
• Merging Vertices and Edges
• Using the Crease Tool
• Working with Object History

NURBS Modeling

• Introducing NURBS Modeling
• NURBS Primitives
• Using the NURBS Curve Tools
• Creating Text Curves
• Manipulating NURBS Curves
• Refining NURBS Curves
• Using Cut Curves and Fillets
• Offsetting and Extending Curves
• Manipulating NURBS Surfaces
• Using NURBS Revolve
• Using NURBS Loft
• Using NURBS Extrude
• Using NURBS Planar
• Editing and Refining NURBS Surfaces
• Extracting NURBS Curves from Surfaces
• Opening and Closing Surfaces

Advance Modeling

• Creating Curves on a Surface
• Projecting Curves on Surfaces
• Trimming NURBS Surfaces
• Using the NURBS Fillet Tool
• Stitching NURBS Surfaces
• Sculpting on NURBS and Polygonal Surfaces
• Modeling with Nonlinear Deformers
• Modeling with Lattices
• Converting NURBS to Polygons
• Modeling Templates with Image Planes and NURBS Planes
• Modeling a Robot Part 1 - The Body
• Modeling a Robot Part 2 - Arms, Legs and Feet
• Modeling a Robot Part 3 - The Face
• Modeling a Robot Part 4 - The Chest
• Modeling a Robot Part 5 - The Final Details

Applying Textures

• Understanding the Basics of Materials
• Creating and Applying Maps
• Using Bitmaps as Texture
• Working with Hypershade Window
• Working with the Multilister
• Texture-mapping NURBS Surfaces
• Projecting Textures
• Texture-mapping Polygonal Surfaces
• Applying UV Mapping
• Live Action Integration with Use Background
• Using Displacement and Bump Mapping
• Using the Ramp Shader
• Using the 3D Paint Tools

Rendering in Maya

• Understanding Render Settings
• Understanding the Basics of Lights and Lighting Types
• Adding Depth Map Shadows
• Using Raytrace Shadows
• Understanding the Basics of Cameras
• Adding Depth of Field
• Using Motion Blur
• Raytracing Reflections and Refractions
• Interactive Rendering with IPR
• Batch Rendering
• Lighting a Scene - The Robot

Rendering with Mental Ray

• Introducing Mental Ray
• Creating Mental Ray Materials
• Working with Mental Ray Lights
• Depth of Field in Mental Ray
• Motion Blur in Mental Ray
• Creating Global Illumination in Mental Ray
• Using Final Gather to Enhance Global Illumination
• Rendering Transparent Materials with Caustics

Working with Paint Effects

• Introducing Paint Effects
• Creating Brushes
• Applying Brushes to Existing Strokes
• Sharing Brushes
• Saving Brushes
• Painting in the Paint Effects Window
• Paint Effects in Practice

Animating in Maya

• The Basics of Animation
• Creating and Adjusting Keys (Keyframes)
• Modifying Keys in the Graph Editor
• Modifying Keys in the Dope Sheet
• Creating Breakdown Keys
• Animating Objects Along Paths
• Ghosting and Motion Paths
• Animating Playback Using Playblast
• Animating with Constraints
• Creating Animation Cycles
• Using Set-driven Keys
• Adding Sound to Animations