Lynda.COM Maya 2011 Essential Training

George Maestri

Software works on:

Mac and Windows

Topics include:

• Getting familiar with the Maya interface
• Organizing scenes
• Creating hierarchies
• NURBs modeling for solid objects
• Adding color to models
• Applying bitmap textures
• Working with mental ray materials
• Polygonal modeling for characters and organic objects
• Deforming with the Skin tool
• Setting up lights and cameras
• Creating realistic effects such as depth of field
• Working with the Timeline
• Creating animation cycles
• Batch rendering
• Rendering with the mental ray engine

Introduction
Welcome           01:34
Using the exercise files           00:26
A note on screen resolution           01:50
01:00:30 1. Getting Started in Maya 2011
Overview of the Maya interface           07:42
Working with files and Maya projects           02:27
Navigating viewports           05:56
Reviewing the Viewport menus           06:28
Configuring safe frames and grids           03:21
Selecting objects           04:33
Using the Move tool           03:48
Rotating and scaling           04:31
Manipulating pivots           03:59
Understanding the Channel Box           05:36
Working with the Attribute Editor           02:28
Using the Hotbox           02:59
Working with marking menus           03:06
Customizing the interface           03:36
59:25 2. Polygonal Modeling Techniques
Creating polygonal objects           06:28
Working with polygonal components           04:42
Selecting polygonal components           05:44
Working with Soft Select           07:03
Using the Extrude tool           06:47
Keeping faces together           02:42
Extruding along curves           03:27
Using the Polygon Bevel tool           04:14
Smooth and subdivision surfaces           07:06
Blocking out a character body           11:12
36:06 3. Refining Polygonal Models
Working with edge loops           03:27
Inserting and offsetting edge loops           03:38
Symmetrical modeling techniques           05:53
Combining objects           03:50
Using the Polygon Bridge tool           02:07
Connecting components and splitting polygons           02:48
Poking and wedging faces           02:49
Working with polygon booleans           03:17
Modeling with nonlinear deformers           04:54
Modeling with lattices           03:23
01:18:40 4. NURBS Modeling Techniques
Introducing NURBS modeling           05:03
NURBS primitives           05:54
Using the NURBS curve tools           05:07
Creating Be'zier curves           01:59
Creating text           03:51
Manipulating NURBS curves           04:13
Refining NURBS curves           04:16
Offsetting NURBS curves           02:31
Editing NURBS surfaces           07:03
Refining NURBS surfaces           07:22
Using NURBS Revolve           07:31
Using NURBS Loft           04:11
Using NURBS Extrude           06:00
Using NURBS Planar           04:47
Stitching NURBS surfaces           08:52
35:53 5. Refining NURBS Models
Extracting NURBS curves from surfaces           05:57
Creating curves on a surface           03:53
Projecting curves on surfaces           07:02
Trimming NURBS surfaces           03:42
Using the NURBS Fillet tool           05:31
Sculpting NURBS and polygonal surfaces           05:52
Converting NURBS to polygons           03:56
33:22 6. Organizing Maya Scenes
Working with the Outliner           04:58
Grouping objects           04:02
Creating hierarchies           04:17
Duplicating objects           04:51
Understanding the Hypergraph           03:32
Working with Hypergraph connections           02:31
Hiding and showing objects           02:12
Creating layers           04:02
Working with selection masks           02:57
40:18 7. Creating Materials
Overview of renderers           03:24
Understand the basics of materials           06:15
Creating and applying maps           05:13
Using bitmaps as texture           02:59
Working with the Hypershade window           05:12
Working with mental ray materials           06:57
Using displacement and bump mapping           03:14
Using the Ramp Shader           02:36
Using the 3D Paint tool           04:28
30:14 8. Applying Textures
Texture-mapping NURBS surfaces           05:46
Projecting textures onto surfaces           04:00
Texture-mapping polygonal surfaces           07:00
Applying UV mapping           08:11
Using the UVW Editor           05:17
41:16 9. Basic Deformations and Rigging
Creating joints           10:02
Deforming a mesh using the Skin tool           05:02
Creating IK handles           06:48
Creating blend shapes           05:39
Rigging nonlinear deformers           02:36
Finalizing the character           04:45
Rigging the character to the scooter           06:24
01:05:46 10. Animating in Maya
Working with the Timeline           04:16
Creating and adjusting keys (keyframes)           05:04
Editing keys           03:13
Modifying keys in the Graph Editor           05:47
Modifying keys in the Dope Sheet           02:51
Creating breakdown keys           02:28
Animating objects along paths           05:54
Animation playback using Playblast           03:10
Animating with constraints           06:16
Creating animation cycles           08:25
Using set-driven keys           06:13
Adding sound to animations           02:24
Finishing the animation           09:45
01:02:19 11. Rendering in Maya
Lights and lighting types in Maya           07:29
Adding depth-map shadows           04:13
Using Raytrace shadows           03:28
Understanding the basics of cameras           07:14
Adding depth of field           06:31
Adding Bokeh using mental ray           04:33
Using motion blur in Maya Software Renderer           04:10
Using motion blur in mental ray           03:05
Raytracing reflections and refractions           04:41
Interactive rendering with IPR           03:33
Lighting a scene           08:29
Batch rendering           04:53
00:25 Conclusion
Goodbye           00:25