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Autodesk Maya is a famous 3D design software. It is the industry standard in Animation and Modeling. Used in many famous AAA Studios. So mastering this software is essential if you want to develop your Animation career, this free course will help you with that.
Each lesson will have summary knowledge that you should remember and video practice exercises that we have selected for you. Learn the basic knowledge and do practice exercises.
The lesson includes the following parts:
+ Basics
1. Menu Sets | 2. Menus | 3. Status Line | 4. User Account menu | 5. Shelf | 6. Workspace selector | 7. Sidebar icons | 8. Channel Box | 9. Layer Editor | 10. View panel | 11. Tool Box | 12. Quick layout/Outliner buttons | 13. Time Slider | 14. Range Slider | 15. Playback controls | 16. Animation/Character menus | 17. Playback options | 18. Help Line | 19. Command Line |
💡 You should know
- Help > Find Menu and enter the name of menu or command you're looking for.
- To zoom in on (or off) the view under the mouse pointer, such as the View Panel or Graph Editor, press Shift + Spacebar.
- For a full-screen view (on/off) of the pane with the focus, press Ctrl + Spacebar.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
You should install newest version of Maya (2024)
🎓 What you need to achieve
Interface and some customizations to suit your preferences.
+ Managing Scenes, Files, and Projects
Use projects to manage all the files associated with a scene.
To set a project: go to File > Set Project
To start a new project: Select File > Project Window > click New.
Files you should know when working with Maya: Maya ASCII (.ma), Maya Binary (.mb), FBX, Alembic (abc), OBJ.
💡 You should know
- The Content Browser (menu Windows > Content Browser) is your one-stop center for finding examples, scenes, and other content used to build your scenes.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Interoperability
Maya supports a wide array of formats to let you share files between many 3D software.
💡 You should know
Maya uses the same formats as Maya (.ma, .mb,)
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ USD for Maya
USD is an open source technology that helps you work faster.
💡 You should know
The default installation path for MayaUSD is C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaUSD\<MayaVersion>\<ExtensionVersion>.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Modeling
Using Maya's powerful modeling toolset to create everything from 3D props, environments, and characters.
💡 You should know
Selects all objects or components in the scene based on the current selection mode: Ctrl+Shift+A.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Animation
Perform animations for created models.
💡 You should know
Echo the animation: In the Animation menu set (F4) Visualize > Ghost Editor
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Character Animation
Make the character move
💡 You should know
Forward Kinematics (FK): transform and key joints directly.
Inverse Kinematics (IK): transform and key an IK handle to animate a skeleton.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Character Effects and Environment Building
Simulate with great tools in Maya: xGen, nHair, nCloth, Paint, Fur.
💡 You should know
XGen in Maya is an versioning tool most commonly used to create hair or fill a scene with version geometry.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Motion Graphics
Motion Graphics is a strength of Cinema 4D, but you can also create many good products on Maya.
💡 You should know
- Help > Find Menu and enter the name of menu or command you're looking for.
- To zoom in on (or off) the view under the mouse pointer, such as the View Panel or Graph Editor, press Shift + Spacebar.
- For a full-screen view (on/off) of the pane with the focus, press Ctrl + Spacebar.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Simulation and Effects
Geting to know about: Bullet Rigid and Soft Body Dynamics, nDynamics, nParticles, Fluid Effects, Maya Fields,
💡 You should know
Effects Assets provides a number of preset effects that are organized as Maya 2024 assets.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Bifrost
Bifröst is a plug-in for Maya. It provides a node-based framework for building custom effects, including smoke, fire, sand, explosions, snow, instances, and more. We can preview the result directly in the viewport and render using Arnold.
💡 You should know
Bifrost was acquired by Autodesk, and it now competes with simulation on Houdini.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Lighting and Shading
Create lights and shadows for the scene.
💡 You should know
This is a very important part to create a wonderful scene.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Rendering
Render to convert the scene into an image or video file.
💡 You should know
There are many rendering software you can use in Maya, but Andnoid is the default renderer that is often used.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Arnold for Maya
Helps you use Arnold effectively to create the best images.
💡 You should know
If you render with Arnold, you should first set its own lighting.
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Customizing Maya
Save Preferences
💡 You should know
Default location of preferences files: _\Documents\maya\<version>\prefs
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
+ Scripting
If you know programming then write code to use Maya faster.
💡 You should know
You can change the color of the Maya interface by typing commands into MEL:
window -e -bgc 0.15 0.15 0.15 $gMainWindow;
This is a summary of the Basics, you can see the details here
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