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Introduction

Maya Intro - What is 3D Space? (2D vs 3D)

Maya Intro - What makes up a 3D object?

Maya Intro - Intro to the different modeling types / platforms

Maya Intro - Navigating the maya interface

Maya Intro - The Move Tool

Maya Intro - The Rotate Tool

Maya Intro - The Scale Tool

Maya Intro - Object and Component Modes

Maya Intro - The Extrude Tool

Maya Intro - The Boolean Tool

Maya Intro - The Soft-modification Tool

Maya Intro - Using Shelves and the shelf editor

Maya Intro - Using project directories to organise your production

Modeling

Maya Modeling - Modeling a wineglass using polygons

Maya Modeling - Modeling a wineglass using subD's

Maya Modeling - Modeling a wineglass using NURBS

Maya Modeling - Creating 3D text using the bevel command

Maya Modeling - Creating 3D text using using the curve command

Maya Modeling - Modeling a polygon guitar

Maya Modeling - Modeling elements of a castle

Maya Modeling - Modeling bicycle handlebars

Maya Modeling - Modeling a lamp using NURBS

Maya Modeling - Modeling a basic biped character using polygons

Maya Modeling - Modeling an apple using polygons

Maya Modeling - Box modeling a human head

Texturing

Maya Texturing - Intro to the Hypershade

Maya Texturing - Applying images to a surface

Maya Texturing - Using a layered shader

Maya Texturing - UV Mapping basic geometry (detailed)

Maya Texturing - UV Mapping basic geometry (overview)

Maya Texturing - Making a neon sign using glows and texture maps

Maya Texturing - Making texture-map elements glow

Maya Texturing - Building a chrome shader

Maya Texturing - Texturing a glass bottle with a label

Lighting

Maya Lighting - Intro to the lighting toolset

Maya Lighting - Intro to shadow maps

Maya Lighting - Intro to raytraced shadows

Maya Lighting - Intro to global illumination (gi)

Maya Lighting - Intro to light linking

Camera & Rendering

Maya Camera - Intro to creating and animating a camera

Maya Camera - Intro to resolution settings

Maya Camera - Animating the camera using basic controls

Maya Camera - Rendering and exporting your animation

Maya Camera - Creating an animated camera mask

Animation

Maya Animation - Looping animation with pre and post commands

Maya Animation - Using and animating the bend deformer

Maya Animation - Using blendshapes to animate a blinking eyelid

Maya Animation - An introduction to character animation and walk cycles

Maya Animation - Adding in-betweens to an existing blendshape

Maya Animation - Animating an arrow along a curve

Dynamics

Maya Dynamics - Creating simple fire effects

Maya Dynamics - Transforming objects using 'magic star dust' particles

Rigging

Maya Rigging - Rigging a ball for squash and stretch deforming

Maya Rigging - Intro to character rigging / basic biped setup

Maya Rigging - Rigging a biped character for animation

Maya Rigging - Using common rigging techniques to rig a biped tongue character

Project Based

Maya Project - Creating a tape dispenser

Maya Project - Making a wooden 'abc' toy train

Maya Project - Making 'tick tock' the toy clock

Maya Project - Carbon Tradies

Integrating with other applications

Maya Integration - Installing the collada maya exporter plugin for papervision 3D integration

Maya Integration - Preparing a low polygon vehicle to export using collada

Creating Collada files to use with Papervision 3D

How to export a Collada file and import it into Papervision 3D

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