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Maya 8.5 Fundamentals Tutorials

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Maya is the world's most powerful integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering software. That's why top feature film, animation and video artists, game developers, visualization professionals, Web and print designers rely on Maya. And because Maya is based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using a well-documented and comprehensive API (application programming interface), or the embedded MEL scripting language. In this VTC course, John Park - Character Technical Director with Walt Disney Animation Studios, teaches the fundamentals of Maya 8.5, while showing "practical" examples on how to streamline your workflow. To begin learning, click on one of the movie links.

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Introduction
About this Course (01:35)
Overview of Maya (02:42)
New in Maya 8.5 (03:54)
Getting Around
Interface Tour (07:41)
Selection (03:13)
Cartesian Coordinates pt. 1 (04:27)
Cartesian Coordinates pt. 2 (03:49)
Geometric Building Blocks (06:10)
Project Management (03:00)
Setting Keyframes (04:24)
Ball Drop Bounce (03:38)
Shader Basics (06:12)
Point Lights (04:53)
Render Settings (06:47)
Diving In
Outliner (05:24)
Hotkeys pt. 1 (05:34)
Hotkeys pt. 2 (02:15)
Component Mode (04:50)
Geometry types (05:43)
Pivot Points pt. 1 (03:45)
Pivot Points pt. 2 (01:47)
Material Types pt. 1 (04:37)
Material Types pt. 2 (03:53)
Spotlights (05:06)
Camera Basics (05:51)
Building Detail
Hypergraph (06:21)
Curve Creation (03:52)
Curve Editing (06:54)
Revolves (06:06)
Camera Turntable (03:45)
Extruded Surfaces (06:48)
Lofting (06:44)
Graph Editor (05:46)
Texture Maps (05:48)
Mapping Coordinates (05:42)
Depth Maps (04:46)
Soft Shadows (06:05)
Gobos pt. 1 (06:18)
Gobos pt. 2 (03:03)
Adding Depth
Shelves (06:14)
User Prefs (06:23)
Polygon Modeling Techniques (06:59)
Extrude Face (06:48)
Split Polygon (02:55)
Edge Loop Cut pt. 1 (03:45)
Edge Loop Cut pt. 2 (03:57)
Smooth Proxy (04:13)
Hierarchies and Groups (05:42)
Bump Maps (05:53)
Transparency (06:30)
Raytraced Soft Shadows (06:49)
Depth of Field (06:14)
Making Connections
Artisan Select (07:12)
Motion Paths (05:51)
Driven Keys (06:25)
Displacement Mapping (06:19)
Three-point Lighting (06:33)
OptiFX (05:49)
Moving On Up
Text (04:18)
Bevel (06:53)
Skeleton Basics (06:28)
Added Attributes (06:37)
Toon Shading (06:53)
Reflection and Refraction pt. 1 (04:54)
Reflection and Refraction pt. 2 (02:39)
Batch Rendering Animation (05:42)
Beyond Basics
Show By Type (05:27)
Hiding and Showing (04:39)
Layers (06:34)
Snapping (06:48)
Cluster Deformers (05:38)
Lattices (05:34)
Constraints (06:49)
Inverse Kinematics (07:05)
3D Paint (07:11)
Final Gather (07:03)
Motion Blur (05:30)
Advanced Topics
MEL Scripting pt. 1 (07:22)
MEL Scripting pt. 2 (06:58)
Skinning (06:56)
Reflection Mapping (05:41)
Image Based Lighting (06:21)
Dynamics (05:34)
Particles (07:22)
End
Wrap Up (02:00)
Credits
About the Author (01:10)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Maya 8.5 Fundamentals
Author: John Park
SKU: 33819
ISBN: 1-934743-26-7
Duration: 7.5 hrs / 86 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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