Maya Courses Wales

Price £199 (no VAT) Time 9:00am-2:00pm Venue Llynfi Enterprise Centre, Bridgend County, CF34 0BQ


Course Overview


Our two day Maya session focuses on getting you up and running with how to generate 3D computer graphics with Autodesk Maya. Delegates will first be introduced to the Maya user interface, the Maya design system, 3D modelling, texturing, lighting and rendering. Over the day we will show you how to use the tools within Maya and how they are put to use in the film, television and game industries.


By attending this course, we will show you how to work in a digital production environment. You will understand the mechanics of Maya, be able to create 3D models using a variety of creative techniques. You will work with materials that will be used to texture you models. You will also light a scene and be able to create animations. The final stage of the session will show you how to stage a scene and understand cinematography to create output for use in post-production.


Course Content


Essentials

  • Setting your project
  • Views/panels
  • Hotbox
  • Viewing geometry
  • Channel box
  • Layer box
  • Attributes editor
  • QWERTY navigation
  • Working with the camera
  • MEL
  • User interface
  • Outliner/hypergraph
  • Grouping/parenting
  • Shelf
  • Marking menus


Modelling

  • Curve tools/snapping
  • Revolving
  • History
  • Duplicating
  • Working with NURBS
  • Detaching surfaces
  • Grouping/duplicating
  • Working with polygons
  • Combining polygons
  • Subdivisional surfaces
  • Split polygon tool
  • Lofting
  • Extruding


Animation

  • Lattices
  • Clusters
  • Set driven keys
  • Set driven advanced
  • Joints/IK handles
  • Lightning dynamics
  • Keyframing/time slider
  • Attach to path
  • Secondary animation
  • Cycle curves
  • Playblasting


Rendering

  • Hypershade
  • Applying materials
  • Making shader networks
  • Combining ramps
  • Layered textures
  • Intro to lights
  • Making bump maps
  • Working with shadows
  • UV mapping
  • Moving UVs
  • Specular maps
  • Paint FX
  • Render view
  • Camera settings
  • Render globals


Who is this course for?


This course is for anyone interested in using Maya and those interested in working in the film and television industry. Attendees require only a very general knowledge of 3D and its concepts. Knowledge of other digital media packages is an advantage but not necessary.


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