Design with Autodesk Maya Course

The Design with Autodesk Maya Course introduces participants to 3D design and modeling through Maya's full pipeline. Beginning with the interface, file system, Hotbox and Marking Menu, the course works through object manipulation with Move, Rotate, Scale, pivot changes, the Channel Box, Attribute Editor, Outliner, Hypergraph, grouping, parenting and layer creation. Polygon modeling explores soft selection, subdivision, Extrude, Edge Loops, Slide Edge, Bevel, Chamfer, Bridge and Boolean operations together with Edit Mesh commands. NURBS modeling covers primitives, curve commands, Birail surface creation, Revolve, Loft, Extrude and Planar. Advanced modeling, materials and texturing with Hypershade, UV mapping, Bump and Ramp Shaders, the 3D Paint Tool, rendering in Maya, Mental Ray rendering with Global Illumination and Final Gather, and Paint Effects close the program.