Maya Course Syllabus

MAYA Topics Covered

Maya Modelling

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Creating primitive objects
Moving Objects in the 3D Space
Maya View Tools
Layouts, Saved Layouts
Channel Box and Manipulators
Grouping and Parenting
Spline Modelling

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About Nurbs (Non-uniform rational B-spline)
Creating Curve and Surfaces
Attaching and closing Surfaces
Duplicating curves
Lofting and revolving surfaces

Procedural Modeling

Create complex objects scenes using scripts as an alternative to GUI – based tools

Invigorator

Fast work of importing Adobe Illustrator files into Maya for text and Logo treatments.

Rendering Overview

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What is rendering
How Maya renders

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Shader Networks
Shading Groups
Materials
Lights

Maya architecture

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Nodes and Attributes
Hyper Graph
IPR (Interactive Photo realistic Rendering)

Lighting

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Type of lights – usage of each, techniques for each
Light Linking

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New linking to Objects (and sets) workflow
Reason for light linking – matching live footage lighting
Light attributes – What you’re adjusting and why – show manipulators
Light Fog
Intensity Curves

Shadows

Depth map

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What
When and Why to use
Reuse / Share depth maps

Ray traced

What, When and why to use

Shadow Techniques (For realism and Optimization)

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Adding hard or soft shadows to a scene
Shafts of Light – light fog

Trouble – shooting section for shadow problems

Motion Blur

OptiFX Techniques and Tips

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Occlusion – as applies to light glow
Auto – exposure – as applies to Shader Glow

Rendering Performance

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Selective Ray tracing
Multithreaded tile – based batch renderer concepts
Renderer

General Animation

Powerful Keyframing Tools

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Keyframing
First Cut, copy and paste of animated objects in the timeline
Animation playblast for rapid review of complex scenes

Path Animation

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Animate an object along a curve or surface Edit path or other animation parameters during playback;

Set Driven Key

Establish Relationships where one action automatically drives another

Dope sheet

Rapid and intuitive global editing of keyframe timing

Channel Box

Quickly edit an Object’s attributes, one or more fields at a time

Graph Editor

Precise Controlling on animated parameter changes over time

Generalized Constraints

Comprehensive assortment of constraints

Maya Fusion LE

For image file translations, and getting content to and from videotape

Organic Modeling

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Rebuilding surfaces
Editing Control Vertices (CV)
NURBS Boolean

Apply subtraction, intersect and union Operations across multiple NURBS surfaces

Round

Create rounded bevels of constant radius on any NURBS object

Surface Offset

Create new surfaces, offset from original specific value.

Working with trimmed or untrimmed surfaces

Enhanced Extrude

Scale and Rotation Control for extruding a curve along a path

Square

Create NURBS from up to 4 curves

Global Stitching

Stitching multiple adjoining surfaces together with full continuity

Subdivision of Surfaces

Front View	Side View

Maya Artisan

Artisan’s natural brush interface to interactivity sculpt and Paint attributes on polygons and NURBS or add objects to surfaces

Dependency Graph

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Nodes, Attributes
Connections
Hierarchies and Dependencies
Shading group nodes

Deformation Tools

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Lattices
Sculpt Object
Wires

Dynamics

Rigid Body Dynamics

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Realistic high speed simulation of multiple rigid objects
Dynamic Constraints such as nails, hinges, barriers, pins and springs

Soft Body Dynamics

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Simulation of flexible objects
Creation of secondary motion effects like muscle jiggles, floppy hats etc
Powerful Spring architecture

Extensible Integrated Particle System

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Powerful integrated particle system with expression based control over particle attributes, motion and dynamics
Rotation, scaling, translation or parenting
Manipulating particle, fields and emitters
Textured control of particle emission
Geometry instancing on single or cycling geometry onto any particle
Particle collision

Particle Time Control

Precise keyframe control by adjusting the base timing for each individual particle object effect

Fields

Applying fields like gravity, vortex, air, turbulance etc.

Custom fields via extensive dynamics API

ClipFX

Library of ready – made effects like fire, curve and surface flow, shatter, fireworks and lighting

Software Particle Rendering

Hardware Rendering

Maya Paint Effects using 3D studio Paint

Powerful Painting Techniques

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Create jungles of trees and plants
Flowing hair
Flickering flames
And many more

Paint Effects brushes

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Natural Media Brushes
Effects Brushes
Brush Attributes
Rendering Paint Effects

Character Animation

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Pose Based Characters
Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics (IK)
Skinning
Advance Layered Deformations
Integrated sound Synchronization
Integrated Motion Capture Concepts

Courses in 3D Character Studio, 3D max, Maya, Maya Modelling India - Mumbai

Maya Cloth

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Create any Fashion in any Fabric
Animate any Fabric object
Unique Solver
Integration with Maya

Maya Fur

Artisan User Interface

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Using Artisan to paint fur
Using the Artisan brush to comb the hair

Multiple Fur Type

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Using Multiple fur types
Assigning Attributes to fur
Applying Texture on the fur

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Animating Fur
Fur Rendering

Match Moving Using Maya Live

Match 3D Elements with Live action shots

Extract an exact duplicate of the original camera from live action footage to precisely match the original motion and seamlessly blend live action and CG
elements

Camera movement support

2D tracking

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Tolerant of noisy tracking observations
Bi-directional tracking

Different Solvers for different Problems

Interactive root frame solver for complete interaction with the camera extraction process

Automated comprehensive solver with exclusive Inverse Computer Graphics

Reconstructing Live action elements as 3D Geometry

Placing Maya 3D Locators in the 3D positions to easily constructing scene geometry and precisely position 3D objects relative to the live action scene.

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