Maya

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Autodesk Maya on Wikipedia Maya is used widely in the film and gaming industries.

Maya Instructors	Studios in Vancouver using Maya
Leslie Bishko Woonam Kim - IMDb Bob McAfee - on Youtube Thomas Groppi Ruben Moller - RueProductions Vanessa Schwartz - IMDb	Digital Domain Bardel Entertainment Capcom Vancouver Electronic Arts Vancouver Rainmaker Entertainment Method Studios Archiact Interactive

Basics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7p1XROYzY8 - 2015 absolute basics
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmAXsicpLK2EHMZo5_BtDA - maya learning channel

Modelling

Facial Modelling	Character Modelling	Hard Body Modelling
Facial Modelling Playlist Preparing reference images Setting up reference planes in Maya The Eye The Mouth The Nose The Ear The Cranium Merging the head pieces The Neck Model Cleanup Creating Eye Detail Creating Mouth Detail Ear Refinement	John Oliver Project Playlist Scene Setup Blocking out the body Blocking out the body pt. 2 The Hand The Head The Head pt. 2 The Head pt. 3 The Head pt. 4 UVing the body UVing the body pt. 2 UVing pt. 3 Final UV layout	Robotic Claw Playlist Cobra blocking Cobra blocking pt. 2 Tweaking NURBS Booleans Booleans cleanup Booleans cleanup pt. 2 Curve Projections Curve Projections pt. 2 Trunk Cleanup Door Cleanup Hood Cleanup Hood Cleanup pt. 2

Architectural
Modelling an Archway

Texturing

Warping a Facial Texture
Tweaking a Facial Texture
Tweaking a Facial Texture pt 2.

Rigging

Introduction Maya Learning Rigging Playlist BZP Pro Smart-Skinner Advanced Animation Rig (free) Case Studies Creating an Eye Rig Eye Rig - Constraints Eye Lids pt. 1 Eye Lids pt. 2 Eye Blend Shapes Eye Squash and Cleanup Rigging a Gecko Creating the Joints Creating a Stretchy Spine Dynamic Tail Head Control Foot Control Checking the Rig	Rigging a Beetle Rigging, Part 1 Rigging, Part 2 Leg Rigging Body Rigging Rig Cleanup Creating Blendshapes Preparing for Blendshapes Creating Blendshapes Humanoid Rigging Creating the Skeleton Skinning and Weighting Foot Rig Back and Head Rig Hand Rig Thumb Rig Rig Cleanup

Animation

Animating a Gecko Walk Cycle
Triple Null Rig

Free Character Rigs from David OReilly - READ ME

MEL Scripting

Example Scripts

Animation Handle Creator

A script for creating three null animation handle.

Particles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4mEBkwpYWU - intro to particles maya 2015

Lighting and Rendering

Mental Ray

VRay
VRay Materials
VRay Help Doc

Exposing Mental Ray Production Shaders

Run this MEL command in your MEL bar:

optionVar -intValue MIP_SHD_EXPOSE 1;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dg9bi9fCe8 - basic lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmJt3VzrtA - image based lighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSfUAsIQLec - cinematic lighting (ambient occlusion)

Advanced Techniques

http://docs.autodesk.com/MAYAUL/2015/ENU/AdvancedTechniques/index.html#!/url=./files/landing_page.htm - ncloth, nparticles, muscle (text with included assets)

Useful Plug-ins and Add-ons

Maya Bonus Tools Expand Maya functionality with tools like: randomize transform, duplicate object over mesh. Full description of features in link.
iDeform A set of 3 essential tools. iDisplace, iCollide and iSkinDeform
BZP pro smart skinner
Advanced Animation Rig (free)