3D Animation & Data Visualization in Autodesk Maya

3D Animation & Data Visualization in Autodesk Maya, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.8, with 43 lectures, based on 37 reviews, and has 648 subscribers.

You will learn about Be able to create four types of data visualizations in 3D: line graph, bar graph, pie chart, and map data. Learn the basics of animation inside Maya Light and render 3D images as stills or movie files Manipulate map images in Photoshop to use inside Maya as textures Composite 3D images inside After Effects to export as movies Download the exercise files and use them to study This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone who makes reports and presentations or Marketers who want to increase their skillset to create stunning images of data or Anyone interested in beginning to learn the industry standard software in 3D animation It is particularly useful for Anyone who makes reports and presentations or Marketers who want to increase their skillset to create stunning images of data or Anyone interested in beginning to learn the industry standard software in 3D animation.

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Summary

Title: 3D Animation & Data Visualization in Autodesk Maya

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.8

Number of Lectures: 43

Number of Published Lectures: 43

Number of Curriculum Items: 43

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 43

Original Price: $189.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Be able to create four types of data visualizations in 3D: line graph, bar graph, pie chart, and map data.
Learn the basics of animation inside Maya
Light and render 3D images as stills or movie files
Manipulate map images in Photoshop to use inside Maya as textures
Composite 3D images inside After Effects to export as movies
Download the exercise files and use them to study

Who Should Attend

Anyone who makes reports and presentations
Marketers who want to increase their skillset to create stunning images of data
Anyone interested in beginning to learn the industry standard software in 3D animation

Target Audiences

Anyone who makes reports and presentations
Marketers who want to increase their skillset to create stunning images of data
Anyone interested in beginning to learn the industry standard software in 3D animation

If you want to start your journey to learn 3D animation, take your data visualization to the next level, or just impress everyone at your next presentation, this course is for you! I believe the best way to learn 3D is not by me just listing off every single tool, but by taking a project-based approach like this course so you can learn from actually building something you can use in your day-to-day life.�

Who Am I?

My name is Lucas Ridley and I work in the film and commercial industry animating on such commercials and films as The Clash of Clans, Transformers, Suicide Squad, and the latest Spielberg movie Ready Player One (which is also a great book btw). Take a look at my profile to see some of my work.

Don’t be intimidated by 3D!

I know it’s an intimidating idea to learn 3D because I struggled to learn it when I began but I will walk you through exactly what buttons to press, concepts to begin to understand, and pitfalls to avoid to achieve the same results you see from the 4 examples in the preview video.

Why Maya?

Maya is the industry standard in film and commercials. Over the past several years I’ve worked at over 7 different studios, big and small, and they all use Maya for their 3D work. We will also cover using the Arnold renderer as it is now shipped with Autodesk Maya. In addition, we will use Adobe After Effects and Photoshop to aid us in completing some finals renders out of Maya and to manipulate the map texture for the final series.

Outline

The course is broken down into 4 sections of ascending difficulty:

Line Graph
Bar Graph
Pie Chart
Maps

Each section will cover a different method and technique inside Maya so the course will make the most sense starting from the beginning and watch each lesson in order. However, if you only need to learn how to make a pie chart, for example, you should be able to skip to that section and only watch that series of lessons and still be able to follow along to make only a pie chart.

I’m excited to share this course with you and introduce you to 3D. If you already know a little 3D or Maya you will still have plenty to learn as I cover some creative solutions to problems I haven’t seen covered anywhere else. Thanks for enrolling!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 2: Introduction to Maya

Chapter 2: Line Graph

Lecture 1: Create data points

Lecture 2: Create line between points

Lecture 3: Rigging line for animation

Lecture 4: Animation, Part 1

Lecture 5: Animation, Part 2

Lecture 6: Modeling Background

Lecture 7: Adding Text

Lecture 8: Adding materials and shading, Part 1

Lecture 9: Adding materials and shading, Part 2

Lecture 10: Camera animation and playblasting

Lecture 11: Compositing in After Effects

Lecture 12: Adding glow in After Effects

Chapter 3: Bar Graph

Lecture 1: Modeling bars and background

Lecture 2: Rigging for animation

Lecture 3: Bar animation

Lecture 4: Refining the animation

Lecture 5: Adding materials

Lecture 6: Lighting, Part 1

Lecture 7: Lighting, Part 2

Lecture 8: Adding Text

Lecture 9: Camera animation

Lecture 10: Maya rendering

Lecture 11: After Effects rendering

Chapter 4: Pie Chart

Lecture 1: Creating pie chart base

Lecture 2: Cleaning up the rig

Lecture 3: Duplicating the rig

Lecture 4: Positioning pie chart

Lecture 5: Animating pie chart

Lecture 6: Adding Text

Lecture 7: Adjusting animation

Lecture 8: Lighting

Lecture 9: Creating glass material

Lecture 10: Compositing in After Effects

Chapter 5: Map

Lecture 1: Adding map image

Lecture 2: Adding displacement

Lecture 3: Adding contrast

Lecture 4: Cleaning borders

Lecture 5: Fixing Values

Lecture 6: Polishing in Photoshop

Lecture 7: Lights, camera, render

Lecture 8: Compositing in After Effects

Instructors

Lucas Ridley
Award-winning Animator

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