Learning Autodesk Maya 2016

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Important – Download These First – Working Files

Lecture 2: Introduction To Maya

Lecture 3: About The Author

Lecture 4: What To Expect

Lecture 5: Maya Help

Chapter 2: The Maya Interface

Lecture 1: Interface Overview

Lecture 2: Hotbox And Marking Menus

Lecture 3: Camera Control

Lecture 4: Projects

Chapter 3: Nodes And Transformations

Lecture 1: Primitive Objects

Lecture 2: Transforming Objects

Lecture 3: Parenting And Grouping

Lecture 4: Hypergraph

Lecture 5: Outliner

Lecture 6: Image Planes

Lecture 7: Introduction To Curves

Lecture 8: Modifying Curves

Chapter 4: Polygon Modeling

Lecture 1: Understanding Polygons

Lecture 2: Selecting Polygon Components

Lecture 3: Basic Structure – Part 1

Lecture 4: Basic Structure – Part 2

Lecture 5: Extrude Faces – Part 1

Lecture 6: Extrude Faces – Part 2

Lecture 7: Edge Loops

Lecture 8: Mirror Geometry

Lecture 9: Normals

Lecture 10: Sculpting

Lecture 11: Bridge – Part 1

Lecture 12: Bridge – Part 2

Lecture 13: Bevel

Lecture 14: Booleans

Lecture 15: Quad Draw

Chapter 5: Texturing

Lecture 1: UV Mapping – Part 1

Lecture 2: UV Mapping – Part 2

Lecture 3: Mirror And Layout UVs

Lecture 4: Applying Custom Textures – Part 1

Lecture 5: Applying Custom Textures – Part 2

Chapter 6: Rigging and Weighting

Lecture 1: Understanding Joints

Lecture 2: Creating A Skeleton

Lecture 3: Binding Geometry

Lecture 4: Painting Weights

Lecture 5: Mirror Weights

Lecture 6: IK Handles

Lecture 7: Basic Rigging

Lecture 8: Node Editor

Chapter 7: Animation

Lecture 1: Setting Key Frames

Lecture 2: Animating

Lecture 3: Dope Sheet

Lecture 4: Graph Editor – Part 1

Lecture 5: Graph Editor – Part 2

Lecture 6: Graph Editor – Part 3

Chapter 8: Rendering With Mental Ray

Lecture 1: Batch Rendering

Lecture 2: Mental Ray

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion