Autodesk Maya

Introduction to Maya: 

• The interface
• Working in view panel
• The main Maya window
• Customizing the interface

Quick start with Maya:

• Maya project structure.
• Create primitive objects.
• Move objects  in 3d space.
• Use the Maya view tools
• Chang display of your objects
• Name your objects.
• Save your scene
• Groups and parent
• Script editor

Introduction about modeling:

• Understand topology.
• Modeling concept
• Selection kind

Polygon and nurbs  modeling:
understanding basics anatomy ferns the head and body 

•  How to view polygon component.
• How to edit a simple polygon models.
• Understanding several   polygon tools.
• Understanding smooth proxy mood.
• How to smooth  the model.

Shading and texturing 

• Under standing Maya connections.
• Thy hyper shade.
• Building simple shading network.
• Under standing shedders attributes.
• Basic material physics.

Polygon UV and texturing:

• Basic for texturing polygon surface.
• Project us
•  Organize UV, in the UV texture editor.
• Exports UV snap shot to photo shop.
• Painting the color map, bump map  in Photoshop.
• Assign the maps in Maya.

Autodesk mudbox

• brushes
• Sculpting  Techniques
• Texturing with mudbox
• Extracting color maps and normal map
• Integration between maya and mudbox

Lighting: 

• Explorer the different types of  light in Maya
• Understanding lighting
• The difference between lighting in 3d and real life and how to take it in the 3d.
• Shadow types.
• Lighting and shadow tricks.
• Lighting scene with maya software render
• Raytracing in maya software

 

render techniques:

• Render  with Arnold
• Understanding photos behavior
• Understanding and explorer Arnold nodes
• Occlusion
• Raytraceing in Arnold
• Render pases
• Composting with aftereffects

Animation:

• Set key frame.
• Use graph editor.
• Change the infinity of an animation.
• Use the time slider.
• Add custom attributes.
• Use set driven keys . {Driver and driven}.

Character setup and animation:

• How to use joint tool.
• Create character selector
• Set the controllers
• Use ik handle  {inverse kina mastics}
• Knowing the ik, fk technique
• Finishing the holl rig for the character
• Walk cycle

Facial expression:

• Knowing the basic expression
• Understanding deformers
• Facial expression with blend shape

Piant effects: 

• Explorer the powerful of paint effects in Maya and the different brushes and library.
• Paint on carves
• Paint on 3d mode
• Covering the huge attributes of each brush and feels its power.
• Animating the brushes
• Convert paint effects to polygon

Maya dynamics:

• Understanding dynamics attributes
• Add live effects to an object
• Control the partials behavior
• Intense and making crowds
• Add fields
• Particals rendering

Rigid body animation:

• Create passive rigid body
• Create an active rigid body
• Add hilts to rigged body
• Simulate your  dynamics

Soft body:

• The different type of soft bodies.
• How to control different parts in the same soft body object
• Controlling the partial eight

 

• Maya interface
• Polygon and nurbs  modeling
• Shading and texturing
• Polygon UV and texturing
• Autodesk mudbox
• Explore the different types of light in Maya
• Render techniques
• Animation
• Character setup and animation
• Facial expression
• Piant effects
• Maya dynamics
• Rigid body animation
• Soft body

Animators, graphic designers, motion graphics artists, art directors, artists, architects, interior designers and anyone who is interested in creating 3D images and animations.