Autodesk MAYA 3D Fundamental

You will learn the uses of Maya’s powerful tools for the visual entertainment industry, whether for cartoons, movies, commercials, or video games. Maya can be used for 3D modeling, rendering and animation in various industries that range from Media and Entertainment to advanced medical and engineering applications.

After successful completion of this course, you will be ready to develop 3D models, create basic animations, work effectively with texturing and lighting for your models, render scenes and understand basic 3D modeling that moviemaking for various applications. Maya Fundamentals covers the essential contents found in the latest Official Maya 3D Training guide.

The Advanced course expands these contents and include additional, more advanced tools, and can be taken together in order to learn basic functionality and advanced tools not covered in the Fundamentals guide.

Topics in this course include: 

• Introduction to Maya 3D
• Autodesk Maya Interface
• CG and 3D core concepts and production workflows
• Autodesk Maya Essential Tools
• Maya basics of NURBS, polygons, and subdivision surfaces modeling
• 2D Drawing and 2D edition
• 3D Modeling with 2D objects
• Creating 3D models
• Advanced 3D modeling
• Deformers
• Materials and Maya Texturing
• Advanced Materials
• Maya 3D Lighting
• Cameras
• Maya Rendering
• Essentials of Animation for Visualization with Maya
• Camera, modifier and 3D model animation
• Maya Cloth (available with Maya Advanced)
• Advanced Maya tools (only available with Maya 3D advanced course)
• And more.