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Maya For FX Artists - Projects Based Course

Name: Maya For FX Artists - Projects Based Course
Rating: 4.4 (644 reviews)

Learn Maya from scratch by creating variety of short projects : NO previous knowledge required

Created byRaffi Bedross

Last updated 11/2024

English

What you'll learn

You will learn Maya from scratch
You will have solid knowledge in Maya FX.
You will learn Maya Bifrost.
You will learn Maya Fluids.
You will learn nCloth.
You will learn how to create wheel burnout.
You will learn how to use Maya FX to create Variety of effects.
You will learn rigid bodies Dynamics.
You will Learn Maya nParticles.
And much more...

Course content

11 sections • 95 lectures • 8h 53m total length

Introduction1:04
Quick Tour5:23
In this lesson we are going to take a quick look at the user interface and workspaces in Maya.
Downloadable resources0:02
Component Mode3:12
In this lesson we are going to understand what the Component Mode is.
Parenting Objects2:40
We'll take a look at:
Parenting,outliner and how to change the pivot of any object in Maya.
Your first Quiz
Smoothing Objects in Maya5:06
In this lesson we are going to learn how the smooth polygon works in Maya.
Start Modeling a cup4:39
In this lesson we are going to learn how to use the curves in Maya to model a cup.
Finish Modeling the cup6:47
In this lesson we are going to finish the cup model.
Your first Animation in Maya8:45
In this lesson you are going to create your first animation inside Maya.
Quick Look at materials inside Maya5:54
In this lesson we are going to take a quick look at materials in Maya.
Modeling a Pen13:16
In this lesson we are going to model a pen in Maya.

Modeling Section resources0:02
Importing the images planes4:49
We are going to import the images of the ship to use them as reference while we model it.
Modeling the body8:16
We are going to start modeling the boat body
Creating the wood pieces3:58
We are going to add more details to the boat body.
Modeling the seal handles5:31
we are going to model the seal handles.
Modeling the seal4:15
We are going to model the seal.
Modeling the Paddles2:45
We are going to model the paddles and finish the boat 3D model

Introduction to Fluids9:16
In this tutorial we are going to the fundamentals of Maya fluids.
Downloadable Resources0:02
Cigarette smoke12:40
In this Maya fluid tutorial,we are going to learn how to create 2D Smoke.
3D Container2:55
Density Attributes4:03
In this tutorial we are going to understand how the density attributes work.
Emitter types4:19
In this lesson we are going to see what type of emitter we have and we're going to focus on Volume Emitter.
Turbulence and speed attributes4:14
We are going to learn about the Turbulence and Speed attributes.
Emit From Texture6:21
We are going to learn how to emit fluid form a Text and Textures.
Homework7:35
This is a practice for you
Rocket Smoke12:13
In this lesson we are going to learn how to emit smoke from fast moving object.
Wheel Burnout Effect11:14
Torch Fire11:38
In this fluid Maya tutorial we are going to use the Temperature field to create fire effect then render it then compose it in Nuke.
Emit fluid from particles3:37
Helicopter Landing Effect9:42
In this tutorial we are going to emit dust while the Helicopter is landing.
Conclusion0:03

Downloadable Resources0:02
Download the files used in this section.
Creating rigid bodies8:01
In this lesson:
You are going to learn the fundamentals of rigid bodies inside Maya.
Nail Constraint5:47
In this lesson:
You will learn what the constraints are and you are going to learn how to use the Nail constraint.
Pin and Spring constraint5:58
In this lesson:
You are going to learn how to use the Pin and Spring constraint to create some effects.
Hinge Constraint7:07
In this lesson:
You are going to learn how to use the Hing constraint.

Downloadable Resources0:02
Air Field5:08
In this lesson we'll take a look at Air Field in depth.
Drag Field2:46
In this tutorial I will show you how to create mud effect using Drag Field.
Newton and Radial Fields3:37
In this lesson we are going to explore Gravity,Newton and Radial fields inside Maya.
Turbulence and Curve Fields5:02
In this lesson we are going to cover the Turbulence and Curve fields and see how they work.

Downloadable Resources0:02
Emitters5:27
In this lesson you will start learn how to create an emitter and explore common attibutes.
Understanding emitter types in Maya0:02
Emitting from Object (Curve)10:52
In this lesson I will show you how to emit particles from a curve.
Emitting from Object (Surface)3:16
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to emit particles from a Surface.
particles Render Types (PDF)0:02
Soft Bodies5:49
In this lesson I will show you how to deform a geometry using particles.
Rain Effect8:52
In this lesson I will show you how to create Rain effect.
Fill a Text with Particles.11:57
Water effect8:26
In this lesson I am going to show you how to create water effect using nParticles.
Dry sand8:54
In this lesson I am going to show you how to make dry sand effect using nParticles and nConstraints
Collision Layers4:17
After watching this lesson you are going to learn how the collision layers work.

Downloadable Resources0:02
Expression Editor6:35
In this lesson we are going to learn how to use the Expression Editor.
Attributes7:01
In this lesson you are going to understand how the attributes work in Maya particles.
Kill the particles based on their position.7:48
In this lesson we are going to learn how to write an expression to kill the particles based on their position.
Coloring the particles based on the geometry index8:07
In this lesson we are going to learn how to make the particles inherit the color of collided object.
Killing the particles when they exit Force volume3:24
In this lesson we are going to write an expression to kill the particles when they exit the force field.
collision Self Component Id3:20
In this lesson you are going to learn how to color the particles when they collide with each other.

Requirements

Autodesk Maya software
You must have passion to learn visual effects.

Description

This is a comprehensive Maya course.
No time wasting, Straight to the point, direct and objective.
You will learn Maya by creating short and sweet projects.
NO previous knowledge required.

In the first section we are going to dive quickly into Maya's most important features to help you start using Maya

without wasting much of your time, then we are going to learn how to create short projects and effects in Maya.

Instead of creating one big project, this course contains variety of professional and high quality short projects,this is more fun,more interesting and more engaging for beginners.

Last Updates:

Creating Landscape using xGen
Bifrost
Skirt and Tanktop simulation (nCloth Section).
Simulating a cloth on animated character (nCloth Section).
nCloth (New Section)
collision Self Component Id (Expression Section).
Killing the particles when they Exit the volume field (Expression Section).
Collision Layers.
Coloring the particles based on the geometry index (Expression Section).
Dry sand using nParticles.
Water Effect
Particle Expressions (New section)
Newton and Radial Fields (Fields and solvers Section).
Drag Field (Fields and solvers Section).
Air field (Fields and solvers Section).

Student Review: Terence Kent

"Excellent course about the different fluids and rigid body dynamics in Maya.

Really helped me to understand the basics, I'm now really comfortable using these in my projects."

Maya is a standard 3D Application tool used widely in Visual Effects studios to create 3D models,game assets, smoke,fire and dust etc...

Learning Maya is challenging for beginners,that's why I created this course to cover all the techniques,we are going to start supper simple and gradually we're going to create more advanced effects.

What you will Learn:

Quick dive into Autodesk Maya.
3D modeling fundamentals.
You will Understand how the 2D and 3D containers work.
Complete nParticles section.
Expressions.
How to use Maya fields.
Creating Helicopter Landing dust effect.
Creating Torch Fire.
Creating rain effect.
Rigid Bodies.
Creating Wheel burnout.
Water effect.
Dust effect.
Rocket smoke.
Bifrost
and much more...

So enroll now and I promise you won't be disappointed.

Who this course is for:

Anyone wants to learn Maya from scratch.
Maya artists curious about learning Maya FX and Dynamics.
Anyone wants to learn how to create visual effects inside Maya
Anyone wants to learn how to create some effects like smoke and fire etc..

Maya For FX Artists - Projects Based Course

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Course content

Quick intro to Maya11 lectures • 57min

Modeling7 lectures • 30min

Arnold9 lectures • 1hr 4min

Landscape8 lectures • 34min

Fluids15 lectures • 1hr 40min

Rigid Bodies5 lectures • 27min

Fields and solvers5 lectures • 17min

Intro to Maya particles12 lectures • 1hr 8min

Expressions7 lectures • 36min

nCloth6 lectures • 31min

Requirements

Description

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