Maya school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

This course is an introduction to Maya 2011. Maya is an industry standard 3-dimensional (3-D) software used to create animated films, video games, medical visualizations, and special effects for films. The objective of the course is to familiarize students with the fundamentals of a 3-D working environment using Maya 2011. The course develops skills in four elementary 3-D software topics: interface, objects, hierarchy, and animation. These four topics translate into most 3-D software packages an...

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Product modelling
Photoreal object modelling techniques for commercials assembling your source material aligning image planes in Photoshop
Day 2

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Advanced shading networks
Layered texture vs. layered shader
Metal: iron, chrome and copper
Glass
Creating wrapping textures
Day 3

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Environment textures
Blending colors
Facing ratio
Math utilities
Render layers review
Maya vector render engine
Day 4

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This course focuses on the basics of 3D computer graphics using Autodesk Maya. Students are introduced to the Maya interface and philosophy and 3D modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering. Lectures will cover the application of these tools in the film, television and game industries.

Our Maya classes use project based learning to create skills and knowledge through hands-on exercises.

Day 1 - Introduction to Core Concepts and the User Interface

Project 1: Keyframe a snowm...

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This class will focus on character animation and rendering in Maya, including Flexor animation, skinning, writing expressions and using the hardware and software rendering capabilities. Students will also write MEL scripts to gain a deeper understanding of the animation workflow in Maya. The emphasis of this course is on character animation and rendering.

This course covers the basic concepts of 3D modeling and animation. Students will build a solid foundation of the basic tools of 3D software, and gain basic knowledge of file management, the operating system environment and production practices. Modeling, animation, lighting, texture mapping and rendering are introduced.