Maya Introduction | Training Course
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- 3 day course
- Our Trainers are Authorised Professionals
- Live Online or Classroom-based
- Certificate of completion
- Maximum class size of 6 for scheduled courses
- Unlimited support after your course
- Courses at all levels: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclasses
Course Outline
- Course Overview
- Playback Controls and Time Slider
- Understanding the Animation preferences
- Setting Keyframes (creating a basic animation)
- Understanding the Graph Editor
- Using the Time Editor Tool
- Understanding the Visualise Tools
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Overview of Maya Introduction
Course Outline for the Maya Introduction Training Course
Course Overview
- Course overview
- The Maya interface
Playback Controls and Time Slider
- Playback controls
- Adding and removing frames
Understanding the Animation preferences
- Adjusting the Time Slider Preferences
- Adjusting the Playback Preferences
- Learning about the playback speed preferences
Setting Keyframes (creating a basic animation)
- Learning how to set keyframes
- Options within the Key menu
- Cut, copy and paste keys
- Scale snap, bake and mute keys
Understanding the Graph Editor
- Learning how to navigate in the Graph Editor
- Moving Keyframes and Values
- The difference between the Auto Tangent and Spline Tangent
- Learning about the rest of the Tangent types
- Advanced techniques for adjusting Tangent handles
- Animating a ball bounce and creating an infinite cycle
Using the Time Editor Tool
- Using the Time Editor to create animation clips
- Exporting and importing animation clips
- Setting up an animation sequence in the Time Editor
- Creating a blend between two animation clips
Understanding the Visualise Tools
- Setting up an editable motion trail to track Aarcs
- Learning about the Ghost Visualise tool
- Learning about the Animation Snapshot Visualise Tool
- Creating an animation that follows a path
- Using the Motion Path constraint
- Adjusting the spacing on the motion path animation
- Adding side to side rotation
Overview of the MASH Animation Toolset
- Creating a MASH network
- Fine tuning the Mash animation
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