Maya 2019 Fundamentals: Dynamics, Lighting and Rendering

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Eddie Russell

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1.Course Overview

01.Course Overview.mp4

01:47

2.Dust Dynamics in Maya

02.Setting up a Basic Emitter.mp4

06:13

03.Rules for Working with Dynamics.mp4

05:46

04.Common Particle Attributes.mp4

11:23

05.Baking the Camera Projection.mp4

08:51

06.Creating and Animating the Dust Emitter.mp4

09:49

07.Setting the Speed and Emission of Particles.mp4

09:26

08.Adjusting the Look and Behavior of Particles.mp4

10:03

09.Setting up Particle Shading.mp4

13:16

10.Caching Particle Simulations.mp4

10:33

3.Repulsor Exhaust Dynamics

11.Emitting Particles from an Object.mp4

11:24

12.Configuring Repulsor Particles.mp4

07:29

13.Shading Repulsor Particles.mp4

10:59

14.Animating Repulsor Particle Noise.mp4

05:20

15.Caching Simulation Data for Multiple Emitters.mp4

05:24

4.Basic Lighting and Rendering Concepts

16.Understanding Basic Light Types.mp4

11:33

17.Controlling Light Color and Intensity.mp4

08:58

18.Adjusting the Look and Quality of Shadows.mp4

12:33

19.Adjusting Render Stats of Maya Objects.mp4

12:37

5.Lighting and Rendering the Drone Scene

20.Creating and Configuring an Arnold Physical Sky.mp4

10:35

21.Creating and Parenting Spot Lights.mp4

08:55

22.Configuring Spot Light Attributes.mp4

13:47

23.Adjusting Render Stats and Ray Visibility.mp4

09:31

24.Controlling Sampling and Render Quality.mp4

12:00

25.Configuring Output Settings and Rendering the Final Sequence.mp4

12:41

Description

Maya is the industry-standard digital content creation application in both film and games. Grasping the fundamentals is imperative for any artist bound for careers in these industries. This course will help get you started.

What You'll Learn?

Maya is the industry-standard for creating digital content in film and games. It is imperative for any artist bound for careers in these industries to grasp the fundamentals of Maya. In this course, Maya 2019 Fundamentals: Dynamics, Lighting and Rendering, you’ll gain a fundamental knowledge of dynamics, lighting and rendering. First, you’ll learn dynamics, focusing on Maya’s nParticle system. Next, you’ll explore lighting using both Maya lights and Arnold-specific lights. Finally, you’ll discover how to render out a scene with animation. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a foundational knowledge of Maya that will help you as you move forward to master this digital content creation application. Software required: Maya 2019.

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Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, materials as well as lighting. Eddie takes pride in helping creative professionals overcome the barriers of technology and software so that they can effortlessly harness their creativity in their own projects. While teaching with Pluralsight, Eddie has had the opportunity to contribute to many exciting projects. He's also contributed creative training articles to both Photoshop Creative and ImagineFX. Eddie's favorite project as a tutor has been taking part in the Transforming Robot Production Pipeline series. So if you're ready to learn environment art, texturing, or rendering from the ground up, or your graphic designs lack that special "it" factor, let Eddie unlock your potential as an artist.

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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.