Maya for Beginners
Complete Guide to 3D Animation in Maya
You can do your own 3D animations in Autodesk Maya.
Learn everything you need to know to get started - taught by a Hollywood professional.
As the industry standard 3D animation software, learning Autodesk Maya is a great skill to help you land a job in the film, music and gaming industry. In this course, you'll learn how to create your entire animation from scratch.
What will you learn?
Getting started with Maya and understanding the interface
Modeling your own objects and scenes
Shading your objects
Creating proper UVs
Texturing your objects
Lighting your scene and creating shadows
Rendering your project
Rigging characters to prepare for animations
Animating with keyframes
Motion graphics animation (MASH) toolkit
Simulating dynamic effects like cloth and smoke
Putting together an entire scene
Learn by doing real world projects.
Throughout this entire course, you'll be working on a Dia de Los Muertos inspired scene with a complete animated skeleton. By the end of the course, you'll truly be inspired by your own skills, and confident in using Autodesk Maya.
What do you get when you enroll?
25+ hours of easy-to-follow tutorials
Bonus animation demonstrations
Downloadable project files for every step of the course
Premium support to help you as you take the course
Why learn from us?
Lucas Ridley is a professional 3D animator who has worked on Hollywood films such as Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. His students love him, and we're sure you're going to enjoy this class.
Lucas breaks down the most complicated steps of animating in Autodesk Maya, so that you can easily start animating on your own.
Phil Ebiner is the founder of Video School Online, and has taught over one million students around the world with our top-rated courses. We only partner with the best instructors, so you'll know that you're getting a great course with this one.
Our 30-day 100% money-back guarantee.
We want you to be happy. If there's any reason you aren't enjoying the course, and getting what you expected, we'll refund your money.
We can't wait to see you in the course.
Cheers,
Phil + Lucas
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| Rating | 4.5★ based on 382 ratings |
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| Length | 26.5 total hours |
| Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
| Cost | $21 |
| From | Udemy |
| Instructors | Video School Online Inc, Lucas Ridley, Video School |
| Download Videos | Only via the Udemy mobile app |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Art & Design |
| Tags | Design 3D & Animation |
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easy to follow
everything is very clearly explained and easy to follow This Course gave me a lot of tips in MAYA.
It is easy to follow and very detailed as to how & why you do things, along with very handy short cuts/hot keys.
It is easy to follow and I got used to using MAYA before I realized.
Unlike some other lessons, by other instructors, his instructions are easy to follow, and his easy way of talking makes the lessons enjoyable as well.
The quality of video is law (1080) to see details well Nice way to ease the listener into the program and easy to follow along.
very well explained and easy to follow learning alot thanks for the course!
The whole class was completely understandable and easy to follow.
still good As a beginner its easy to follow very highly tallking I just started this course, but after searching the internet for way too long and not getting very far for super introductory information, I've learned more in the first few videos than hours of searching YouTube.
Have not been disappointed easy to follow along and looking forward to the projects.
Clear explanation, interesting project, easy to follow!))
Easy to follow, good and relative information with here and there some challenge to figure out by yourself.
I have learned new things and the tutorial are easy to follow-Thank you for the work!
Very good in detail, easy to follow.
Easy to follow and everything is explained clearly :) i cant confirm at this moment...
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so far so good
So far so good.
just started this, at lesson 4, looks good and is very understandable, Maya looks even more complicated then 3dsMax but since I have no choice but to learn it, so far so good Lots of work but even more fun (despite recurrent frustration when I screw up) !!!
good So far so good pretty clear Good Si, buena una buena elección.
was great I'm only about 10 lessons in but so far so good.
Can't wait to finish the course so far so good, was my first comment but i know it would get interesting as i progress, and Lucas did not fail my expectation.
very good till now easy to understand So far so good!
The Lecture Should More Interesting So far so good.
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very clear
Lucas is a very clear-spoken teacher and often gives insight into why decisions are being made, not just reeling off a list of buttons to press.
Very clear voice over, very clear instructions and explanations, and even goes into detail about things you wouldn't have thought would be necessary or useful at first!
Very clear so far Nothing wrong with the course so far.
It helps as extra consolidation alongside my university 3d subject Very detail The instructor took his time when explaining the interface and spoke very clear.
Five stars buddy Very clear at explaining everything, voice is also smooth and easy to listen to.
Very clear and understanding Yes it's awesome course.
Very clear for begginers but i know how to use maya and still learnt new things so this course is very good!
Great course for total beginners in the world of 3D YES Captions and way of presenting is very clear.
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too fast
The moments where the video fast forwards go by too fast.
Very complete, well explained Felt like he was going a bit too fast.
The instructions are very clear and the pace of doing stuff is not too fast for a complete beginner.
I think that the instructor is very knowledgeable and understandable , however I feel like he moves too fast (this is probably because he is so used to working with Maya that sometimes he goes "auto" mode and just omits certain aspects of what he is doing), and that can cause me some issues as I need the full picture to understand what is going on.
The author omits few things between the courses and talks and acts too fast to copy or to memorize it.
too fast for begginers very good It's a perfect match for me.
Het is nogal gecompliceerd Because it is not too fast or too slow.
good Good pace, not too fast...
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follow along
Despite these problems, the instructor has a very clear voice, good presentation skills, provides excellent resources for me to follow along with, provides in-depth information, covers a lot of tools and areas, video quality is great, the instructors computer hardware is powerful so no loss of momentum from watching scenes load up or input lag.
Will definitely follow along with this section a second time after completion, as videos are quick yet informative and will be good revision material.
THe course is very concise, easy to understand and follow along.
I have no prior experience in modeling and I am able to follow along.
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looking forward
Will be looking forward for advanced animation, so please upload it as soon as you can.
I was so impressed by the lecturer who is very knowledgeable in almost every aspect of maya, looking forward to finishing till the end of the course.Yeah, I finally made to the end!
Lucas also has provided additional resources including those on the Digital Creator Studio Youtube channel which addresses my previous request for coverage of beginner mistakes Owesome i feel like a good when I study it so cool i have been doing a few courses and so far this has been the best explained and displayed and im looking forward to learning from this experienced author and really appreciate they took the time to make this course.
Im definitely looking forward to the remaining 20 hours or so.
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Assistant Autodesk Fire/Smoke Editor $54k
Maya Professor $60k
Autodesk Licensing Specialist $61k
Visual Effects Maya Instructor $72k
Product Manager, Autodesk Fabrication $111k
Maya artist $131k
Maya Tools Engineer Lead $182k
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| Rating | 4.5★ based on 382 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 26.5 total hours |
| Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
| Cost | $21 |
| From | Udemy |
| Instructors | Video School Online Inc, Lucas Ridley, Video School |
| Download Videos | Only via the Udemy mobile app |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Art & Design |
| Tags | Design 3D & Animation |
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