SimplyMaya - Learn Maya

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble...

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects. You don't need to watch volume on...

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are. We'll start from a variety of primitive shape...

In this tutorial we're going to take a look at creating a prop for a set dressing piece, specifically a bonsai tree. We'll start by creating the basic shape of the tree using Paint Effects. We then set up a test render environment and continue shapin...

In this tutorial we cover the lighting, shading and rendering of Batman. We'll also look at splitting our image up in render passes, and the use of XGen for the facial hair. By the end of this project you'll be able to light and render your own cha...

Building a full IK rig is a complicated process if you're new to rigging. This tutorial blends together several rigging techniques to create a feature rich rig, using HumanIK to do the heavy lifting. On top of this we create custom controls, letting...