Maya Animation For Beginners - Mastering The Fundamentals of Animation in Maya

Get ready to do your own 3D animations in Autodesk Maya!

Learn and master everything you need to know to get started in animation - taught by a Bafta award winning animator

Maya is the essential industry standard 3D animation software. Maya is a must in the film and the video games industry. In this course, you'll learn how to master the fundamentals and principles of animation to give you a solid foundation when starting your animations from scratch.

• Course Introduction
• My Mentors
• 2. How To Download a Free Trial of Maya
• Zurbrigg Media Player For Animation Playback
• How To Download your free rigs for this course
• Animation Interface Introduction
• Manipulators and Camera Movement
• How To Create Custom Hotkeys
• How To Create A Playblast
• The Graph Editor Part 1
• The Graph Editor Part 2
• The Motion Trail Tool
• IK FK
• Principles Of Animation
• Why Is The Bouncing Ball An Absolute Fundamental To Master
• Key Poses And Breakdown Poses
• Exercise Bouncing Ball
• Bouncing Ball Squash And Stretch Exercise
• Light Bouncing Ball Exercise
• Heavy Bouncing Ball Exercise
• Anticipation And Overlap
• Overshoots
• Upper Body As The Pendulum
• The Arm As A Pendulum Exercise Lecture
• The Jump Exercise
• Introduction To Walks
• The Importance of Arcs And Paths Of Action
• Planning And Blocking
• Blocking Walk Cycle Hips And Legs
• Splining Walk Cycle Hips And Legs
• Polishing Walk Cycle Hips And Legs
• Walk Exercise
• Exaggeration Weight And Balance
• The Importance Of Reference
• Exercise Side Shift Of Weight
• Exercise – Picking Up Heavy Weight Shifting Exercise
• Games Industry Standard Default Animation Set
• What We Will Animate From The List
• In Game Idle Animation Exercise
• In Game Run Animation Exercise
• Creating a Showreel For A Job
• Networking
• Applying For Jobs