Maya Tutorials

I'm not sure weather this has been already mentioned in this post, perhaps there are really couple of simple steps which will accomplish the auto-complition for the maya.cmds and its modules/command whithout need of adding commands manully in Forced Builtin from Eclipse preferences.From Maya 2011...

The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to  build Maya GUI , using PyMEL. As an example I will use my own script, that helps to automate image based lighting setup  for Mental Ray.   You can find and download this free script from CreativeCrash. The name is  - Asset Lighti...

In this tutorial I go to explain how you can move a skinned joint, but not with the maya command but using the skinCluster "attributes" and I show a little example how we can use this method to implement our rig.

Animation excercise “Ball jumps over wall”Gabriel Gumucio, 2013-01-30 If you wish to read this tutorial in PDF form or download scene files, visit www.gabrielg.se > Tutorials First of all, let’s set up our scene.   Create a Plane as the ground floor of our scene. Create>Polygon>Plan...

Burning Laser Effect in Maya from Gabriel Gumucio on Vimeo.   This tutorial assumes that you have an intermediate knowledge of Maya.Import the geometryDownload the scene here:www.gabrielg.se > Tutorials > Effects tutorial "Burning laser" Load up the scene file, which includes the ...

this is a basic tutorial (beginner/intermediate) to explore "what is a matrix" and a little example how to use it in maya with nodes.

Hello there, my name is Raouf, I am a Technical Artist currently living in Clermont-Ferrand, France. In this "quick tutorial", I will try to explain how I created "Natascha" and break it down into multiple creation steps. I will be focusing mainly on the shading and texturing part in which I used...

This tutrorial uses both Maya and After Effects so to achieve our final prioduct, it requires you to have a basic understanding of both programs.  Today we will be learning how to make sparks, the intent is for them to look like they are coming off of a grindstone.  But this is not to s...

This is going to be another podcast series geared more towards my students as supplemental material, but is information that I feel anyone can benefit from; especially those who are  new to Maya scripting.This particular podcast shows some of the nifty flags you  can use inside of Maya'...

*UPDATE * The MEL script has been updated to a new renderSpeedy version 2.0 with lots of new features http://www.artbycrunk.com/script/maya/scripts-wireframe-render-speedy/the old version can still be found here..http://www.artbycrunk.com/script/maya/scripts-crtoonwireframeren/ FOLLOW FOR UPDATES...

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Hello! My name is Alex Tacu and I want to explain what are the correct gamma setting that you need to use when you render with V-Ray for Maya. Firs of all let’s have a look what result you get when you don’t set anything.For this I made a simple scene with 3 cubes.The left one has a simple VRay M...

  1. Create a text using text tool in Maya with poly options selected(counts 100 and quad options selected). 2. Delete the history and the output curves. 3. Now assign a shader and texture it. 4. Center pivot the whole group and individual polys. 5. Move the text above the grid plane. 6. Fre...

The purpose of this tutorial is to show that even a small studio can afford to use facial motion capture. As an animator in the computer games industry I have on numerous occasions been approached by the creative producer regarding the possibility to produce minutes upon minutes of lipsync animat...

Let's talk about rMuscle interface, and about creating and editing muscles.If you have rMuscles installed properly - you have rMuscle shelf in Maya.There are three "build" icons to build different kinds of muscles, and one "edit" button for editing tool. - "standart" muscle, that you can use...

For those who are interested in exploring the use of Motion Capture files in their animations this bit of information could be invaluable.  I literally spent days researching how to import a motion capture FBX file into Maya 2011 and found absolutely nothing that didn't involve importing the...

This tutorial shows how an *oSp-Object can be imported multiple times to the same ocean and still function uniquely and independently. *oSp-object is any object that is fixed with an engine built by oceanSplash plugin, and is able to create a splash when ever it interacts with an ocean or a ...

This is a basic tutorial that shows how *oSp-objects could be imported. *oSp-object is any object that is fixed with an engine built by oceanSplash plugin, and is able to create a splash when ever it interacts with an ocean or a pond in a scene. OceanSplash is a free plugin that can be downl...

This tutorial shows how a single *oSp-object can be exported and also it shows how all *oSp-objects in a scene can be exported.*oSp-object is any object that is fixed with an engine built by oceanSplash plugin, and is able to create a splash when ever it interacts with an ocean or a pon...

This is a tutorial that shows by using OCEANSPLASH plugin, how an animated curve could be made to emit floating particles that float on the ocean surface and also follow the animation of the curve.OceanSplash is a free plugin that can be downloaded here

This tutorial show how to create a splash for an animated "NURBS sphere primitive" object using OCEANSPLASH plugin. OceanSplash is a free plugin that can be downloaded here

Rotating Wheels on a Car   (Source files provided by Jim Gravina, Class of 2003)   The purpose of this handout is to show you how to rotate the wheels on a car so they follow the pace of the car as it move. By doing it this way, you will get a more accurate result without setting numero...

Hey!   Today I’m going to explain how to make a simple planet, that is not rendering intensive and actually looks pretty good.   First open Maya, and create a new scene.   Create a Sphere, Set it’s radius to 10, and center it on every axis.   Assign a Lamburt Shader to the Sph...

Creating Glass Shatter Effect using Maya nCloth - by Azhagu Raj Pandian In this tutorial we will explore using Maya ncloth to create Glass Shattering Effect.   Step : 1 - Let’s start by creating a polygonal plane with the default setting Step : 2 - Using the cut...