Maya for Beginners: complete guide for rendering and project turnaround by Lisa Montagner

Maya for Beginners: complete guide for rendering and project turnaround

What you'll learn

• How to create a Maya project with the folder structure
• You will understand what it is a naming convention is and you can keep use in your future projects
• Build a set, place lights and cameras
• How to correctly interpret references and use an HDRI
• example of how to set render settings so you can optimize them
• You'll see how to correctly frame the asset and animate the turnaround
• Inside Nuke, you'll collect frames and export your clips in the format you prefer
• You will know how to rendering any 3D assets in the Maya scene with Arnold!

Requirements

• You should have Autodesk Maya and Nuke to follow along with the course
• No prior knowledge of the software is required (just knowing how to move within the viewport)

File Format: PDF

3D models used as examples are not included (but you can find some for free on my page)

I wrote this guide in collaboration/for an IED course.

To all my students,

Thank you for inspiring me to write this guide.

Cheers!

Lisa