Class #1 review

Class #1 review has a link to Ohio State resource: The Art of Maya PDF book excerpt.

Vip email note about F, A, Tumble, Track and Dolly.

Read pages 1 to 14 of Wiley Introduction to Maya book. Free sample chapter PDF.

* www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/m/class2.html...
* See the syllabus.

Sun, Earth, Moon extensive details.

The Sun, Earth, and Moon animation but they are CUBES.

Snapping in Maya and the X, C, V shortcuts make it even snappier.

Sun, Earth, Moon to be continud on FRIDAY Class in class #3

Watch the relevant LYNDA Maya Essentials videos to review the MAYA interface of panels, menus, channel box, Time Slider, etc.

Go to http://lynda.uni.edu and login with your UNI CatID and password/passphrase.

The Sun, Earth, Moon suggestions as scanned in notes.

Labor Day holiday

...no class!

Video (08:09)- Modeling a Wineglass using Polygons by Steven Murdoch. 8 minutes 9 seconds.

Assignment: Modeling a Wineglass - 12 questions on the Steven Murdoch video.

Due on Wednesday before or at noon for the start of class. Answers to the 12 questions.

Assignment: Modeling a Wineglass video 12 questions.
Due at the start of class or before!

Where we left off: planet.mb should launch Maya. .mb means Maya Binary. You do NOT need this file, if you were in class last Friday and your planet scene was working fine. Use this one if you got stuck or behind or missed class.

Video (08:09)- Modeling a Wineglass using Polygons by Steven Murdoch. 8 minutes 9 seconds.

Assignment: Modeling a Wineglass video 12 questions.

VIP: NURBS modeling a chick - First Maya assignment that was used in Spring 2013.

Due on 01/29/2015 Friday, January 30th anytime. Send as a .mb Maya Binary = .mb attachment to jacobson@cs.uni.edu
Subject: Chick Maya model

What we did in class today: Model of an ALIEN from the Friday class is good practice for modeling any character, but especially for the CHICK assignment.

Rocket Exhaust - Maya Dynamics particle emitters and color ramps.

Sun, Earth, Moon cannot be SPHERES!

See orbiting and rotating CUBES example.

How to DO IT, step by step: Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Sun, Earth, Moon due by 9 p.m.

1. Freeze Transformations.
2. Graph Editor.
3. Pivot Points (Axis). D and X, D and V.

QUIZ ONE on THURSDAY February 12th.

OLD QUIZ ONE STUDY GUIDE

2009 Class #1 review

2009 Class #2 review

Maya tutorials...

3DBuzz - The Talented Ball training videos. Videos 36 and 37 (out of about 61 free videos) are: Intro to Dynamics and Using Softbodies

Quiz One outline/study guide.

How were the 16 different pottery pieces or flower vases created? Using CV Curve tool to make a Profile Curve and Surfaces menu REVOLVE to revolve the curve around the Y axis. After that DUPLICATE SPECIAL. We did this in class on Valentines Day eve eve eve (Monday).

Study guide for old QUIZ TWO

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ASSIGNMENT TWO: The Bouncing Ball animation....

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Due anytime tomorrow (Thursday 02/12) or before (** as an attachment sent to jacobson@cs.uni.edu with SUBJECT: MAYA Assignment Two **)

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QUIZ ONE TODAY

Bouncing Ball assignment due today (anytime).

QUIZ and Assignment due...

VIP: QUIZ ONE Study Guide/Topics/Outline

1. Making an Egghead or Spongebob or Alien or whatever creature/character you prefer using the Sculpt Geometry tool.

2. Due on Thursday, February 19th.

3. More on the Sculpt Geometry tool and Sculpting NURBS surfaces.

4. Link to and outline of the Lesson 2: Sculpting a NURBS surface tutorial for Maya 2013.

Emitters, Particles, Color Ramps: Creating a Rocket Exhaust.

 User id:  mayatuts
Password:  morourke

1. Particles and Emitters effected by Gravity and Wind Fields and made to Collide with the ground or floor.

2. Coloring particles with a COLOR RAMP. Seeing particles shaped as SPHERES or as STREAKS and other options were explored for the Particle Properties tutorial.

 User id:  mayatuts
Password:  morourke