Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:28:33 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Jacobson To: 810-088-11-spring@uni.edu Subject: URL for web page... Hello Maya students, The URL to get to our class web page is: SPRING SEMESTER MAYA http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/m/jan.html JANUARY 12th, 2009 I will create a page later this afternoon or early this evening that has the review of what we covered in today's class and has links to several examples from last semester too. Dolly and Zoom are not the same in Maya. Dolly physically moves the camera in closer to what it is looking at of moves the camera back farther away from the scene so it takes in more of the scene. Zooming in and Zooming out is done with the lens. The camera stays put. I rarely use the Zoom capability in Maya and will likely not even need to teach you that this semester. You will dolly in and dolly out almost every single time you use Maya! Dolly is done with the RMB (Right Mouse Button) while holding down the Alt key on Windows computers or the Option key on Macintosh computers. Track or Pan is done with the MMB (Middle Mouse Button) and Alt key. Tumble or Roll the view of the scene is done with the LMB and Alt key. Note: Alt key for PCs and Windows Option key for Macs. Alt+LMB Alt+MMB Alt+RMB --------- --------- --------- Tumble Track Dolly or or Roll Pan LMB MMB RMB --- --- --- Tu Tr Do If you sort the three words Tumble, Track, Dolly into descending or reverse alphabetical order, you have: Left Mouse Button LMB = Tumble Tu Middle Mouse Button MMB = Track Tr Right Mouse Button RMB = Dolly Do Look at page 8 of the Wiley 14 page long book excerpt for a beautiful explanation of navigation in Maya using the LMB and MMB and RMB to Tumble and to Track and to Dolly. http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/47/07821440/0782144047.pdf The bottom of page 8 also explains two other ways to do NAVIGATION besides the 3 mouse buttons. The other two ways involve pressing a key on the keyboard instead of moving the mouse. What does the F key do? What does the A key do? These things and much more will be explained and demonstrated and discussed on Wednesday. http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/maya/maya3D.html The following YouTube video is a nice showcase of Maya work from Fall of 2007. Animation Mentor school is where I first heard about Maya in late 2006 or early 2007. It is very fun to watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWs0-PPL1wA See you on Wednesday! Mark