Hidden Maya Tricks to Speed Up Your Workflow #MayaMonday

These are not necessarily hidden but often overlooked by artists, even those artists who have been using Maya for years.

All Selections Hidden Maya Tricks

Even advanced users will learn some new things from this tutorial from Jan Jinda. He covers some hidden tricks to help you have more precision when selecting meshes and more.

Jan also has a nice set of Maya Quick Tips on his YouTube Channel, so check it out.

11 Hidden Maya Modeling Tools You (Probably) Never Heard Of

JL Mussi talks about 11 hidden Maya Hard Surface and organic modeling tools. Be sure to take notes! He talks about the Detach Tool, Collapse Components, The Snap Together Tool, and more.

Maya Modelling Secrets

Flipped Normals hits on the same topic as JL Mussi, but talk about custom hotkeys, marking menus, and some general Maya tips and tricks. For example, Marking Menus is super useful!.

FlippedNormals also has tons of content on its YouTube Channel, too. Subscribe now!

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