Maya Monday: Maya for Motion Graphics
The full webinar for Maya for Motion Graphics is online. Taught by Stephen Roselle, Sr. Technical Specialist for Autodesk for Autodesk Media and Entertainment. This is a super useful tutorial for those of you who are After Effects users and are new to Maya.
Maya Live Link for After Effects
Maya Live Link allows you to quickly and seemlessly bring elements between Maya and After Effects. Items that are live linked include:
- Position, Scale, Rotation
- Cameras (including Zoom, Focal Length, and Transform settings)
- Lights (Spot, Point, and Ambient Lights with Transforms, Intensity, Color, Cone)
- Planes
- Groups (nulls)
- Meshes (solids)
Download Maya Live Link Compatibility: After Effects CC 2014-2017
Maya Live Link is installed here:
- Win: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions
- Mac: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions
To access Maya Live Link, open both After Effects and Maya.
After Effects: Window > Extensions > Autodesk Maya Live Link
Maya: File > Adobe After Effects Live Link
For more on how to use the After Effects Live Link, see Maya Monday: Maya Live Link for After Effects.
Maya for Motion Graphics Webinar
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 1 – Intro and UI
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 2 – Illustrator and Photoshop Interop
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 3 – Animation Basics
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 4 – Procedural Animation with MASH
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 5 – Animated Type
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 6 – Rendering
Maya for Motion Graphics Part 7 – RV and After Effects (pre 2017 Update 3)
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