Maya (179 Tutorials)

V-Ray: How to use GPU in V-Ray Next for Maya

January 15, 2019

Learn how V-Ray Next for Maya’s GPU can speed up your workflow using some of the new features for look development and production rendering, with this tutorial from Chaos Group.

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Maya Monday: More MASH Tutorials for Maya 2018

October 8, 2018

There have been loads of fun and interesting tutorials dealing with MASH nodes, Maya’s motion graphics engine, that have come out in the last few months. Here’s a sampling of what you can do with MASH in Maya 2018.

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Tutorial: Maya: The Art of NURBS Modeling Volume 1-5

September 18, 2018

Visual effects artist Rusty Hazelden has recently released a 5 part tutorial series on “The Art of NURBS Modeling” in Autodesk Maya. This series dives deep into curves, surfaces, keeping objects organized, efficient NURBS modeling, time-saving techniques and more.

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Maya Monday: Edit Mesh Menu and Face Menu in Maya

August 27, 2018

Mike Hermes has a new Deep Dive video out this week where he goes into the Edit Mesh / Face menu and the tools in the menu: Assign Invisible Face, Duplicate Face, Extract Face, Poke Face and Wedge tool.

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Maya Monday: Character Rigging in Maya

August 13, 2018

Today our focus is on Character Rigging with a freebie called mGear, to make your rigging workflow simpler. Then watch a huge series on character rigging in Maya.

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Maya Monday: Pixar’s RenderMan Version 22 is Now Available, Free Download, Tutorial

July 23, 2018

RenderMan 22 came out last week. Learn about the new features, and download it free for non-commercial use. Plus, a tutorial and a link to more software that you can download from Pixar.

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Maya Monday: More Redshift and Maya

July 6, 2018

A couple of weeks ago we featured a tutorial series from the Redshift channel about working with Redshift and Maya. We’re expanding on this and moving onto other tutorials out there.

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Redshift for Beginners – Interior Lighting with Redshift and Maya

June 19, 2018

Jesus Fernandez walks you through some basic steps to light an interior scene using Redshift and Autodesk Maya.

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Maya Monday: Texturing a Fire Hydrant with Substance Designer and Maya

June 18, 2018

This week on Maya Monday we’re featuring some tutorials by Arvid Schneider about creating a realistic paint, brass, and rust texture with Substance Designer. He has it split into 4 tutorials, because it’s long, These first 4 tutorials are essentially part 1, and part 2 will talk about the shader and rendering it with Arnold in Maya. The fire hydrant model available on Arvid’s patron page and info about that is in the first video.

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Maya Monday: Redshift and Maya, part 3

June 11, 2018

Redshift has several tutorials on working with Redshift in Maya. We’ve featured these tutorials for the past two weeks and here is part 3, the final, for now.

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Maya Monday: Redshift and Maya, part 2

June 6, 2018

Redshift has several tutorials on working with Redshift in Maya. Here is the second batch from their YouTube Channel to get you started.

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RealFlow | Maya: Working With Spline Emitter

June 6, 2018

This tutorial shows you how to use the spline emitter in Realflow | Maya.

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Getting Started with RealFlow | Maya Series, part 1 #gettingstarted

May 29, 2018

Here are several videos to help you get going fast with RealFlow | Maya.

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How to Work With Displacements in Redshift Maya

May 29, 2018

Saul Espinosa, a Matte Painter and Environmental Artist, walks you through everything you need to know about working with displacements in Maya with the Redshift plugin.

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