Animation with Maya

Our introductory 3D Animation tutorial teaches you the fundamental concepts of 3D animation so you have the technical ability and artistic skills to start bringing your ideas to life.

The course covers all the key techniques you need to know from framing and animation to deformers, clusters, and raytracing.

As well as software skills, you will also study the art of animation, learning how CG artists use classic 2D skills and apply them to cutting edge 3D environments.

Course Breakdown

• The Graph Editor and Key Framing
• Deformer and Path Animation
• Clusters, Blendshapes and Connections
• Connections and Expressions
• Rigging
• Lamp Animation

eLearning – the new standard in distance learning

All Online Self-Directed Courses use our one-of-a-kind eLearning platform that integrates video tutorials, source files and social networking in a single intuitive web application.

It’s a virtual classroom designed so you can create while you learn with everything you need right at your fingertips. DVDs don’t even come close. Post your work for feedback, check out what other students have produced, get involved, and be inspired. There’s no more exciting or effective way to learn 3D online.

Specifications

• There’s no schedule to our Online Self-Directed Courses – you have unlimited access to all tutorials for 12 months.
• Training is streamed direct to your web browser on demand any time and anywhere. Simply log on to start.
• Maya files containing support scenes and assets are downloadable.
• Software is not included – you can purchase student licenses direct from software manufacturers.