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Maya Tutorials

Free Maya video tutorials are organized by category and can be viewed selectively or as a sequential Maya tutorial course.

Intro

Starting Maya and Maya Interface (Lynda.com)

Projects and Opening Scenes (Lynda.com)

Viewports and Navigation (Lynda.com)

Menus and Hotbox and Marking Menus (Lynda.com)

Selecting and Moving Objects (Lynda.com)

Pivots (Lynda.com)

Customizing the Interface (Lynda.com)

Object Components (Lynda.com)

Grids and Snapping (Lynda.com)

Intro to v. 8.5

Updates to the modeling menu set and creating custom menus in Maya 8 (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a turntable animation in (digitaltutors.com)

Backface creasing with toon lines in (digitaltutors.com)

Updates to the script editor and inline cell mathematics in (digitaltutors.com)

Using the new scatter attribute in (digitaltutors.com)

Interactive primitive creation in (digitaltutors.com)

Interactive placement of lights in (digitaltutors.com)

Using geometry caching in (digitaltutors.com)

Working with ramp and graph widgets in (digitaltutors.com)

Using Depth Maps as image planes (digitaltutors.com)

Color coding animation curves in (digitaltutors.com)

Updates to the Artisan Tool in (digitaltutors.com)

Basics

Project overview for Introduction to Maya (digitaltutors.com)

Setting Up the Image Planes (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Undoable Camera Settings (digitaltutors.com)

Delete Non Deformer History (digitaltutors.com)

Universal Manipulator (digitaltutors.com)

Using Compass (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Maya Web View (digitaltutors.com)

Align and Snap Tools (digitaltutors.com)

Annotate Node and Notes (digitaltutors.com)

Using Incremental Save Feature (digitaltutors.com)

Managing and Creating Layers (digitaltutors.com)

Polygon Components (digitaltutors.com)

Working with the Shelf in Maya (digitaltutors.com)

Transform Presets and Beyond (digitaltutors.com)

Channel Box and Animation (digitaltutors.com)

Pivot Points and Grouping (digitaltutors.com)

NURBS Components and View Modes (digitaltutors.com)

Learn how to Transform Your Objects (digitaltutors.com)

Dealing with Double Transformations (digitaltutors.com)

Animation

Creating a knee lock system with a switch (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for the Character Setup in Maya training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Adding side-to-side movement to the feet to simulate the ankle (digitaltutors.com)

Introduction to Main Lesson: animating to dialogue (digitaltutors.com)

Clip exchange between files in Maya Trax (digitaltutors.com)

Frames 66-201: finalizing the first segment of the feet (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Lifting Heavy Objects (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for Facial Animation and Lip Sync in Maya training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Spring Solver (digitaltutors.com)

Get started with the ikSpringSolver (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for the Facial Rigging in Maya training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Initial setup of the scene prior to rigging (digitaltutors.com)

Creating joints for the head and jaw (digitaltutors.com)

Setting up an IK handle and control curves for the head (digitaltutors.com)

Adding attributes to control jaw movements (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for the Non-Linear Animation with Maya Trax training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Project Overview for the Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Follow Through and Overlapping Animation (digitaltutors.com)

Adding Anticipation to your Animations (digitaltutors.com)

Understanding Squash and Stretch (digitaltutors.com)

Secondary foot controls for the Character Setup Kit (digitaltutors.com)

Recording Camera Movements (digitaltutors.com)

Animated Sweep Ribbon (digitaltutors.com)

Animation Snapshot Trail (digitaltutors.com)

3December Presentation: Full Body IK (digitaltutors.com)

3December Presentation: Substitute Geometry (digitaltutors.com)

Soft Body Antenna (digitaltutors.com)

Geometry Constraint (digitaltutors.com)

Advanced Joint Mirroring (digitaltutors.com)

Jiggle Deformer (digitaltutors.com)

Parent Constraint (digitaltutors.com)

Breakdown Keyframes (digitaltutors.com)

Building the Second Layer of Deformation (digitaltutors.com)

Blend Shapes (digitaltutors.com)

Lattices 101 (digitaltutors.com)

Breaking Tangents (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Custom Controls with Set Driven Keys (digitaltutors.com)

Rigging the Eyes of Neex (digitaltutors.com)

Setting Deformation Order (digitaltutors.com)

Rigging a Fishing Pole with Arms (part 2) (digitaltutors.com)

Maya Animation Tools (digitaltutors.com)

Influence objects (digitaltutors.com)

Making Clusters (digitaltutors.com)

Attaching to the Path (digitaltutors.com)

Flow Path Object (digitaltutors.com)

Smooth vs. Rigid Bind (digitaltutors.com)

Cycle Curves (digitaltutors.com)

Blastcode

Basic Slab Destruction (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Basic Sweep Destruction (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Fields (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Collisions (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Recording and Playback (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Using Fracture Files (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Secondary Debris (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Motion Blur (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Using Glue Objects (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Creating Cracks (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Basic Workflow (3d-tutorial.com) Dead Link

Dynamics

Using button constraints on cloth objects (digitaltutors.com)

Creating curly hair (digitaltutors.com)

Creating particles at rigid body collisions (digitaltutors.com)

Maya Fur Kit Update: Using Maya Hair as curve attractors for fur (digitaltutors.com)

Advanced Heat Dynamics (digitaltutors.com)

Pin Constraint (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Pressure Curves (digitaltutors.com)

Simulating Soft Surfaces (digitaltutors.com)

Shatter Effect Overview (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Goals (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Soft Surfaces like Snow (part 1) (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Volume Emitters (digitaltutors.com)

Particle features that are new since Maya 6 (digitaltutors.com)

Maya Hair - Re-using Collision Objects (digitaltutors.com)

Adding Hair to Existing Hair Systems (digitaltutors.com)

Using Fluids as Textures (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a 2D explosion (digitaltutors.com)

Integrating Cloth and Fluids (digitaltutors.com)

Fluids - Using Images in 2D Containers (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Particle Collision Events (digitaltutors.com)

Using 2D Fluid Containers - Fluid Effects (digitaltutors.com)

Fluids Overview (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Softbody Simulations (digitaltutors.com)

Rigid Body Simulations (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Per Particle Attributes (digitaltutors.com)

Particle Collision Effects (digitaltutors.com)

Rendering Hardware Particles (digitaltutors.com)

Basics of Particles (digitaltutors.com)

Fur Basics: Randomizing Fur Attributes (digitaltutors.com)

Fur Basics: Shading the Fur and Shadows (digitaltutors.com)

Fur Basics: Adding Fur to Furby (digitaltutors.com)

MEL

Overview of MEL (digitaltutors.com)

Working with WHILE Loops (digitaltutors.com)

Building Custom Tools with MEL (digitaltutors.com)

Introduction to MEL (digitaltutors.com)

Examples

Chalice (metic.net)

Cloth Effect (metic.net)

Creating Dynamic Trees From Scratch (cmivfx.com)(dead link)

Modeling

Project overview for the Polygon and Sub-D Modeling in Maya kit (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for Photorealistic Car Modeling in Maya training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for the Add-On: Street Racer Kit (digitaltutors.com)

Animated Curve Extrusion (digitaltutors.com)

Painting Blend Shape Weights (digitaltutors.com)

Split Edge Ring Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Baking Topology to Targets (digitaltutors.com)

Poly-Crease Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Making Ice-cream with Adobe Illustrator Objects (digitaltutors.com)

Using Adobe Illustrator Objects in Maya (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Geometry for the Rims (digitaltutors.com)

Building the Teeth for the Upper Jaw (digitaltutors.com)

Move Component (digitaltutors.com)

Quick Select Sets (digitaltutors.com)

Using Booleans (digitaltutors.com)

Keep Faces Together command (digitaltutors.com)

Joining NURBS Curves (digitaltutors.com)

Soft Modification Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Select Contiguous Edges Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Adjusting Pivot Points of Components (digitaltutors.com)

Adding Final Tweaks to Alexias Boot (digitaltutors.com)

Finishing Alexias Faceplate (digitaltutors.com)

Converting Alexias Foot to Sub-Ds (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Curve Continuity (digitaltutors.com)

Modeling Air Hose and Filter for the Fish Tank (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a Candy Cane (digitaltutors.com)

Smooth Proxy (poor mans sub-d) (digitaltutors.com)

Using Bevel Plus for 3D Text and Logos (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a Fishing Pole (part 1) - Modeling and Rigging (digitaltutors.com)

Combining Polygons (digitaltutors.com)

The Revolve Tool - Building a Flower Pot (digitaltutors.com)

Split Polygon Tool Magnets (digitaltutors.com)

Polygon Reduction tool (digitaltutors.com)

Extrude Vertex and Chamfer (digitaltutors.com)

Extrude Face and Edge Along Curve (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Birail Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Setting up image planes for Furby (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a Surface from Lofting Curves (digitaltutors.com)

Splitting Polygons (digitaltutors.com)

Converting From One Surface Type to Another (digitaltutors.com)

Modeling with the NURBS Sculpt (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Mayas History (digitaltutors.com)

Making Holes Using NURBS Trim (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Text Tool to Make 3D Text (digitaltutors.com)

Extruding (digitaltutors.com)

Using Sub-Divisional Surfaces (sub-ds) (digitaltutors.com)

Polygon Modeling (digitaltutors.com)

Detaching Surfaces (digitaltutors.com)

Modeling Furby (part 2) (digitaltutors.com)

Modeling Furby (part 3) (digitaltutors.com)

Modeling Furby (part 4) (digitaltutors.com)

Rendering

Exploring the properties and uses of mental rays DGS material (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for the mental ray in Maya: Rendering Workflow training kit (digitaltutors.com)

Exploring the Phong E Materials (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Circle Highlight Fill shader (digitaltutors.com)

Exploring the Contrast node (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for 3D Texturing in Maya and Photoshop (digitaltutors.com)

Final adjustments to UVs on the monsters hand (digitaltutors.com)

Rendering geometry that has vertex color data (digitaltutors.com)

Baking vertex color data into your geometry (digitaltutors.com)

Rendering from the command prompt (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Solid Color toon shader (digitaltutors.com)

Project overview for Rendering with Maya Toon training kit (digitaltutors.com)

3December Presentation: Surface Sampler (digitaltutors.com)

3December Presentation: Toon Intersection Lines (digitaltutors.com)

ASHLI Bump Mapping (digitaltutors.com)

ASHLI Shaders (digitaltutors.com)

Using Paint Effects Panel as a Paint Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Create Modifier (digitaltutors.com)

Get Started with Shading Networks (digitaltutors.com)

Using Photoshop Smart Objects and Maya (digitaltutors.com)

PSD Networks (digitaltutors.com)

Moving the UV Data (digitaltutors.com)

Creating the Specular Map (digitaltutors.com)

Ocean Shader and Phong Materials (digitaltutors.com)

3D Paint Tool (digitaltutors.com)

Displacement Maps in Maya (digitaltutors.com)

Light Linking (digitaltutors.com)

NURBS Tessellation (digitaltutors.com)

Realistic Lighting Shaders (digitaltutors.com)

The Stencil Node (digitaltutors.com)

Altering Render Stats (digitaltutors.com)

Normal Maps in Maya (digitaltutors.com)

Compositing 3D Elements (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a Toon Shader (digitaltutors.com)

Using Light Glows (digitaltutors.com)

Texture Reference Objects (digitaltutors.com)

Street Racer: Assembling a Car Paint Shader (digitaltutors.com)

Using Shading Networks (digitaltutors.com)

Rendering Eclipse in mental ray (digitaltutors.com)

Using Ambient Occlusion using the Turtle Render (digitaltutors.com)

Mental Ray: Rendering Maya Fur (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Displacement Maps on a Tumbler Lid (digitaltutors.com)

Creating a shader for the tumbler (digitaltutors.com)

Transferring UVs (digitaltutors.com)

2D Motion Blur from command line (digitaltutors.com)

Rendering a Double-Sided Shader (digitaltutors.com)

Learning how to Create Shaders (digitaltutors.com)

Using Paint FX to Make Flowers (digitaltutors.com)

Get Started with UV Mapping (digitaltutors.com)

Using the New Ramp Shader (digitaltutors.com)

Sampler Info Node and Ramp Equals Super Cool Shaders (digitaltutors.com)

Using a Layered Shader to Make a Bottle Label (digitaltutors.com)

Integrated Vector Rendering (digitaltutors.com)

Setting Render Globals (digitaltutors.com)

Creating Gobos - Using Paint FX and Sequences (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Render View (digitaltutors.com)

Introduction to Lights (digitaltutors.com)

Using the Hypershade Panel (digitaltutors.com)

Working with Shadows (digitaltutors.com)

Using the RGB and Alpha Channels to speed up the rendering times (digitaltutors.com)

Mental Ray Caustics (digitaltutors.com)

Mental Ray - HDRI (digitaltutors.com)

Building an Eye Shader - part 2 (digitaltutors.com)

Building an Eye Shader - part 1 (digitaltutors.com)

finalRender

finalRender Page

Shave and a Haircut

Shave and a Haircut Multiclone tool (digitaltutors.com)

Using Shave and a Haircut 101 (digitaltutors.com)

Misc.

High Dynamic Range Imaging (metic.net)

Creating a Station ID in Maya and After Effects (Level: Advanced) (graymachine.com)

Older Versions

v. 6

Menus and Buttons (VTC.com)

Channels and Layers (VTC.com)

Timeslider and UI Displays (VTC.com)

DuplicatingandGroupingandParenting (VTC.com)

Creating a New Project (VTC.com)

Basic Modeling Techniques (VTC.com)

Adding a Stem (VTC.com)

Finishing the Apple (VTC.com)

Adding a Leaf (VTC.com)

Applying Textures (VTC.com)

Final Render (VTC.com)

Box Modeling the Hand (VTC.com)

Creating Fingers (VTC.com)

Attaching Fingers (VTC.com)

Finishing Models (VTC.com)

Preparing to Rig (VTC.com)

Set Driven Keys (VTC.com)

Setting up Joint pt 1 (VTC.com)

Setting up Joint pt 2 (VTC.com)

Binding the Mesh pt 1 (VTC.com)

Binding the Mesh pt 2 (VTC.com)

Maya 6: New Photoshop Layer Features (part 1) (digitaltutors.com)

Maya 6: New Photoshop Layer Features (part 2) (digitaltutors.com)

v. 6.5

Maya 6.5: Heads Up Display for Sub-Ds (digitaltutors.com)

Maya 6.5: Angle Smoothing Features (digitaltutors.com)

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