21 декабря 2012 года последний день календаря Майя, начатого 5000 лет назад. Многие считают, что наступает конец света. А что думали по этому поводу Майя и что это означает для нас?

Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite обеспечивает обтекаемые решения для обучения 3D моделирование, цифровой скульптуры, фактуры живописи, анимации, эффектов и рендеринга. Набор включает в себя программные продукты Autodesk, которые предоставляют студентам широкий набор профессиональных инструментов, и она поддерживает развитие специализированных навыков.

In this course we will use a Maya to Mudbox workflow to build and texture a detailed dagger. This course will take you through the workflow of using Mudbox and Maya to create props or set pieces that appear highly detailed, but are a low enough resolution that they can be easily manipulated in real-time environments. Mudbox is a great package for sculpting high resolution detail but there is a process of getting all of that data out of Mudbox in a usable state. Using an ancient dagger, we'll cover the modeling of the base geometry and UV layout in Maya. We will also go over the sculpting and detailing in Mudbox, as well as painting textures using multiple channels. We'll finish up by bringing all of that detail back into Maya in the form of normal maps.

These videos will walk through the essential tools for creating photorealistic materials.
We'll start with establishing our shading toolkit through the various models of simulating real-world light interactions.
Then we'll jump into a series of challenging material types, and develop the basic shading networks required to make them happen.

Ryan Kittleson introduces the skills digital artists need to create photorealistic 3D creatures for film, video, and game production. The course covers basic design, sculpting, texturing, posing, and lighting and demonstrates real-world workflow, starting with the basic sculpture in ZBrush and moving it into Maya for finishing, while editing textures in Photoshop.

Our Texturing with Maya tutorials show you how to add textures to base models and turn skinned wireframes into realistic objects.

In this series of lessons, we will be taking you through the process of rendering your Maya scene into multiple passes, and using some advanced techniques for compositing these passes using Nuke.

In this Maya tutorial, we will help you get a strong understanding of Maya and how it works. You'll get the chance to work with many of the other Maya instructors here at Digital-Tutors who will show you how to use some of the major components of Maya. We'll start the tutorial by giving you the foundational skills and vocabulary you'll need in order to move around within Maya, and then we'll jump right into the Modeling section of the course

A complete guide to modeling and rendering for visualization in Maya
Learn a design-oriented workflow to product visualization and production techniques to designing with aesthetic and usability constraints, studio lighting, and photorealistic rendering. Provides 5 hours of project-based training on modeling, lighting, and rendering topics for use in product visualization.
Ideal for intermediate and experienced artists.

At Digital-Tutors, we've found that many students starting out in modeling have difficulty in creating the specific vision they have. In many cases it's not necessarily a lack of knowledge of the tools as much as it is a lack of confidence and experience. So, to give you a head start on your modeling, we've put together a number of tips collected from production and from teaching students that will help you build the best models you can with minimal frustration. In this series of Maya modeling tutorials, we'll talk about breaking down our modeling projects into manageable chunks. Then we'll cover methods for staying aware of as much information as possible about our geometry while we work. We'll cover specific techniques for adding circular resolution to square objects and go over setting up image planes. This course is meant for students that have some modeling experience and are familiar with some modeling tools but would like a few tips for creating a smoother workflow and getting better results.