Tools
Below you will find instructions, tutorials, links, and screen cast videos on various topics related to the tools you will be using in this class. I highly encourage you to become as familiar with the material in these videos as you can. The sooner the better.
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Download / Install Maya
- Go to students.autodesk.com
- Click on the "Get Products" button at the top
- Click on the blue "Get Started" button.
- Sign in if you have an account or click "create account" if you don't.
- If you are creating a new account use your UNM credentials and follow the activation prompts with unm email and other properties to finalize it.
- Once the sign-in or sign-up process is complete you should be taken back to the products page.
- In the search box type "Maya" or scroll down to Maya and click "Get Product"
- Set the dropdowns to the following
- Maya 2023
- Your Operating System (Windows or Mac OS X)
- English
- Don't forget to hit the download button.
- Once the software is downloaded... install the software by double clicking on the installer and working through the prompts
- Agree to the terms and conditions
- Choose where to install on your computer. Default is probably fine
- Make sure all components are checked (Arnold, Bifrost, etc.)
- Click Install
- Once installed, Click Start
- A prompt will show asking you to select:
- Single User, multiuser
- Select single user
- Sign in with your unm autodesk account
- If you are prompted for a serial number you are going to need to retrieve it
- to find your serial number if you don't already have it do this:
- goto https://manage.autodesk.com/
- Log in with your UNM account you created previously on that site.
- click “All products and services” on the left sidebar
- DO NOT CLICK ON THE MAYA ENTRY AT THE TOP IF YOU SEE IT.
- Scroll down (if need be) and click on Maya.
- You may need to do activation of license. If you do, do that.
- Your serial number and product number should then be displayed.
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Adobe Creative Cloud
Occasionally throughout the semester you may need to utilize video editing or compositing software to compile a frame-sequence or change the compression format or settings for your animations. As a student of UNM you now have access to the full adobe creative cloud suite free of charge. THIS IS AMAZING!
Please go here for details on how to set it up on your personal machine
Please go here for details on how to set it up on your personal machine
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