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FDMA 405 - Maya Production is a follow on elective for the FDMA 2530 Introduction to 3D Modeling and Post-Production. This course is designed to cover advanced Autodesk Maya and Adobe After Effects techniques in a production environment. We will be exploring both technical and artistic approaches of a single shot from start to finish as well as overall pipeline theory and production considerations.
Weekly Course Modules
Course Introduction
The concepts covered in this course are the application of the fundamentals in a production...
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Polygon Modeling
Building upon the basics of modeling we will be looking deeper at topology and the...
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Surfacing
The ability to create realistic models lies as much in the texturing process as it does...
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Advanced Rigging
Rigging is an incredibly powerful and sometimes daunting process. In order to create...
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Camera Mapping
For VFX productions especially ones that are designed to be realistic the environment...
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Animation
All of the work that goes into creating a fully functional character rig pays off when...
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Compositing
True layer and pass based compositing allows for a massive amount of control over the...
Launch ModuleThe circle icon on the top left corner of each module listed above indicates how many weeks (1, 2, or 3) each module spans.