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This course will introduce you to a complete list of Maya’s modeling, lighting, and texturing tools. We will follow that up with a comprehensive look at animation and rigging in Maya. Finally, towards the end of the semester you will have time for your own personal project focused in your favorite area of production you enjoyed the most.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to

understand the Maya interface and dependency graph.
be able to use Maya to model 3 dimensional objects.
be able to create Curves, Polygons, Sub divided or NURBS surfaces to generate 3D Models.
be able to demonstrate an understanding of box modeling and edge looping techniques.
be able to create shading groups, lights, texture maps and render scenes.
be able to accurately apply texture maps to 3D models.
be able to demonstrate an understanding of 3D space.

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