Best Maya 2014 Podcasts (2025)

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USD Primer for ARTISTS 9:52

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2y ago9:52

9:52

USD (or Universal Scene Description) is quickly becoming a hot topic in the world of computer graphics. But what is it exactly, and why should you care? In this video, we get down to the bottom of it from an artist's perspective.By Autodesk

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Toolbox hotkeys and hidden menus 2:34

10y ago2:34

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This movie shows you some techniques to speed up your interactions with the Toolbox in Maya.By Autodesk

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Hidden / Contextual menus 2:44

10y ago2:44

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This movie shows you how to access some of the lesser known menus in Maya.By Autodesk

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Sculpting clothing wrinkles - Part 2: Patterns and symmetry 12:08

10+ y ago12:08

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This movie shows you how to using Maya's sculpting tools to create jacket patterns, stitches, wrinkles, and creases that you can then output to a normal map for use on a lower resolution model.By Autodesk

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Sculpting clothing wrinkles - Part 1: Wrinkles and creases 11:30

10+ y ago11:30

11:30

This movie shows you how to using Maya's sculpting tools to create clothing wrinkles and creases that you can then output to a normal map for use on a lower resolution model.By Autodesk

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Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 4: UV creation and finishing touches 15:02

10+ y ago15:02

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This movie shows you how to create a quick UV mesh and then extrude to create thickness.By Autodesk

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Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 3: Fine-tuning shape and topology 7:05

10+ y ago7:05

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This movie shows you how to use the various tools in the Modeling Toolkit to clean up a jacket's topology.By Autodesk

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Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 2: Quad drawing the shoulder/collar 8:03

10+ y ago8:03

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This movie shows you how to use the Modeling Toolkit's Quad Draw tool to build the shoulder portion of a jacket mesh.By Autodesk

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Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 1: Shrink wrapping a sleeve and torso 7:04

10+ y ago7:04

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This movie shows you how to create and retopologize a jacket mesh for our Detective Emma character, starting by using the Shrink Wrap Tool to create a sleeve and torso.By Autodesk

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Achieving accurate colors using Color Management 15:40

11y ago15:40

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This movie shows you how to use Maya's Color Management Preferences to support a linear workflow for accurate lighting from various sources.By Autodesk

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Creating Creating a body of water simulation using Bifrost - Part 3: Creating and caching a tidal wave effect 9:58

11+ y ago9:58

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This movie shows you how to use an object as both an emitter and accelerator to create a tidal wave effect, then uses user and alembic caches to reduce the performance impact on your scene.By Autodesk

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Creating Creating a body of water simulation using Bifrost - Part 2: Generating ocean waves 12:41

11+ y ago12:41

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This movie shows you how to use a texture deformer to act as an accelerator on a Bifrost liquid simulation.By Autodesk

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Creating Creating a body of water simulation using Bifrost - Part 1: Peaceful coastal ocean 13:38

11+ y ago13:38

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This movie shows you how to use Bifrost to create a basic water simulation.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig: Appendix B - Toggling Squash and Stretch 14:25

12y ago14:25

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In this movie we show you how to add a control to toggle squash and stretch on and off for the legs, arms, and torso.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig: Appendix A - Part 5: Matching the automatic IK knee 17:15

12y ago17:15

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This movie shows you how to match the automatic no-flip IK knee to the result leg.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig: Appendix A - Part 4: Matching leg joints 10:31

12y ago10:31

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This movie shows you how to match the IK/FK legs to the result leg joints (minus the automatic no-flip IK knee).By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig: Appendix A - Part 3: Matching arm lengths 12:29

12y ago12:29

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This movie shows you how to match the IK/FK arm lengths to the result arm, including both uniform and non-uniform stretching.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig: Appendix A - Part 2: Matching the IK arm to the FK arm 10:10

12y ago10:10

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This movie shows you how to extend the theories developed in the previous movie to snap the IK arm to the FK arm's position.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig: Appendix A - Part 1: Matching the FK arm to the IK arm 10:11

12y ago10:11

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This movie shows you the theory behind IK FK snapping and how to begin developing a script to add it to your rig.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 32: Mirroring 10:25

12y ago10:25

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This movie shows you some of the important factors to consider when mirroring one side of your rig to the other.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 31: Hand global transform and cleanup 10:25

12y ago10:25

10:25

This movie shows you how to create a length attribute for the fingers, connect the hand to the arm, and clean up the rig.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 30: Palm controls 10:13

12y ago10:13

10:13

This movie shows you how to set up custom palm attributes for palm raising, lowering, and side-to-side movement.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 29: Compound finger controls 12:59

12y ago12:59

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This movie shows you how to create attribute-driven controls for the fingers, to drive compound movements.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 28: Basic hand joints 13:48

12y ago13:48

13:48

This movie shows you how to set up the joints and FK controls for a hand.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 27: Arm global transform and cleanup 17:10

12y ago17:10

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This movie shows you how to hook the arm up to the rest of the body, incorporate it into the global transform space, and clean it up according to our rigging checklist.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 26: Translation-based shoulder rig 10:35

12y ago10:35

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This movie shows you how to create a simple translation-based shoulder rig.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 25: IK/FK hybrid elbow 13:49

12y ago13:49

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This movie shows you how to create an IK elbow with an FK poseable forearm.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 24: Snappable elbow 8:18

12y ago8:18

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This movie shows you how to create an elbow control with snapping.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 23: Stretch IK/FK arms 12:01

12y ago12:01

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This movie shows you how to create stretchable IK and FK arms based on the principles learned when building the leg.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 22: Basic Twist Arm 13:08

12y ago13:08

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This movie shows you how to create a basic twisty arm using principles you learned when building the torso.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 21: Complementary foot controls and cleanup 7:05

12+ y ago7:05

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This movie shows you how to create additional foot controls to widen the range of movement for your foot.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 20: Smart foot roll 17:23

12+ y ago17:23

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This movie shows you how to create a smarter foot rig that's easier to animate with.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 19: Reverse foot rig 6:46

12+ y ago6:46

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This movie shows you how to create a reverse foot rig for the generic IK foot, which will provide you with control over the necessary pivot points.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 18: Leg global transform, space switching, and cleanup 13:23

12+ y ago13:23

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This movie shows you how to clean up the rest of the leg rig.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 17: Non-uniform no flip IK leg stretch and automatic IK FK toggle 9:44

12+ y ago9:44

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This movie shows you how to allow the upper and lower portions of the no-flip leg to scale non-uniformly, as well as how to ensure that only the pertinent controls appear when in IK and FK modes respectively.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 16: Snappable knee 8:09

12+ y ago8:09

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This movie shows you how to create a snappable knee for planting in place like an IK control.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 15: Dual knee solution 9:58

12+ y ago9:58

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This movie shows you how to alter a no-flip leg into a combo no-flip / pole vector leg solution.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 14: No flip knee for IK leg 5:49

12+ y ago5:49

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This movie shows you how to create an automatic knee that won't flip no matter how far in front of the body the leg moves.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 13: Leg IK controls and joint stretching 11:28

12+ y ago11:28

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This movie shows you how to create a stretchy IK leg.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 12: Leg FK controls and joint stretching 12:47

12+ y ago12:47

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This movie shows you how to create the FK controls for the left leg as well as how to add joint stretching.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 11: Leg settings switch with IK / FK attribute 7:36

12+ y ago7:36

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This movie shows you how to create a basic set of IK, FK, and result leg joints and blend between them.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 10: Basic IK, FK, and result leg joints 13:01

12+ y ago13:01

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This movie shows you how to create a basic set of IK, FK, and result leg joints and blend between them.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 9: Neck space switching and cleanup 11:54

12+ y ago11:54

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This movie shows you how to parent the neck joint to the rest of the torso and then clean up the rig.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 8: Neck controls and squash/stretch 10:47

12+ y ago10:47

10:47

This movie shows you how to create head and neck controls and allow the neck to squash and stretch.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 7: Basic spline neck 12:11

12+ y ago12:11

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This movie shows you how to setup the basic joints for a neck rigBy Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 6: Torso global transform and cleanup 12:09

12+ y ago12:09

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This movie shows you how to incorporate a character torso rig into the character's overall global transform, as well as how to hide unused nodes and attributes, as well as other important odds and ends.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 5: Torso squash and stretch 11:54

12+ y ago11:54

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This movie shows you how to add squash and stretch to your IK spine so the rig can always meet the translation of the controls.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 4: Torso FK controls 9:22

12+ y ago9:22

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This movie shows you how to add FK controls to control an IK spine rig.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 3: Torso IK controls, rotation orders, and twist 11:32

12+ y ago11:32

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This movie shows you how to create IK control curves for your IK spine, set the proper rotation orders for them, and add twist via the ikHandle attributes.By Autodesk

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Creating a Character Rig - Part 2: Basic spline torso 13:27

12+ y ago13:27

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This movie shows you how to create a set of spine joints that can be manipulated from a pair of bind joints.By Autodesk