Introduction to Maya - 1 Hour Quick Start Guide

[@seanakima50515e]

I've been using maya for 4 years now and I'm still gonna watch this because it never hurts to get a refresher

[@FlippedNormals]

Nice nice! We do the same, watching basic tutorials is good - always some little tip to pick up.

[@zavok]

@@FlippedNormals really i thought only i did that due to my learning difficulties/disabilites i assumed experts never need to refresh

[@entopticmedia]

Same - I had to master it for my degree - but still watch refreshers and tutorials every day (plus lecturing design and animation means I have to keep up to date). But - we ALL have had 'Maya rage' at some point in our careers am I right? :) ;)

[@AnotherGirl2]

I am trained in 3DS max and have to transition myself to Maya for an internship. I didn't know where to start and this was a huge help. Also, it's nice to hear your familiar voice since I have watched some of your Zbrush tutorials in the past. Thank you for this super useful video :)

[@tionanima]

Navigation - 00:54​ Auto Save - 04:20​ Outliner - 05:33​ Nodes Explained - 08:38​ Marking Menus - 13:00​ Moving, scaling and rotation - 14:29​ Selection - 16:16​ Isolate Selected - 19:18​ Modeling Tools - 19:54​ Moving Pivots - 28:18​ Deformers - 29:22​ Animation and key framing - 32:32​ Rendering - 36:01​ Arnold Render Settings - 39:03​ Assigning Materials - 42:16​ Hypershade - 45:32​ Lights - 49:40​

[@ramyachenreddy2129]

Xesw

[@AsakiAyame]

Thx bro

[@dndallasta]

I've tried delving into 3D modelling many times in the past but I could never make sense of how objects are structured under the hood. The bit about nodes and what actually happens when you create or modify an object is the first tutorial I've seen that explains this. Something really clicked when watching this. I rarely comment on videos but I wanted to thank you for that.

[@kidehoward93]

still picked up some REALLY useful tips after 2 years of using Maya. for beginners this class is a invaluable resource!

[@MrCeka]

thats a great headstart. i prefer to hear the most informations about a program before i start any project. i have just a lot experience in blender and now i want to learn 3ds max and maya just to get a foot in the industry

[@mcapprotti]

What a great intro. Perfectly laid out as usual guys! Thanks so much for the intro. Being mainly a blender user for my 3D and having used Maya almost exclusively to resave things in order to use the assets in Blender, this video gave me the confidence to take a much deeper dive into the Maya as a whole. I can't wait to purchase and dig into the full Introduction Maya Series!

[@faufaufau]

move tool+ctrl+shift is also a quick way to slide edges. awesome video btw! i just started using maya and this one helps a lot!

[@benjaminramm7495]

Un concentré d'informations essentielles developpées avec beaucoup de clarté et bien hiérarchisées... c'est un exploit en si peu de temps !

[@Raycast]

Awesome video, great to see some Maya stuff on your channel!

[@RandomViper41]

And its free lol

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks! We'll do more Maya videos for sure

[@ZenGranada]

I studied Cinema 4D on school but i wanted to try Maya, and this intro helped me so much. Thanks a lot guys!

[@francois4]

For those who can’t afford Maya you can have a free educational licence of the software for 3 years without really being in a vfx school, it’s legal, free and give you access to the full software 👌🏼

[@funky_pantss7929]

Yeah, but not to confuse a few people here, Maya's 2020 version's educational license is for only 1 year! (but you can re-new it) 2019's version (educational) is for 3 years! But when you want to download the student version, it will tell you how long you can use it for. Have a good one with Maya :)

[@hansolpurr]

So on the AD site it only asks if you're an educator or student and if you pick student it asks if high school or university. Do I just pick university? I have an edu email that I technically still have access to but I have no idea for how long. Been graduated since 2015. Can I just not use edu and they just don't care?

[@roycedacosta2433]

I bought this course realising I'll be able to download free educational license but its asking for high school or university, sadly have to download trial version to start with... you comment is very misleading.

[@francois4]

@@hansolpurr I think so yes

[@francois4]

@@roycedacosta2433 I’ve done it last year I don’t exactly remember how you do it but you can put any university or high school you want (I’m not in any particular high school) try again it’ll work ! If you have a problem ask me I’ll try to remember better

[@ishkaranrandhawa7717]

Wow iam just amazed watching this tutorial iam new to maya and been going back and forth to different beginner tutorials but none of them helped me so far with the basics but this video gave me a clear picture of the basics of maya so hats off best beginner tutorial so far I've watched. But it would be really helpful if you could share a tutorial with the clear and one focused tutorial on poly modeling.

[@shawnjayatilleke2640]

This video is a literal life saver

[@elizabethmchale2406]

this is best teaching I have had on this software

[@MikeBeyene]

That Arnold section was great. I stay struggling to >fully< understand it for a while now. It helped.

[@FlippedNormals]

Awesome - good to hear! It's tricky when you're new to it with all the different settings, but once you understand the logic, it's quite simple :)

[@Stories_behind_the_eye]

I’d love to see a series of Maya 2020 / Arnold GPU / Best new modeling tools and workflows. Thanks for always giving us meaningful content. Your a resource for our class room in grad school

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you! Arnold GPU is honestly quite unstable at the moment. We tried using it for the full Intro series, but it just wasnt reliable at all.

[@Stories_behind_the_eye]

FlippedNormals Wow! Really? My professor told me otherwise. That it had some initial lag but it’s super fast. Is Maya coming out with an update to fix this issue?

[@sheraixy]

Thank you guys so much for sharing! Perfect timing! 🙏 ☺️

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you for watching!🙏

[@TheTFNerd]

Really useful video mate. Helps to get the basics down!

[@tryptix]

Good work on this, 8 years using Maya in production and I still learned a few new things. One quick note, you can't batch render without the additional network license. But you can use Render Sequence.

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you! Thats a good note, thanks for clarifying.

[@jocelyncostillas8704]

help to get the basics and I'll jus move from there. Thank you!

[@sebastianblack6984]

Thank you SO MUCH for this, will be getting a full course

[@JdotCarver]

Such a great video. Really makes me want to get the course!

[@Flikkey]

Really enjoyed this overview thanks! I would love to see more accessibility visuals here in this video so a visual of the keys and mouse clicks that you use. Without this I am dependent on listening to your instructions and you go through it so fast so I had to keep repeating and going back (faced with ads too). And the last one is to use chapters in your video so I can see what’s in store and skip ahead to what I want to learn about

[@monty5047]

thank you so much for this wonderfull tutorial for beginners,

[@ItsXDaniC]

I wasn't expecting a free intro to Maya after your advertisement of the paid course!

[@MFMArt]

The paid course is over 12 hours of content, so this is a peice of it. I bought the course myself and theres just so much to dig into there, I havent even gotten to the project part of the course yet, so honestly great value for what it is.

[@ItsXDaniC]

@@MFMArt Yeah I'm aware, but this is a lot more than nothing at all, and is not the same an 1 hour intro for a newcomer than a 1 hour intro for people who already know about other 3D software

[@FlippedNormals]

This is a quick-start guide :) There's no way to teach Maya in an hour, but it's enough to warm you up to some of the important core concepts, where the main tools are and how to approach the different tasks.

[@makentoarts986]

Extremely awsome video! Thank you!

[@FlippedNormals]

Our pleasure!

[@ricardovandebeek4187]

Awesome job guys!

[@DarinKarkawatli]

Great video! super helpful!

[@adrianatroni1471]

Thank you so much for this tutorial

[@JeremySeiner]

This was incredible! Thank you so much!

[@kelartstoriesyt]

selections: 16:00

[@warlordgaming8774]

best tutorial ever thnx man

[@SiegeFoxxx]

bro i love you

[@pathikbiswasvisualart]

Lots of new info.Very helpful.

[@hanthonypiano]

Watching Maya vids cuz I wanna use Arnold and XGen... thx for posting these for free

[@tyktonix2519]

great video tutorial. Ever thought about doing cartoon / animated character rigging? You guys teaching style is very clear and easy to follow without making it daunting.

[@siddhpargaonkar6457]

u r a life saver. thank u so much

[@zwingerjiri]

Thank you so much! It work!

[@Optic.97]

Thank you so much guys! God bless you!

[@sungerbob1786]

have been couple of years not doing modeling with maya as i do fx work recently. i really wish if there were a real advanced maya modeling tutorial to see the tools and techniques maya have in the latest versions. i believe there must be some great new features in maya.

[@Cookiegiant]

Wow great job, there should be more of this!

[@carlocabantog2653]

I really appreciate this😌 I want to learn VFX especially the ironman transformation in endgame. I think this tutorial can help me. Thanks!

[@luke_molina]

Great intro! About render engines, which do you recommend for Maya? V-ray, Arnold or Redshift? Focus on environments, lots of geometries, proxies, scattering, etc

[@AdamMann3D]

This shit takes me back. I actually used to teach a Maya class, but have used Max for so long I don't remember half of the UI for Maya.

[@FlippedNormals]

Feel ya - but with Max. It's been 10 years and I have no idea how to use it anymore!

[@annelau5869]

9:35 can I know what is the shortcut keys after select the 3 subdivisions and proceed to change the value of the segments?

[@ferozhossain3401]

In the channel box, select the values you want to change, hold MMB, drag left or right to increase or decrease.

[@ThePedroAmigo]

Really nice video! Will you be covering rigging in the full course?

[@FlippedNormals]

Thanks! We cover some rigging tools like constraints, parenting, joints and weight painting :)

[@uwirl4338]

@@FlippedNormals So you don't.

[@ishanworld4520]

wonderful

[@razberryKin9246]

Great Intro! Very helpful. A lot of useful things are covered. Thanks!

[@faraznawazsandhu]

i am not getting that right corner channel and layer tab when i am starting maya how i can turn it on? kindly guide me

[@amenbrother8785]

Did you remove the full course from the store? why?

[@marcieom]

This is all very cool to know for the students who are learning 3D modeling! But please it’d be even better if you can Zoom in and out because I’m not able to read what your pressing! It’s difficult for the beginners who have no idea what to click and follow along! Thanks so much!

[@CasualGamerPlays]

What version of Maya are you using and can these settings be used for Maya 2023?

[@pathikbiswasvisualart]

Thanks a lot.

[@yuratea1700]

17:46 Commands SHIFT + DOUBLE CLICK RMB to select, CTRL+ 1 to isolate, G to repeat and some more aren't working for me. Should I ajust some settings? I'm on Windows :/

[@ChriskonMachinima]

5 minutes in made my day :D

[@MikeBeyene]

That Fill Hole thing was great. I thought I had to select all edges.

[@FlippedNormals]

So did we! It was a completely accidental discovery some years back.

[@jonas4573]

You forgot to cover Maya's best feature : the bugs

[@FlippedNormals]

Hence why we covered the auto-save feature early on :D

[@stephencurah1059]

I havent used maya in years, is it really that buggy?

[@PeteGavrov]

@@stephencurah1059 blender fanboys trashing on a superior software. I have the ocassional crash, but thats cuz im running 100 things at once

[@ALGHOTTE]

Every software has bugs and crashes, don't pretend that Zbrush, Blender or Houdini never had those, Maya however is the Industry Standard and it's more powerful than any 3D Software out there including 3ds Max, all your favourite Movies, Games,Series..etc all were made with Maya as the main DCC and of course 3ds Max too :)

[@jonas4573]

Well, first of all, I don't use Blender but Maya. Then I don't say other softwares don't bug, but Maya is incredibly buggy. It happens quite often (to me) that the undo queue becomes disabled, or that a scene crashes without any particular reason. I know Maya is a good, that's why I'm learning it, but it's very buggy for a so expensive software

[@extornstudio3716]

You are amazing!!!!!!

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you! :D

[@MR3DDev]

Aside from rendering are all the tools in this course available in Maya LT?

[@FlippedNormals]

You can definitely use a big chunk of the course for LT! The main concepts are the same.

[@MR3DDev]

@@FlippedNormals You took too long to answer I already picked up the course. Awesome stuff :)

[@Pesie920]

this looks cool but very advanced

[@signout5033]

Why I cant open other futures in the right click hold bottom , I only see vertex, vertex face, edge, object mode UV and multi face, did I not install the full version of it?

[@Oveyz]

Fuck yes! Eager students assemble, the teachers have come!!!

[@FlippedNormals]

:D Thanks Elenora!

[@MisterMoto138]

Can I use Maya 2022 with this course?

[@Apheleion]

Saw the master class for Arnold in Maya is their a similar one for 3ds max, or are all the skills from that class transferable to Max?

[@myztazynizta]

Could you show how to install the student version of maya and actually have it install with the Arnold features available ( could not follow along with the last part of this tutorial because I have no arnold). Attempting to install arnold separately kills my maya install. I've done it 3 times now.

[@ratarium]

I watched this on work because I finished the work too quickly, I regret nothing

[@kallus3494]

Hey guys, I was wondering if you guys can do a hair / grooming intro tutorial? I'm not quite sure what software is the best but I've heard of Xgen and Ornatrix, sadly both of these are in softwares out of my budget. I've used Blender for grooming but the results just don't look realistic. Thank you!

[@josepartida3743]

TeacNice tutorialng is your talent!

[@rodrigoalejandro2214]

Hi, I dont find the renderfarm, i use the version 2018. Regards

[@mauromedrano2582]

My professor just told us to watch KZbin videos during the pandemic

[@KainLord]

Omg)I so glad that I choose Blender instead Maya)

[@jamesjason8471]

Good luck with your professional career then. As much as the Blender community makes it out to be, It ain't that easy bub.

[@phalhappy8612]

@@jamesjason8471 Blender weaknesses are Rigging and Simulation. Other than that it's Queen next to the King Houdini.

[@FlippedNormals]

They are both good :)

[@KainLord]

​@@phalhappy8612 Sure)You welcome to learn Houdini around a couple years)) If someone learns soft this is doesn't mean he needs al features like Rigging and Simulation Sculpt... As for me, it's nice and comfortable to use Blender for modeling, animation, UV. For other stuff, I use another tools.

[@roycedacosta2433]

If I take full 12 Hour Introduction to Maya will I be able to create realistic face models? or good topology models which I'll be able to sell? Secondly is there any course where I be able to create realistic vegetation or liquids?

[@ColdKei]

Do you want to catch one/couple of video tutorials and become a pro artist from scratch? You are a pretty funny guy :D Small spoiler: it'll take YEARS of hard work. Feel free to not sleep while studying :)

[@roycedacosta2433]

​@@ColdKei Thanks for you comment 👍 and so you mean to say you need to be pro artist to get work in the industry..which indeed will take lot of years!!!! what if I just want to sell models online with good topology will this tutorial will help me or will I have to watch more tutorials to get going?

[@TheRealCalijokes01]

my camera render thing was acting icky at first to idk I added a dome light and it popped up

[@D_in_S]

Sir your paid website is not working

[@AdityaSharan7]

can u pls give some discount on ur full course of intro to maya

[@rskityaev]

Wow! That's amazing! Workflow reminds me of Blender a bit. But uglier. And much more expensive. Still cool though, thank you guys!

[@honeybadgerftuw]

this tutorial jumps all over the people the first video should be limited to basic box modelling such as edge loops, adding sub divisions to selection and lots of basic stuff you need to know before going on to animation.

[@pepsiq210200]

where is Maya weakness? it seems like you can do anything with that tool. For instance why people not using Maya over Max for interior design? Or for motion graphics instead of Cinema 4D? is it only a time you spend on the project or Maya just not able to do something?

[@sikanderansari5737]

Hello sir i am a 3d modeller and i am working for almost one years i have an issue, can u please help me out?

[@anxhelo7383]

im jumping from blender to maya but maya is so difficult

[@_AndrewParker]

I bet this video is great for Maya users lol

[@bruhthistlee7572]

SA. I opened. My eyes hurt. Too many buttons. Don't know what to do. Closed my soft.

[@kristofantal2650]

I must confess that learning how to use the software is what gets procastinating to start making soft. It scares lol

[@lonelylama5222]

I have been doing blender for like 5 months so i thought i was gonna understand some stuff about maya because i know a lot about 3D but i was wrong this is not like blender at all lol. I mean some things are the same but it’s not close to the same thing.

[@rahmanlinux9602]

Maya's UI hurts my ayes ;(

[@lockenessmotorsports818]

I customized mine way better on the eyes allot darker

[@FlippedNormals]

It's very overwhelming in the beginning, but once you learn what features you actually need, it's pretty easy to use :)

[@rahmanlinux9602]

@@FlippedNormals yeah you are correct but the software is very intimidated to me.

[@TheChachiJuarez]

why would i hurt myself like that

[@phosphorus2740]

You won't hurt yourself learning the industry standard. Quite the other way around, you'll actually be able to get a job. And Maya is a complete package, you don't need dozens of addons to compensate for lacking basic functionnality. And you can also do proper subdiv modeling because it doesn't crap itself with 10k polys in edit mode.

[@ALGHOTTE]

Okay fanboy, this video is not meant for you ;)

[@elisangelavieira206]

in our subculture it is DALLAS-ing (if you rember the old TV series)... Drink every ti they drink wNice tutorialskey

[@hez03]

the time is nigh

[@roiattivirginie]

in 22 ​

[@georgebohorquez8462]

Waiting for the day Blender becomes industry standard.

[@AdamMann3D]

You'll be waiting a long time.

[@Robinssoncravents]

hehehehe...forever

[@Tim1978-w8h]

Autodesk should just use a crash test dummy as their mascot- the program is that buggy.

[@anab0lic]

this software is just completely out of the budget of most aspiring artists... who I feel make up the bulk of your audience...

[@RuthwikRao]

Look at it this way. What you're saying presumes all those artists are gonna be paying for the licenses themselves. Most artists who enter the industry shall eventually be working at a company, presumably one which can afford the software and licensing costs for these tools because they're gonna be making back a lot more money from the work they do, so the individual artists won't exactly be paying for any of it, so cost isn't a concern for an artist in that scenario. Secondly, all Autodesk tools come with a student version (I think it lasts for 3 years) which are feature complete minus commercial usage, so you can just download it and get started right away and use the complete range of the toolset, and that's where FlippedNormals comes in to get you through that. :) So once you learn maya, completely for free, and prepare a portfolio of work from it, then send it off to studios and once you get a job, you can continue using it without paying a single dollar lol (this is probably more situational but you get the gist). So the cost shouldn't be a concern unless you want to start a studio yourself, or wanna freelance and the employer isn't gonna be paying for the software when you're freelancing. This is probably why Autodesk started the Indie tier recently, to start attracting/retaining the freelancer and independent artist userbase.

[@PeteGavrov]

rutracker.org thank me later, and don't act like you dont pirate shit :)

[@AdamMann3D]

Student versions are free, studios pay for the license later. I don't see an issue.

[@anab0lic]

@@AdamMann3D A lot of artists don't go the college/university route and instead self teach with resources available online like channels like this...so not everyone has access to the free for students option.

[@squishybluecat]

@@anab0lic you dont need to be in college or even in a modeling course to get the student licences. I'm in high school and got one in like 5 mins.

[@orraviv1536]

first

[@space-eye7760]

Looks so much like Blender lol

[@jamesjason8471]

I never understood why a lot of people complain about the UI being bad. I never once ever felt that the UI is holding back my workflow. Unlike Blender, I don't have to run my finger all over the keyboard. Most of the important keys are perfectly bunched under my left hand. W, E, R are far well placed for move, rotate and scale. I hove pie menus! everything I need is right under Ctrl, Shift and sometimes both. I love that I can switch to different ortho views from the spacebar. So what is exactly the problem here? Blender is free!- OH FUCK OFF! As if you don't have any kind of torrent client on your system. How come 99% of the CG work done on Artstaion is on "Professional" software? Is it the mission of the Blender cult to go to every professional software videos and rant that Blender can do this too, and shit?

[@FlippedNormals]

The 'issues' with the Maya UI is that there are so many features, which is scary when you're new. The more experienced you get, you learn to just focus on the things you need instead of all the buttons and features. Once you work using marking menus, the UI is quite nice.

[@synthdream]

I dont know dude. I've been a maya user for 6 years. And found blender through those youtube comments. I hated it in the past, but 2.8 is something else. I used to write comments like you, I recommend to atleast give it a try. I still use maya for animation though.

[@combojerman28]

21:52 and you call pros yourself? OH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@langianimations416]

Quite unuserfriendly

[@Robinssoncravents]

Blender fever fans trying to kill another software...anyway

[@InnerAnimate]

they are looks like feminist sjw shitting on everything they can't touch.

[@ALGHOTTE]

Most Blender users are uneducated and they don't know the real difference between the two Softwares, they think because they got a new UI & PBR engine..etc that would make Blender better, little did they know that Blender is weak and all that gargabe they add to it won't help it to reach to the same polished & professional level that other Softwares have, it's more for kids to start learn about it 3D but once they grow up to adults then they switch to Maya.

[@uwirl4338]

@@InnerAnimate Someone doesn't get laid... No but honestly if you have to bring SJWs into this (it's baffling that you use the term unironically btw) you're a very stupid and irrational person that probably should't even get to vote and will definitely get nowhere in the industry. I'm sorry to burst your bubble but even though the requirement isn't very high, artists are almost always smart enough to be left-leaning. It must feel bad to know that pretty much every artist you look up to thinks you are a sad prick in terms of your worldview.

[@uwirl4338]

@@ALGHOTTE Maya just got the ability to use the GPU for rendering and still doesn't support all CPU features, so let's not talk about essential features being added late. I'm a Houdini user myself so I don't really give a fuck about Maya or Blender but I have to say that I'd much rather use Blender than Maya for anything except rigging and animation. Everything in Blender is so much better designed (in terms of UI consistency Blender is better even than Houdini but it doesn't have nearly as many features so it's to be expected) and thanks to the hotkey-centric workflow it's much faster to use as well. The fact that there's an entire mode dedicated to edge sliding in Maya instead of being a hotkey or whatever is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. The only reason why Maya is even on the map is because of its animation workflow.

[@jefreyjefrey6349]

i dont like maya. never liked it. complicated blow-ware, which needs an software engineer to get it running without crashes.