Hidden Features and Secrets in Maya

[@Elementza]

Hey guys! In this Maya modeling tutorial, we will talk about various tips and tricks and the features that can speed up our modeling workflow. Hope you enjoyed the video. Until next time, Mario

[@retorique]

One thing to note about your first tip (- and + to change manipulator size) is that it also changes your accuracy while manually transforming objects. The bigger the manipulator, the finer control you will get with your mouse. If you are trying to move, rotate or scale something and find that the controls are too twitchy or that they are skipping some increments, try pressing "+" a couple of times. In the later case, also check that you don't have "step snap" enabled in tool settings, heh.

[@danielrichmond5662]

A lot of these are so underrated and I wish more people knew about this kinda stuff. Another good one I see people not utilizing is drag select instead of marque - hold tab to drag over face, verts, edges and it will only be a camera based selection on things your cursor hovers over.

[@AerysBat]

The Insert Edge Loop tool (around 9:00) is brilliant

[@wizard_still]

how to call auto complete?

[@omma911]

Yep, 20 year long Maya user and I didn't know that. :O

[@babyplay9158]

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@ExacoMvm]

In Max it's simply called "Connect", very basic tool which is hard to miss :D

[@vsmsari6711]

@@wizard_still By pressing shift ctrl rmb while the tool is active.

[@martian_balu108]

omg....watching it one more time (in two years, i think) and very happy of it usefulness!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@jaze_ph]

That extrude trick around 11:50 is amazing!

[@Dogmen58]

The things like controlling subdivision level and bending controls are just mindblowing! Thank you so much :D

[@SkalleMedia]

One of the most informative channels I've ever found, your voice, these tips, I love it!

[@Elementza]

You are too kind, thank you!

[@xd1845]

4:25 thank you, it will save me hundreds of hours. Thanks for all the tips!

[@dubtube6691]

Superb content on your channel 👍

[@sergiarts2532]

This video is insanely useful! Thank you so much for this type of videos.

[@wienercadcarlos]

As a new student of 3d modelling. This is superb and strongfully helpful! If only I had enough money to join your course xD

[@Joyzful]

Valuable info. Thank you so much Elementza🙏🏻

[@artdempsey846]

This is the best to the point tips and tricks video ever. Keep it up. Id love to see some tips on working with sub-d modelling and reducing unnecessary edges for optimisation purposes.

[@Elementza]

Hey thanks... yeah in previous videos there is already a series on topology.

[@dudynator1]

That normal scaling is pretty neat. Always thought the pie menu was really fast but then your trick is just so conveniant

[@Pinguiny13]

Mario! you are briliant! you need to keep videos coming more and more like Arimus 3D but in Maya! so helpfull!

[@SachMeu]

Wow! A lot of great tricks that are gonna speed up my workflow. Thank you!

[@krystianplich3859]

Man, huge thanks!! I took 10 notes from your video!!!

[@_whittington]

Dude your content is amazing

[@jinchoung]

some good ones! nicely done.

[@AlexTsekot]

I've just recently discovered your videos and I have a bit of a request. This is something I can't find a video on anywhere but it would be awesome if you would consider doing a video on how to create hotkeys in maya. And I don't mean just the standard way. I mean how to hotkey anything. For instance at 5:25 this option for Toggling Selection Highlighting, can't find it in the hotkey editor at all. There are a lot of weird items in maya that are a pain if not impossible to create hotkeys for (topological symmetry comes to mind). Keep up the great work!

[@3djdavid]

Hi! Check my video please kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqesenmrfrNopdE

[@jtricker1614]

very helpful thank you

[@deepbluesea4647]

9:32 important

[@shukurlujavid98]

Thanks a lot for sharing

[@asturiastroub]

Thanks dude!! Nice tip!

[@ronydey2696]

REALLY AWESOME MUCH HELPFUL AND WONDERFUL TRICKS TIPS HI SIR MYSELF RONY I'M AN VFX CG STUDENT FROM ARENA ANIMATION KOLKATA INDIA

[@ElmShooter]

Very very very useful video!Thanks!

[@damegamisama]

Realy cool handy features! Thx a bunch!

[@hamiltonafjr]

The tutorial that I needed, thank you!

[@IdunaMay]

Thank you for showing these tricks :) it is so hard to find good free content :)

[@ruslanchernyi7282]

hi, can u show your color settiings? I want as you have ) thanks )

[@anavhs9810]

Very helpful

[@giaco89]

NIce tips! Love it! Looking for the next one

[@qyutotube]

Thank You Mario!

[@RunningMan1337]

Thanks! This is super usefull

[@gabsinthsky]

Gracias Mario!

[@SimantoSteve]

Amazing! Thank you so much ❤️👌

[@АлександрХасибулин-щ7м]

Thank you for video! Very usefull for me, because i'm just begining to figure out in Maya!:)

[@sebastianuber4085]

JOO thats noice, i learned a lot thx!

[@orphydiancg7759]

do you use a pen display or pen graphic tablet when modeling ?

[@ANASCGI]

thank you

[@ISaadMuhammad]

it's just amazing, simply amazing.

[@akhtarullah2011]

Fantastic

[@AyushBakshi]

02:10 Do you know of a way to get this rate control for options in Attribute Editor?

[@babyplay9158]

🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@bakheethamid2008]

13:34 does this work in Maya 2020. I wasn't able to do it. It moved my object everywhere rather than scaling it.

[@callofzon6544]

Can you try blender and suggest to us what it needs? this is a question for the behalf of software improvement :)

[@maximgehricke3768]

mind=blown Really nice video!

[@24mjohnson]

Can you do something that shows how to make a screw or something with threads? You seem to really know maya very well. i love your teaching style.

[@Elementza]

Thank you! Yes I did already something similar kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6bTlWeDgqZ-gdE

[@baleygrflammingeye2325]

Hi nice tips! Another thing, could you upload your custom ui? with that colors and eveything, it looks so stylish

[@Elementza]

There is already a tutorial on this called UI Customization. It's a part of Intro to Maya series.

[@vikrantsingh7636]

very useful video. I can't find auto complete option.

[@M.Mustafa-u3f]

its wonderful.

[@hemantdhutre122]

thank you sir

[@needo6295]

13:55 default is not T, at least not in maya 2022 (idk what it is)

[@mariiazatorska]

!! ALT+Z I thought this kind of feature exists in parallel universes only ))) Thanks!

[@babyplay9158]

Thanks

[@odinvolkov1]

So nice viewport settings O.O i have hotkeys for 4 types for edge loop. Multi Cut, insert looptool, polyConnectComponents and connect from modeling toolkit) They r all useful insert loop tool use for equal loops. poly connect connecting selected vertexes and selected edges middle points. connect from modeling tools best way for multi edge connect. And i have hotkeys for converting vertex-edges-polygons(just easiest way select pole polygons, select 1 mid vertex, convert to poly). And i have hotkeys for loop and ring select coz u can select start and end loop ing edges. Hold tab give u a marker select mode, this useful too.(but i have hotkey for switch without holding). Maybe it will be useful for you

[@eobiri]

Thanks as always!

[@retorique]

Half of these I knew about already, but the other half I was holding my head screaming "FUCKING MAGIC MANG".

[@ricardomegre]

Just pressing "H" allows for hiding and showing the objects - even faster than using ctrl or shift h

[@maxcardenas8257]

your maya looks different from most other configs that i see. what did you do to it?

[@leecaste]

He changed the UI colors.

[@Ehwen]

Do you ever think you'll do a series for Blender? 👀

[@Elementza]

Hard to say, but since I'm not using Blender, its very unlikely at this moment.

[@Gori1as]

👍

[@OscarArno]

12:00

[@tyoyusuf8501]

go to wallacea

[@bakheethamid2008]

I already know like 70% of what was in this video, still I'm just a noob.

[@PHlophe]

wallah !