Maya's Secret Weapon for 3D Artists - MASH

[@SirWade]

Which MASH examples did you like the best? :D Anything you'd like to see for next time?

[@giverse3699]

Those predefined destruction feature seems exciting...I would love to see full tutorial about MASH from u...

[@SeraYagami]

Mostly environment ideas because I don't like bothering much with modelling X( Also, if you are interested, can you try out Cascadeur and let us know your thoughts? :D

[@morbid1.]

I would love to see cloth simulation on animated character, instead animating things like cloak by hand make it simulated to match existing animation in realistic way.

[@oddy3079]

I would love to see the water animation like moana, when water was using his waves has hands.

[@TurboNuggetz]

more MASH tutorials please.

[@Krentiles]

Excellent demonstration! MASH is pretty awesome. I hope that Blender purist won't discourage you from making more Maya tutorials.

[@hyruleorchestra4339]

To the Blender users: No- the modifier stack can't do this stuff....especially not the array modifier alone. You'll run against a wall as soon as you want layered falloffs for your effects. Yes- Animation Nodes is powerfull and it can do a lot of things that are shown here. But it is not a reliable production tool for Motion Designers in the industry. It still has render bugs, it can't handle very large amounts of instances, especially high-poly ones and it has an insufficient connection to Blenders Physics and Particle Engine. (Not to speak of those systems as they are still horrible in Blender) BUT the biggest issue is the development: The creator of Animation Nodes Jacques Lucke is currently working on particle nodes. Early access features show that it is developed in a completely different direction. Blender in the future will become full node based and for this they will change the whole internal system over the next few years. Also mainly based on C instead of python. This means that Animation Nodes which are python based will not have a long term connection to new Blender features. It will still take lots of years till you get something even remotely comparable to Mash or Mograph in Blender. So please stop these half-assed "Blender can do everything as well" comments if you don't have some real insights.

[@dshaynietheawesome]

I’ve been using maya for roughly 2 and a half years and while i knew of mash i never knew you could accomplish so much like this I would more than love to learn much more about these features

[@Marcryzk1]

4 years, same!

[@mitchelbarton7405]

This is amazing! I've just started learning Maya and this looks like a really powerful tool; would definitely like to see more on this topic. Keep up the great work!

[@BradGroatman]

I've been using Maya forever and have wanted to learn about MASH for a while but I really can't find a lot of instructional vids out there - I hope you keep exploring this because these videos are so helpful!

[@seencapone]

You can follow Ian Waters on KZbin or his Vimeo channels. He is the developer of MASH and he released a ton of quick, super engaging tutorials. They are a few years old now and MASH has been subject to updates, but the basic premise in his tutorials still apply. Also he is really funny. But perhaps Sir Wade will continue to release fresh training for MASH, since Ian appears to have moved on.

[@BradGroatman]

Sean Capone I’ll definitely do that - thanks!

[@Xirpzy]

Easy to play around with Mash. XGen on the other hand can be a nightmare.

[@priceyindividual2995]

As a long term Blender user I am highly stoked to learn maya, some of the features it has are nuts

[@seencapone]

Thanks! MASH is quite deep, it's super fast, and a lot of fun to play with. One more thing worth mentioning. MASH has easy to use built-in procedural animation effects as well: either using effectors to create turbulent-field looping motions, or through the 'engines' which create iterative transformation effects on geometry groups which can all be glued to work together (like a churning or crawling effect). Combine these with the Bullet physics for true collisions and gravity, and you've got, say, a crashing asteroid field, or sandblast effect, or a Plexus-like object, in literally minutes. In my opinion, MASH is *not* a complete substitute for C4D MoGraph tools, which are considerably deeper and better integrated. But MASH was acquired to try and appeal to users who wanted these quick dynamic motion graphics toolsets.

[@LordturtleHD]

this is like blenders array modifier on absolut crack wow

[@SDOAJ]

It's something I wish they would add in Blender - MASH networks are so much more powerful than the array modifier, and they also include functionality like Blender's hair particle instancing sytem.

[@CurdledShark8]

@@SDOAJ Blender can do all of these things, just learn the software fully

[@CurdledShark8]

Blender can do this with proximity weight modifiers and particles

[@mufaddal8651]

@@CurdledShark8 exactly

[@pijcab]

@@CurdledShark8 I mean technically you could do anything you want if u have the know how with Blender, you know it being scriptable with Python and all right?

[@3rdDim3nsn3D]

WHATTT!!??? I switched fresh from Cinema 4D to Maya and i was curious if there is something similiar to the Mograph system in C4D...And BOOM there is!! You made my day Buddy!! THX a Lot. Subbed ;)

[@shalabology]

I found your video as the first result for MASH search ...i was trying to figure out what could MASH bring in for rigging .....and believe me ...your demo made things look so easy and also inspired me ideas in only less than 20 mins ....thank you so much

[@chasechampagne867]

This is one of the best overall breakdowns ive seen for MASH. With the tool being so large and powerful its sometimes hard to wrap your head around how to utilize all the attributes. Would love to see a full breakdown of all the Nodes this way !

[@jinchoung]

nice. yeah MASH definitely gets overlooked. going over the bullet interaction modes would be nice!

[@MoiBlackInk]

MORE

[@ItsJoeHut]

This is absolute fire! Thanks for the video! Blender might be the "cool thing" to do videos about on youtube, but I promise you there's Maya students out there like me that deeply appreciate this!

[@alexgan6784]

Please, we need more of this, really enjoy your videos

[@jessadam6972]

I would love more of these, it’s amazing! Thank you!

[@kafilEkemode]

Awesome Tutorial, you've really shown how Mash is one of d most powerful tools in Maya. Please we would love more videos on the various operator/ effects....Thanks Boss👍

[@fermicg]

Maya Motion graphics= mash+bifrost+paint effects+ particles Blender Motion graphics = Animation nodes (upcoming nodes every where) Cinema 4d Motion graphics= Mograph+fields (upcoming nodes) Houdini motion graphics = every thing nodes+ technical knowledge! Every software has lot of functions and tools (similar and exclusive), so learn at least two of them. I created lots of motion graphics with Maya, especially using hierarchy nodes, mel, particles and paint effects. Then Soup node came with no documentation and tutorials. But using some examples I used it in some projects. Later came the mash nodes (as a plugin) and at that time it had very basic functionality. Later it evolved and Autodesk included it as a tool. By then I started learning Cinema 4d and blender. I wish Blender also evolve in the field of motion graphics. It is very limited in the area of procedural animation and particles. More competition means better tools. Now c4d also aiming for animations and vfx industry, adding more tools, nodes, Houdini like node effects etc. Houdini is aiming for gaming and Indie artist. They are making their tool more user friendly. 2021 is really going to be a war between 3d applications.

[@spidaxtreme]

I had an idea for a couple vfx shots but I had no idea on how to actually make them, until I watched this. I'm literally hyped right now to go play with MASH, thanks dude!

[@tsegulin]

Reminds me of the Houdini CopyToPoints, Scatter and other nodes but all packaged in one box. Looks pretty cool.

[@ganeshveeravalli2130]

The best video about the secret superweapon I've never explored. If you could make a full-length course about this, it will be useful for a lot of people. Thanks Sir Wade!

[@123Thelegend]

Another super duper awesome video wade! Really loved watching and learning about this crash course on mash. I really hope to see more content over this, i'd love to see a video of you going in depth of the different tools too!

[@lizbetitziar4121]

Omg this is really cool!! I would REALLY like a sereies of this! makes me excited

[@adamduma3565]

I love MASH!

[@Gichanasa]

So this is Maya's answer to C4D's Mograph and Blender's Geometry Node. Very nice! Will be using it for sure.

[@parthshah9595]

only one word to appreciate your work....$$$ AMAZING $$$

[@nicolebry1120]

3 minutes in and I'm hooked. First vid I've seen by you but you're such an engaging presenter! Love your explanation of the tools, and your energy. You've earned a subscriber, for sure.

[@damocles5047]

Daym, first you had my curiosity now you have my attention.

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

Your sound effect from your mouth and editing is satisgying. :)

[@mangopirate]

Awesome, I was just showing someone MASH and there weren't any decent videos about that cover it. Keep up the good work! I'd love to see more stuff using MASH for interesting alternative visual effects.

[@shalan9010]

Legit! I was literally modeling books on shelves last week. Nice to know this is a thing!

[@danielleporat344]

oh wow, I need to animate a time lapse of a city being built for my thesis film and had no idea how I was going to do that until I saw this. this is so awesome!

[@Autodesk_Maya]

I think I've got just the video for you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4jKoaKEqq-chtk

[@danielleporat344]

@@Autodesk_Maya Thank you!!! this looks great, I will defiinetly see this being extremely useful for me!

[@B_Almighty]

Man this was a really great tutorial, definitely got my subscribe. Would really love to see more on the audio stuff working in tandem with this!!

[@javabl3ck]

This is my best video ever on maya. Pls do more videos on mash. It can be hard to know what to do with my modeling skills sometimes and I think this will definitely help.

[@nimareeves1837]

I would love to know more about how to do that destructions on Geometry with Mash...

[@BGold_Animation]

yes! do one going over as much options in Mash as possible, if you could go over some simulations in maya like bifrost and ncloth that would be amazing! thank you for another great video!

[@dragonaidz4470]

At the beginning of the video i was like: wow...you do some stuff with references of an object. After watching this video i was like: OMG, i really should try this tool out! Very cool!

[@ankushgogna4628]

This was THE Most useful video, i've seen all all day !!!

[@inuyasha561]

YES please do some videos on all the nodes. that would be amazing!

[@nikhilchama6634]

Man this really opened my eyes in creating environments

[@celinepark2169]

FREAKING AWESOME!!!!

[@w_szon3115]

Great video! I'm a VFX student and would love to see more MASH videos!

[@Anonymous-tu4pl]

Another amazing video Love your videos

[@thevfxwizard7758]

Really cool! It seems like a more user friendly version of Blender's geometry nodes.

[@MeemBeen]

This seems super powerful. I only dabble in 3D programs mostly to create a base to draw/paint on top of but this seems like it could be useful to even me.

[@bluujelly]

Yikes, such a simple rundown of a complex system! Thanks Sir Wade! Also def please do more of these MASH videos, really great help for students!

[@luisacuellar3873]

Yes!!!! I would love to see what each node in MASH can be applied to in modeling and animation. Please do it. That will be awesome and helpful.

[@ewaldus]

Great video! Interested in giving MASH a try now!

[@TurboNuggetz]

FINALLY! A MASH VIDEO!

[@ScottInkster]

would love to see a full training on each mash node. Thanks as always for the awesome content!

[@zelalsukat7287]

Please explain EVERYTHING about mash!! thank you for incredible content

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

Motion graphics is powerful and SATISFYING... :)

[@ToxicSkyline00]

HOLY CRAP! This is exactly what I needed for a new project! There is an element I did not know how to create effectively until now! Is there any MASH tutorials you can refer?

[@SirWade]

Ian Waters :)

[@jijivishant]

yes, more videos on mash, thank you

[@yeahitsoffader]

I would love to see a video going in depth on the dynamics mode!

[@Marcel2278]

I hate to be that guy but like 80% of the functionality of this can be done with blenders array modifier... this does look faster and easier though but you could definitely use the array modifier, vertex groups and and a physics modifier or maybe a few extra modifiers you could do everything you mentioned in blender as well, which is really cool for both programs! I have no idea about cinema 4d or hudini, I've never used them but if you guys wanna know how to do some of these things in blender look up ducky 3D

[@Anonymous-tu4pl]

You can also use animation nodes and particle nodes(blender 2.91A)

[@XYZRobZombie]

honestly, you could do this in ALOT of different 3D programs like Cinema 4D but i think the greater point is not having to switch programs. Switching programs to just do one or a couple things is a big pain production wise and sometimes financially costly. So when your native software comes up with a way of doing the same thing, it tends to be helpful. Even when you scream at them that they should have had this sooner LOL! Blender is cool though!

[@NovaNocturneArt]

Sounds like that'd make a great tutorial video

[@mihaelkardum8000]

@@Anonymous-tu4pl only particle nodes are in 2.91

[@nibblrrr7124]

@@mihaelkardum8000 Aaand particle nodes are far from done. It's barely the foundations, so devs can start playing around with it. It's not really intended for end users yet.

[@thefynn]

Animation Nodes are super powerfull in Blender. I dont know if they are doing all of it the same, but you should try them. (And may be the Everything Nodes project can handle some of it in the future)

[@nibblrrr7124]

You can probably do everything with AN, but it's also Houdini-level node wizardry. At least a lot of the toy examples he showed can be done with Blender modifiers, instancing, particles, shader nodes ... Some others will get hairy and may e.g. require fiddling with empties. What looks nice about MASH is to have all these quite different "mograph" things in one place.

[@jcsfx710]

these are called Fields in Cinema 4D, instance animation through modifiers in Lightwave 3D, and blender can do this with Instances... is not a Maya only thing.. you can do this inside of After Effects using plugin Element 3D and mO2 inside of Apple Motion.

[@zachhunter1479]

What about 3DSMax? 🤣🤣🤣

[@jcsfx710]

@@zachhunter1479 Sorry I don't know the answer to that question... I'm sure it should have it since every single 3D program under the florida sun has it.

[@yuli7953]

yes, full MASH training! :D

[@makentoarts986]

Man, you saved my life! Thank you!

[@Jyk9111ynkmf]

Wow it's same as c4d mograph!! so nice!!

[@luiscarlospablo6010]

Omg this is so good please do more mash videos

[@paolol4267]

Love your videos, always into useful stuff with real world applications. Would definitely love some more MASH videos, especially on how to integrate MASH into a character animation shot workflow

[@closeenoughproductions318]

Wow I'm a Maya user and have never touched Mash. I was looking into getting into cinema 4d for its motion graphics capabilities but this may be my solution over having to learn a new program! Thanks for the info

[@ufoalien3274]

Please do more videos on this, it looks so cool.

[@emmylou7457]

yes a full on overview of all the MASH tools would be awesome! I admit I also slept on it, I only tried using it once to scatter some carrots on a plate but I couldn't get it to work properly so I switched to houdini for that...

[@tomasaldazabal219]

Men your videos are SO GOOD

[@00000o0o0]

More MASH please! It is very useful information and it'd be great if you went beyond the more introductory elements.

[@marisaheit9872]

I love the thumbnail!!

[@lupinlapin]

The must important thing I learned here today is: Believe in yourself. Thanks

[@alvarotorrespinto]

It would be pretty cool if you made more videos or maybe even a full course on Maya's MASH! Feels like it's an extremely usefull and fun tool!

[@matthenlein3673]

OMG...This just blew my mind! Can't wait to play with this, thank you Sir Wade :)

[@thffkfltm]

This tutorial is gold

[@Koffling]

Mindblowing stuff! Thanks!

[@ambuplal2557]

Nice video, expect more of these

[@mattgib711]

Wade, your videos are so well done! Thanks so much for all the content! Would absolutely LOVE more videos on MASH, there are so few out there, but it's such an incredible tool

[@tomasjohansen6147]

Wow! I never knew about this set of tools. Super cool and useful stuff! Yes. Please. More. Soon. :)

[@avtpro]

Great presentation of MASH. Very quick and easy to understand what it is. I think an audio or bullet video would be very useful. Thanks. Seen a lot on MASH but this is very quick, clear and concise. Again Thanks.

[@jigarvavadia494]

This is soooooo good, Can't Thank you Enough "Sir Wade Neistadt"

[@zelalsukat7287]

thank you for changing my life!

[@felixberglund4726]

Such a good video! Thanks Wade!

[@ppnklips]

great content, have been struggling to find good maya videos :) thank you

[@rvr_axyz]

Please more MASH tutorials! love it. You teach really well

[@wadekenny1723]

I'm amazed you can do so many things with mash. please more

[@impactframes]

Yes! Sir Wade you are awesome I like your tutorials are fun and useful, Even for rigging is Mash is useful so many cool things can be done without scripting I used to work witth Mograph in C4D and is about the same really easy to use and Powerful.

[@andypants95]

This is a game changer!

[@Sofia-rj4pg]

This was so helpful thank you so much!

[@beatriiz1009]

Wow, such a cool video! Can't wait to try it. Thank you for teaching us, Sir :)

[@monohero231]

Lol i watched this and really liked it even thought i dont even use maya. Great vid!

[@ergabbio666]

Yes please make more Motion graphics video! I don’t like cinema4d and I’m trying to do stuff in Maya but is not so easy to work in motion graphics with maya! Thank you this is really helpful!

[@zachhunter1479]

Cinema 4d is the industry standard for motion graphics. I used Maya and 3DSMax for the longest time and switch to Cinema4D for motion graphics and never looked back. Mograph is more powerful than Mash.

[@AndreBritesMotion]

@@zachhunter1479 Agreed! Also Cinema 4D is way more intuitive. Without tutorials it's hard to get anywhere with Maya.

[@kaankayimoglu3640]

Thanks for this tutorial! Very informative and fun to watch! I would like to see more tutorials on MASH please. Thanks you!

[@thebrokentangent]

So. Freaking. Cool. My head is spinning on where I can use this to level up my Play Blast FX for demo reel shots! Thank you, Sir!

[@thebrokentangent]

I want to figure out how to create foot steps or impact dust/particle FX in a cheap way. Hoping MASH might be my solution!

[@skik210]

please do a full video on all the MASH nodes!

[@CausallyExplained]

this is awesome, more mash tutorials please.

[@0x0abb]

Definitely more MASH

[@athelstanm7298]

Thank You for this Great Tutorial!!!😀

[@nodesofnature603]

I tried Mash 2 years ago, and it’s amazing! I was really surprised why no one was using it back then, it can also be really useful for modelers too. Anyways, I switched to Houdini now because I love how much SideFX care about their customers and how good their vision for the future is.

[@davidck2456]

More MASH please. I want to make procedural stuffs in Maya while learning houdini

[@ernestoggg4873]

More mash stuff please!!!