Maya – Zero To HERO, 5 days

Academy Class
4.7
3 reviews
  • Very good and experienced trainer who made such complicated subject so easy to understand. Great location and length of the lessons.
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  • I attended the Maya – Zero To HERO course with Academy Class and I was really happy I did it! The teachers were very competent and knowledgeable. The course was very well structured, starting with basic concepts and building up to advanced techniques and tricks and strategies. All the staff in general was very nice and helpful. The course provides also a good opportunity to meet some professionals in the area.
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  • What emerged for me at Academy Class was being taught new abilities in a simple and relaxed environment
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£ 1,197 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    30h

  • Duration

    5 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The Maya Jumpstart ‘zero to HERO’: Academy Class focuses on the basics of 3D computer graphics with Autodesk Maya. Students are introduced to the Maya interface, the Maya philosophy, 3D modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering. over the five days we will show you how to use the tools within Maya and how they are put to use in the film, television and game industries.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Elizabeth House 39 York Road, SE1 7NQ

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: work in a production environment, understand the mechanics of Maya, be able to create 3d models using a variety of techniques, work with materials to texture you models, understand how to light a scene, be able to create animations, stage a scene and understand cinematography and know how to create output for use in post production.

Anyone interested in using maya

Attendees require only a very general knowledge of 3D and its concepts although a basic understanding of computer hardware and software is essential. Knowledge of other digital media packages is an advantage but not a necessity.

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Reviews

4.7
excellent
  • Very good and experienced trainer who made such complicated subject so easy to understand. Great location and length of the lessons.
    ← | →
  • I attended the Maya – Zero To HERO course with Academy Class and I was really happy I did it! The teachers were very competent and knowledgeable. The course was very well structured, starting with basic concepts and building up to advanced techniques and tricks and strategies. All the staff in general was very nice and helpful. The course provides also a good opportunity to meet some professionals in the area.
    ← | →
  • What emerged for me at Academy Class was being taught new abilities in a simple and relaxed environment
    ← | →
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4.5
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Elvan

4.5
01/09/2017
What I would highlight: Very good and experienced trainer who made such complicated subject so easy to understand. Great location and length of the lessons.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Andrew Clark

5.0
03/05/2017
What I would highlight: I attended the Maya – Zero To HERO course with Academy Class and I was really happy I did it! The teachers were very competent and knowledgeable. The course was very well structured, starting with basic concepts and building up to advanced techniques and tricks and strategies. All the staff in general was very nice and helpful. The course provides also a good opportunity to meet some professionals in the area.
What could be improved: .
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Nassera Mangera

4.5
07/11/2015
What I would highlight: What emerged for me at Academy Class was being taught new abilities in a simple and relaxed environment
What could be improved: Everything OK.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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This centre's achievements

2016

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 16 years

Subjects

  • Maya training
  • 3d training
  • 3D
  • Maya
  • Zero To HERO
  • Modeling
  • Animation
  • Rendering
  • Camera
  • Lattices
  • Geometry
  • Layout
  • QWERTY
  • User Interface
  • Interface design

Teachers and trainers (1)

Rafiq Elamsey

Rafiq Elamsey

Academy Class instructor for design/ web/ 3d

I’m a professor of design at the American University in Cairo, author, design consultant, and design thinker. I’m the founder of Designorate (www.designate.com), an open-access platform to teach and provide consultations about design thinking, interaction design, user experience design, and innovation management. My experience includes more than 17 years in the design industry and I have worked with clients from different countries including includes Adobe Systems, United Nation, World Bank, ZenDesk, Insala, and others. My books have been published by John Wiley, Taylor and Francis.

Course programme

Essentials

  • Setting your project
  • Views / panels
  • Hotbox
  • Viewing geometry
  • Channel box
  • Layer box
  • Attributes editor
  • QWERTY navigation
  • Working with the camera
  • MEL
  • User interface
  • Outliner / Hypergraph
  • Grouping / Parenting
  • Shelf
  • Marking menus

Modeling

  • Curve tools / snapping
  • Revolving
  • History
  • Duplicating
  • Working with NURBS
  • Detaching surfaces
  • Grouping / Duplicating
  • Working with polygons
  • Combining polygons
  • Subdivisional surfaces
  • Split polygon tool
  • Lofting
  • Extruding

Animation

  • Lattices
  • Clusters
  • Set driven keys
  • Set driven key advanced
  • Joints / IK handles
  • Lightning dynamics
  • Keyframing / time slider
  • Attach to path
  • Secondary animation
  • Cycle curves
  • Playblasting

Rendering

  • Hypershade
  • Materials, apply materials
  • Making shader networks
  • Combining ramps
  • Layered textures
  • Intro to lights
  • Making bump maps
  • Working with shadows
  • UV mapping
  • Moving UVs
  • Specular maps
  • Paint FX
  • Render view
  • Camera settings
  • Render globals

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