Introduction to Autodesk Maya

• Introduction to 3D Modeling and Animation industry
• Overview of Autodesk Maya interface and workspace
• Navigation and view manipulation in the 3D viewport
• Creating and manipulating basic geometric shapes (cubes, spheres, cylinders, etc.)
• Introduction to basic modeling concepts with NURBS modeling mini project

Polygonal Modeling and NURBS modeling Techniques

• Understanding the Object Mode and Component Mode
• NURBS modeling Tools and Techniques
• Polygonal Modeling Techniques
• Selecting, moving, scaling, and rotating vertices, edges, and faces
• Polygonal Modeling techniques with two mini projects

Material Assigning, UV Mapping and Texturing

• Maya and Arnold material creation and assigning
• Unwrapping UVs and understanding UV mapping
• Creating and editing texture maps in external image editing software (Adobe Photoshop)
• Texture painting and basic material editing
• Material assigning and texturing mini project

3D Animation Techniques Using Autodesk Maya

• Computer animation techniques
• 3D Animation techniques
• Use of Graph editor and Trax editor
• 3D Animation mini project

Lighting and Rendering

• Adding light sources to a scene
• Adjusting lighting properties
• Introduction to rendering options and settings
• Basic compositing and post-processing effects

Basic 3D Character Modeling and Animation

• Basic 3D character modeling and texturing
• Basic 3D character rigging
• Basic 3D character animation, lighting and rendering