Course
Skills Expanded
Introduction to Maya Paint Effects
Express yourself creatively and learn Maya Paint Effects with over 7 hours of project-driven training. Software required: Maya 7 or higher (recommended for project files).
What you'll learn
Express yourself creatively and learn Maya Paint Effects with over 7 hours of project-driven training. Great for beginner to intermediate users. Popular highlights include: Toon Rendering; Mesh Brush; Optimizing Scenes; Light Based Effects; Control Curve Based Effects; Secondary Animation; Custom Brushes; Paint Effects Overview. Software required: Maya 7 or higher (recommended for project files).
Table of contents
Introduction and Project Overview
4mins
Introduction to Maya Paint Effects
401mins
- Introduction to the Paint Effects Panel 5m
- Paint Effects Tool 3m
- Paint Effects Tool and Pressure Mapping 8m
- Adjusting the Stroke Node 4m
- Make Paintable and Get Brush Preset 6m
- Template Brush Settings 5m
- Flipping Tube Directions 4m
- Painting on View Plane 5m
- Transferring Settings to Existing Strokes 6m
- Share One Brush 3m
- Create Modifier 9m
- Creating Cycling Animations 4m
- Paint Effects Brush Springs 9m
- Modifying the Stoke Path Curve 4m
- Stoke Control Curves 8m
- Using Existing Curves as Stroke Curves 5m
- Creating Pressure Curves 5m
- Auto-painting Surfaces 9m
- Random Auto Paint 4m
- Paint Effects Globals 5m
- Paint Effects Mesh Quality 5m
- Converting Paint Effect to Polygons 4m
- Blending Brushes 8m
- Using the Visor for Blending 3m
- Saving Custom Brushes 3m
- Using the Paint Effects Panel 10m
- Paint Effects Panel - Canvas Menu 5m
- Brushes and Resolution 5m
- Modifying Object Shading 4m
- Using Paint Effects Panel as a Paint Tool 6m
- Advanced Stroke Node 8m
- Min / Max Clipping 5m
- Pressure Scale Ramp 7m
- Changing Brush Types 8m
- Controlling Channels 2m
- Adjusting the Brush Profile 9m
- Mastering Twist 5m
- Mesh Settings and Mesh Environments 5m
- Thorns on Mesh Brushes 4m
- Shading Attributes 7m
- Texture Settings 18m
- Illuminating Paint Effects 7m
- Shadowing Paint Effects 8m
- Working with Glows 4m
- Overview of Tubes 15m
- Mastering Branching 8m
- Working with Twigs 11m
- Paint Effects Leaves 13m
- Paint Effects Flowers 12m
- Displacements on Tubes 6m
- Forces on Tubes 5m
- Working with Turbulence 7m
- Spiral and Bend Attributes 3m
- Length Mapping and MEL Scripts 4m
- Working with Gaps 6m
- Animating Strokes with Flow 12m
- Working with Render Globals 5m
- Building a Potted Plant 14m
- Adding Paint Effects to Toon Lines 3m
- Building an Oak Tree 16m
