What you'll learn

Learn a production workflow to creating urban environments and time-saving modeling, texturing, and UV mapping techniques that can be used for film, games, and architectural visualizations. Contains over 6 hours of project-based training. Great for intermediate artists. Popular highlights include: Hard Surface Modeling Techniques; Modeling with Texture; Modeling to a Camera; Strategically Adding Detail; Simulating Aging and Decay; UV Layout Techniques; Using UV Snapshots; Integrating Maya and Photoshop; Generating Displacement Maps; Texture Painting with Photoshop; Layering Textures; Tiling Textures; Generating Procedural Maps; Adding Architectural Elements; Creating Interior Illusions with Textures; Connecting Maya Texture Nodes; Complex Scene Management; Scene Optimization for Rendering. Software required: Maya 8.5 or higher.