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What is Autodesk Maya?

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Summary: Learn how to use Autodesk Maya for 3D computer animation in this free software tutorial video.

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Gautam Vaid is a well know animator, presently working in a reputed animation studio as a senior animator.read more

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Autodesk Maya is a 3D computer graphics and 3D modeling software used in the film, TV, computer and video game industries. The program has been used to animate popular cartoons like South Park and Futurama, as well as many popular video games, like the Sims, Prince of Persia, and the Tomb Raider series.

In this series of free video software tutorials you'll learn how to use Autodesk Maya. Expert Gautam Vaid shows you how to use the various features of the program, starting with the basics: How to start a new project, how to add basic geometric shapes and transformations, how to use lighting, UV mapping and basic sculpting and rendering tips. Watch these free video tutorials and start learning how to use the industry standard in creating animation today!

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"GAUTAM VAID: Hi. This is Gautam Vaid. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm here to tell you about Maya 2008. You have seen these movies, 3D movies, 3D animated versions of Pixar, who is the best studio in the world. They create the 3D animation scales, okay? If you've seen this _____ or something like that, so that includes 3D movies, 2D. So where the Maya falls is, in Maya we have, we can work with modelings, we can do dynamics in that and we can create rivers, seas, a lot of nature in that and after all, we can do animation. So let's start with Maya. You can learn Maya from a lot of movies if you want to do animation, if you want to do modeling, if you want to do dynamics. You can do, you can see some of the movies which have been done by a lot of big studios like Pixar, Blue Sky and all."

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