Maya 2019 Fundamentals: UVs, Materials, and Textures
If you're wanting to build on your Maya 2019 skills, then this course is for you. In this course, you will learn to add detail and color to your models through UV Mapping, Materials, and Texturing in Maya 2019.
What you'll learn
Continue your learning journey with Maya through this in-depth course focused on UV Mapping, Materials and Texturing in Maya 2019. Here you'll pick up right where you left off in Maya 2019 Fundamentals: Overview and Modeling and begin defining the look of the drone asset. First, you’ll learn what UVs are and the purpose they serve. Next, you'll discover how to define a custom UV layout for parts of the asset and how to create and apply surface materials. Finally, you'll explore how to connect various texture maps to those materials. When you’re finished with all four Maya 2019 Fundamentals courses, you will have a great foundation of Maya knowledge to build on as well as a completed project. Software required: Maya 2019.
Table of contents
- Creating User Defined UVs for the Shell 11m
- Creating User Defined UVs for the Tank and CPU 12m
- Creating User Defined UVs for the Core 13m
- Creating User Defined UVs for the Bottom Fin and Belly 11m
- Creating User Defined UVs for the Guns and Rails 13m
- Laying Out Final UVs 8m
- Matching Your UV Layout to Mine 6m
About the author
Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more