Game Character Creation in Maya

Game Character Creation in Maya
English | QuickTime H.264 960 x 540 | 2 hr.58 min. | + Exercise files | 597 MB
Genre: eLearning

Game Character Creation in Maya is a thorough overview of techniques for creating characters for video games or real-time rendered applications. Chris Reilly’s course covers low-poly modeling, texturing and animation, using 3D model and texture assets created in Maya and Adobe Photoshop. The course also includes an overview of Unity 3, including importing characters and making interactive animations with the Script Editor.
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Introduction 03m 50s
Welcome 00m 39s
What you need to know before watching this course 01m 09s
Understanding game asset creation 01m 21s
Using the exercise files 00m 41s

1. Overview of Maya Modeling Tool 25m 35s
Setting up scene folders (Maya and Unity) 03m 58s
Optimizing geometry 03m 14s
Using symmetry 04m 08s
Extruding geometry 04m 19s
Sculpting geometry 04m 01s
Importing reference sketches 05m 55s

2. Insect Character Creation: Modeling the Body 37m 14s
Modeling the head and nose 05m 34s
Creating the mouth 04m 28s
Crafting the eyes 05m 11s
Building the body and a wing 10m 11s
Forming the limbs 08m 05s
Adding finishing touches 03m 45s

3. Insect Character Creation: Texturing 36m 11s
UV mapping overview 02m 43s
UV mapping the body parts 09m 18s
UV mapping the face 07m 40s
UV mapping wrap-up 03m 44s
Mirroring 04m 57s
Texturing 02m 46s
Normal mapping 05m 03s

4. Insect Character Creation: Rigging and Animating 46m 21s
Setting up the skeleton 05m 19s
Building the spine 03m 39s
Finishing the skeleton 04m 32s
Rigging the legs and feet 08m 35s
Rigging the torso 03m 49s
Rigging the arms and hands 03m 35s
Rigging the face and head 05m 09s
Rigging wrap-up 02m 27s
Skin binding and weight painting 05m 26s
Animating in Maya 03m 50s

5. Importing into Unity 29m 09s
Exploring the Unity interface 03m 03s
Importing character and animations into Unity 05m 50s
Controlling animations with scripts: Third-person character controller 07m 14s
Controlling animations with scripts: Third-person camera controller 04m 04s
Making read/write animations using UnityScript Editor 04m 08s
Controlling scripts with animation events 04m 50s

Conclusion 00m 19s
Additional resources 00m 19s

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