3D Text Animation in Autodesk Maya

Demystify animating type for Motion Graphics artists in Autodesk Maya

4.70 (18 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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3D & Animation
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159
students
4 hours
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May 2021
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$49.99
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What you will learn

You will become comfortable using Autodesk Maya to create and animate text in simple and advanced methods

Learn the motion graphics toolset inside MAYA called MASH as it pertains to text animation

Light and Render your scene all the way to a movie file

Description

Welcome to one of the most fundamental tools for a motion graphics artist: animating type.

No experience is needed to take this course and by the end of it you will be able to create, manipulate, and animate rendered type.

We start with the basics of creating text in Autodesk Maya and use the built-in animation tools for type that is great for beginners.

If you're a more advanced user or a beginner that feels comfortable after the initial animation lesson, we dive deeper in to the most advanced method of animating type in Maya with a relatively new toolset called MASH, which is Maya's motion graphics toolset.

The only trouble is there's one big obstacle you have to overcome to use MASH with type and I will show you how to overcome it.

I also give you a Python script I wrote that I show you how to run it in Maya with the push of a button to overcome this otherwise frustrating obstacle to using MASH with type.

We will finish the course by lighting and rendering our images out of Maya and do the final color correction and compiling into a movie file in Adobe After Effects.

I'm really excited to share these techniques with, see you in the course!

What will you learn?

  • Create and control text in 3D

  • Animate a simple text animation

  • Animate an advanced text animation

  • Understand the obstacles facing text animation in Maya and overcome them

  • Light and render your scene

Learn by doing real world projects!

Throughout this entire course, you'll be working on text animation with a phrase of your choosing, or follow along with my phrase "Keep Creating!"

What do you get when you enroll?

  • 3+ hours of easy-to-follow tutorials

  • Downloadable project files for every step of the course

  • Python script that will save you hours of work

  • Premium support to help you as you take the course

Why learn from me?

Lucas Ridley is a professional 3D animator who has worked on Hollywood films such as Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. His students love him, and we're sure you're going to enjoy this class.

Lucas breaks down the most complicated steps of animating in Autodesk Maya, so that you can easily start animating on your own! 

My 30-day 100% money-back guarantee!

We want you to be happy. If there's any reason you aren't enjoying the course, and getting what you expected, we'll refund your money.

I can't wait to see you in the course!

Cheers,

Lucas

Content

Animate Text Essentials

Maya Interface Refresh
Create Text
Modify Text
Animate Text (Simple)

Advanced Animation Preparation

Fix Pivot Script
Fix Pivot Explanation

Advanced Animation Execution

MASH Setup
MASH Animation Starter
MASH Offset Translation
MASH Offset Stacking
MASH Duplicate Network
MASH Tweaking Animation
Create Alembic Cache

Rendering

Lighting
Rendering
After Effects Exporting

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Reviews

Fred
March 19, 2021
The course takes you through Maya's text animation and working with Maya Mash. A lot is covered, from a good foundation of basics to some of the tricky nuances of Mash. To animating a intro title motion graphics animation in Maya.

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