Maya Tutorials

Fast Puffy Explosions in Alias Maya

In: Maya / Scripting

This tutorial will show how to create a simple puffy explosion using fluids in Maya. It will explode and than give off black smoke…

Creating Tank Treads by Using a Script

In: Maya / Scripting

Ever wondered how to make 3D tank treads? There’s no easy way. But his lesson will help you…

Making a Blizzard

In: Maya / Scripting

This lesson will show you how to create simple blizzards in Maya using particle instancer. Before starting this tutorial it's a…

Compositing Background Lighting

In: Maya / Tips and Techniques

Add background lighting to your Maya rendered objects. Make your characters glow or shine with this cool technique…

Compositing a 3D Rendered Object into Video

In: Maya / Tips and Techniques

This is a very simple tutorial demonstrating how to take 2D video footage and composite a 3D animated object in the scene…

Putting a Label on a Bottle

In: Maya / Textures and Materials

I had to do some experimenting to get this working, so why not share that knowledge with all of you…

Metallic Shaders

In: Maya / Textures and Materials

Here you can learn to create your own metallic shaders in Maya…

Part 1: Skeletons

In: Maya / Character Setup

The character setup outlined in the tutorial delivers a simplistic character "rig" geared towards run time performance…

Part 3: The Spine

In: Maya / Character Setup

Maya's spline IK handle solution to the spine is one solution to work with. However, I have found it better served when working…

SubDivision Surfaces: Modeling a Human Hand

In: Maya / Modeling

We will use Maya's SubDivision surfaces for modeling a Human hand…