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Maya Training Class - Introduction Online Training August 10, 2026
Maya Training Class - Introduction
$1,595.00
This Maya class teaches the foundational skills for working with this powerful 3D, animation, modeling, and rendering application. Master the Maya workspace, interface and essential tools. Learn to use Maya to model realistic hard surface models for both feature and real time application. Find out how to prepare props and models for animation by rigging, and learn to animate using cameras, logos, props, and character rigs. Learn to use Maya to create and assign realistic materials, light, and render using the included render engines. Attend this comprehensive Maya course online with a live instructor, or in our classrooms.
Introduction to Maya Class Topics
- Interface, workspace, preferences, and settings
- Navigate within Maya, including quick keys
- Gain foundational skills with basic polygon editing tools
- Use Maya's editing modes to create and modify Polygon Models
- Learn Maya's Curve tools and Generating Surfaces
- Import curves from other applications for architecture renderings and logo animations
- Learn Maya workflow
- Understand Maya for modeling hard surface objects with angular edges and bevels
- Learn UV Unwrapping and texturing techniques for cubic and hard surface objects
- Gain an introduction to spherical and cylindrical hard surface modeling in Maya
- Use UV Unwrapping spherical and cylindrical objects for texturing
- Learn to create photo-realistic models in Maya
- Find out how to use Maya to create Surfaces, Latices, and Deformers
- Gain an introduction to Rigging in Maya
- Find out about using MEL, Joints, and Painting Skin Weights in Maya
- Learn to plan Animation sequences using X-Sheets
- Gain an introduction to Animation in Maya, the Graph Editor, and the Dope Sheet editor
- Essential Maya Animation tools
- Learn to use Maya for animating on a Path, Animating using Constraints, Animating using Rigs
- Discover Maya animation principles including: Appeal, Overlap, Anticipation, Exaggeration, and Staging
- Find out about essential Materials, Surfaces, Textures and the HyperShade Editor in Maya
- Learn to use Maya's Substance Materials and presets
- Bump vs Normal vs Displacement workflows in Autodesk Maya
- Learn to use Lighting, 1pt, 2pt, 3+pt, interior, exterior, and Image Based Lighting models
- Get an introduction to Arnold Render Engine
- Learn Rendering & Render Pipeline setup for Still Images and Animation based projects
- Find out how to create a render pipeline
- Learn to output from Maya to After Effects for editing
Why Maya classes at AGI are the best option for you
- Hands-on learning: Learn Maya quickly with our proven teaching methods.
- Exceptional curriculum: AGI has delivered Maya training to thousands over 25 years.
- Expert instructors: Our instructors are Maya experts and skilled educators.
- Small class sizes: Receive personalized attention with 10 or fewer participants per class.
- Repeat for Free: If you need a refresher or miss a class day, retake the Maya class at no cost.