Intro to Maya: Lesson 10 / 10 - Finishing your rocket

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In this lesson, we graduate to beginner-intermediate level material to put the finishing touches on our rocket scene. These include:

00:00 - Intro
01:50 - Creating your own custom deformer
05:25 - Grouping and re-timing animation into clips using the Time Editor
12:20 - Creating control curves using the Node Editor
18:40 - Setting up camera shots using the Camera Sequencer
29:50 - Adding a cloud and smoke trail using Bifrost FX
37:05 - Exporting the animation to a video / images

Some other videos referenced for further learning include:
Non-destructive animation editing (   • Non-Destructive Animation Editing: Basic s...  )
Nodes and connections in Maya (   • What are nodes and connections in Maya?  )
Rendering a complex scene (   • Rendering a complex scene (Render Setup)  )
Bifrost quick tutorials (   • Bifrost quick tutorials  )
Creating a smoke trail using Bifrost (   • Creating a smoke trail in the Bifrost Grap...  )
Quick rigging for beginners (   • Quick Rigging and Skinning a character for...  )
Motion Graphics for Maya (   • MASH end to end workflow - Introduction  )

The IBL used is courtesy of: https://hdrmaps.com/freebies
Other files used: https://areadownloads.autodesk.com/wd...

Check out the whole series!    • Maya 101  

Created in Maya 2020