Maya Advanced Techniques

ContentsMaya Advanced Techniques TutorialsOverviewDownloading the lesson files and setting the Maya projectnCloth Advanced TechniquesOverviewPreparing for the lessonsAbout the tutorial assetsLesson 1: Converting the pants to nCloth and setting up the simulationLesson 2: Simulating the pants in a static stanceLesson 3: Wrapping the high resolution mesh and simulating the pants during animationLesson 4: Simulating the low resolution shirtLesson 5: Simulating medium resolution meshes using custom nCloth attribute presetsnParticles Advanced TechniquesOverviewPreparing for the lessonsUnderstanding the tutorial componentsLesson 1 Creating the molten slagOverviewSetting up the simulationCreating the nParticle slagConverting the nParticles to an output meshAdjust the Nucleus solver settingsAssigning a texture to the slagLesson 2 Creating the slag smokeOverviewSetting up the simulationCreating the fluid smoke and flamesSetting fluid shading attributesIncreasing the quality of the fluid simulationLesson 3 Creating flying sparksOverviewSetting up the simulationCreating the nParticle collision eventCreating the nConstraintSetting up the second stage of the sparks effectCreating the nParticle sparksSetting the nParticle Sparks attributesSetting the nParticle sparks shading attributesControlling the nParticle spark behaviorBeyond the tutorialMaya Muscle Advanced TechniquesRigging simple musclesIntroductionPreparing for the lessonsLesson 1: Setting up basic skin deformationLesson 2: Painting Sticky weights to bonesLesson 3: Setting up simple musclesLesson 4: Painting Sticky weights to simple muscleLesson 5: Setting up Sliding deformationLesson 6: Setting up Jiggle deformationRigging musclesIntroductionPreparing for the lessonsLesson 1: Create and set up a muscle objectLesson 2: Set muscle pose states Lesson 3: Edit the muscle shapeLesson 4: Adjusting muscle lengthLesson 5: Sculpting musclesLesson 6: Mirroring muscles