Maya Tutorials

#121

Maya Tutorial Database
New Maya Tutorial Database with over 345 Maya Video and Text Tutorials!

http://www.maya3d.dk/links/tutorials/

Feel free to Add New Tutorials or Edit if you think something is missing.
:bounce: :buttrock: :beer: :wip: :shame: :surprised :surprised :surprisedover 345

#122

WOW,
thats a great page, the best Iā€™ve ever seen.
Thanks for posting.

greets

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :applause: :bounce: :applause: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

#123

Hereā€™s one on shading, though itā€™s not very Maya-specific maybe itā€™s still helpful:
http://www.androidblues.com/shadetut.html

#124

thanks a lot:applause: :applause:

#125

thx~
loads of tutorialsā€¦
gotta take me a long timeā€¦:surprised

#126

Check this one out http://www.digital-tutors.com/digital_tutors/index.htm , that is, in my opinion the best video-tut site around

#127

http://www.planetquake.com/sin2q3/tutpart1.htm
http://www.planetquake.com/sin2q3/tutpart2.htm
:wink:

#128

Volume-Scattering [+Caustics] with Maya 4.5 and MR 1.5 - http://www.motiondesign.biz/

#129

Volume-Scattering [+Caustics] with Maya 4.5 and MR 1.5 - http://www.motiondesign.biz/

Thanx again and again and again and again :bounce:

#130

Tank Treads

http://www.noir.org/tutorials/Xen%20Wildman/treadtut/treadtut.html

#131

its nice gmask
:slight_smile:

#132

WOW! I didnā€™t know there were so but so so so many Maya resourses out thereā€¦GEEZ! Good!!! thanks a lot guys!

But wait I canā€™t leave without making my contributionā€¦so here it isā€¦ for all you freak TDā€™s out there and not so freak heheheheā€¦

http://www.kolve.com

#133

My rigging tutorial: Maya specific, Intermediate to Advanced Users will have an easier time with it.

http://www.spatiallight.net/tutorialsPage/tutorials.html

#134
  • Hi,
  • this is an archive with all the links
  • you posted in this great thread.
  • I feel free to post this summary. I hope itā€™s OK.
  • If not, just say it. I can delete it, no problem!
  • They are without comments, because of the character limitation
  • !!! Thanks to all the authors !!!

Specific tutorials

http://www.cgtalk.com/search.php?s=...rder=descending

Tutorial archives, Linklists and unsorted stuff

http://www.maya3d.dk/links/tutorials/
http://www.web3dservice.com/maya_tutorials.html
http://sv1.3dbuzz.com/3dbuzz_tutorials2.php?width=1280
http://www.therenderfarm.com/MAYA/t.../animation.html
http://www.planetsack.com/tutorials.asp
http://www.halbstein.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tu.../tutorials.html
http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/Hydraulic.pdf
http://www.taaffedesigns.net/CADA_class_2002.html
http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/windowTut/index.htm
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_intro.html
http://www.mayasg.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.jackals-forge.com/tutor.html
http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/oceanTut/index.htm http://members.loop.com/~ehanson/renderings/MAIN.html http://www.digitalproducer.com/2001...mayabreath.htm
http://www.3dinteractive.tv/tutoriales/maya.php
http://mr2k.3dvf.com/tutorials/
http://www.jackals-forge.com/bible/bible.html
http://www.3dtreat.com/SiteC/assets...Page/index.html http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Tm...ml&style=normal
http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/3dsoftware/maya/
http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutalias.asp
http://www.zoorender.com/html/tutorials.htm
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/
http://www.3dgate.com/techniques/tutorials.html
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutor...al.asp?id=28561
http://www.highend3d.com/boards/sho...al&Number=14773
http://www.the-gnomon-workshop.com/.../tutorials.html
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/
http://www.mtmckinley.net/tutorials.html
http://www.gooroos.com/addframe.htm...Conv-essay.html
http://www2.fh-harz.de/~u13837/explosion.zip
http://www.noir.org/tutorials/Xen%2...t/treadtut.html
http://www.kolve.com
http://www.animationartist.com/2002...workstation.
http://www.newriders.com/content/im...0735712581C.
http://www.tutorialzone.de/tutorial...bkategorie=maya
http://www.planetquake.com/sin2q3/tutpart1.htm
http://www.planetquake.com/sin2q3/tutpart2.htm
http://www.find.com.au/tutorials/3dsoftware/maya/
http://www.medialab.chalmers.se/tut...maya/index.html
http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/oceanTut/index.htm
http://www.goat.com/alias/alias_bible.html
http://www.maxschoenherr.de/animati...t/pitIndex.html
http://www.render.ru/tutor/maya/
http://cade.scope.edu/
http://www.anticz.com/anticz.htm
http://www.creativecow.net
http://www.3dlinks.com/tutorials_alias.cfm
http://www.mtmckinley.net
http://www.simplymaya.co.uk
http://www.digitalproducer.com
http://www.web3dservice.com/maya_tutorials.html
http://www.highend3d.com/boards/showthreaded.php?Cat=1,2&Board=mayaanimation&Number=14773&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&vc=1
http://www.highend3d.com/boards/showthreaded.php?Cat=1,2&Board=mayaanimation&Number=120667&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/companyinfo/contactus/productfeaturerequest.shtml
http://www.maya.digication.com/home3.php
http://www.worldofmaya.com/index_2d.html
http://www.splotsh.com/tutorial.htm
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people...id.Harmon/wave/
http://www.raph.com/3dartists/3dtutorials8.html
http://www.goat.com/alias/alias_bible.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_02.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_03.html
http://www.digitalproducer.com/aHTM...ead_in_maya.htm
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_04.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_06.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_09.html
http://www.3drender.com/jbirn/ea/HowToHead.html
http://www.splotsh.com/tutorial.htm
http://www.cica.indiana.edu/cica/fa.../wavefront.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_05.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_01.html
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people...id.Harmon/wave/
http://edu.dftc.com.tw/en/resources.html
http://edu.dftc.com.tw/en/links.html
http://www.worldofmaya.com/
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Tm...ml&style=normal.
http://www.highend3d.com/boards/sho...llapsed&sb=5&o=
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/phenomena/

Animation:

http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/tireTut/index.htm
http://www.medialab.chalmers.se/tut...rialLevel1.html
http://www.splotsh.com/tutorial.htm
http://www.keithlango.com/
http://www.kiethlango.com
http://www.splotsh.com/tutorial.htm
http://fraghq.com/brainswell/tutorials.htm
http://216.40.198.154/content/mayaforum/5

Non Maya specific Animations

http://www.anticz.com/Walks.htm
http://www.anticz.com/animatio.htm
http://www.animation-collaborationā€¦torials/cat.html
http://avl.etsu.edu/intranet/resour.../startpage.html
http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~matt/courses...anim/ekman.html
http://crl.research.compaq.com/proj...ial/facial.html
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/nsf.txt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/humanface/

Animation Start to Finish

http://www.maxschoenherr.de/animati...t/pitIndex.html
http://www.mtmckinley.net/frames.html
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutor...al.asp?id=28561
http://www.zoorender.com/html/tutorials.htm
http://gcs.design.ucla.edu/~jennife...p_tutorial.html
http://gcs.design.ucla.edu/~jennifeā€¦_shortcuts.html
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/
http://www.phoenixtools.com/
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/
http://www.mtmckinley.net/tutorials.html
http://www.3dsense.net/pastarticles.htm
http://www.blackorb.com/maya3dtutorial.html
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Tm...ml&style=normal
http://www.3dlinks.com/tutorials_alias.cfm
http://users.pandora.be/gds/maya/
http://www.zoorender.com/html/tutorials.htm
http://www.jackals-forge.com/tutor.html
http://www.rhonda.com/Maya_TopTen_09.html
http://www.simplymaya.co.uk/tut.shtml
http://www.3dspline.com/maya-index.html
http://www.maxschoenherr.de/animati...t/pitIndex.html
http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/3dsoftware/maya/
http://members.tripod.com/llobera/t.../tutorials.html
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~rdknow.../tutorials.html

Modelling:

http://www.geocities.com/jozvex/tut...ame.html#update
http://avl.etsu.edu/Intranet/resources/polys/poly.html
http://avl.etsu.edu/intranet/resour...lys/default.htm
http://www.thehobbitguy.com/tutoria...ling/index.html
http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/wrx_...l/tutorial.html
http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/wrx_...l/tutorial.html
http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/corners/corners.html http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/corners/corners.html
http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/fillets/fillets.htm
http://www.worldofmaya.com/t_poly.html
http://plissken.fatalunity.com/
http://www.swanimator.com/tipstutor...iptutorials.htm
http://www.blackorb.com/mayagiraffe3d.html
http://www.geocities.com/susantio/head01.htm
http://members.lycos.co.uk/peoplesf...ng/modeling.htm
http://www.okita.com/tutorials/maya02.html
http://users.pandora.be/gds/maya/indian_2.htm
http://www.maya3d.dk/Tutorials/Head...eadModeling.htm
http://www.swanimator.com/tipstutor...chmodelling.htm
http://coldfusion.art.msstate.edu/c...h/thehumanhead/
http://www.kcc.zaq.ne.jp/nkj/sculpl...er/06TMC00.html
http://www.3dchopshop.com/tutorials/frankenstein.htm
http://www.yiqunchen.com/publicatio...es/article1.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/mikethomson...l/tutorial.html

Non Maya specific Modelling

http://devworld.apple.com/dev/techs.../schneider.html
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/gfz58/
http://tomcapizzi.com/imagesHi/headWebPage/index.html
http://tomcapizzi.com/imagesHi/bugWebPage/index.html
http://www.secondreality.ch/tutoria...lling/head.html
http://www.secondreality.ch/tutoria...elling/ear.html
http://www.newriders.com/articles/a...asp?product_id={1E9E1524-3582-4CFA-9830-5E2AA86DE278}
http://www.animationartist.com/2001...feet_part1.html
http://earth.vol.com/~natzke/ear.htm
http://www.okino.com/conv/iges_opt.htm
http://www.joelertola.com/tutorials/brain/index.html
http://www.figure2productions.com/E...I_TutIntro.html
http://mr2k.3dvf.com/tutorials/max/tutorials_joan.htm
http://maxrovat.sns.hu/subdiv/subdivmodeling.htm
http://www.suurland.com/tut_ball/tutorial_football.htm
http://maxrovat.sns.hu/subdiv/
http://www.lightwaveworld.com/Tutorials/Chris/intro.htm
http://www.anticz.com/3dheadpa.htm
http://www.anticz.com/images/Animation/TimeLapse.mpg

Hair

http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/hairtut/hairtut.html
http://www.ordix.com
http://www.newriders.com/articles/a...asp?product_id={0BFF74D1-DE92-4405-9C33-3E985FF68368}

character modelling:

http://www.jonandjenn.net/3D/index.html
http://www.gnomononline.com
http://mag.awn.com/index.php3?ltypeā€¦_no=1549&page=1d
http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/main.htm
http://www.golemgraphics.com/Tutori...teball_maya.htm
http://www.anticz.com/heads
http://www.anticz.com/heads.html
http://www.anticz.com/handtut.
http://www.3dguidemagazine.com/subs...art1pg1fr18.htm
http://www.yoyodyne.net/loomis/index_thumbs.html http://www.thehobbitguy.com/tutoria...ling/index.html
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/gfz58 http://www.highend3d.com/global/tut...dmodel/page1.3d
http://www.secondreality.ch/tutoria...lling/head.html
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/xen/

Video Tutorials

http://www.3d-palace.com/modules.php?name=Archives
http://www.simplymaya.co.uk/
http://www.3dbuzz.com/
http://www.trinity3d.com/M4F/tutorials/UnWrap/Final.wmv
http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/m...1_tut/index.htm
http://www.digital-tutors.com/digit.../maya/index.htm
http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/m...2_tut/index.htm
http://www.digital-tutors.com/
http://www.forum3d.kom-net.pl/f3dftp.php?md=grp&g=13
http://www.simplymaya.co.uk/tut.shtm
http://www.digital-tutors.com/digital_tutors/index.htm

MEL

http://dirk-bialluch.mayaring.com/tips/html/tips.shtml
http://www.ewertb.com/maya/mel/
http://www.morten-moen.net/tutorial...owShopping.html
http://www.ewertb.com/maya/index.html
http://www.gooroos.com/unitConv-essay.html

Render Man & Mental Ray

http://www.steven-tubbrit.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tutorials/Tutorial_02.htm
http://www.deathfall.com/tutorialsā€¦owcontent&id=65
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/pr...mentalray.shtml
http://www.highend3d.com/boards/sho...b=5&o=14&fpart=
http://www.motiondesign.biz/
http://www.br1.org/2002/postnuke/htā€¦&artid=2&page=1
http://www.hiddendinosaur.com/tutorial/
http://www.rendermania.com/HDRI/index.shtml
http://www.arsc.edu/~brody/pages/tut.htm
http://www.renderman.org/RMR/Books/...course16.pdf. http://www.br1.org/2002/postnuke/ht...rticles&secid=1

non realistic

http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/maya/non_photo_realistic_shading/realistic_shading.asp

Texture Maps

http://www.noirextreme.com/digital/digital001122.htm
http://oera.net/How2/Earth1.htm
http://www.3dmax.com/textures/index.cfm

Maya Newbies

http://www.newriders.com/articles/a...asp?product_id={61B5439B-86B6-45E8-B907-59911F79B3BE}

Rigging:

http://www.cane-toad.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.victoriapictures.com/dragon/pindex.html
http://www.gignews.com/kappblackcock.htm
http://www.spatiallight.net/tutoria.../tutorials.html
http://www.characteranimation.com/
http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/Hydraulic.pdf
http://www.animagicnet.no/maya/bodyShape/
http://www.gignews.com/kappmarch02.htm
http://www.mindseyemedia.com/maya2.htm
http://www.mikefortner.com/pages/head.html
http://www.electronicgaming.com/tutorials/
http://fraghq.com/brainswell/tutorial1.htm
http://www.gignews.com/kappmarch02.htm

Non Maya specific Rigging

http://www.anticz.com/eularqua.htm
http://www.anticz.com/puppets.htm
http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/11

Fluids:

http://www.cmistudios.com/lessons/oceanTut/index.htm
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/s...i/stam/gas.html

PaintFX:

http://www.gmask.com/tutorials/hairtut/hairtut.html
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~rdknowle/fine328H/tutorials/paint_effects_linda.htm
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~rdknow...ects_josee.html
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~rdknow...ffects_hong.htm

http://www.newriders.com/articles/a...asp?product_id={9A0A5379-17CF-48AE-897D-E56BEBDF3C6A}

Fur:

http://www-viz.tamu.edu/thelab/tuto...t/fur_pres.html
http://www.poopculture.com/chris/st.../paint_tut.html
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/thelab/tuto...t/fur_pres.html

Dynamics & Particles:

http://xr1140.3x.ro/How_to_make_a_r...le_tutorial.zip
http://www.steven-tubbrit.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tutorials/Tutorial_01.htm
http://www.geocities.com/jozvex/tut...erparticle.html
http://www.3dtreat.com/SiteC/assets...Page/index.html
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/no...na/explode.html
http://www.animationartist.com/2002...in_tutorial.htm
http://www.painfulurination.com/Tut...rial_breath.htm
http://www.painfulurination.com/Tut...l_cig_smoke.htm
http://www.polyextrude.com/Tutorial...ling/smoke.html

Maya Live:

http://www.funny3d.com/tutorial/article/Live.pdf

Cloth:

http://www.dressingsim.com/DFL_en/p...rialjacket.html
http://www.newriders.com/articles/a...asp?product_id=DA0ABD4D-D5FF-4F52-A437-9C3B1E85DD62}

Rendering & Lighting & Shading:

http://www.trinity3d.com/M4F/tutorials/UnWrap/Final.wmv
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/tow.../gfz58/ch19.pdf
http://www.kniffen.ca/index.php?tar...texture/UV1.php
http://www.pixho.com/
http://www.3dcentral.com/tut3.html
http://inti.planet-d.net/divers/mayatuts/neige/snow.htm
http://www.golemgraphics.com/Tutori...teball_maya.htm
http://www.3dluvr.com/pixho/
http://www.cgvisual.com/dn/download...der001a_001.htm

Shaders

http://www.cgvisual.com/dn/download...der001a_001.htm
http://www.purefizz.com/maya/articles/shading_1/
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/students/am...ring/index.html
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7681
http://www.secondreality.ch/tutorials/tutorials.html
http://www.halbstein.com/tutorials/...mpPageThree.htm
http://www.cadmonkey.com/tut3.htm
http://hussle.harvard.edu/~pyesley/waterwaves/

Reference materials

http://www.onnovanbraam.com/
http://www.bartelby.com/107/279.html
http://www.bartelby.com/107/
http://www.fineart.sk
http://www.suurland.com/
http://www.geocities.com/Augusta/9275/

Non Maya specific resources for Rendering:

http://www.anticz.com/texture.htm
http://www.anticz.com/drawing1.htm
http://www.androidblues.com/shadetut.html
http://www.billmunnsgallery.com/techniques.html
http://www.io.tudelft.nl/id-studiol...ls/compositing/


http://www.debevec.org/
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~henrik/images/global.html
http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.el...y/radiosity.htm
http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_rad.htm
http://www.softimage.com/Education/...5/BEER/beer.pdf
http://cedar.intel.com/software/ida...ural_clouds.pdf
http://www.vterrain.org/Atmosphere/Clouds/index.html
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~harrism/SkyWorks/
http://www.andrew-whitehurst.net/tutorials.html

Games:

http://unreal.epicgames.com/skeletal/UTSkelAnim.htm
http://stecki.m4driving.sm/tips/tips.html

API:
http://myfileformats.com/?telocator...mpound=hrt.html

Historical:

http://www.goat.com/alias/alias_bible.html

Non English Language:

http://morphose.free.fr/Tutorials/Tutorials.htm
http://www.graphiland.fr/tutori_t/t...1&InsertQuery=1
http://mickey.skku.ac.kr/~ulsiguya/Maya/noseENG.htm
http://www.cradle.com.tw/maya/tut04.htm
http://www.geocities.com/phing4/
http://3dga.sns.hu/maya/renderman/elektro/thefirst.html
http://www.artedinamico.com/download03.htm
http://216.40.198.154/content/mayaforum/5
http://mickey.skku.ac.kr/~ulsiguya/...%20Tutorial.htm

The End

!!! Thanks to all the authors !!!

cu

#135

:bounce:

This is tutorial perception of my favorite. Hopefully Iā€™ve communicated it well enough for you to forget for a second that itā€™s just a bunch of moving links on the web.

3D interactive

Enjoy! :thumbsup:

Eucas

#136

>>>Originally posted by YellYellYell

You need to fix the newriders linksā€¦ they are all broken because of autolinking.

#137

ok, its done, sorry !

If you have new links I can update it gradually !

cu

#138

My sites back up (like anyone caresā€¦ heh.) but I have three tutorials on it.

-Modeling a Human Ear.
-Modeling a Realistic Hand.
and not by me, but a friend, UV Mapping in Maya.

You can check them out here :

http://www.jonandjenn.net/3D/index.html

#139

Two Tutorials To Add To The List : -

Sprite - Based Particle Trees In Maya

Final Gathering In Maya / Mental Ray

Regards

Steven J. Tubbrit
Home Page

#140

DidnĀ“t see anyone else posting: http://www.3d-palace.com/modules.php?name=Archives

I tihnk you need to become a member, but there is a good viedotutorial over modeling a Jaguar and one over a minigunā€¦