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Toolbox hotkeys and hidden menus Sep 11, 2015

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This movie shows you some techniques to speed up your interactions with the Toolbox in Maya.

Hidden / Contextual menus Sep 11, 2015

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This movie shows you how to access some of the lesser known menus in Maya.

Sculpting clothing wrinkles - Part 2: Patterns and symmetry Jun 10, 2015

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This movie shows you how to using Maya's sculpting tools to create jacket patterns, stitches, wrinkles, and creases that you can then output to a normal map for use on a lower resolution model.

Sculpting clothing wrinkles - Part 1: Wrinkles and creases Jun 10, 2015

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This movie shows you how to using Maya's sculpting tools to create clothing wrinkles and creases that you can then output to a normal map for use on a lower resolution model.

Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 4: UV creation and finishing touches Apr 29, 2015

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This movie shows you how to create a quick UV mesh and then extrude to create thickness.

Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 3: Fine-tuning shape and topology Apr 29, 2015

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This movie shows you how to use the various tools in the Modeling Toolkit to clean up a jacket's topology.

Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 2: Quad drawing the shoulder/collar Apr 29, 2015

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This movie shows you how to use the Modeling Toolkit's Quad Draw tool to build the shoulder portion of a jacket mesh.

Modeling and retopologizing a jacket - Part 1: Shrink wrapping a sleeve and torso Apr 29, 2015

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This movie shows you how to create and retopologize a jacket mesh for our Detective Emma character, starting by using the Shrink Wrap Tool to create a sleeve and torso.

Creating Topographical Art with XGen Mar 11, 2015

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This movie shows you how to use XGen to create a series of primitive cubes, then adjust their heights and color via ptex map to create interesting works of art.

Lighting a scene naturally for mental ray rendering Oct 22, 2014

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This movie shows you how to realistically light a pair of scenes in Maya using mental ray's Indirect Lighting features.