# Introduction ## Introduction to the class - Couse website: [http://jiharu.github.io/2016datt2500/](http://jiharu.github.io/2016datt2500/) - Class portfolio website: [http://2016datt2500.tumblr.com/](http://2016datt2500.tumblr.com/) - Syllabus pdf - Introduction of instructors - [Haru Ji](http://haru.name/) - [Yifat Shaik](https://yifatshaik.com/2016/05/10/star-child/) - Previous class portfolio: - [Sogang university](example.html) - [York university 2015 datt2500](portfolio.html) ------------------------- # Lab ## To do list 1. Lab introduction. 2. Create Tumblr account. 3. Complete Survey. 4. Check out Maya and Photoshop. 5. Maya interface. -------------------------- ## Lab introduction - A general introduction: - Please clean your seat and log out before you leave for the next lab session. - Please turn your cell phones off before entering class and/or the computer lab. - Students will be required to supply headphones in the lab if you want to follow web tutorials time to time. - Please use the computer only in relation to the class activities. ## Tumblr account - Go to [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/) and if you don't have an account, please make yours. - You need to be invited to become a member of the class portfolio by the website manager. - Please leave your first 'hello' comment into the lab Tumblr site to complete the process. ## Survey Please complete the survey from the link below: [survey link](https://goo.gl/forms/TcykvokpSasfHyG32) ## Maya - Check out the next: - If you can open it. - With a three-button mouse, try to navigate. - Check out [Maya tutorials](https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/simplecontent/content/maya-tutorials.html) page: - Help files - Getting Started with Maya 2015. - You can download the next: - Getting Started with Maya 2015 Lesson Files (zip - 123Mb) - Exploring Maya tutorial scene files (zip – 165,098Kb) - More to check: - If Adobe photoshop opens in your computer. - Internet connection - How to manage your files. ## Maya reference You can find more references from the course syllabus. [Maya 2016 online Help](http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU//) - Art of Maya [pdf link](http://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/~parent/classes/682/MAYA/art_of_maya.pdf) >In The Art of Maya, every page is full of diagrams and illustrations.. The diagrams describe the computer graphic concepts in a way that will help you understand how you can use Maya in your own work. - google books. This book is an excellent resource for all Maya users and includes an introduction to computer graphics that will help people new to the world of 3D animation (and 3D modeling). -------------------- ## Maya interface - [Maya help: interface overview](http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-F4FCE554-1FA5-447A-8835-63EB43D2690B) Maya has **a very flexible workflow** which doesn't impose many constraints. For the most part there is more than one way to approach a particular problem. This means that you can use whichever approach is most suited to your needs. In time, you will learn **how to create your very own custom workflows**. -------------------------------- ## Default interface areas  ### Top area #### Menu Sets, Menus, Stauts Line  ### Bottom area #### Help Line, Time Slider, Range Slider, Command Line, Playback, Anim/Chracter, Workspace   ### Right area #### Channel Box, Layers   ### Left area #### QWERTY Tool Box (manipulators for transformation), Quick layout buttons   ### Center area #### Workspace (navigating)   --------------------- ## Menu ### Main menu Menus contain both tools and actions for setting up scenes. The main menu is at the top of the Maya window. There are also individual menus for the panels and option windows. ### Menu sets (modulers)  #### Common menus  Maya's first seven menus are always available, the remaining menus change depending on the menu set you choose. #### Modeling  #### Surfaces  #### Rendering  #### Dynamics  #### nDynamics  ** The list of menu sets is updated, therefore the examples might not be as same as yours. ----------------------------------- ### Panels and editors in Maya #### Outliner  #### Hypergraph  #### Hypershade  #### Graph Editor  #### Script Editor  -------------------------------------- ### Preference  ### Tool set-up window (option box)  ### Attribute editor   ### Hotbox/marking menu  ### Floating menu  ### Help  ----------------------------- # Assignment - Watch Maya startup movies ([Maya 1-Minute Startup Movies](http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/123112/files/maya-1-minute-videos-html.html)): - Zoom, pan and roll: Navigation essentials - Move, rotate, scale - Create and view objects - Component selection - Discover secret menus - Review ***Art of Maya*** [pdf link](http://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/~parent/classes/682/MAYA/art_of_maya.pdf) p8~13: 3D Computer Graphics. - Review the Maya [interface overview](http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-F4FCE554-1FA5-447A-8835-63EB43D2690B) from the ***Help*** documentation. - Research 3D modeling works (online or offline) and upload the one that **inspires you most** to the class lab Tumblr portfolio, with an image, a credit, reference, and/or link for it, and one sentence to explain what about it inspires you. Try to find one which, can be unique to others. When you upload please write down **"a01 (assignment 01) by your school ID, name, date" - This is important for the sake of grading later.** - Prepare a sketchbook & pencils for sketching your ideas. Next class, you will build a simple robot. -------------------------