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04:30

Autodesk Maya and 3Ds Max Indie Worldwide release SAVE MONEY!

In this video I am going to talk about everything you should know about Autodesk Maya Indie and Autodesk 3Ds Max Indie world wide release! Don't miss out on all the details on how to save money, what you should be aware of, and which countries are included in the worldwide release. Indie link: https://makeanything.autodesk.com/maya-indie?fbclid=IwAR2IBVwo8ZloKA_h3DZXYQZ1cdRjyJt32VrzfVQLYvWScoO6wnpj8jCBoYU UPDATED INFORMATION August 7, 2020: 1) Price changed from $250 to $265 2) New Clause! Can not work on projects valued higher than $100,000 and your income that year must be less than $100,000 For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow Us: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

Español

08:09

Espanol Autodesk Maya Tutorial: 3 Errores pincipiantes cometen (soft select, shader verde, no icons)

En este video, analizaremos 3 problemas con los que muchos principiantes se encuentran. Vamos a dicir cómo puede resolver estos problemas y por qué ocurrieron. Estén atentos hasta el final del video para obtener un problema adicional de bonificación que todos los usuarios deben conocer y cómo resolverlo. Parallel Mode Documentation: http://download.autodesk.com/us/company/files/2017/UsingParallelMaya.html#:~:text=of%20evaluation%20errors.-,Parallel,accelerate%20deformations%20on%20your%20GPU For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

09:39

Español Autodesk Maya Tutorial: Ambient Occlusion (AO) Pass utilizando Arnold

¡En este video vamos a crear un Ambient Occlusion pass (AO pass)! Vamos a discutir qué lo qué es, cómo se calcula, cómo crear un AO pass en Autodesk Maya, cómo usar passes de rendelizar, y cómo compositar este pass en After Effects. Mira el video hasta el final para aprender todo y cómo evitar varios problemas qué mucha gente se encuentra en hacer esto por la primera vez. Si te gusta el modelo de la campana, pero no lo quieres crear tu mismo lo puedes comprar aqui: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-page/3d-handbell-rig Tutorials de crear la campana (inglés por ahora, comenta la palabra "Español porfa" y darle like al comentario. ¡Los mas commentarios/likes que tenga lo mas probable que lo traduzco!): https://youtu.be/usWFWjRxNyE Visitanos a: Pagina: www.cgjctools.com Follow: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

05:47

Autodesk Maya and 3Ds Max Indie Mundial AHORRA DINERO!

En este video, voy a hablar sobre todo lo que debes saber sobre el lanzamiento mundial de Autodesk Maya Indie y Autodesk 3Ds Max Indie. No se pierda todos los detalles sobre cómo ahorrar dinero, qué debe tener en cuenta y qué países están incluidos en el lanzamiento mundial. Indie enlace: https://makeanything.autodesk.com/maya-indie?fbclid=IwAR2IBVwo8ZloKA_h3DZXYQZ1cdRjyJt32VrzfVQLYvWScoO6wnpj8jCBoYU INFORMACIÓN ACTUALIZADA 7 de agosto de 2020: 1) El precio cambió de $250 USD a $ 265 USD 2) ¡Nueva cláusula! No puede trabajar en proyectos valorados en más de $100,000 USD y sus ingresos ese año deben ser inferiores a $100,000 USD Enlace: www.cgjctools.com Follow: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

Basics

09:25

Maya Tutorial: Everything on how to move the pivot point in Maya

In this tutorial we are going to go over pivot points in Autodesk Maya. Pivot points are the point upon which your object rotates, moves, and scales. In this video we will learn how to move it, snap it to other places in the scene, center it, rig with it, and how to maximize its use to animate and move easier in Maya. For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

07:59

Maya Tutorial Quick Tips: Top 3 Beginner Mistakes (soft select, missing shader, missing shelf icons)

In this video, we will discus 3 issues I see many beginners running into. We will go in-depth as to how you can resolve these issues and why they happened in the first place. Stay tuned until the end of the video for an additional bonus issue that all users should know about and how to possibly resolve it. Parallel Mode Documentation: http://download.autodesk.com/us/company/files/2017/UsingParallelMaya.html#:~:text=of%20evaluation%20errors.-,Parallel,accelerate%20deformations%20on%20your%20GPU. For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

Model to Render

14:54

Beginners Maya Tutorial: Modeling to Rendering - [1/4: Modeling]

Complete beginner? Want to know how to go from modeling, to UVing, to texturing, to shading, to lighting, and rendering in Autodesk Maya and Arnold? This is the perfect tutorial series for you! Part one is going to go over modeling. We are going to learn several modeling tools including: EP Curve, revolve, bevel, extrusion, insert edge loops, slide edge, multi-cut, and more. If you like the model, but don't want to make it yourself you can download this model through: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-page/3d-handbell-rig For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow Us: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

10:01

Maya Tutorial: Modeling to Rendering for Beginners - [2/4: UV Mapping]

Complete beginner? Want to know how to go from modeling, to UVing, to texturing, to shading, to lighting, and rendering in Autodesk Maya and Arnold? This is the perfect tutorial series for you! Part two is going to go over UVs. In this video we will go over the key tools to master UV layouts. We will go over the different UV layout types. We also go over the importance of unfold, straighten, and layout. I also discuss the importance of taking the time to making good UVs and how to think about the layout of your UVs, depending on how you are going to paint them later. *** Tip I forgot to mention in the video: When it comes to UVs make sure to Maximize your U1V1 space. This is how much resolution you have. So take full advantage and scale your UV shells largely to maximize this space. If you like the model, but don't want to make it yourself you can download this model through: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-pag... For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow Us: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

15:25

Maya Tutorial: Modeling to Rendering for Beginners - [3/4: Arnold Shading and Texturing]

Complete beginner? Want to know how to go from modeling, to UVing, to texturing, to shading, to lighting, and rendering in Autodesk Maya and Arnold? This is the perfect tutorial series for you! Part three is an introduction on how to use an Arnold shader and how to set up textures to create realistic assets. If you like the model, but don't want to make it yourself you can download this model through: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-page For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow Us: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

10:09

Maya Tutorial: Modeling to Rendering for Beginners - [4/4: Arnold Shading and Rendering]

Complete beginner? Want to know how to go from modeling, to UVing, to texturing, to shading, to lighting, and rendering in Autodesk Maya and Arnold? This is the perfect tutorial series for you! Part four is going to go over how to connect your textures to the Arnold Shader. We are also going to dive into a bit of an advanced trick on utilizing a multiply and divide node in association with a clamp connected to your texture to alter the texture inside of Maya. Once the shader is complete we will go over basic a few basic Arnold render settings. If you like the model, but don't want to make it yourself you can download this model through: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-page/3d-handbell-rig For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow Us: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

09:44

Maya Tutorial: Ambient Occlusion (AO) Pass using Arnold

In this video, we are going to create an Ambient Occlusion pass (AO pass)! We will investigate what it is, how it is calculated, how to create an AO pass in Maya using Arnold, how to use render passes, and how to comp this in After Effects! Make sure you want all the way though to learn some cool tips and tricks and how to avoid problems in Maya! If you like the model, but don't want to make it yourself you can download this model through: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-page/3d-handbell-rig Link to Bell tutorials: https://youtu.be/usWFWjRxNyE For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com Follow: www.patreon.com/cgjctools www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

Dynamics

06:20

Maya Tutorial: nCloth water balloon collide with nHair driven xgen grass

This is the final part of a video series that demonstrates how to create Xgen grass, move it dynamically with nHair, creating an nCloth driven water balloon, having all these features interact with each other, and render settings to adjust in Arnold. This last video in the 4 part video series will show you how to refine interactions between your nHair driven grass and your nCloth driven ball. It will also show you how to adjust your Arnold render settings to get everything rendered properly. We go over the presents in the aiStandardShader as well. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

07:31

Maya Tutorial: Create Xgen Grass

This is part 1 of a video series on making Xgen grass that interacts with a bouncy water balloon. The grass will have nHair dynamics while the ball has nCloth dynamics. In this video we begin by making the Xgen grass. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

08:13

Maya Tutorial: Animate Xgen grass with nHair

This is part 2 of a video series about creating nHair driven xgen grass that collides and interacts with an nCloth driven ball. In this part of the video we discuss how to add nHair dynamics to grass created out of xgen. In part 1 we discussed how to make the xgen grass. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

04:11

Maya Tutorial: nCloth simulated ball - water balloon

This is part 3 of a video series about creating a grass patch that interacts with a water ballloon. The grass is made with Xgen and its simulation is driven with nHair dynamics. The water balloon is animated using nCloth dynamics. In this video we discuss how to make the water balloon simulation on the ball. For descriptions of each nCloth attribute go to: https://www.cgjctools.com/post/ncloth-dynamic-properties-explained We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

Quick How to on Deformers

00:46

How to use nonLinear Deformers in Maya?

This is a basic introduction to nonLinear deformers in Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:07

How to use the Shrink Wrap deformer in Maya?

This is a basic introduction to shrinkWrap deformers in Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:08

How to use a wrap deformer in Maya?

This is a basic introduction to the wrap deformer in Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:30

How to use the Lattice Deformer in Maya?

This is a basic introduction to the lattice deformer in Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:30

How to use the Lattice Deformer in Maya?

00:21

How to use the deltaMush deformer in Maya?

This is a basic introduction to the deltaMush deformer in Autodesk Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:34

How to use a CurveWrap deformer in Maya?

This is a basic introduction to cluster deformers in Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:19

How to use Cluster Deformers Maya

This is a basic introduction to cluster deformers in Autodesk Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

00:25

How to use a blendshape deformer in Maya?

This is a quick video of the basics of a Blend Shape deformer in Autodesk Maya. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

Modeling Techniques

03:07

Maya How to cut an organic shape out of another shape (Boolean/Difference)

In this video, we go over various useful modeling techniques in Autodesk Maya. 1) Drawing curves 2) Projecting Curves on a mesh 3) Cleaning up Curves and number of control vertices 4) Lofting from curves 5) Using boolean difference operations 6) Cleaning Typology We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, make sure to follow the links below for even more valuable content. Subscribe now to stay up to date with future videos! https://www.youtube.com/cgjctools For more cool 3D related resources check out our site: Website: https://www.cgjctools.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgjctools All of this is possible with your continued support. For access to all of my Maya files throughout this channel become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/cgjctools One to one tutoring: https://www.cgjctools.com/animation-tutoring 5-day free trial of Autodesk Maya nCloth rigging plug-in jcCloth: https://www.cgjctools.com/ncloth-maya-plugin-jccloth Cool t-shirts and merchandise for gamers, animators, and VFX artists: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u

Demo Project

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3D Autodesk Maya Realistic HandBell Rig Demo with Adjustable pivot

In this video we are demoing a 3D rigged handbell. This asset comes with textures and Arnold shaders. The rig has a control with an adjustable pivot, making it easy to place in a character's hand any way you need to animate better without having to counter animate. Get the rig, animate it, render it, and share your work with us. We will post some of the best works on our sites. File types: ma, obj, fbx, jpeg, tx Get the rig at: https://www.cgjctools.com/product-page/3d-handbell-rig For more cool stuff check out: www.cgjctools.com www.redbubble.com/people/jctools/shop?asc=u Donate to our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/cgjctools Follow us on: www.facebook.com/cgjctools www.instagram.com/cgjctools

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