3D World Advent Calendar Day 8: Beginner’s Guide to Image Planes in Maya

| Magazine | 08/12/2011 13:33pm
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3D World’s pre-Christmas giveaway continues! Behind door number eight is some expert Digital-Tutors’ training

We’ve got some fantastic offers lined up, including exclusive freebies, so jolly well tell your friends and remember to visit every day to take full advantage of 3D World’s Advent Calendar.

Day 8: Beginner’s Guide to Image Planes in Maya

Today’s gift is the training video Beginner’s Guide to Image Planes in Maya, courtesy of Digital-Tutors. In this 49-minute tutorial for Maya 2012, Kyle Green shows the procedures for creating and utilizing image planes in Maya to use as modelling reference.

You’ll start by learning how to set up and align your image planes in something like Photoshop, From there, you’ll begin importing your image planes into Maya, then resize and reposition your image planes within the Maya viewports to make sure they are properly aligned in all your views. You’ll also learn how to import animated image planes, as well as many other tools and features that will allow you to use image planes effectively in Maya.

Watch Beginner’s Guide to Image Planes in Maya

This tutorial is provided by Digital-Tutors, the world’s largest online CG library, with hundreds of hours of training all accessible for a single affordable subscription.

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