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    Find tutorials and other resources that help you to improve your skills and take full advantage of your Autodesk® Maya® software.

    Demonstrations
    Download these easy-to-follow video modules to learn the latest in Autodesk Maya modeling, animation, effects, and rendering techniques, and more. To see all support options and documentation, go to Maya Services & Support.

    Maya 2009 Features
    Maya 2008 Extension 2* Features
    Maya 2008 Features

    Find demonstrations for previous Maya releases in Services & Support.

    * Maya 2008 Extension 2 features are available to Maya 2008 Subscription customers. The Maya 2008 Extension 2 features are also now available in Maya 2009.

    Getting Started Tutorials

    Maya 2010
    These tutorials introduce you to different functional areas of Autodesk Maya in a set of lessons. The lessons are accompanied by scene files that you can use to learn at your own pace. View the PDF files and download the necessary lesson data files.

    Note: The Getting Started with Maya lesson files are installed in your Maya directory when you install Maya. Alternately, you can download the lesson files from here. The lesson files for Maya Live are provided as a separate download.

         Getting Started with Maya 2010 (pdf - 27224Kb)

         Getting Started 2010 Lesson Files (zip - 72665Kb)

         Maya Live 2010 Lesson Data (zip - 201654Kb)

    Find tutorials for previous Maya releases in Services & Support.

    Maya Composite
    The Maya Composite tutorials introduce you to the application UI and basic workflows, including creating a composition, importing footage, using hotkeys, adding tools, connecting passes and renders, and compositing renders. In addition, these tutorials cover blend modes, color correction and fine tuning results. View the PDF file and download the necessary lesson data files.

        Composite Tutorials (pdf - 15706Kb)

        Image Data (zip - 15317Kb)

        Render Data (zip - 110285Kb)

    Maya MatchMover
    The MatchMover tutorials illustrate how to perform basic matchmoving, which includes loading images sequences, tracking a sequence, and then exporting the tracked rendered 3D data to file that can be used in 3D animation and compositing programs. You will also learn how to create a track manually using supervised tracking and set up survey points. View the PDF file and download the necessary lesson data files.

         Maya MatchMover Tutorials (pdf - 3484Kb)

         Maya MatchMover Lesson Data (zip - 75789Kb)

    Advanced Techniques

    The Advanced Techniques tutorials are designed for intermediate and advanced users and concentrate on specific, complex topics and techniques in Autodesk Maya software. View PDFs of the lessons and download the scene files you want to work with.

    Maya nCloth Advanced Techniques
    The Maya nCloth Advanced Techniques tutorial demonstrates a workflow that allows you to simulate high-resolution clothing mesh using nCloth. In the tutorial, two lower-resolution versions of a high-resolution mesh clothing are converted to nCloth and then simulated. Using a wrap deformer, the nCloth objects become influence objects for the high-resolution mesh clothing, which then behaves the same as the simulated nCloth. Using this workflow, you can quickly create animated behaviors unique to simulated cloth using high-resolution meshes.

         Maya 2010 nCloth Advanced Techniques Tutorial (pdf - 5432Kb)

         Maya 2010 nCloth Advanced Techniques Lesson Data (zip - 46135Kb)

         Maya 2009 nCloth Advanced Techniques Tutorial (pdf - 1280Kb)

         Maya 2009 nCloth Advanced Techniques Lesson Data (zip - 47325Kb)

    Maya Muscle Advanced Techniques
    The Maya Muscle Advanced Techniques tutorials illustrate how to use the Maya Muscle skin deformer for your own characters and projects. The Muscle Builder example is designed to offer a basic overview of Maya Muscle features as applied to cMuscleSpline-based muscles. In addition, you’ll learn the basic workflow and features of the Maya Muscle Creator in several lessons.

         Maya 2010 Muscle Advanced Techniques Tutorial (pdf - 6582Kb)

         Maya 2010 Muscle Advanced Techniques Lesson Data (zip - 31590Kb)

         Maya 2009 Muscle Advanced Techniques Tutorial (pdf - 2036Kb)

         Maya 2009 Muscle Advanced Techniques Lesson Data (zip - 37750Kb)

    Find Advanced Tutorials for previous Maya releases in Services & Support.

    Other Training Options

    • Maya Learning Path
      Autodesk offers many different resources for users to learn and master Autodesk Maya—including basic overview, essential skills movies, tutorials, user-to-user discussion, and more. Find your learning path.
    • Self-Paced Training
      Autodesk Media & Entertainment learning tools are learn-at-your-own-pace tools developed by industry experts for Autodesk Maya. The titles range from beginner to advanced levels and are available in two formats:
    • Events and Seminars
      Each year Autodesk and our partners sponsor several events for design professionals—events that provide a unique opportunity to learn more about Autodesk, our innovative products, and our future direction.
    • Authorized Training Centers
      More than 1,100 ATC sites located worldwide are authorized by Autodesk to deliver hands-on, instructor-led training to design professionals using Autodesk software.
    • Books, Courseware & DVDs
      Learn Maya at your own pace using Autodesk’s learning tools.
    • Autodesk Certified Instructor Program
      Find out the details of the Autodesk Certified Instructor program. People who are already have experience teaching Maya are particularly suited to this program.