Maya Pipeline Essentials

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Maya Pipeline Essentials

A fundamentals course introducing the core concepts required by Pipeline TDs working with Maya in a modern production pipeline.

This course is available to Total Access patrons.

Course Curriculum

39 Videos (6 hours 29 minutes)

Getting Started
Introduction (2:18)	Free Preview
What is a Pipeline TD (10:54)	View

Configuring the Environment
Know Your Environment (Part 1) (6:53)	View
Know Your Environment (Part 2) (6:43)	View
Know Your Environment (Part 3) (7:15)	View
Know Your Environment (Part 4) (8:20)	View
Environment Variables (6:40)	View
Getting/Setting Environment Variables (13:32)	View
Maya.env (9:04)	View
userSetup.py (Part 1) (5:20)	View
userSetup.py (Part 2) (15:15)	View
External Launcher (Part 1) (3:47)	View
External Launcher (Part 2) (10:38)	View
External Launcher (Part 3) (13:21)	View
External Launcher (Part 4) (6:33)	View

Scene Management (Part 1)
Scene Management Overview (3:42)	View
Common File Operations (14:40)	View
Maya ASCII and Binary Files (10:48)	View
Saving and Opening Scenes (9:26)	View
File Versioning (Part 1) (5:26)	View
File Versioning (Part 2) (14:36)	View
File Versioning (Part 3) (13:21)	View
Importing a Scene (9:42)	View
Switching Maya Versions (12:39)	View
Referencing (Part 1) (11:55)	View
Referencing (Part 2) (9:54)	View
Referencing (Part 3) (11:25)	View
Referencing (Part 4) (9:04)	View

Simple Shot Manager
Simple Shot Manager (Part 1) (13:45)	View
Simple Shot Manager (Part 2) (15:09)	View
Simple Shot Manager (Part 3) (13:35)	View
Simple Shot Manager (Part 4) (11:11)	View
Simple Shot Manager (Part 5) (7:06)	View
Simple Shot Manager (Part 6) (9:29)	View

Scene Management (Part 2)
Export Selection (15:04)	View
External Files (Part 1) (5:31)	View
External Files (Part 2) (10:39)	View
External Files (Part 3) (12:35)	View
External Files (Part 4) (11:08)	View

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