Maya Tools: Character Picker

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Maya Tools: Character Picker

An advanced, project-based course focused on the development of a robust Character Picker tool with a built-in WYSIWYG editor for creating custom picker tabs.

This course is available to Total Access patrons.

Course Curriculum

52 Videos (8 hours 30 minutes)

Getting Started
Introduction (4:11)	Free Preview
Project Overview (Part 1) (9:05)	Free Preview
Project Overview (Part 2) (10:51)	Free Preview
The Basics (Part 1) (6:28)	View
The Basics (Part 2) (8:44)	View

Character Picker (Part 1)
Project Requirements (7:34)	View
Project Start (16:33)	View
Creating a Canvas (13:54)	View
Adding a Background Image (7:23)	View
Editing the Canvas (Part 1) (12:20)	View
Editing the Canvas (Part 2) (11:54)	View
Editing the Canvas (Part 3) (10:03)	View
Resize to Canvas (6:56)	View
Saving a Picker File (11:11)	View
Loading a Picker File (11:23)	View
Tab Cleanup (13:28)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 1) (11:36)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 2) (8:51)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 3) (4:48)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 4) (8:15)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 5) (10:21)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 6) (11:16)	View
Picker Buttons (Part 7) (17:52)	View
Box Selecting Multiple Buttons (16:26)	View

Character Picker (Part 2)
Editing Buttons (Part 1) (13:38)	View
Editing Buttons (Part 2) (11:26)	View
Editing Buttons (Part 3) (11:57)	View
Editing Buttons (Part 4) (12:22)	View
Editing Buttons (Part 5) (10:35)	View
Editing Buttons (Part 6) (11:37)	View
Editing Buttons (Part 7) (5:32)	View
Adding a Context Menu (14:21)	View
Adding/Deleting Buttons (5:35)	View
Duplicating Buttons (9:04)	View
Saving/Loading Buttons (9:29)	View
Drag and Drop (Part 1) (9:48)	View
Drag and Drop (Part 2) (6:34)	View

Character Picker (Part 3)
Pan and Zoom (Part 1) (11:53)	View
Pan and Zoom (Part 2) (6:55)	View
Pan and Zoom (Part 3) (10:56)	View
Pan and Zoom (Part 4) (4:30)	View
Pan and Zoom (Part 5) (10:21)	View
Pan and Zoom (Part 6) (4:37)	View
Pan and Zoom (Part 7) (15:30)	View
Editing Context Menu (Part 1) (10:45)	View
Editing Context Menu (Part 2) (12:17)	View
Editing Context Menu (Part 3) (9:45)	View
References (Part 1) (4:26)	View
References (Part 2) (7:31)	View
References (Part 3) (5:06)	View
References (Part 4) (9:22)	View
Final Thoughts (2:23)	View

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