APPLIED TECHNOLOGY - SPRING, 2026

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: Please work on getting to the MATERIALS section of the playlist (videos 30-44) so that you have a good idea of how to apply material to objects in Maya.  

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder! 

THE BASIC ANIMATION VIDEO TUTORIAL- THE BOUNCING BALL.  To complete this tutorial, you will need to DOWNLOAD the ULTIMATE BALL RIG.  Right click on this and save it to your YELLOW DRIVE MAYA FOLDER, then OPEN the file in MAYA TO begin the video tutorials.  If you like rigging and animation, you should check out THIS RIGGING PAGE for more resources!  TO BE HONEST, you could do this without the ball rig, just by creating a simple sphere and animating it to move using keyframes.  You DO NOT need to follow all the way through on SQUASH AND STRETCH, unless you want to.  

When you are doing animation in this tutorial, you will need to TURN ON the TIME SLIDER and the RANGE SLIDER in MAYA to see the timeline.  Do this by clicking WINDOWS>UI ELEMENTS and turning ON RANGE SLIDER and TIME SLIDER

When you are done with the basic ball animation, please review the video MAYA ANIMATION- HOW TO RENDER AN ANIMATION FROM GAME DEV ACADEMY.  I would review this video and the next TWO VIDEOS in this set to figure out how to render your animation as an .AVI FILE!  Don't worry about changing the camera settings to CAMERA 1, we can simply use PERSPECTIVE for our camera for rendering for our scenes.  I would like to be able to grade your completed BOUNCING BALL ANIMATION RENDER at the start of next week!  This will be a 20 point assignment.

OUR UPCOMING FINAL PROJECT IN MAYA:  Please work on this when you feel that you have learned and are familiar with all of the skills above, including simple animation and rendering.  This project will be due on Friday, March 6th.

ALSO:  Please complete the VIDEO EDITING PREVIEW FORM sometime before March 6th, as well.  This is a sort of introduction to our upcoming unit.

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: Please work on getting to the MATERIALS section of the playlist (videos 30-44) so that you have a good idea of how to apply material to objects in Maya.  

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder! 

THE BASIC ANIMATION VIDEO TUTORIAL- THE BOUNCING BALL.  To complete this tutorial, you will need to DOWNLOAD the ULTIMATE BALL RIG.  Right click on this and save it to your YELLOW DRIVE MAYA FOLDER, then OPEN the file in MAYA TO begin the video tutorials.  If you like rigging and animation, you should check out THIS RIGGING PAGE for more resources!  TO BE HONEST, you could do this without the ball rig, just by creating a simple sphere and animating it to move using keyframes.  You DO NOT need to follow all the way through on SQUASH AND STRETCH, unless you want to.  

When you are doing animation in this tutorial, you will need to TURN ON the TIME SLIDER and the RANGE SLIDER in MAYA to see the timeline.  Do this by clicking WINDOWS>UI ELEMENTS and turning ON RANGE SLIDER and TIME SLIDER

When you are done with the basic ball animation, please review the video MAYA ANIMATION- HOW TO RENDER AN ANIMATION FROM GAME DEV ACADEMY.  I would review this video and the next TWO VIDEOS in this set to figure out how to render your animation as an .AVI FILE!  Don't worry about changing the camera settings to CAMERA 1, we can simply use PERSPECTIVE for our camera for rendering for our scenes.  I would like to be able to grade your completed BOUNCING BALL ANIMATION RENDER at the start of next week!  This will be a 20 point assignment.

If you are still interested in the MAYA WALK RIGGING TUTORIAL, feel free to work on it, but it will NOT be on the FINAL EXAM.  Here is the ULTIMATE_WALKING_RIG file for that tutorial.

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: Please work on getting to the MATERIALS section of the playlist (videos 30-44) so that you have a good idea of how to apply material to objects in Maya.  

I would like to grade the COLORED OBJECTS ASSIGNMENT by the end of this week.  This would include the colorization of the floor, candles, candlesticks, flasks and liquids from the SORCERER'S DESK scene.  This will be a 20 point assignment.

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder! 

If you are still interested in the MAYA WALK RIGGING TUTORIAL, feel free to work on it, but it will NOT be on the FINAL EXAM.  Here is the ULTIMATE_WALKING_RIG file for that tutorial.

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: There is an upcoming CHALLENGE in the MAYA FOR BEGINNER'S PLAYLIST- The one at video number #29.  For this challenge, you are making "Something to go on the table."  As you have already completed a SWORD model earlier in the semester, so let's try something else that might be appropriate.  How about a crossbow or a demonic statue or something cool like that?  If you want, you can accept one of the ideas that Shane gives in the video- an hourglass or a mortar and pestle.  Whichever!  

I would like to see students work through some of the MATERIALS information in the MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST, but then we should work on moving to the ANIMATION VIDEOS, to learn a little about animation before the end of the quarter. 

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder!

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: There is an upcoming CHALLENGE in the MAYA FOR BEGINNER'S PLAYLIST- The one at video number #29.  For this challenge, you are making "Something to go on the table."  As you have already completed a SWORD model earlier in the semester, so let's try something else that might be appropriate.  How about a crossbow or a demonic statue or something cool like that?  If you want, you can accept one of the ideas that Shane gives in the video- an hourglass or a mortar and pestle.  Whichever!

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder!

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: There is an upcoming CHALLENGE in the MAYA FOR BEGINNER'S PLAYLIST- The one at video number #29.  For this challenge, you are making "Something to go on the table."  As you have already completed a SWORD model earlier in the semester, so let's try something else that might be appropriate.  How about a crossbow or a demonic statue or something cool like that?  If you want, you can accept one of the ideas that Shane gives in the video- an hourglass or a mortar and pestle.  Whichever!

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder!

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: There is an upcoming CHALLENGE in the MAYA FOR BEGINNER'S PLAYLIST- The one at video number #29.  For this challenge, you are making "Something to go on the table."  As you have already completed a SWORD model earlier in the semester, so let's try something else that might be appropriate.  How about a crossbow or a demonic statue or something cool like that?  If you want, you can accept one of the ideas that Shane gives in the video- an hourglass or a mortar and pestle.  Whichever!

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder!

MAYA FOR BEGINNERS PLAYLIST: 2-4 minute videos that go over each new tool step-by-step. He has THOUSANDS of likes and comments on how this tutorial set is a "hidden gem" or a "godsend" to college students taking a Maya class. You can go through this at your own pace, learning as you go.

Here is my online folder that contains the RESOURCE PACK for this tutorial. Use it to download files and other resources, as needed. Most of the files you need will be found in the SOURCEIMAGES folder!