Part 1: THE MAYA USER INTERFACE (UI)

Working with Maya Projects

Over the course of creating and building onto a Project in Maya, many files are created.  Maya Projects help by setting up a small network of folders to store all of your files in.

Working with Maya’s View Panels

They are the portal through which you see your creations.  Here we learn to control them and discover all that they can reveal.

Identifying the Different Elements of the UI and what they are used for

We will look at UI elements such as:

• Menu Sets
• The Status Line
• The Tool Bar
• The Channel/Layer Box
• The Attribute Editor
• The Time and Range Sliders
• The Outliner

I have provided a copy of Maya’s UI reference sheet and Keyboard Short-cuts for you to print out and bring with you to the workshop.  Click here to go back and download those sheets.

Controlling what is displayed in the UI

Customizing your workspace will help you cut through the clutter of unnecessary UI elements in Maya.

Setting up workspace and revealing keyboard short-cuts for Modeling

For use in the next section of the workshop on Modeling

Setting up workspace and revealing keyboard short-cuts for Animation

For use in the animation section of the workshop