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“Finally the wonders
of MEL are accessible for people with even a bare minimum
of technical knowledge! Kevin's thorough production experience
and strong educational
background shows through in this excellent series on MEL.
With his witty eloquence and well-structured approach he
makes even the most advanced
concepts and techniques understandable. This set is without
a doubt an invaluable resource for any aspiring TD - and
any artist who is interested
in optimizing and fine-tuning his pipeline .”
- Tom Kluyskens
Senior Technical Director
Sony Pictures Imageworks
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- Instructor:
Kevin MANNENS
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In this two-disc set on MEL, Kevin
Mannens introduces the rich possibilities of Maya’s Embedded
Language. With over ten hours of lecture, Kevin creates a well-structured
foundation for Maya’s scripting language. Through an
in-depth look at what goes on under Maya’s hood, he leads
you to a firm understanding of commands, syntax and procedures.
Based on real-life production examples of MEL scripts, the
second disc of this set delves right into advanced scripting
methods. By carefully dissecting every line of code in an existing
script, you will learn about each command, Kevin’s scripting
workflows, tricks and common pitfalls.
Over 10 1/2 hours of lecture.
Product Code: KMA01
Script Editor
External Editors
Variables
Data Types
Conditionals
Loops
Procedures
Top Down Design
FormLayout
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PopUpMenu/MenuItem
ListConnections
PromptDialog
StringArrayRemove
GetPanel/ModelPanel
CameraView
ScriptJob |
01:
Introduction
02: What Is MEL and What Can I Do with It?
03: Looking at Maya with Different Eyes
04: Using MEL Commands
05: Variables and Data Types
06: Conditional Statements
07: Looping Statements
08: Procedures
09: Strategies for Designing MEL Scripts
10: Environment Variables and userSetup.mel
01: Top Down Design of km_bookmarkManager
02: Creating a UI with formLayout
03: Populating Cameras & Bookmark textScrollLists
04: Renaming Elements in the TSL
05: Remaining RMB-functionality of Camera TSL
06: lookThroughBookmark & deleteBookmark
07: Copying Bookmarks
08: The "Add Bookmark" Button
09: Adding New Cameras with scriptJob
10: The Help Window
Click here to
view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this
clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 1024x768 with
higher quality compression . View the stills to the right
to see the actual resolution.
Kevin Mannens, a Belgian native, originally pursued an academic career at
the University of Leuven, where he received his MA in philosophy. Due to a
mind-boggling sequence of fortunate events, he regained consciousness and
worked three years at the Alias|Wavefront (AW) European Support Centre as an
application engineer. Traveling around Europe, Kevin worked with and trained
AW clients such as Moving Picture Company, Double Negative, CFC, Cinesite
and many more. Wanting a warmer climate and new professional challenges,
Kevin moved to Manila, in the Philippines, for a job as Technical Director
at ImagineAsia. He hasn’t looked back since and swears by his lifestyle as a
lyrical vagabond, alternating between TD and SCUBA instructor, most recently
in China, Malaysia, Philippines, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand. He is
currently Technical Director at The Moving Picture Company in London. His
feature film credits include: 10.000BC and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian.
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