Maya Programming: Making Tools To Make Magic

Chad Morgan, LucasArts, San Rafael

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Maya has been used to make combatants in Gladius battle, Spiderman swing through New York City, and gave life (and fur) to Stuart Little. But even the most talented artist is limited by the capabilities of the tools at hand. Luckily, Maya is greatly extendable through the MEL scripting language and the API. Come see how easy it is to make Maya do whatever you want it to do.