Create GUI in Maya with MASH

About this course

MASH is a very powerful Motion Graphics and Visual Effects plugin that now ships with Maya. It is a procedural system that allows you to create complex simulations and animations with an easy-to-use interface.MASH is often used in motion graphics scenarios. However, MASH can easily be harnessed in a Visual Effects shot as it has plenty of scope to create dynamic and realistic simulations, especially when combined with the rendering power of Arnold.GUI is a popular area of Visual Effects and Motion Graphics. Being present in many Marvel films and plenty of other sci-fi films it is a visual that many people are familiar with.This course aims to break down the process of creating GUI elements in MASH for Maya that are ready for film. These GUI elements will be rendered in Arnold for our VFX shot and we will aim to composite these elements into a greenscreen plate. The course will briefly cover chroma keying in After Effects and Nuke but the primary focus is the utilisation of MASH to create the GUI elements.The pre-requisites to this course are as follows:A basic understanding of navigating MayaAccess to a copy of Maya from 2017 onwardsAccess to After Effects and/or Nuke with an understanding of basic navigationPrevious experience of chroma keying is useful but not essentialThe rest I will teach you from the ground up across 1 main exercisesCourse outlineLesson 1 – Accessing greenscreen footage (A walkthrough of where to access the greenscreen footage used in this course)Lesson 2 – Creating and Rendering our Main GUI element (This session will introduce you to some key techniques for using MASH to create GUI elements)Lesson 3 – Keying breakdown in Nuke (This session will show a breakdown of the keying process in Nuke)Lesson 4 – Despill and final composite in Nuke (This session will show you some key despill methods in Nuke and i

Course objectives

• to teach the use of MASH for creating GUI elements
• to guide through the rendering process using Arnold
• to provide an overview of chroma keying techniques