Basic questions about Maya

[Adam Trachtenberg]

Someone can certainly learn a lot about the program in one or two semesters, but proficiency at the end of the day would depend on the students’ experience coming in.

[Tim Shetz]

I currently teach at a school that offers 2 terms of Cinema 4D. Our classes meet twice a week for 7 hours (3 hrs lecture, 4 hrs lab) for 5 weeks for a total of 70 hours.

Most of our students have little or no experience in 3D. At the end of the 2 terms, they are quite proficient with Cinema 4D. What I see happen more often than not is that the students get SO excited about working in 3D that they eat up everything they can about the program.

Obviously there are some students that don’t find it as easy as others and they tend to get frustrated. Even those students with a little extra help tend to be proficient enough to use the program.

Tim

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Tim Shetz
c4dtraining.com

[Kat Hayes]

The students will have zero experience coming into the class.

[Kat Hayes]

1. If you do not mind me asking, is this a private school, community college, etc.?

2. By becoming quite “proficient” what are they able to develop after 1 term? What about after 2 terms? Example: A 30-second animated sequence? A 1-minute one? etc.

Thanks.

[Tim Shetz]

I don’t mind at all:

1)It is a 4 year college. The program is for motion graphics.

2)The first term is spent mostly on learning the program and how to use the tools to model. By the end of the term they create a fairly simple animation mostly using camera moves. The second term is spent learning how to animate and use Mograph.

I have seen students come out of the first term making some incredible things. By the second term, they are creating some really cool commercial quality animations. These are the only 2 formal classes they get with Cinema, but as they go on in the program they continue to learn by using it on projects.

I hope that helps.

Tim

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Tim Shetz
c4dtraining.com