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HOW TO SET UP PROJECTS

Set up New/Edit/Set Project by going up to

File –> Project –> New/Edit/Set

 

NEW PROJECT

1. Name: Name of your project

2. Location: Where the folder of the project will be stored

3. Click on Use Defaults. This will create all necessary folders within the project folder.

4. Click Accept.

 

PROJECT FOLDER

Within the Maya directory in MyDocuments, you’ll find the new project folder.

The two folders right now you should know are scenes and sourceimages.

scenes: maya files are stored here, of the scenes you are working with

sourceimages: textures that you will apply to your models