Introduction to Autodesk Maya
Course 1 – First Approach to Maya: Create 3D text: Polygon tool
By Miguel Miranda , 3D Modeler
About the video: Create 3D text: Polygon tool
Overview
“We will use the polygon tool tool to create polygons from scratch and make 3D texts easily.”
In this video lesson Miguel Miranda addresses the topic: Create 3D text: Polygon tool, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1 – First Approach to Maya. Get to know the work environment and create your first animation.
Partial transcription of the video
“MAYA COURSE 1 LESSON 6 Create 3D text. Polygon tool In this lesson we will see how to create 3D text and also the Polygon tool. Go for it. To use the Polygon tool we have several options. The first is with a dialog box that appears here in the 3D viewer, Just like when we left pressing the space, this menu appeared. If we press the left Shift, we leave it pressed we give it the right button, we leave it pressed, This box appears with options to create polys. On the right, we still have here. At the top we see Create Polygon tool. We also have the option to go to Mesh tools and in Create Pol...”
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Course summary for: Course 1 – First Approach to Maya

Miguel Miranda
By Miguel Miranda
Miguel Miranda has been a 3D artist for the past ten years, specializing in 3D character creation. He has modeled characters for advertising, film, video game cinematics, video games, and cartoons.
Throughout his career, he has worked for various studios and currently works as a modeler at 23lunes Animation Studio and on privately commissioned projects.
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