In this two-disc set on MEL, Kevin Mannens introduces the rich possibilities of Maya’s Embedded Language. With over ten hours of lecture, Kevin creates a well-structured foundation for Maya’s scripting language. Through an in-depth look at what goes on under Maya’s hood, he leads you to a firm understanding of commands, syntax and procedures. Based on real-life production examples of MEL scripts, the second disc of this set delves right into advanced scripting methods. By carefully dissecting every line of code in an existing script, you will learn about each command, Kevin’s scripting workflows, tricks and common pitfalls.
Over 10 1/2 hours of lecture.
Product Code: KMA01
Script Editor External Editors Variables Data Types Conditionals Loops Procedures Top Down Design FormLayout
01: Introduction 02: What Is MEL and What Can I Do with It? 03: Looking at Maya with Different Eyes 04: Using MEL Commands 05: Variables and Data Types 06: Conditional Statements 07: Looping Statements 08: Procedures 09: Strategies for Designing MEL Scripts 10: Environment Variables and userSetup.mel
01: Top Down Design of km_bookmarkManager 02: Creating a UI with formLayout 03: Populating Cameras & Bookmark textScrollLists 04: Renaming Elements in the TSL 05: Remaining RMB-functionality of Camera TSL 06: lookThroughBookmark & deleteBookmark 07: Copying Bookmarks 08: The "Add Bookmark" Button 09: Adding New Cameras with scriptJob 10: The Help Window
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Kevin Mannens, a Belgian native, originally pursued an academic career at the University of Leuven, where he received his MA in philosophy. Due to a mind-boggling sequence of fortunate events, he regained consciousness and worked three years at the Alias|Wavefront (AW) European Support Centre as an application engineer. Traveling around Europe, Kevin worked with and trained AW clients such as Moving Picture Company, Double Negative, CFC, Cinesite and many more. Wanting a warmer climate and new professional challenges, Kevin moved to Manila, in the Philippines, for a job as Technical Director at ImagineAsia. He hasn’t looked back since and swears by his lifestyle as a lyrical vagabond, alternating between TD and SCUBA instructor, most recently in China, Malaysia, Philippines, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand. He is currently Technical Director at The Moving Picture Company in London. His feature film credits include: 10.000BC and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
