Channel: Maya Learning Channel

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: maya tutorial

Description: USD (or Universal Scene Description) is quickly becoming a hot topic in the world of computer graphics. But what is it exactly, and why should you care? In this video, we get down to the bottom of it from an artist's perspective. For more information on USD, check out these resources: Pixar's official USD Home: graphics.pixar.com/usd/release/index.html Pixar's test kitchen suite: graphics.pixar.com/usd/release/dl_kitchen_set.html Create an epic robot battle in USD and Bifrost!: youtu.be/FwqS7f8Vb9k Maya USD on GitHub: github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd Catch up with Maya (USD content at 10:00): youtu.be/95h-3irNSCs Moana Island Scene: disneyanimation.com/resources/moana-island-scene License for Moana Island Scene Copyright 2017-2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - What is USD? 01:25 - Why use USD? 02:53 - Prims 04:05 - USD data vs Maya data 05:31 - Variants 06:45 - Layers and opinions