Maya Quick tips and tricks- General
What follows are some quick tips and tricks to make working in maya easier and faster
1. Working without a 3 button mouse
Many people dont have a 3 button mouse, particurly when working on a laptop, so they struggle to do a lot of things. If you’re one of these people, dont despere, help is at hand! I you go in to windows> settings/preferences > preferences and chose interface and then scroll down to devices and select wich ever option applys to your mouse. Now if you want to use the RMB or MMB you can hold down ctrl or cmd respectivly (this may vary with keyboard).
2. Changing manipulator size
You can easily decrease/ increase manipulator sizes with the + and - keys. In prefererences you can also change the line size under display > manipulators
3. Use incremental saves
If you’re a frequent victim of maya’s crashes then to avoid loss of data you can use incremental saves. You can set it up by going to file > save scene > option box
4. Never use ambient lights
Ambient lights are perfect for destroying the mood of a scene. If you use them, only do so at low intensities
