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Selecting objects - Maya Tutorial

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Selecting objects

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- [Instructor] When we work with objects in Maya, we often have to select them, so let's take a look at some of the selection tools in Maya. Now, you can find the Select tool here, or you can hit the hot key, which is the letter Q. Now, all I have to do to select an object is hover over it and left click. And now, that object highlights. If I want to select a different object, all I have to do is left click on that and notice how that selects and the other object deselects. Now, if I want to deselect everything, all I have to do is click on nothing. Now, if I want to select multiple objects, the Shift key comes in handy, so all I'll have to do is select one object and then hold down the Shift key and select the second. Now, notice how the first object is highlighted in white, but the second object is highlighted in green. Now, the green object is the last object selected. And this can be important in certain places in Maya where the order of selection is important. Now, if I want to continue selecting objects, I can just hold down Shift and continue selecting, and notice how that green highlight always shows the last object selected. Now, I can also deselect by continuing to hold down the Shift key and selecting additional objects, so I can basically just toggle objects on and off by either left clicking on them one or more times. Now, again, to deselect, you just click on nothing. Now, another way to select is to use what's called marquee select. So, I can left click and hold and you can see I can basically draw a box. So if I wanted to, I could draw a box around these objects and they would select, or I could draw a box around these objects and they would select. Now, if I wanted to, I could hold down the Shift key and select some more objects and select them as well. Now, the objects only have to be slightly inside the box. The box does not have to completely surround the objects for them to be selected. And you can also use marquee select to deselect objects as well. So, those are some of the ways that we can select and deselect objects in Maya.

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