Character Animation Fundamentals with Maya [2011, ENG]

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Character Animation Fundamentals with Maya

Год выпуска: 2011
Производитель: Lynda.com
Сайт производителя: http://www.lynda.com/Maya-tutorials/Character-Animation-Fundamentals-with-Maya/54994-2.html
Автор: George Maestri
Продолжительность: 6 ч. 6 мин.
Тип раздаваемого материала: Видеоурок
Язык: Английский
Описание: In Character Animation Fundamentals with Maya, author George Maestri employs the basic principles of animation to bring to life simple 3D characters in Maya. Starting with an overview of the character rig, the course provides guidelines for arranging stock characters into strong poses and explains how to generate locomotion between poses in a modular fashion. The course includes step-by-step instructions on animating realistic gestures, walks, runs, facial expressions, and dialogue, and culminates with an animated scene built entirely from scratch. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

- Using screen-drawing tools for Windows and Mac
- Quickly posing characters with custom MEL scripts and layers
- Understanding forces and their role in creating lifelike animation
- Sequencing and timing pose-to-pose animation
- Fine-tuning transitions
- Animating a character's gait and run
- Crafting realistic facial expressions
- Syncing speech to animated dialogue
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0. Introduction
Introduction
Using the exercise files
Character rig overview: Simple character
Character rig overview: Full character
Using other rigs
Using screen drawing tools for Windows
Using screen drawing tools for the Mac

1. Posing Digital Characters
Creating strong poses
Creating custom MEL scripts to help pose characters
Using layers to select characters
Learning the basics of posing characters
Creating stock poses

2. Animating Characters in Motion
Understanding forces and character motion
Understanding drag
Working with secondary motion
Bringing the character to life
Refining the animation

3. Creating Pose to Pose Animation
Keyframing initial poses
Creating the blocking pass
Moving holds
Animating weight shift
Animating pose to pose transitions
Animating a wave

4. Animating Walks
Analyzing a walk
Setting up a character for a basic walk
Animating a walk: The feet
Animating a walk: The lower body
Animating a walk: Making the cycle symmetrical
Animating a walk: Working with the spine
Animating a walk: Arm motion
Animating a walk: The head

5. Adding Character to a Walk
The importance of the passing position
Working with foot placement
Adding character to a walk: Contact position
Adding character to a walk: Passing position
Adding character to a walk: Finalizing

6. Animating Runs
A run in four poses
Animating a run: The first pose
Animating a run: The second pose
Animating a run: Mirroring the basic poses
Animating a run: Hip and foot motion
Animating a run: The upper body
Animating a run: Left arm motion
Animating a run: Right arm motion
Animating a run: Cycling the animation

7. Facial Animation and Dialogue
Animating blinks
Animating changes in eye direction
Animating a head turn
Working with audio
Overview of mouth controls
Animating vowels
Animating consonants: B, D, and G
Animating consonants: F, M, and S
Animating lip sync: Assigning phonemes
Animating lip sync: The head
Animating lip sync: The body

8. Animating a Scene
Creating the main poses
Blocking poses to dialogue
In-between blocking pass
Animating moving holds
Creating weight
Adding secondary motion
Animating dialogue
Finalizing the animation

9. Conclusion
Goodbye
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Файлы примеров: присутствуют
Формат видео: MOV
Видео: H-264 - MPEG-4 AVC 960x540 15 kbps
Аудио: MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a) 48000 Hz stereo 15 kbps
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