Quick Start to Animation in Maya: Volume 3
Welcome to Volume 3 of the Quick Start to Animation in Maya, a series of specially constructed tutorials meant to be followed in sequence and interspersed with valuable exercises to reinforce learned concepts. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2015.
What you'll learn
Welcome to Volume 3 of the Quick Start to Animation in Maya, a series of specially constructed tutorials meant to be followed in sequence and interspersed with valuable exercises to reinforce learned concepts. In this volume, we'll build on the concepts covered in Volume 2. We'll start by learning about Character Sets. We'll then learn how create animation clips with Maya's Trax Editor. Once our clips have been made, we'll learn how to export them to create a repository of animations, and then how to import them back into Maya. We'll also learn how to blend animation clips and create time warp effects. These tutorials are designed to be taken in sequence so we really encourage you to start with Volume 2 before continuing with this section. We also encourage you to take advantage of the assignments that follow each volume. These assignments will allow you to take what you've learned and apply those tools and techniques to your own projects. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2015.
Table of contents
- Creating Character Sets 7m
- Creating Animation Clips with the Trax Editor 9m
- Exporting Animation Clips 5m
- Creating an Animation Clip for the Turret's Idle 3m
- Importing Animation Clips 4m
- Cycling and Blending Animation Clips 6m
- Warping Time in an Animation Clip 6m
- Extracting Animation from Clips and Adding Global Time Warp Effect 7m
- Volume 3 Assignment 1m
About the author
Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more