009 Performance Animation

Using concepts by Richard Williams in the "Animators Survival Kit" This tutorial teaches basic principles of animation in Maya.

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008 Animation Basics

0001 Timing and Spacing


0002 Referencing a Rig File


Creating a reference of your rig, for use in multiple animation files.

0003 Contacts passes Arms Fixing a Gimbal Issue


Using the Richard Williams method to create contacts an passes in a walk cycle.

0004 Contacts passes Arms Fixing a Gimbal Issue


Using the Richard Williams method to create contacts an passes in a walk cycle. Also fixing a gimbal lock issue.

0005 Adding Breakdowns for Flexability working straight ahead


Adding Breakdown keys in addition to contacts and passes.

0006 Adding vitality to the head with a straight ahead run


Doing a straight-ahead run on the head.

007 Skins verts and weights

Skinning a mesh to a skeleton. Using the component editor to change the skin weight value. Also painting weights to add value to the weights. Vert level weight editing.

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0002 Skins verts and weights


0003 Skins verts and weights


0004 Skins verts and weights

Rigging Basics

0001 Maya Pig Character — Rigging Introduction Orientation Chains

Simple way to create Proper Orientation of joint chains in Maya

0002 Maya Pig Character — Changing the Radius and Color of the Joints

Adding Emphasis to the Joints to differentiate between the chains

0003 Maya Pig Character — Joint in Placement Part 1

Placement of Joints in a character.

0004 Maya Pig Character — Joint Placement Part 2

Placement of Joints in a character.

0005 Maya Pig Character — Making Connections

Connecting the joint chains in a hierarchy.

0006 Maya Pig Character — Orientation Theory Part 1

The theory of the use of proper joint orientation.

0007 Maya Pig Character — Orientation Theory Part 2

The theory of the use of proper joint orientation.

0008 Maya Pig Character — Using a Script in the Rigging Workflow

Using a script as part of the rigging workflow. the Script used can be found at http://public.me.com/anthonyromrell.

0009 Maya Pig Character — Changing the Controls 1

Modeling the controls.

0010 Maya Pig Character — Changing the Controls 2

Modeling the controls.

0011 Maya Pig Character — Changing the Controls 3

Modeling the controls.

0012 Maya Pig Character — Ephasizing Controls with Color

Coloring the controls.

0013 Maya Pig Character — Cleaning Up the Rig locking and constraining

Cleaning up the rig for animation.

0038 Maya Pig Character — Working with Maya and PhotoShop to Ctreate Textures

Materials, and Textures in a basic Maya PhotoShop workflow.

0037 Maya Pig Character — UV mapping part 9 Adding Materials and Textures

A look at Emphasis in UV mapping. Adding Materials and Textures.

0036 Maya Pig Character — UV mapping part 8

Introduction to UV Mapping. Laying out the UVs. Adding a texture grid, and looking for stretching on the mesh.