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Beginner's Guide to Animation in Maya

by Delano Athias

In this Maya tutorial we will learn the foundations for animating in Maya. Software required: Maya 2011 and up.

What you'll learn

In this Maya tutorial we will learn the foundations for animating in Maya. We will start off by covering some ways we can view animation in Maya. We will then take a look at how to create and edit keyframes on the Maya timeline. After that, you will learn about the powerful Maya animation editor, the Graph Editor. And to wrap up this project, we will go over how to create a quick renders of your animations with playblasts. By the end of the course, you will understand essential terms and definitions and build a solid foundation for animating in Maya. Software required: Maya 2011 and up.

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

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