Introduction to Animation in Maya
In this series of tutorials we learn the powerful and intuitive animation tools of Maya. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2015.
What you'll learn
In this series of Maya animation tutorials we learn the powerful and intuitive animation tools of Maya.
In this course you will learn;
- How to set up our animation preferences and create keyframes
- How to edit animation from Maya's Time Slider and Graph Editor
- How to animate objects along a path
- How to work non-destructively with animation layers
- How to create animated thumbnails inside of our viewport with Maya's Grease Pencil tool
- How to animate with the Constraints
- How to transfer animation between characters with the help of a few Character Sets and the Trax Editor
By the end of this training, you'll have the understanding you need to animate comfortably inside of Maya.
Software required: Autodesk Maya 2015.
Table of contents
- Exploring Maya's Animation Preferences 6m
- Finishing Our Walk-through of the Animation Preferences 9m
- Setting Keyframes in Maya 6m
- Animation Layers, Transform Keys and Maya's Set Key Tool 8m
- Adding Moving Holds in Maya 5m
- Working with Key Ticks 4m
- Editing Keys on the Time Slider 7m
- The Graph Editor 8m
- Editing Keys in the Graph Editor and F-curve Interpolation Types 11m
- Utilizing Buffer Curves 5m
- Breaking Tangents 6m
- Moving Holds and Weighted Tangents 4m
- Animating Seamless Cycles in Maya 6m
- Completing Our Animated Cycle 5m
- Automating Movement with Expressions 8m
- Baking Animation 6m
- Optimizing Animation Data 4m
- Gimbal Lock and the Euler Filter 2m
- Animating an Object Along a Path 7m
- Finishing Our Path Animation 5m
- Animating with Constraints 6m
- Ghosting Animated Objects 4m
- Editable Motion Trails 5m
- The Grease Pencil 7m
- Transferring Animation with Character Sets and the Trax Editor 10m
- Creating Real-time Previews with Playblasts 5m
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