Introduction to Animation in Maya 2014
This set of Maya animation tutorials, will guide you through the intuitive and fun animation tools of Maya. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2014.
What you'll learn
This set of Maya animation tutorials, will guide you through the intuitive and fun animation tools of Maya. We'll learn everything from how to set up our animation preferences and create key frames, to learning how animation can be modified from Maya's Time Slider and Graph Editor. We'll learn how to animate objects along a path, how to work non-destructively with animation layers, how to draw inside of our viewport with Maya's Grease Pencil tool, and how to animate with constraints. We'll even learn how to transfer animation between characters with the help of a few Character Sets and the Trax Editor. By the end, you'll have the understanding you need to animate comfortably inside of Maya. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2014.
Table of contents
- Exploring the Animation Preferences 14m
- Finishing Our Walk-through of the Animation Preferences and Adjusting the Time Slider Settings 12m
- Playback Controls and the Time Slider 9m
- Setting Keyframes 11m
- A Look at the Set Key Tool 11m
- Adding Moving Holds 3m
- Manipulating Keys on the Time Slider 11m
- Working with Key Ticks 3m
- The Graph Editor 13m
- Function Curve Interpolation Types 10m
- Utilizing Buffer Curves 4m
- Reversing Animation with the Scale Keys Tool 7m
- Breaking Tangents 5m
- Moving Holds and Weighted Tangents 5m
- Animating an Infinite Cycle 7m
- Automating Movement with Expressions 9m
- Baking Animations 6m
- Optimizing Animation Data 3m
- Efficiently Modifying a Group of Keyframes via the Graph Editor 5m
- Gimbal Lock and the Euler Filter 3m
- Transferring Animation with Character Sets and the Trax Editor 14m
- Ghosting Animation Sequences 6m
- Editable Motion Trails 8m
- The Grease Pencil and Animation Layers 7m
- Animating Objects Along a Path 12m
- Animating with Constraints 10m
- Creating Real-time Previews with Playblasts 7m
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