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Maya Animation For Beginners - Mastering The Fundamentals of Animation in Maya

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Overview

Get ready to do your own 3D animations in Autodesk Maya!

Learn and master everything you need to know to get started in animation - taught by a Bafta award winning animator

Maya is the essential industry standard 3D animation software. Maya is a must in the film and the video games industry. In this course, you'll learn how to master the fundamentals and principles of animation to give you a solid foundation when starting your animations from scratch.

Syllabus

  • Course Introduction
  • My Mentors
  • 2. How To Download a Free Trial of Maya
  • Zurbrigg Media Player For Animation Playback
  • How To Download your free rigs for this course
  • Animation Interface Introduction
  • Manipulators and Camera Movement
  • How To Create Custom Hotkeys
  • How To Create A Playblast
  • The Graph Editor Part 1
  • The Graph Editor Part 2
  • The Motion Trail Tool
  • IK FK
  • Principles Of Animation
  • Why Is The Bouncing Ball An Absolute Fundamental To Master
  • Key Poses And Breakdown Poses
  • Exercise Bouncing Ball
  • Bouncing Ball Squash And Stretch Exercise
  • Light Bouncing Ball Exercise
  • Heavy Bouncing Ball Exercise
  • Anticipation And Overlap
  • Overshoots
  • Upper Body As The Pendulum
  • The Arm As A Pendulum Exercise Lecture
  • The Jump Exercise
  • Introduction To Walks
  • The Importance of Arcs And Paths Of Action
  • Planning And Blocking
  • Blocking Walk Cycle Hips And Legs
  • Splining Walk Cycle Hips And Legs
  • Polishing Walk Cycle Hips And Legs
  • Walk Exercise
  • Exaggeration Weight And Balance
  • The Importance Of Reference
  • Exercise Side Shift Of Weight
  • Exercise – Picking Up Heavy Weight Shifting Exercise
  • Games Industry Standard Default Animation Set
  • What We Will Animate From The List
  • In Game Idle Animation Exercise
  • In Game Run Animation Exercise
  • Creating a Showreel For A Job
  • Networking
  • Applying For Jobs

Taught by

Opi Chaggar

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