Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Lifting Heavy Objects
Software: Maya 6.5 nebo vyšší (pro projektové soubory je potřeba Maya 7)
Délka: 6 hodiny 49 minut, 3 disky
Formát: CD-ROM
Easily learn character animation and the body mechanics involved for lifting heavy objects and add style, personality, and life to you next animation. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training. Perfect for beginning and experienced animators.
Bezplatné ukázky:
Úvod a celkový přehled projektu Výsledná animace projektu
Všeobecná témata kurzu:
- Exploring the Body Mechanics of a Heavy Lift
- Animating to Show Believable Weight and Tension
- Proper Timing and Spacing using Rhythm
- Working with Storyboards
- Pose to Pose Method
- Adding Arcs
- Follow-Through
- Overlapping for Fluid Motion
- Exaggerating Poses for Appealing Movement
- Graph Editor
- Weighted Tangency & Free Tangent Weights
- Modifying Tangents
- Editing Timing of Actions with Character Sets
- Animating the Body in Sections
- Animation Hot Keys
- Character Animation and Object Checklist
Obsah DVD:
| 1. | Introduction and project overview  |
0:46 |
| 2. | Setting up the scene | 4:11 |
| 3. | Scene summary, blocking out the animation (part 1) | 12:49 |
| 4. | Blocking out the animation (part 2) | 7:54 |
| 5. | Blocking out the animation (part 3) | 8:58 |
| 6. | Blocking out the animation (part 4) | 10:14 |
| 7. | Blocking out the animation (part 5) | 9:53 |
| 8. | Adjusting the timing of the extremes to show weight and tension | 16:27 |
| 9. | Smoothing out the extremes | 7:22 |
| 10. | Frames 1-23: animating the first section of the upper body | 7:34 |
| 11. | Frames 1-43: furnishing the upper body | 11:39 |
| 12. | Frames 1-79: finishing the first section of the upper body with fixed timing, spacing and subtle motion | 15:46 |
| 13. | Frames 65-79: tweaking the upper body to show tension on character's first attempt to lift the weight | 4:40 |
| 14. | Frames 88-127: character's second, more forceful attempt to lift the weight | 10:03 |
| 15. | Frames 112-184: character preparing to throw the weight to his chest | 8:35 |
| 16. | Frames 156-186: adding follow-through motion in the head | 8:47 |
| 17. | Frames 165-184: final tweaks on the upper body to complete section four | 7:43 |
| 18. | Frames 180-230: improving the arcing motion, timing and spacing of the weight toss | 5:55 |
| 19. | Frames 180-220: modifying the timing and spacing of the weight toss | 10:42 |
| 20. | Frame 180-261: editing character's forward translation, animating head to show impact of weight hitting chest | 6:53 |
| 21. | Frames 221-272: character throwing the weight above his head | 12:28 |
| 22. | Frames 254-311: fixing the timing of the character's forward translation with the weight | 6:44 |
| 23. | Frames 286-380: moving hold in upper body, animating the fall of the weight to show gravity and impact | 9:46 |
| 24. | Frames 242-380: finalizing the weight fall | 10:01 |
| 25. | Frames 332-380: preparing hands to drop the weight, working on the last section of the upper body | 12:09 |
| 26. | Frames 311-380: finishing up the upper body | 3:42 |
| 27. | Frames 332-380: adding follow-through to the right arm | 5:00 |
| 28. | Frames 332-380: completing the right arm | 8:03 |
| 29. | Frames 272-380: refining the right wrist | 5:38 |
| 30. | Frames 332-380: fine-tuning the left arm | 7:08 |
| 31. | Frames 332-380: wrapping up the left arm | 5:55 |
| 32. | Frames 272-380: furnishing the left wrist | 4:19 |
| 33. | Frames 331-380: final tweaks on the upper body to complete section nine | 6:17 |
| 34. | Frames 1-200: blocking out the first steps and planting the feet | 7:11 |
| 35. | Frames 1-35: fine-tuning the steps | 7:24 |
| 36. | Frames 20-43: shifting the body according to the steps | 11:55 |
| 37. | Frames 66-201: finalizing the first segment of the feet |
3:17 |
| 38. | Frames 185-260: modifying the feet for the weight toss | 6:12 |
| 39. | Frames 231-330: adjusting the timing of character's step forward with weight | 10:53 |
| 40. | Frames 260-330: focusing on the foot steps | 10:58 |
| 41. | Frames 260-330: weight transfer according to steps | 10:26 |
| 42. | Frames 244-330: animating the weight to complete section three | 6:07 |
| 43. | Frames 294-380: blocking out final foot steps | 5:03 |
| 44. | Frames 294-380: refining the steps | 6:35 |
| 45. | Frames 294-380: adding shifts in the body according to the steps | 10:27 |
| 46. | Frames 1-380: animating the fist channel of the right hand | 6:25 |
| 47. | Frames 1-380: detailing individual fingers of right hand | 6:21 |
| 48. | Frames 1-380: working on the left hand | 3:53 |
| 49. | Frames 1-380: finalizing the left hand | 8:37 |
| 50. | Final tweaks to the animation! | 12:50 |
| Total Run Time: | 6:49:00 |
