Maya: Animation Fundamentals

Running Time (5:46 hrs)

Learn how to model characters in Maya. Go through the main tools/workflows of Maya’s robust poly modelling toolset used by the majority of industry professionals. Create your own characters here…

Rig Ref Animation (30 mins)

1.1: Simple Rig (1:31 mins)
1.2: Folder Structure (1:15 mins)
1.3: Anim Setup (0:29 mins)
1.4: Load/Unload (0:46 mins)
1.5: Modify Rig (2:07 mins)
1.6: Anim Update (1:09 mins)
1.7: Hires File-sizes (2:49 mins)
1.8: Ref Namespaces (0:47 mins)
2.1: Zanzi Rig Intro (1:05 mins)
2.2: Outliner Cleanup (1:19 mins)
3.1: Rig Speed Test (1:10 mins)
3.2: SubD Speed Optimisation (1:01 mins)
3.3: SubD Multiple Obj (1:09 mins)
3.4: Open Vs Maya SubDs (1:27 mins)
4.1: Delete Anim (0:21 mins)
4.2: Del Trig Constraint (1:17 mins)
4.3: Del Unused Nodes (0:25 mins)
4.4: Save Backup Rig (0:34 mins)
5.1: Anim Scene Setup (1:02 mins)
5.2: Light Setup (1:33 mins)
5.3: Save Animation File (1:02 mins)
5.4: Trigger Shadow Off (0:42 mins)
5.5: Anim Trigger Setup (1:20 mins)
5.6: Animate (0:38 mins)
6.1: Modify Rig (2:29 mins)
6.2: Update Animation Files (1:19 mins)

Anim Fundamental Tools (1:06 hrs)

1.1: Snowman Build (1:35 mins)
1.2: Snowman Info (0:23 mins)
2.1: Framerate Setup (0:41 mins)
2.2: Setting Keyframes (0:24 mins)
2.3: Delete Keyframe (0:28 mins)
2.4: Playback Controls (1:14 mins)
2.5: Scrub Mode (0:18 mins)
2.6: Time Slider Recover (0:21 mins)
2.7: Keyframe Attribute (1:21 mins)
2.8: Channel Box Keys (1:09 mins)
2.9: Channel Box Adjust (0:58 mins)
2.91: Auto Key (1:39 mins)
3.1: Moving Keys Timeslider (0:47 mins)
3.2: Copy Paste Timeslider (1:03 mins)
3.3: Middle Click Drag Mode (1:11 mins)
3.4: Object Copy Paste Keys (1:38 mins)
3.5: Advanced Copy Paste (0:55 mins)
3.6: Timeslider Scale Keys (0:45 mins)
3.7: Snap Keys (0:24 mins)
4.1: Adding Sound (1:16 mins)
5.1: Set Range (1:14 mins)
5.2: Playback Looping (0:36 mins)
5.3: Key Ticks (0:48 mins)
5.4: Playback Speed (1:36 mins)
5.5: Grease Pencil (0:48 mins)
5.6: Tangents (2:16 mins)
5.7: Keys Menu (1:31 mins)
6.1: Manipulator Modes (3:52 mins)
7.1: Setting Up Cameras (2:56 mins)
7.2: Playblasting Basics (1:02 mins)
7.3: Playblast Options (2:31 mins)
7.4: Saving Playblasts (2:29 mins)
8.1: Snowman Camera Setup (1:51 mins)
8.2: First Pose In-betweens (3:52 mins)
8.3: Snowman Anticipation (3:26 mins)
8.4: Snowman’s jump (5:14 mins)
8.5: Snowman’s Moving Hold (3:10 mins)
8.6: Arcs And Gimbal (7:08 mins)
8.7: Playblast Snowman (1:33 mins)

Video Introduction

Graph Fundamentals (55 mins)

1.1: Introduction (1:07 mins)
1.2: Opening The Editor (0:38 mins)
1.3: Graph Importance Explained (2:21 mins)
1.4: Navigation (2:36 mins)
2.1: Moving Keys (1:51 mins)
2.2: Moving Numerically (1:38 mins)
2.3: Create And Delete (2:06 mins)
3.1: Scale Keys (0:54 mins)
3.2: Other Scale Types (2:34 mins)
3.3: Numerical Retime (1:16 mins)
3.4: Multi Scale Script (1:19 mins)
4.1: Copy And Pasting (2:51 mins)
5.1: First Shelf Icons (1:40 mins)
5.2: Key Values (0:59 mins)
6.1: Tangents Intro (1:09 mins)
6.2: Spline Tangents (1:16 mins)
6.3: Linear And Stepped (2:19 mins)
6.4: Auto Tangents (1:20 mins)
6.5: Clamped Tangents (1:10 mins)
6.6: Plateau Tangents (1:38 mins)
6.7: Fixed And Default Tangents (1:04 mins)
7.1: Break and Free Tangents (3:32 mins)
8.1: Autoload Graph (2:03 mins)
8.2: Pin Animation Curves (0:40 mins)
9.1: Snapshot Curves (1:11 mins)
9.2: Normalizing Stacking Curves (2:48 mins)
10.1: Cycling Curves (2:24 mins)
11.1: Snap Icons (1:46 mins)
11.2: Move Lock (0:58 mins)
12.1: Euler Filter (1:45 mins)
12.2: Baking Keys (1:06 mins)
13.1: Hotkeys Hold Snap (1:45 mins)
13.2: Zoo Tangent Works (1:37 mins)