Introduction to Animation in Maya

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Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle

Create convincing walk cycles and easily learn time-saving animation techniques in Maya. Contains over 2.5 hours of project-based training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate users.

Popular highlights include:

* Walk Cycle Diagram * Layering Body Mechanics * Follow Through and Weight * MEL Scripting for Animators * Transforming Male Walk into Female Walk * Translating Walk Cycle Forward * Keying in Channel Box * Graph Editor * Insert Key Tool * Breaking Tangents to Create the Illusion of Weight * Editing Tangents for Seamless Cycling * Cycling with Pre and Post Infinity

Introduction to MEL

Boost your productivity and learn MEL in over 2.5 hours of interactive training. Perfect for new and beginning users.

Popular highlights include:

* Overview of MEL * MEL Commands * Controlling and Adjusting Attributes * Flow of Execution * Loops * Variable & Data Types * MEL Interfaces * Custom Shader Networks

(about 159 minutes)

Non-linear Animation with Maya Trax

Learn how to implement the Trax Animation Editor in Maya for fast and efficient non-linear animation. Contains over 2.5 hours of project-driven training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists.

Popular highlights include:

* Trax Editor * Animation Clips * Poses * Constraint Clips * Expression Clips * Clip Moving, Scaling, Trimming, Cycling, Blending, Splitting, Merging * Absolute / Relative Clips * Import / Export Clips * Non-destructive Animation * Mixing and Deriving Animation * Time Warp Curves * Character and Sub-character Sets * Character Mapper * Character Redirection * Character Retargeting with Neutral Poses & Joint Labeling * Bake Simulation

This video was added to our catalog on March 21, 2007 in Digital Art - 3D::Animation and Digital Art - 3D::Maya.

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