This
class is an introduction to animating in Maya. The first few weeks will
concentrate on moving around Maya and also building a set and props. Each week I will post a new posting onto top of the previous one.
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WEEK_08 Friday March 9
Maya Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
Maya uses both graphic formats: Bitmap and Vector
WEEK_05 Friday February 16
WEEK_04 Friday February 9
WEEK_03 Friday February 2
WEEK_02 Friday January 26
WEEK_01 Friday January 19
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Thank you.
Jimr
WEEK_08 Friday March 9
Maya Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
Maya uses both graphic formats: Bitmap and Vector
How do you make a Key Frame on the Timeline?
What do the Hotkeys Q, W, E, R do?
When using these Hotkeys, what happens when you press the + or - buttons?
What is the Graph Editor for?
WEEK_05 Friday February 16
The Animation Rig
DUE:
Project 2: Bouncing Ball
Lecture/Demo: The
stages of animation workflow in CG and Key posing.
Referencing Rig File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK2U2fHkYQk
Project
3: Posing Malcolm: 5 standing/5 sitting poses. Be sure to add a floor and some sort of simple background for Malcolm to stand in. Other wise he will be surrounded in solid black background.
Here are some Malcolm poses with a free maya set.
NOTE: Maya now renders with a new render named Arnold which has a little trick to turning it on. Here's a tutorial explaining the process when you want to shoot your Malcolm poses.
Arnold render settings:
SELECT the Light or lights in your scene
Open attribute editor
click on arnold tab, you have to scroll down quite a bit.
set on Constant
Presto?
This video explains it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GcDlYq8vGM8
Here are some Malcolm poses with a free maya set.
NOTE: Maya now renders with a new render named Arnold which has a little trick to turning it on. Here's a tutorial explaining the process when you want to shoot your Malcolm poses.
Arnold render settings:
SELECT the Light or lights in your scene
Open attribute editor
click on arnold tab, you have to scroll down quite a bit.
set on Constant
Presto?
This video explains it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Reading/Watching/Listening:
o
James Baxter
Notes on Acting for Animation http://floobynooby.blogspot.fr/2012/04/james-baxter-notes-on-acting-for.html
Additional Independent Optional Tool Learning:
○ Basics of
Maya Keyframe Animation - http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=96
○ Importing Audio
Into Maya - http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=74
WEEK_04 Friday February 9
Class 4
- Bouncing Ball continued:
DUE: Work in Progress: Bouncing Ball
Lecture/Demo: Class
critique of student animation.
How to set up scenes and create playblasts.
Project 2 continued: Bouncy ball - Second Pass, block out Box
Reading/Watching/Listening:
o
The importance of research in Pre-production -
http://masteringfilm.com/art-departments-and-the-importance-of-research-in-pre-production/
WEEK_03 Friday February 2
Bouncing Ball rig
DUE: Your
Animation Stage set
Lecture/Demo: Animating a bouncing ball rig
Animation workflow in CG - Bouncy Ball Rig demo.
Bouncy ball rig here: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/thebouncin-ball
o
First pass at bouncy ball (needs to tell a
STORY!!!)
Block
out Ball with an Attitude, it bounces over to a new location
o
Import rigs into a Maya scene. Save Master scene and then a _v001
file.
Animate
changes in v001 and save different versions. Intro to Step tangents, Key Framing, Graph Editor and Playblasts.
Reading/Watching/Listening:
o
Animation Mentor
Timing and Spacing Webinar - http://www.animationmentor.com/webinar/timing-and-spacing-webinar/
Project 2: Bouncing ball: Animate a bouncing ball on your set. Save a playblast. Make sure you label the file: yourname_ballproj02_v001 or whatever version # it is.
WEEK_02 Friday January 26
Modeling in Maya: Polygon and Nurbs
Lecture/Demo: Modeling in Maya- (Build a simple set and props)
Maya modeling basics
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0zIKi2FHdI
Additional Independent Optional Tool Learning:
○ Maya Basics - Selecting Components
- https://youtu.be/BnZLpoD5NqQ
Reading/Watching/Listening:
○ Maya Basics - Creating primitive objects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54XbeGspD4
○ Maya tutorial
basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYNMTZjY5U4
Additional Independent Optional Tool Learning:
○ How to make 3D text in Maya -
Project
1: Build a Set for your
rigs to play in for next class
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WEEK_01 Friday January 19
Class 1 -
Introductions / Pipeline / User Interface (UI)
Lecture/Demo:
Introduction to
Autodesk Maya
Shortcuts to Navigating
Always create a Maya project file first!
CG Production Workflow
•Modeling: Polygon, Nurbs, Subdivision and Deformers.
•Rigging: Building and attaching a rig
skeleton to the character model.
•Texturing: Colors, Textures and Shading
•
•Animation: Staging, Blocking, Key
Poses, Inbetweens,Previews and Final
•Lighting: Lighting the objects and environment in the camera view.
• Rendering: Renders out
all the information one frame at a time.
Maya uses both graphic
formats
Vector graphics used Bitmap Graphics used
in modeling in Rendering Images
Shortcuts to Navigating
•Alt+MMB+Click: Track around window
(Left, Right, Up
or Down)
•Alt+RMB+Click: Dollies In or Out
Scroll Wheel: Acting as a MMB, Same
Action
•Alt+Click: Rotates or Orbits
around in Persp.
Window
•Alt+Ctrl+Click & Drag: Rotates or Orbits
around in Persp.
Window
•Always
name this file properly…
Myfirstprojectwhichisthesolarsystem = BAD
Solar_System
= GOOD
•Solar
System = Project Folder
•planets_001 =
Scene file version
•Save
Versions of your work
•Planets_001,
planets_002, planets_003 … planets_085
Save Early, Save Often!
Setting a Maya
Project:
Class
requirements: class
introduction account at the AREA (http://area.autodesk.com)
Maya 2018 Help: http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2018/ENU/
Maya How To
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/MayaHowTos
Additional
Independent Optional Tool Learning:
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