Maya 3D Animation

This Maya 3D Animation course focuses on more advanced animation, modeling, and optimization features. Autodesk Maya 3D animation software offers a comprehensive creative feature set for 3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, rendering, and compositing on a highly extensible production platform.

Maya now has next-generation display technology, accelerated modeling workflows, and new tools for handling complex data.

Topics

• Customize your Maya environment using MEL.

• Understand the importance of attributes and be able to work with them.

• Proper technique regarding animated cycles.

• Run & walk cycles.

• Lip-Sync for speaking characters.

• Acting and Animation.

• Timing and weight and how they influence believability.

• Build custom user-interface elements using MEL.

• Use expressions to add power to your animations.

• Create and use MEL procedures for use in script files.

• Understand the different elements that comprise Maya Dynamics.

• Create and animate Rigid Body objects.

• Create and animate particles using fields, goals, ramps and expressions.

• Render particles with hardware graphics and software techniques.

• Dynamically animate NURBs and polygonal surfaces using Soft Bodies.

• Utilize Artisan functionality in conjunction with Maya Dynamics tools.

• Instance geometry with particle motion.

Prerequisites

•  Introduction to Maya or prior Maya experience

Discussion

• Real world deadlines and how they relate to your workload.

• Give and takes of production. Quality of work relating to deadline. What is possible in our allotted timeline?

• Discuss MEL procedures vs manual procedures.

Goals

Students will be lead through the entire process of animating a short-film from concept to completion. This process includes storyboarding, character design, concept work, modeling & animating a character, rendering a production, and finalizing your look using Adobe After Effects