How to Cheat in Maya 2013 Tools and Techniques for Character Animation

Name: How to Cheat in Maya 2013 Tools and Techniques for Character Animation
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ISBN: 9780240525907

ISBN-10: 0240525906

ISBN-13: 9780240525907

Edition: 2013

Authors: Eric Luhta, Kenny Roy

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All professional animators know a handful of secrets that give them an edge in a production environment. "How to Cheat in Maya" puts these secrets in your hands! Learn time and energy saving techniques tested in real Hollywood productions in this book, jam-packed with screenshots and scene files designed to get you up to speed quickly. From menus to modeling, lipsync to lighting, How to Cheat in Maya 2013 covers all of the methods available in the latest version of Maya. Get up to speed quickly and produce stellar results with these insider workflows. With new, updated cheats for the latest version of Maya, "How to Cheat in Maya" is an essential guide for amateur and professional 3D…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/9/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.48" wide x 9.69" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.760

Eric Luhta is a professional animator whose recent credits include "Bioshock 2", "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs", "Horton Hears A Who!", and numerous television commercials. Eric has extensive experience with Autodesk's Maya, including teaching it, as an instructor for the Maya Training Program at AnimationMentor.com. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and 3 computers.



How to Cheat and Why


Acknowledgments


How to Use This Book



Animation Principles


Squash and Stretch


Anticipation


Staging


Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose


Overlapping Action/Follow-through


Slow In/Slow Out


Arcs


Secondary Action


Timing


Exaggeration


Solid Drawing


Appeal


Interlude: What Is "Workflow"?



Splines


How Splines Work


Splines and Spacing


Tangent Types


Tangent Handles


Spline Technique


Spline Reference


Interlude: To School or Not to School?



Graph Editor


Graph Editor Windup


Visual Tools


Working with Keys


Value Operators


Buffer Curves


Speed Cheats



Techniques


Auto Key


Timeline Techniques


Cartoony Motion


Trax Editor


Copying Curves


Editable Motion Trails


IK and FK


IK/FK Switching


Character Sets


Multiple Pivot Points


Reblocking


Interlude: Office Etiquette



Constraints


Parenting


Parent Constraints


Constraining a Prop


Constraint Weights


Animating with Constraints


Interlude: The Right Stuff



Rigging Cheats


Rig Testing


Sprucing It Up


Visual Switches


Interlude: Holding Your Own



Cameras and Layout


Framing and Lenses


Camera Sequencer


UberCam


Animating Cameras


Interlude: Finding Inspiration



Workflow


Planning/Reference


FCheck Trick


Stepped Keys


Checking Silhouette


Moving Holds When Splining


Moving Holds w/ Retime Tool


Refining Arcs in Polish


Final Texture


Spotlight-ï¿½zgï¿½r Aydogdu 202



Cycles


Cycle Basics


Stride Length


Walk Cycle


Flying Cycle


Quad cycles



Referencing


Referencing Basics


Offline Edits


Saving Reference Edits


Interlude: Giving Feedback



Facial Animation


Planning and Prep


Core Poses


Lip Sync 1 - Jaw Motion


Lip Sync 2 - Mouth Corners


Lip Sync 3 - Mouth Shapes


Lip Sync 4 - Tongue


Blinks


Blink and Brows


Eye Darts


Final Touches


Interlude: Repetitive Stress-Injury



Animation Layers


How Animation Layers Work


Animation Layer Basics


Creating Variations


Creating Variations 2


Layers for Texture


Interlude: Your Demo Reel


Animator Interviews


Index