Digital Tutors - Using Syflex in Maya (T0143)

Easily learn SyFlex and begin creating various realistic simulations. Contains over 4 hours of project-driven training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists.

Popular highlights include:

* Clothing Techniques for Animated Characters
* SyCloth, SyHair, SySkin, SyFlesh
* Forces: Gravity, Damp, Air, Wind, Turbulence, Volume, Magnet, Sew
* Constraints: Nail, Pin, Mimic
* Wrinkle Maps
* Hair Maps
* Attenuation Maps
* Rigging SyFlex for Secondary Animation
* Initial States and Caching
* Collisions
* Live Mode
* Visualization Attributes
* Maya Artisan
* Troubleshooting Simulations
* Efficient Workflow Using EZFlex

Lesson Outline:

1. Introduction and project overview 0:55
2. SyFlex Quickstart - Creating Cloth 5:12
3. SyFlex Quickstart – Creating Constraints 3:00
4. SyFlex Quickstart – Understanding Scale and Dimensions 10:50
5. SyFlex Quickstart – Setting up and Fine-tuning Collisions 7:47
6. Setting up Simulations for Multiple Cloth Objects 11:35
7. Differences and Visualization Attributes for Skin 9:09
8. Layer Relationships of Skin 5:48
9. Building a Pulley System with SyFlex Hair 9:13
10. Threading a Curve with the Pin Constraint 5:18
11. Understanding SyFlex Flesh 6:24
12. Colliding Two SyFlexed Objects 10:44
13. Using Sew Force to rip apart Cloth 10:11
14. Tweaking Simulations with Live Mode 5:50
15. Snagging Curtains with a Magnet Force 8:56
16. Inflating Surfaces with Volume Forces 3:39
17. EZFlex Installation and Scene Preparation for the Flying Skwirl 6:12
18. Building Cleaner Geometry for Faster SyFlexing 6:52
19. Animating the Wings with SyFlex 10:25
20. Techniques for Shirt Simulations 6:26
21. Dancing Girl's Sundress – Troubleshooting and Fixing Cloth Issues 5:06
22. Fitting the Dress 13:05
23. Removing Interpenetrations via the Cache 7:36
24. Building a Head of Hair with SyHair 5:43
25. Tweaking SyHair with Hair Maps 8:12
26. Secondary Animation with SyFlesh 12:34
27. Using SySkin for Layered Hair 12:05
28. Attenuation and the Relationship Editor 15:25
29. SyFlexing Non-Scaled Characters 7:12
30. Morphing a Bottle to Cloth with the Mimic Constraint 9:58

Total Run Time:
4:08:44