T0391 - Digital Tutors - Introduction To Animation XSI

Learn the essentials of animation and creative approaches to effectively using XSI's robust animation tools. Contains 6 hours of project-driven training for aspiring animators and experienced artists seeking a refresher.Popular highlights include:

• Overview of XSI Animation Tools


• Understanding Non-linear Animation


• Manipulating Keyframes from Timeline


• Overview of Animation Editor


• Using Animation Mixer


• Animation Preferences


• Frame Rate Preferences


• Copying and Pasting Animation


• Fine-tuning animation


• Editing Keyframes


• Dope Sheet


• Region Tool


• Utilizing Expressions


• Using Edit Key Tool


• Editing Slope Handles


• Controlling Function Curves


• Utilizing Snapshots


• Automating with Cycle Tools


• Animating Seamless Cycles


• Plotting Function Curve Cycles


• Ghosting Animation


• Path Animation


• Layering Animation


• Plotting Parameters


• Optimizing Keyframe Data


• Transitioning Animation Clips


• Animating with Constraints


• Linking Parameters


• Parameter-driven Relationships


• Real-time Previews of Sequences

Lesson Outline:

1.	Overview of XSI's timeline	10:23
2.	Understanding XSI's playback panel	12:43
3.	Discussion on XSI's frame rate and animation preferences	10:22
4.	Basic ways to set keyframes and remove animation data	10:56
5.	Temporarily disabling animation in XSI	2:17
6.	Copying and pasting animation from the keying panel	3:36
7.	Speeding up the keying process with Auto Key	5:16
8.	Manipulating keyframes from XSI's timeline	11:16
9.	Copying, cutting, and pasting keyframes on the timeline	4:37
10.	Using the middle mouse button as an alternate solution for copying and pasting animation	6:28
11.	Exploring the Dope Sheet	10:52
12.	Copying and pasting animation in XSI's Dope Sheet	5:54
13.	Working with XSI's animation editor	9:27
14.	Modifying keyframes in the animation editor	12:09
15.	Using simple expressions in the animation editor to enhance animation	4:00
16.	Restricting the movement of keyframes in time and value	6:48
17.	Adding and removing keyframes in the animation editor	9:19
18.	Examining XSI's various interpolation types via the animation editor	10:29
19.	Using the animation editor to copy and paste keyframes	4:43
20.	Copying and pasting entire function curves	7:52
21.	Working with function curve Snapshots	6:46
22.	Manipulating slope handles	6:03
23.	Modifying slope handles for moving holds in animation	6:50
24.	Zeroing a slope's length and breaking a slope's orientation	7:44
25.	Exploring the keys menu in the animation editor	6:47
26.	Efficiently flipping function curves in value and time	6:13
27.	Accessing transform parameters for keyframes	5:07
28.	Utilizing key properties	5:21
29.	Working with XSI's high level editing tool	9:17
30.	Ghosting animation in XSI	9:08
31.	Cycling animation in XSI	9:40
32.	Animating seamless cycles (part 1): animating parameters	7:12
33.	Animating seamless cycles (part 2): modifying function curves to cycle seamlessly	8:22
34.	Using path animation to animate a long trajectory	13:50
35.	Plotting parameters to extract animation data	5:09
36.	Optimizing keyframe data while preserving animation	5:31
37.	Utilizing Character Key Sets in XSI	10:51
38.	Exploring XSI's Animation Layering System	9:19
39.	Understanding XSI's Animation Mixer	9:33
40.	Inspecting animation clip properties	6:47
41.	Analyzing time properties for animation clips	7:46
42.	Blending animation clip data in XSI	11:28
43.	Animating with XSI constraints	7:02
44.	Driving parameters with the parameter connection editor	11:42
45.	Previewing animation in real-time with captures	7:12
46.	Render settings to consider	4:46
	Total Run Time:	5:59:32