Sunday, February 15, 2009

T0392 - Digital Tutors - Introduction to Animation Mixer in XSI

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Learn animation techniques that offer greater control and a complete overview of using the Animation Mixer for intuitive non-linear animation within XSI. Contains over 2.5 hours of project-based training and new ways to edit, combine, and re-purpose various types of animation data from keyframes to expressions and constraints to motion capture files.

Popular highlights include:

* Animation Mixer Overview
* Modifying Function Curves in Animation Clips
* Non-destructive Animation Workflow
* Importing and Exporting Animation Clips
* Clip Effect Statements
* Compound Clips
* Integrating Motion Capture Data
* MOTOR Overview
* Animation Layers
* Warping Animation
* Working with Poses
* Equalizing Clips
* Cycling Clips
* Clip Transitions
* Freezing Clips
* Utilizing Static Poses
* Understanding Non-linear Animation

Lesson Outline:

1. Creating an animation clip 13:56
2. General clip properties 12:29
3. Modifying function curves' animation clips 8:25
4. Clip Effect statements 10:44
5. Freezing clips to a new source and applying actions 6:57
6. Importing and Exporting Clips 4:36
7. Importing clips to unique characters 5:32
8. Trimming clips and blending between clips 11:45
9. Setting up automatic transitions 4:20
10. The Bridge Transition tool 8:32
11. Working with Compound Clips 5:56
12. Using Timewarps to non-destructively control a clip's speed 8:58
13. Utilizing Static Poses 11:41
14. Equalizing clips to enhance animation 7:41
15. Exploring XSI's powerful and efficient Animation Layering tool 11:22
16. Using Animation Layers to tweak motion capture data 10:03
17. Working with motion capture data in the Mixer 9:28
18. Bonus: Building crowds derived from one clip 4:02

Total Run Time:
2:36:27

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