T0664 - Digital Tutors - Introduction to Maya Animation - Walk Cycle

Digital-tutors: Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle

Create convincing walk cycles and easily learn time-saving animation techniques in Maya. Contains over 2.5 hours of project-based training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate users.

Popular highlights include:

• Walk Cycle Diagram


• Layering Body Mechanics


• Follow Through and Weight


• MEL Scripting for Animators


• Transforming Male Walk into Female Walk


• Translating Walk Cycle Forward


• Keying in Channel Box


• Graph Editor


• Insert Key Tool


• Breaking Tangents to Create the Illusion of Weight


• Editing Tangents for Seamless Cycling


• Cycling with Pre and Post Infinity

* Project files provided with this training kit require Maya 7 to be opened. If you do not have Maya 7, you can create your own character rig with the help of our "Character Setup in Maya" training kit.

Lesson Outline:

1.	Introduction and project overview	0:52
2.	Setting up the workspace, Introduction to MEL	12:45
3.	Using the MEL script and loading it as a shortcut key	5:33
4.	Analyzing the walk cycle, and setting our first pose	12:33
5.	Setting the Down pose and breaking tangents	8:20
6.	Building the Passing pose and modifying the feet	8:49
7.	Modifying the hips to create the Peak pose	12:48
8.	Adjusting the heal pivot to create a sense of muscles	5:34
9.	Moving the feet in X to balance the body	4:45
10.	Adding side-to-side movement to the feet to simulate the ankle	4:00
11.	Animating the upper body and adding follow through	9:14
12.	Shifting the hips to balance the body over the foot	2:56
13.	Animating the hip sway to give the mid-body some weight	6:15
14.	Rotating the chest control to add a sense of locomotion	4:16
15.	Shoulder twisting will be used to help the body move the arms	5:34
16.	Adjusting and animating the upper arms	4:57
17.	Animating the lower arms and adding follow through	8:21
18.	Animating the wrists to add weight to the arms	5:27
19.	Adjusting the scapula to get some rotation in the shoulder	4:16
20.	Rotating the shoulders in X to create forward movement	8:17
21.	Adding final tweaks to fix any interpenetration	3:38
22.	Bonus Lesson: Adding forward translation to the character so it moves forward	3:15
23.	Bonus Lesson: Converting the male walk cycle into a female walk cycle	13:14