2013
Digital Tutors
Andrew Conroy
03:53:39
English
In this Maya tutorial we discover the process of creating smears using traditional concepts on a CG animation. We will start the project with a blocked animation. Then, we will begin talking about dynamic poses, line of action and silhouette, but also leading edge and how we build smear frames. Throughout the training we will spline the animation, cover hot keys to speed up your workflow, and talk a bit about the graph editor. We then leap into creating duplicate frames and smear frames similar to those created by 2D animators. By the end, not only will you know about smear frames and be able to apply some of the concepts that make 2D animation great, but you will also be able to spline your animation faster will better key poses.
Software used: Maya 2012.
Chapters
01. Introduction and project overview
02. Dynamic poses - Thinking in shapes
03. Concepts of Inbetween keys
04. Graph editor hot keys
05. Adjusting the animation curves
06. Continuing to adjust the animation curves
07. Finishing adjustments on the animation curves
08. Dealing with bad arcs
09. Animation curves of the feet and chest
10. Foot spacing and stretching
11. Finalizing the feet
12. Working on the head arcs
13. Finishing the head arcs
14. Adding squash and stretch to the head
15. Finishing out the head animation
16. Moving on to the arms
17. Preparing for blur frames
18. Continuing the arms and spacing on the arms
19. Finishing the arms and spacing of the arms
20. Creating duplicate geometry and smear frames
21. Continuing to duplicate geometry and add smear frames
22. Finishing the geometry and smear frames
23. Adding the final touches to our smear frames
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1127-Animating-with-Extreme-Inbetweens-and-Smears-in-Maya

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