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Animation Tutorial from ILM & Sony Animator

Humanoid Animation I features the most complex walk cycle ever recorded for an animation tutorial video. In this video veteran animator David Weinstein will show you how he breaks down and begins his walk cycles – moving onto cleanup – and finally the high resolution details. Using a layering technique, David will show the viewer how to understand the mechanics of each section of the body. Building and blending all the body quadrants together to achieve a full character walking performance. Then in the final stages bringing the character to life by adding high frequency animation additions including keyframed skin, muscle, fat and facial performance. This is a tutorial that should not be missed.

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Simply Maya – Ball throw animation

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The ball pick up and throw is intended to help break new Maya users into the world of keyframe animation.
You will learn how to set up your character in a starting pose then work your way through key framing individual
joints to start making the model move in the desired way.
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If you’re interested in animation then you’ll love the Robot Animation tutorial

It will take you though the steps used to get him moving around on screen.
We begin by importing a fully rigged character and will spend some time getting familiar with his controls,
like selecting control handles. Once we have a feel for moving him with his controls we will set him up for the animation.

Starting off with a basic walk pose we will learn how to key frame our robot so that he begins to move forward and eventually tries to open a door.
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Learning 3D Character Animation with Jeff Lew

From the Lead Animator of Matrix Reloaded, the ‘Learning 3D Character Animation with Jeff Lew’ series is one of the few real character animation classes on DVD. There are so many how-to videos on the market showing you how to setup a character or model a character in a specific 3D software package, but very few training videos showing you actually how to animate a character in 3D. This 3-part DVD series will teach you strong fundamentals necessary for creating great character animation in any 3D animation software package. Continue Reading

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3ds Max? Techniques | The Emergence of the Architectural Film in Architectural Animation

Using the language of filmmaking, visual effects, motion design, and architectural illustration, explore elements of pre-production such as pre-visualization and animatics

Animation with a heavy emphasis on camera moves
Post-production techniques including rendering, creating and using matte passes, and utilizing render passes

The class uses a “movie-breakdown” and “shot-breakdown” approach to illustrate the various methods

There is also some discussion of optimizing workflow with MAXScript, as well as scene and file organization Continue Reading