Digital-Tutors:Character Creation in ZBrush
Software: ZBrush 3.1 and up, Subtool Master (free plugin)
Run Time: 4 hrs. 10 min., 2 discs
Create characters fast. Learn a practical workflow to character creation in ZBrush and a time-saving approach to rapidly shaping detailed concepts from simple ideas. Contains 4 hours of project-based training and gives artists the freedom to work creatively and with more flexibility.
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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3Ds Max MasterClass Series – SIGGRAPH 2004 – COMPLETE COLLECTION – ALL CDs
Offering attendees of the 2004 SIGGRAPH Conference the opportunity to evolve their skills and expand their knowledge on Discreet’s 3ds max? animation software, combustion? visual effects software, and character studio? software through a series of exclusive master classes.? Sponsored by ATI, Discreet will hold 12 different classes hosted by Discreet’s training specialists and by computer graphics & visual effects industry experts including Chris Harvey of Frantic Films, Matthew Merkovich of Digital Dimension and RT Taylor formerly of Rhythm & Hues. The 2004 SIGGRAPH Conference is being held in Los Angeles
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
Focal Press Character Animation in 3D
Steve Roberts, “Character Animation in 3D: Use traditional drawing techniques to produce stunning CGI animation”
Focal Press | ISBN 0240516656 | July 26, 2004 | PDF | 264 pages | 6 Mb
Automatron 1.0
Automatron is a powerful new character animation tool for 3ds Max 8 and up, designed and written by Andy Murdock of Lots of Robots, the creator of the animated movie ‘LOR’. In order to make this feature film project, new tools were needed to complete the enormous amount of character animation. So far in ‘LOR’, there are only a handful of robots, as the movie continues, there will be hundreds… or lots of robots. Automatron is born!!!
Softimage CAT 3.1 (32 & 64 bit)
SOFTIMAGE|CAT is a character animation plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max. CAT is designed by animators, for animators to take the tedious technicalities out of 3D character animation. Its complete toolset enables easy character rigging, non-linear animation, animation layering, motion capture import, muscle simulation, and more. CAT is fast, stable, simple, and packed with cutting-edge features that give artists an easier way to animate characters in 3ds Max.
ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting
Scott Spencer, “ZBrush Character Creation: Advanced Digital Sculpting”
Sybex | ISBN-10: 047024996X | June 3, 2008 | 352 pages | PDF | 26.5MB
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