Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
4 Hour(s) 48 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Bhaumik Patel
Rating
Course Overview
Learn to rig a biped character and animate a walk cycle for film, TV and video games for beginner Maya users
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at animation?
Modelled lots of characters but too intimidated by the rigging process?
Do you want to bring life to your characters to use in game engines like Unity and Unreal?
Autodesk Maya is the hub of animation companies around the world thanks to its powerful and flexible toolset. In this course you will learn how to quickly prepare your 3d models for animation in a process called rigging. You will then animate a walk cycle. The Human IK system is the rig we will be using to bring our character to life. You will also learn more advanced topics like applying and editing motion capture to your characters. These techniques will allow you to quickly create great looking animation to your film,TV and video game projects.
This course is specifically designed for beginner level but it is packed full of useful tips, tricks and tools to help more experienced users learn features that they are unfamiliar with. It covers some of the latest updates to the animation features in Maya including the new Graph editor, Quick rig and Time editor.
The skills covered in this course will not only allow you to create great work but also make you more attractive to employers for Animator, Pre-visualisation Artist, Technical Animator and 3d generalist jobs.
Take your first step into the exciting world of 3d animation today!
Course Content
- 3 section(s)
- 32 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Robot rigging using Quick Rig
- Section 2 Animate a walk cycle
- Section 3 Rig a character using a Human IK custom skeleton
What You’ll Learn
- Rig a biped using Human IK in Maya, Rig a character using Quick rig one click and step by step methods, Animate a walk cycle and tweak it to show more weight, Apply motion capture to Human IK and any other rig, Apply and retarget motion capture downloaded from the internet, Edit motion capture using the Time editor and Graph editor, Paint skin weights on characters with time saving tips
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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BBella Munyao
Very informative, clear instructions delivered at a manageable pace.
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AAlberto Lopez Ruiz
Great course, Bhaumik_Patel is an excellent teacher, his lessons are very clear and focused. I'm definitely follow his courses.
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JJose Luis Armesto
Very basic course and straight to the point course. It really helps you to start with rigging and animating in Maya, but it does not really go deep in any subject. The tutor is great, explaining every step and why you do it this way. Great course to start in this topic and create your first animated model.
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SShane Mitchell
Does what the course title says - using the HIK rigging system, so rigging is fast and fairly easy, and mocap and timeline and some basic animation techniques are also covered. Good course if you want to skim the surface of these topics in Maya, but there's no real depth to any of the topics, and Maya's fantastic custom rigging potential isn't explored. If you want an overview, this course is OK, but there are better rigging courses, and better animation courses.
