Animators Journey: Beginner Guide to 3D Animation Part 2

Animators Journey: Beginner Guide to 3D Animation Part 2, available at $84.99, with 61 lectures, 4 quizzes.

You will learn about You will become comfortable using Autodesk Maya to animate. Understand physics impact on creating believable animation. Learn how to use advanced animation tools like layers and retiming Body mechanics for character animation Foundational knowledge needed for all animations. This course is ideal for individuals who are Total beginners to animation and Maya who are career-focused at becoming a specialist in animating. or Anyone who's attempted animating on their own but feels stuck and missing important information from a professional. or People wanting a deep dive into the foundations of animation principles. It is particularly useful for Total beginners to animation and Maya who are career-focused at becoming a specialist in animating. or Anyone who's attempted animating on their own but feels stuck and missing important information from a professional. or People wanting a deep dive into the foundations of animation principles.

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Summary

Title: Animators Journey: Beginner Guide to 3D Animation Part 2

Price: $84.99

Number of Lectures: 61

Number of Quizzes: 4

Number of Published Lectures: 61

Number of Published Quizzes: 4

Number of Curriculum Items: 65

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 65

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

You will become comfortable using Autodesk Maya to animate.
Understand physics impact on creating believable animation.
Learn how to use advanced animation tools like layers and retiming
Body mechanics for character animation
Foundational knowledge needed for all animations.

Who Should Attend

Total beginners to animation and Maya who are career-focused at becoming a specialist in animating.
Anyone who's attempted animating on their own but feels stuck and missing important information from a professional.
People wanting a deep dive into the foundations of animation principles.

Target Audiences

Total beginners to animation and Maya who are career-focused at becoming a specialist in animating.
Anyone who's attempted animating on their own but feels stuck and missing important information from a professional.
People wanting a deep dive into the foundations of animation principles.

You can create 3D animations in Autodesk Maya!

Learn everything you need to know to get started – taught by a Hollywood professional!

As the industry standard 3D animation software, learning Autodesk Maya is a great skill to help you land a job in the film, music and gaming industry. In this course, you’ll learn how to create your entire animation from scratch.

What sets this course series apart from the rest? It’s focused purely on animation! We will notcover modeling, texturing, rigging, because if you want to be a professional animator you need to focus only on animation.

What will you learn?

Advanced animation techniques in Autodesk Maya
Create your first demo reel with all your work
Create looping animation cycles
Analyze video reference
Adjust animation with advanced tools
Baking, Retiming, and Animation Layers
Animate your first body mechanics
Lay the foundation for all your animation knowledge
Learn by doing Challenges and completing Quizzes

Throughout this entire course, you’ll be animating ‘Challenges’ and taking Quizzes to lock in your knowledge. By the end of the course, you’ll truly be inspired by your own skills, and confident in using Autodesk Maya.

What do you get when you enroll?

23+ hours of easy-to-follow tutorials
Extra animation demonstrations
Downloadable project files for every step of the course
Premium support to help you as you take the course

Why learn from us?

Lucas Ridley is a professional 3D animator who has worked on Hollywood films such as Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. His students love him and has taught over 47,000 students around the world with his top-rated courses. We’re sure you’re going to enjoy this class.

Lucas breaks down the most complicated steps of animating in Autodesk Maya, so that you can easily start animating on your own!

Our 30-day 100% money-back guarantee!

We want you to be happy. If there’s any reason you aren’t enjoying the course, and getting what you expected, we’ll refund your money.

We can’t wait to see you in the course!

Cheers,

Lucas

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Active Pendulums

Lecture 1: Getting Started

Lecture 2: Chapter 5 Goals

Lecture 3: Arcs

Lecture 4: Rotation Order

Lecture 5: New Shark Rig Download

Lecture 6: Swimming Overlapping Action

Lecture 7: Looping Cycled Animation

Lecture 8: Baking Cycles & Retiming

Lecture 9: Motion Path Animation

Lecture 10: Animation Layers

Lecture 11: Challenge 5: Shark Swim

Lecture 12: Demo: Shark Swim

Lecture 13: Student Review: Justin Complex Shark Overlap Swim

Lecture 14: Student Review: Zenovia Cycle Without Symmetry Issue

Lecture 15: Student Review: Managing Big Scene

Lecture 16: Student Review: Eric Shark Swimming

Lecture 17: EXTRA: Path to Being a Pro with Chris

Chapter 2: Planning Makes Perfect

Lecture 1: Chapter 6 Goals

Lecture 2: Straight Ahead vs Pose to Pose

Lecture 3: Types Of Poses

Lecture 4: Blocking in Stepped

Lecture 5: Blocking Poses vs. Time + Custom Hotkeys

Lecture 6: Tail – C and S Shapes

Lecture 7: Bouncing vs Jumping Spacing

Lecture 8: Path of Motion

Lecture 9: Jump Principles

Lecture 10: Counter Keying

Lecture 11: Animation Process Examples

Lecture 12: Tween Machine

Lecture 13: Demo: Obstacle Course Jump Part 1

Lecture 14: Demo: Obstacle Course Jump Part 2

Lecture 15: Challenge 6: Obstacle Course with Tail

Lecture 16: Student Review: Emma

Lecture 17: Student Review: Justin

Lecture 18: Student Review: Tiann

Lecture 19: EXTRA: Advanced Tail Swing

Chapter 3: Weight A Minute

Lecture 1: Chapter 7 Goals

Lecture 2: Production + Pipelines

Lecture 3: How Rigs Work

Lecture 4: FK vs IK

Lecture 5: Picker Tools

Lecture 6: Center of Gravity

Lecture 7: Using Reference

Lecture 8: Weight Shift

Lecture 9: Demo: Weight Shift

Lecture 10: Challenge 7: Weight Shift

Lecture 11: Student Review: First Pass

Lecture 12: Student Review: Michael

Lecture 13: Student Review: Tiann

Chapter 4: I'm Walking Here

Lecture 1: Final Chapter Goals

Lecture 2: Walking

Lecture 3: Foot Roll

Lecture 4: Knee Pops

Lecture 5: On and Off 'The Spot' Cycles

Lecture 6: Redirector

Lecture 7: Demo: Walk Cycle

Lecture 8: Challenge 8: Walk Cycle

Lecture 9: Student Review: Marta

Lecture 10: Student Review: Vasile

Lecture 11: Student Review: Tiann

Chapter 5: Congratulations

Lecture 1: BONUS: Whats Next?

Instructors

Lucas Ridley
Award-winning Animator

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