Introduction to Animation in Maya
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- Jan 19, 2025

Introduction to Animation in Maya, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.61, with 40 lectures, based on 208 reviews, and has 1775 subscribers.
You will learn about Principles of Animation Ball Animations Walk & Run Cycle Animation Body Mechanism Combat Animations This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginners who wants to learn animation inside Maya from the beginning. It is particularly useful for Beginners who wants to learn animation inside Maya from the beginning.
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Title: Introduction to Animation in Maya
Price: $64.99
Average Rating: 4.61
Number of Lectures: 40
Number of Published Lectures: 40
Number of Curriculum Items: 40
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 40
Original Price: $89.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
Who Should Attend
Target Audiences
Are you a beginner who wants to learn the tools and techniques for animation inside of Maya? Would you like to learn animation with easy to follow exercises and projects? If that is the case then I welcome you to nexttut’s Introduction to Animation in Maya.
Course Goal: At the end of this course you will be able to animate scenes using universal techniques and concepts. You will understand how to apply the different principles of animation and how to utilize the tools inside of Maya to create great scenes.
What I Will Learn: In this course we will be covering:
Animation tools in Maya
Principles of Animation
IK and FK systems
Body Mechanics
MASH
Rendering
I will start the course by teaching you the basics of animation in Maya, we will explore some of the most classical exercises like the bouncing Ball and the Pendulum Swing to understand some core concepts. We will then jump into more advancer animations like a Walk Cycle, Body Mechanics and even a combat animation. I have designer this course for students who want to learn the basics of the animation world inside of Maya.
Basic knowledge of the Maya interface is recommended. We will be using Maya and Arnold so make sure to have both elements installed.
Join me and you will be animating inside of Maya in no time
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Chapter1 – Introduction to Animation
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Project Setup
Lecture 3: Principles of Animation in Maya
Lecture 4: Bouncing Ball Animation
Lecture 5: Heavy Ball Animation
Lecture 6: Floaty Ball Animation
Lecture 7: Pendulum
Chapter 2: Chapter2 – Animation Basics
Lecture 1: Using Rigs
Lecture 2: Keyposes
Lecture 3: Inbetweens
Lecture 4: Polish and Render
Lecture 5: Backflip
Lecture 6: Wall Jump Part 1
Lecture 7: Wall Jump Part 2
Lecture 8: Wall Jump Pt3
Chapter 3: Chapter3 – Using Rigs
Lecture 1: IK-FK
Lecture 2: WalkCycle pt1
Lecture 3: WalkCycle pt2
Lecture 4: Run Cycle
Lecture 5: Run, jump, walk pt1
Lecture 6: Run, jump, walk pt2
Lecture 7: Run, jump, walk pt3
Chapter 4: Chapter4 – Body Mechanics
Lecture 1: Poses and Balance
Lecture 2: Transitional Poses
Lecture 3: Hadouken pt1
Lecture 4: Hadouken pt2
Lecture 5: Hadouken pt3
Lecture 6: Idle Cycle pt1
Lecture 7: Idle Cycle pt2
Chapter 5: Chapter5 – Character Animation
Lecture 1: BaseballPitch pt1
Lecture 2: BaseballPitch pt2
Lecture 3: BaseballPitch pt3
Lecture 4: BaseballPitch pt4
Lecture 5: Final Attack pt1
Lecture 6: Final Attack pt2
Lecture 7: Final Attack pt3
Lecture 8: Final Attack pt4
Chapter 6: Chapter6 – MASH
Lecture 1: MASH pt1
Lecture 2: MASH pt2
Lecture 3: MASH pt3
Instructors

Nexttut Education Pvt.Ltd.
A specialist in CG tutorials
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