Learn best practices for creating key frame animation and animation on a path as well editing your animation and animation layers among other topics. You'll learn by direct example as Justin creates animations on a fully rigged character. The process is presented from initial concept to key poses and final animation polish.

Learn how to create and edit animations using production techniques.

We’re diving deeper into the world of animation in Maya 2012 with instructor Justin Harrison. Justin will be showing some best practices for creating key frame animation and animation on a path as well editing your animation and animation layers among other topics. You’ll learn by direct example as Justin creates animations on a fully rigged character. The process is presented from initial concept to key poses and final animation polish

This course introduces the features of the V-Ray 2.0 rendering engine and demonstrates how to extend the range of Maya with its state-of-the-art tools, such as irradiance mapping, fur and hair textures and shaders, and stereoscopic 3D rendering. The course covers critical concepts such as creating basic materials, image sampling, color mapping, subdivs, and lighting, as well as the Render Elements, RT, and physical rendering workflows in V-Ray. Exercise files are included with the course.

If you want to learn how to use Maya's NURBS modeling tools for animation, visual effects, and games, this DVD is for you! This new edition has been revised and expanded to include: creating boundary surfaces, sculpting with Maya Artisan, understanding UV surface coordinates, and much more!

Class 1: We start with Character Rigging. We begin to explore Maya’s joint system by rigging a cartoon style mouse which we’ll be using for a few classes. We look at how joints can be created and edited, along with Forward Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics and the use of Constraints.