Lynda - Advanced Mechanics in CG Animation

Size: 994 MB | Duration: 2h 24m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Advanced | Language: English

Mechanics—one of the pillars of animation—combines biology, physics, and art into one fascinating discipline. In this course, instructor David Andrade challenges you to stretch your animation abilities and tackle two very fun—but challenging—scenes: a woman performing parkour to climb a wall, and a fight scene featuring two professional martial artists. David shows how to animate these scenes with a quick, agile superhero character: Hilary. Along with being easy-to-use, Hilary is built for both Maya and Blender, and you can export her as an FBX file just in case you want to take her for a spin in other programs. To help you confidently handle these scenes, David explains how to break down each action into beats and refine each movement.

Topics include:

* Defining advanced mechanics in animation

* Thinking in terms of form and force

* Using pose tools to accelerate work speed

* Animating a wall climb in Blender and Maya

* Refining movements that lead to stronger character poses

* Simplifying advanced mechanics in a workflow

* Animating a roundhouse kick

* Animating, refining, and polishing a fight scene

* Avoiding common issues