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Jeff Lew Animating Power and Weight  PART 2 由角色动画师 Jeff Lew来讲解Maya动画功率和重量，让你的3D角色动画制作水平更上一个新台阶

让我们随同黑客帝国的角色动画师 Jeff Lew一起学习动画功率和重量课程吧。现在市面上有好多的教你如何用一个特定的软件来进行角色动画设定的教程，但是很少有一个真正好的教程来教你怎样来做3D角色动画。这套DVD能够很好的教你一些非常基础但是又很必要的知识来用一个3D软件制作一个角色。这套DVD也可以教你在电脑如何有效又快速地制作动画，这些是在书本上学不到的。

Jeff Lew : Animating Power and Weight: First Pass (part 1 & 2)

English | H264 1280x800 | MP3 96 Kbps | 2.38 GB

Genre: eLearning

Animating Power and Weight PART 1 is a real-time demonstration of animating the first pass of a large scale creature swinging around a heavy weapon. We go through every step of the animation process, from breaking down the reference footage to methods of keyframing.

TOPICS:

- fundamentals of animating power and weight

- scene file setup

- using the character rig with heavy props

- breaking down reference footage

- finding poses

- methods of animating

- working with constraints

- common keyframing mistakes and how to fix them

- working within limitations of the character rig

- using the dopesheet and graph editor

- maintaining arcs in animation

- practical advice when animating

- understanding and fixing euler flipping

- working with keyframes in the timeline

Animating Power and Weight PART 2 is a real-time demonstration of animating the first pass of a large scale creature swinging around a heavy weapon. Part 2 picks up right after where Part 1 left off and completes the first pass of this animation.

TOPICS:

- posing the character to show weight and balance

- moving hold

- hiding mistakes with camera staging

- fixing motion in the graph editor

- keying contact points

- retiming keyframes with the dopesheet

- contrast in timing

- pushing ideas, experimenting