Learn a powerful workflow to the new animation layering feature set in Maya 2009. Gain more flexibility and learn nondestructive techniques that can be used to create and edit any animation. Contains 2 hours of project-based training.
Popular highlights include:
- Overview of Animation Layers
- Animating on Layers
- Practical Layering Workflows
- Importing and Exporting Animation Layers
- Working with Layer Modes
- Merging Layers
- Baking Layers
- Using Expressions with Layers
- Controlling a Layer's Weight
- Filtering Layered Keyframes
- Understanding Animation Layer Hierarchies
- Examining the Animation Layer Node
- Utilizing Animation Layers as Takes
- Adjusting the Animation Layer Editor's Layout
- Packaging Layers into Containers
- Working with Layers and Trax Editor
- Ghosting Animation Layers
- Template F-curves of Layered Animation
- Animation Layer States
- Using Constraints with Layers
- Parenting layers
- Using the Animation Layer Toolbar and Pane
- Copying Layers
- Extracting Animation into New Layers
- Adding and Removing Objects and Attributes in Layers
Lesson Outline:
| 1. |
Introduction and Project Overview |
1:18 |
| 2. |
Understanding Animation Layers |
7:25 |
| 3. |
Using the Animation Layer Toolbar |
12:32 |
| 4. |
Animating on Layers |
10:54 |
| 5. |
Working with the Layer Pane |
9:02 |
| 6. |
Ghosting animation layers |
4:49 |
| 7. |
Adding and Removing Objects and attributes |
7:57 |
| 8. |
Copying and Extracting animation to new layers |
7:49 |
| 9. |
Filtering layered animation |
3:59 |
| 10. |
Animation Layer modes |
6:25 |
| 11. |
Setting a layer's accumulation process |
7:53 |
| 12. |
Examining the Animation Layer node |
7:15 |
| 13. |
Importing and exporting animation layers |
4:29 |
| 14. |
Using expressions with layers |
7:58 |
| 15. |
Using constraints with layers |
11:15 |
| 16. |
Merging and Baking layers |
9:20 |
| 17. |
Animation Layers and the Trax Editor |
7:26 |
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Total Run Time:
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2:07:54 |
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