CSE 490dc - DIGITAL CHARACTER ANIMATION

 

BASIC ANIMATION            home  previous

These set of exercises go through step-by-step the process of animation.  As you progress through these tutorials, they will become less and less detailed as it will be assumed that you started with the first tutorial and worked your way to the end.

If you are unfamiliar with the term of "setting keys" or you need a refresher course, it is recommended that you go through the Alias|Wavefront online tutorial.  The link below assumes that you are in Sieg 228, but if you have Maya on your computer, you can find it in the Maya 3.0 documents Folder.  For the computers in Sieg, this is located in the D: hard drive under

AW/Maya3.0/docs/en_US/html/UserGuide/Anim/KeyAnimSetKey3.html

 

1. A|W tutorial on setting keys

2. a basic walk

3. function curves tutorial

4. a jump with feet together (symmetrical)

5. a jump with feet apart (assymmetrical)

6. a basic run

7. a lipsync using Earl or a fish