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“The power and purpose
of animation is to create characters with souls
worthy of the audience's devotion. When you see how Bobby
works, thinks and
expresses those ideals in his animation you will know you
are experiencing
the creative truth of an excellent artist, and more importantly
the mentoring
of a master teacher.”
- Duane Loose
Art Director
Electronic Arts Los Angeles
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- Instructor:
Robert CODDINGTON
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This lecture is an introduction to
character animation as it relates to
video games and interactive media. Robert takes you step-by-step
through the basics of Maya, its animation tools, the
graph editor and dynamic character posing. He guides you through
the animation of simple, yet expressive game-style assets,
demonstrating simple loops and transitions and creating a run
cycle. As an added bonus, this DVD also includes a
professional quality character rig so you can follow along
and get started
animating in Maya right away.
400 Minutes of Lecture.
Product Code: RCO01
Maya Preferences
Tools for Animation
The Graph Editor
Saving and Manipulating Keys
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How to use the Character Rig
Dynamic Character Posing
Simple Loops and Transitions
Creating a Run Cycle
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01: Preferences, Tools and the Character Rig
02: Dynamic Character Posing
03: Graph Editor and Saving Keys
04: Loops and Transitions: Part 1
05: Loops and Transitions: Part 2
06: Loops and Transitions: Part 3
07: Loops and Transitions: Part 4
08: Loop and Transition Movie
09: Blocking a Run Cycle: Part 1
10: Blocking a Run Cycle: Part 2
11: Making Changes to a Run Cycle
12: Final Run Cycle Movie
Click here to
view a sample clip from this DVD. Note that while this
clip is 640x480 the actual movie size is 1024x768 with
higher quality compression. View the stills to the right
to see the actual resolution.
Click here to
view the demo Transition clip from this DVD.
Click here to
view the demo Run Loop clip from this DVD.
Robert Coddington is a Lead Animator at Electronic
Arts Los Angeles. Formerly a lead AI Animator on Medal
of Honor, Robert now provides animation
direction for an unannounced
science fiction project at EALA for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360TM.
Credits include: The Medal Of Honor: European Assault,
Pacific Assault, and Rising Sun, Knock Out Kings (2001,
2002),
X-Files and Fugitive Hunter. Robert attended The Academy
of Art University in San Francisco and has been teaching
character animation at Otis College of Art and Design
in Los Angeles, California for the past three years.
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