CREATE CHARACTER MAYA

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How to work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya

Work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya

Character rigging is important. Advanced Rigging makes it easier to ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by rmansur | Comments 4
Views 8,252

How to animate hierarchical characters in Maya

Animate hierarchical characters in Maya

Dissect the object of its parts. Select the curves to rotate, model or scale the whole character. The Maya hot keys are as follows: W ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 2,804

How to add secondary foot controls to the Maya character kit

Add secondary foot controls to the Maya character kit

In this Maya lesson we will learn how to add attributes to the foot ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,037

How to set your character in Maya 8.5

Set your character in Maya 8.5

Check out this video for how to character set in Autodesk Maya 8.5. You should already have everything set up, everything's weighed, the ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,994

How to rig a character in Maya for beginners

Rig a character in Maya for beginners

Here we build a skeleton for the character and bind the skeleton to the geometry in Maya. This is also known as rigging a character.

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 12,835

How to animate a character in Maya

Animate a character in Maya

This is the basic bone animation using a character set and the hypergraph within Maya. Geared for kids to learn 3D modeling and animating ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 2
Views 3,383

How to skin bones for a character in Maya 8.5

Skin bones for a character in Maya 8.5

Having a little trouble putting skin on your 3D animated characters in Autodesk Maya 8.5? Well, check out this five-part video tutorial on ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 3,552

How to morph characters like Mystique in Maya

Morph characters like Mystique in Maya

The sampler deformer tool is a great way to blend or "morph" characters or objects. In this tutorial you'll see how to use this tool with ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 0
Views 1,682

How to convert a character from 3ds Max to Maya

Convert a character from 3ds Max to Maya

Learn how to convert a skeleton of a character for Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) from 3D Studio Max to Maya and import it into the Unreal engine ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 3,875

How to export a Maya character into Unreal Engine 3.0

Export a Maya character into Unreal Engine 3.0

This tutorial shows you how to export a character out of Maya and into ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,879

How to pose a character in Maya 8.5

Pose a character in Maya 8.5

If you've designed the perfect 3D animated character in Autodesk Maya 8.5, then you might need to learn how to pose him correctly, right ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 822

How to transpose and pose a character in Zbrush and Maya

Transpose and pose a character in Zbrush and Maya

Learn to transpose and pose you character within Zbrush. This is ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
Views 1,285

How to rig a Zbrush character in Maya & import it to Zbrush

Rig a Zbrush character in Maya & import it to Zbrush

This tutorial shows you how to take your Zbrush character into Maya ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
Views 1,811

How to re-attach a head with blendshapes to its body in Maya

Re-attach a head with blendshapes to its body in Maya

In this Maya character lesson we will learn a rigging solution for ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,555

How to set up a Doom 3 to Maya workflow

Set up a Doom 3 to Maya workflow

This video is to get you started with the initial setup of the Doom 3 to Maya workflow. Topics covered (in order) are set up, export your ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 881

How to set up a basic animation rig in Maya

Set up a basic animation rig in Maya

In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a basic rig in Maya. Animation rigs are the bone and muscle structures used to animate and move ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 6,396

How to render curves in RenderMan for Maya

Render curves in RenderMan for Maya

In this software lesson we will learn how to render curves in RenderMan for Maya. See how to use the shared geometric attributes menu of ...more

A- 10:07
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 2,784

How to bake topology to targets in Maya

Bake topology to targets in Maya

In this Maya lesson we will learn about using the command Bake Topology to Targets. The Bake Topology to Targets tool is used most when ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 2
Views 3,069

How to use anticipation when animating in Maya

Use anticipation when animating in Maya

In this 3D software lesson we will learn about anticipation - one of the 12 principles of animation and how to apply it to animating in Maya ...more

B+ 7:06
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 1,688

How to model an eyelid and socket around an eyeball in Maya

Model an eyelid and socket around an eyeball in Maya

In this Maya lesson we will learn how shape an eyelid and socket ...more

B- 5:46
Curated 2 years ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
Views 3,372

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