Scott Easley takes you through the process of constructing a character animation pipeline in Maya that will allow you to constantly improve and update your characters without adversely affecting any of the existing animations.

Scott also shows you how to use the Trax animation editor from the ground up and how to build a library of animation actions which you can then use to block-out more complex character animations. Included on this DVD are tutorials, a sample rig, blend shapes for facial set- ups, character texture maps, custom tools, shelves, poses and a Maya project to get you on your way.

Topics Covered:
Creating a Flexible Pipeline in Maya
How to Improve your Rigs Without Breaking Existing Animations
Understanding Maya Reference Files
Trax Editor
Building Animation Libraries
Blocking Complex Animation Sequences

Minimum System Requirements
1GHz or faster processor
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
5 GB of hard disk space
1280 x 1024 display

Minimum Operating System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

This DVD-ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), the Ensharpen Codec (Version 1.0.1 or higher) and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents.

The web links for these installers are below. If you don't have these items on your computer, please install these items before you launch the DVD-ROM Gnomon Workshop movie.

TechSmith EnSharpen Decoder Link:
http://www.techsmith.com/download/ensharpendecoder.asp
Apple Quicktime Link:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Adobe Acrobat Installer Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Important Information:

Pipelines for Video Game Animation Gnomon Workshop DVD

Instructor:
Scott EASLEY

Formats:
Mac or PC DVD-ROM

Duration:
Over 4 hours of lecture.

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