list of tutorials
Hierarchy Organize the hierarchy and name all your nodes Open your scene. – Open your scene from the last assignment. Rename Multiple Objects Rename multiple files easily and simultaneously. – Select all the objects that have similar names, such as the hair. – In the top right corner of the application, set the rename option […]
Texturing NURBS UV mapping is not required on NURBS since texture coordinates are determined by the U and V directions of the NURBS surface itself. Checker Texture To view the default UV maps, create both a Lambert and checker texture and assign them to the body geometry. – HYPERSHADE || Create a Lambert material; […]
Set Up Your Project This is a new project, so set a new project directory. Set The Project Make a New Scene – MAIN || File > New Scene. Body And Head Shape Mikey’s body using several useful NURB tools. Body Sphere Create a body starting from a primitive sphere – Select MAIN || Create […]
Reference Instead of working directly with your previous file, we are going to referencethe penguin. Reference is a read only and loaded into the current scene. It allows you to animate the character leaving the rig file untouched. If you update the rig file, the file referencing it will get updated. Create a Reference – […]
Rig Hierarchy Your Outliner should be cleaned and organized. All your elements should be under on master node, which makes placement of your character easy in different scenes. Open your last scene. – 032812_13-Rigging_01.ma Geometry Group – Select all the bound geometry in your scene. Note: It might be easier to select the geometry from […]
IK Handles You will learn about Single Chain IK and Rotate Plane IK. The difference: Single Chain IK handle’s end effector tries to reach the position and orientation of it’s IK handle. Rotate Plane IK handle’s end effector only tries to reach the position of it’s IK handle. Single Chain IK A single Chain IK […]
Sculpting A Surface How to use the Artisan Tool to sculpt a surface. Practice using the Artisan Tool to sculpt the surface on a sphere. Make A Test Sphere – Create a polygonal sphere. – Set it’s construction history in the Channel Box > Inputs > polySphere1 to the following; SubDivision Axis: 60; SubDivision Height: […]
Parent Binding The simplest type of binding is to parent geometry to joints. Parenting geometry to joints is very fast and needs no tweaking, but requires the pieces of a model to be separate. Ex: An arm would be split into an upper part and lower part. There are scenarios where this is appropriate for […]
TIMELINE: Reveal all keyframes on the layer: U Position: P Scale: S Opacity: T Rotate: R Display more than one feature: HOLD SHIFT + (feature) MARKERS AND COMMENTS: Add Markers to your Timeline: Drag cursor to a point on your timeline. PRESS SHFT + (1-9). DBL CLICK on the marker to add notes in the […]
… Continued Refine The Head Delete The Construction History After all the operations done so far on the model, the Construction history is starting to pile up in the Channel Box. Delete the history of the model and the entire scene. – MAIN || Edit > Delete All by Type > History Insert Edge Loop […]