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"Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle" 提供超过2.5小时的高品质技术教程，让你在最短的时间内接触与学习此技术的商业设计流程，启迪与增强CG动画生产力。本教程提供各类繁多的步行技术与完美你的设计能力。

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Create convincing walk cycles and easily learn time-saving animation techniques in Maya. Contains over 2.5 hours of project-based training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate users.

Popular highlights include:

• Walk Cycle Diagram
• Layering Body Mechanics
• Follow Through and Weight
• MEL Scripting for Animators
• Transforming Male Walk into Female Walk
• Translating Walk Cycle Forward
• Keying in Channel Box
• Graph Editor
• Insert Key Tool
• Breaking Tangents to Create the Illusion of Weight
• Editing Tangents for Seamless Cycling
• Cycling with Pre and Post Infinity

* Project files provided with this training kit require Maya 7 to be opened. If you do not have Maya 7, you can create your own character rig with the help of our "Character Setup in Maya" training kit.

"Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle" provides over 2.5 hours of lessons designed to increase your productivity with time-saving animation tips and techniques. Highlights from popular topics include: an intuitive walk cycle diagram, layering body mechanics, adding follow through and weight, MEL scripting for animators, transforming male walk cycles into female walk cycles, translating walk cycle forward, keying in channel box, working in graph editor, insert key tool, breaking tangents to create the illusion of weight, editing tangents for seamless cycling, cycling with pre and post-infinity, and several additional lessons developed to teach you walk cycle animation in Maya.

Lesson Outline:   1. Introduction and project overview   0:52 2. Setting up the workspace, Introduction to MEL 12:45 3. Using the MEL script and loading it as a shortcut key 5:33 4. Analyzing the walk cycle, and setting our first pose 12:33 5. Setting the Down pose and breaking tangents 8:20 6. Building the Passing pose and modifying the feet 8:49 7. Modifying the hips to create the Peak pose 12:48 8. Adjusting the heal pivot to create a sense of muscles 5:34 9. Moving the feet in X to balance the body 4:45 10. Adding side-to-side movement to the feet to simulate the ankle 4:00 11. Animating the upper body and adding follow through 9:14 12. Shifting the hips to balance the body over the foot 2:56 13. Animating the hip sway to give the mid-body some weight 6:15 14. Rotating the chest control to add a sense of locomotion 4:16 15. Shoulder twisting will be used to help the body move the arms 5:34 16. Adjusting and animating the upper arms 4:57 17. Animating the lower arms and adding follow through 8:21 18. Animating the wrists to add weight to the arms 5:27 19. Adjusting the scapula to get some rotation in the shoulder 4:16 20. Rotating the shoulders in X to create forward movement 8:17 21. Adding final tweaks to fix any interpenetration 3:38 22. Bonus Lesson: Adding forward translation to the character so it moves forward 3:15 23. Bonus Lesson: Converting the male walk cycle into a female walk cycle 13:14   Total Run Time: 2:35:54