[GET] Digital Tutors – Introduction to Animation in Maya 2013

In this Maya animation tutorial we will learn about the intuitive and fun animation tools of Maya. We’ll learn everything from how to set up animation preferences and create key frames, to learning how animation can be modified from Maya’s Timeline and Graph Editor.
We’ll learn how to animate objects along a path, how to work non-linearly and non-destructively with the help of the Trax Editor and animation layers. We’ll learn how to animate with constraints and even cover helpful tips on how to improve your productivity.

39 Lessons

1. Introduction and project overview — 00:58
2. Understanding Maya’s Timeline — 08:42
3. Exploring Maya’s animation preferences — 10:48
4. A look at Maya’s Time Slider preferences — 09:22
5. Various ways to set keyframes in Maya — 06:39
6. A closer look at Maya’s Set Key tool — 09:24
7. Speeding up the keyframing process with Auto Key — 03:46
8. Adding moving holds in Maya — 04:12
9. Manipulating keyframes on the Time Slider — 06:45
10. Working with Key Ticks / copying and pasting keys on the Time Slider — 09:13
11. The Dope Sheet — 13:15
12. Delving in the Graph Editor — 14:14
13. Reversing animation with the Scale Keys tool — 05:14
14. Transferring animation in Maya — 07:09
15. The various interpolation types of function curves — 10:36
16. Fine-tuning animation with tangent handles — 04:11
17. Breaking tangents — 05:04
18. Moving holds and weighted tangents — 05:06
19. Working with Buffer Curves — 07:35
20. Adding keyframes without destroying continuity — 05:16
21. Breakdown keys — 05:38
22. Cycling animation in Maya — 04:56
23. Baking cycled animations — 03:26
24. Optimizing animation data — 05:37
25. Exploring the Graph Editor toolbar — 11:33
26. Ghosting animation sequences — 06:08
27. Editable Motion Trails — 02:28
28. Animating objects along a path — 07:46
29. Baking animations in Maya — 03:33
30. Animating with Constraints — 03:43
31. Animation Layers — 05:34
32. Managing keyframes with Character Sets — 05:58
33. Generating animation clips via the Trax Editor — 07:27
34. Blending animation clips — 07:27
35. Editing referenced animations — 04:30
36. Turntables made easy — 06:40
37. The animation node — 04:42
38. Understanding Euler and Quaternion rotations — 09:29
39. Previewing animations in real-time with Playblasts — 06:59