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Attaching to the Path

We recommend the use of the Attach to Path function to create a dramatic animation of the pod's movement in no time! In this video you will learn how to: Create curves for motion paths Attach objects to a motion path Properly orient an object in the direction of the paH

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Flow Path Object

Learn how to use the Flow Path option to create objects that deform as they follow a curve. This is great for fish or snakes. In this video you will learn: To deform an object to flow along a motion path About Motion Path Parametric Length Warping with Lattice point modification

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Smooth vs. Rigid Bind

In this tutorial we teach you the difference between the smooth and rigid binding. This is a great place to start if you haven't done any binding before. In this video you will learn: The difference between Smooth and Rigid binds To create joints and move them with IK handles To bind a skeleton to a mesh

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Project Overview for the Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle training kit

This first lesson from the Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle training kit will give you a brief introduction to the project that will be created in this training kit.

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Character Rigging In Maya

At the end of this great tutorial, you will have a completed rig for a biped character and a better in-depth understanding of the whole process in general?

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Paint effects animation in Maya

Create animations with Paint Effects and how to simulate some real forces in your scenes and also some growing simulations.

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Creating a Flowing Water Effect in Maya (Using Particles)

This tutorial will teach you how to manipulate the flow of particles from a shower head into a tub as particles collide with the surface of the tub in a water-like motion.

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MAYA full body IK (FBIK)

Now quickly and easily create natural looking poses and animation for your biped and quadruped characters with the new full body IK (FBIK) in Maya. Maya's full body IK is based on the Alias® HumanIK® solver used in Alias® MotionBuilder. It Makes Maya rigging and Posing Characters Faster, easier and more accurate.

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Maya Cloth 1

Creating Cloth using maya cloth more: xeav.net

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Maya Cloth 2

Creating Cloth using maya cloth more: xeav.net

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Maya Cloth 3

Creating Cloth using maya cloth more: xeav.net

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Simulating Cloth in Maya

This tutorial will teach you how to simulate a cloth effect in Maya using a uniform field that reacts to forces.

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Creating Animated Grass

for surfaces with grass that are not planar you need to use an object for the volume select, then make a copy of your surface, collapse it add a high optimize/polygon-reduction to it and use solidify to give it volume, use this new mesh the same way you used the original box gizmo to select the upper vertices.

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Organic Modeling and Animation - Part Two (IK Setup)

While it is simple to set up a skeleton that can walk in a straight line, it is another thing to set up a skeleton which can do anything. Check this tutorial if you want to add a new depth to your knowledge of maya animation.

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Expressing Emotion

This is tutorial for intermediate maya users which will teach you basics of expressing emotion on animated character.

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Use of image sequences with alpha channel

This is a simple tutorial on how to make and use of image sequences with alpha channel in animation.

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How to create a moving Tentacle using Procedural animation

It is very basic tutorial which shows you how to create a moving Tentacle using Procedural animation in Maya.

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Rotating Wheels on a Car

The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to rotate the wheels on a car so they follow the pace of the car as it move. By doing it this way, you will get a more accurate result without setting numerous keyframes. To do this, we will use the distance tool, set driven key, and infinity cycles in the graph editor.

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Animating Facial Expressions using Blend Shape

This tutorial will take you over using blend shape for facial expressions. This is an extremely easy and effective way to enhance you animations.

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How to create a simple crowd

This tutorial teaches you how to create and animate simple crowd in Maya software. Requires CrowdMaker 0.5 (or higher) plugin.

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