Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts, 2nd edition

NOTE EDITORE

Rig it Right! breaks down rigging so that you can achieve a fundamental understanding of the concept.The authorwill get you up and rigging with step-by-step tutorials covering multiple animation control types, connection methods, interactive skinning, BlendShapes, edgeloops, and joint placement, to name a few. The concept of a bi-ped is explored as a human compared to a bird character allowing you to see that a bi-ped is a bi-ped and how to problem solve for the limbs at hand. Rig it Right! will take you to a more advanced level where you will learn how to create stretchy rigs with invisible control systems and use that to create your own types of rigs. Key Features Hone your skills every step of the way with short tutorials and editable rigs that accompany each chapter. (17+ rigs!!). Read "Tina’s 10 Rules of Rigging" and build the foundational knowledge needed to successfully rig your characters. Visit the companion website and expand your newfound knowledge with editable rigs, exercises, and videos that elaborate on techniques covered in the book. Companion data filled with example files at http://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/_author/ohailey/ AR(Augmented Reality) enabled images throughout the book! Coffee is not required – but encouraged.

SOMMARIO

Part One: Basic Concepts presented in applied tutorials Chapter One: Pivot Point Props, Hierarchical animation. Chapter Two: Deformation Characters. Chapter Three: User CNTRLS Chapter Four: Utility nodes and custom attributed Chapter Five: Joints and Skinning Chapter Six: Blendshapes and Set Driven Key. Part Two: Taking those concepts and building your first biped rig. Chapter Seven: Skeletons: joined or broken rigs and Orient Joint Chapter Eight: The rules of skinning and tootsie roll (proxy) GEO Chapter Nine: Upper and Lower Body, Root: Always have a cha-cha. Chapter Ten: Feet and knees. Simple, Group based and Joint based feet. Chapter Eleven: Spines: FK, Spline, SDK (Set Driven Key) Chapter Twelve: Arms, elbows and clavicles. Chapter Thirteen: Hands: SDK, SDK & Keyable CNTRLS Chapter Fourteen: Eyes, Blinks and a smiles. Chapter Fifteen: Master CNTRL and Scale-able rigs Part Three: Advanced Topics Chapter Sixteen: OMGimbal Lock Chapter Seventeen: Advanced Controls Chapter Eighteen: Stretchy Chapter Nineteen: Broken Rigs and Dangly Bits Chapter Twenty: Auto Rigging

AUTORE

Tina O’Hailey is the Associate Dean of the School of Digital Media at SCAD; prior to that, O'Hailey was the Associate Chair of Animation and a professor of animation. She spent the first part of her career working as an artist development trainer for Walt Disney Feature Animation, Dreamworks animation and Electronic Arts.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781138303164
• Dimensioni: 9.6666667 x 7.4444444 in Ø 1.71
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 256