Animation Layers in Maya
Pluralsight
Course Summary
Learn a powerful workflow to the new animation layering feature set in Maya 2009. Software required: Maya 2009 and up.
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Course Description
Learn a powerful workflow to the new animation layering feature set in Maya 2009. Gain more flexibility and learn nondestructive techniques that can be used to create and edit any animation. Contains 2 hours of project-based training. Popular highlights include: Overview of Animation Layers; Animating on Layers; Practical Layering Workflows; Importing and Exporting Animation Layers; Working with Layer Modes; Merging Layers; Baking Layers; Using Expressions with Layers; Controlling a Layer's Weight; Filtering Layered Keyframes; Understanding Animation Layer Hierarchies; Examining the Animation Layer Node; Utilizing Animation Layers as Takes; Adjusting the Animation Layer Editor's Layout; Packaging Layers into Containers; Working with Layers and Trax Editor; Ghosting Animation Layers; Template F-curves of Layered Animation; Animation Layer States; Using Constraints with Layers; Parenting layers; Using the Animation Layer Toolbar and Pane; Copying Layers; Extracting Animation into New Layers; Adding and Removing Objects and Attributes in Layers. Software required: Maya 2009 and up.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 28s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 28sAnimation Layers in Maya- 2h 5m
—Understanding Animation Layers 7m 25s
—Using the Animation Layer Toolbar 12m 32s
—Animating on Layers 10m 54s
—Working with the Layer Pane 9m 2s
—Ghosting Animation Layers 4m 49s
—Adding and Removing Objects and Attributes 7m 57s
—Copying and Extracting Animation to New Layers 7m 49s
—Filtering Layered Animation 3m 59s
—Animation Layer Modes 6m 25s
—Setting a Layer's Accumulation Process 7m 53s
—Examining the Animation Layer Node 7m 15s
—Importing and Exporting Animation Layers 4m 29s
—Using Expressions with Layers 7m 58s
—Using Constraints with Layers 11m 15s
—Merging and Baking Layers 9m 20s
—Animation Layers and the Trax Editor 6m 25s