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Digital Tutors – Animating with Props in Maya 2011

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Digital Tutors – Animating with Props in Maya 2011
English | Size: 255.5MB
Category: CBTs


In this collection of lessons we will learn about prop animation. This course covers tools and techniques for animating props in Maya. We’ll discuss methods that are animator-friendly for prop animation. We’ll learn how to animate constrained objects, how to blend smoothly between our space-switches as we keyframe a constraint’s weight, and we’ll even explore at technique for switching between spaces with no offset. At the end of this course, you’ll have the knowledge you need to overcome the challenges of prop animation. [Read more…]

Treehouse – Animating SVG with CSS

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Treehouse – Animating SVG with CSS
English | Size: 222.66 MB
Category: CBTs


SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) also supports interactivity and animation, so you can animate and interact with SVG like you’re able to do with HTML. This short course covers the most common methods for animating SVG: CSS transitions, transforms, and keyframe animations.
What you’ll learn
Transitioning & Transforming SVG
Animating SVG with keyframes
Animated Line Drawings in SVG
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Pluralsight – After Effects CC Animating with Shape Layers

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Pluralsight – After Effects CC Animating with Shape Layers
English | Size: 385.2MB
Category: Tutorial


Shape layers are a deeply integral part of any After Effects animation. In this course, After Effects CC Animating with Shape Layers, you’ll learn all aspects of shape layers and how to apply and reinforce the concepts by creating an animated game of pong, made entirely of shapes. First, you’ll explore the various types of shape layers and the many tools. Next, you’ll dive into shape layers’ properties and key framing one shape to morph into another. Then, you’ll easily create an explosion with the repeater operation and a laser with zig zag.
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Pluralsight – Animating Blood Flow in Maya

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Animating Blood Flow in Maya
English | Size: 1.2GB
Category: Animating


Creating an animation of red blood cells is one of the most common problems a medical animator is presented with. In this course, Animating Blood Flow in Maya, you will be taught the scientific basics about how red blood cells move through vessels and shown how to replicate this in Autodesk Maya. First, you will be presented with basic information about the physics of blood cells, arteries, and veins. Next, you’ll be shown how to create nParticles in Maya that behave and look like red blood cells. Finally, you’ll be shown how to make these cells interact with their surroundings, the blood vessels. When you’re finished with this Maya course, you’ll not only know the basics of red blood cell animation, but also be taught how to replicate their real-world environment.
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Skillshare Animating With Character Pt. 1 + 2 – Rigging + Walk Cycles

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Skillshare Animating With Character Pt. 1 + 2 – Rigging + Walk Cycles
English | Size: 2.33 GB
Category: 3D


In part 1 of this 3 part series, I’ll show you how to design and rig a character for animation in After Effects! Rigging is the setup process of your artwork that streamlines the animating workflow. You’ll learn everything you need to get up and running with character animation.
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Skillshare – Animating With Character Pt. 1 – Rigging

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Skillshare – Animating With Character Pt. 1 – Rigging
English | Size: 944.0MB
Category: Tutorial


“In part 1 of this 3 part series, I’ll show you how to design and rig a character for animation in After Effects! Rigging is the setup process of your artwork that streamlines the animating workflow. You’ll learn everything you need to get up and running with character animation.
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Animating and Compositing Futuristic Menus in After Effects

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Animating and Compositing Futuristic Menus in After Effects

English | Size: 10.88 GB (11,680,223,906 Bytes)
Category: CBTs


In this series of tutorials, we will learn how to animate and composite a futuristic menu interface with footage of an actor.

We start out by importing all of the assets in the various ways that will best interface with after effects for animation. We then learn how to make the pieces move with the actors motions and how to use expressions to make some of the secondary pieces have visual interest as they rotate, scroll, and reveal. Towards the end of the course, we go over some great compositing tips for making your menu look better integrated with your shot. This course will teach you how to efficiently animate multiple objects and maintain visual consistency that mimics the design of a real life interface. [Read more…]

Pluralsight – Animating a Short Film in Maya and Unreal Engine

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Pluralsight – Animating a Short Film in Maya and Unreal Engine
English | Size: 1.6GB
Category: CBTs


Throughout these lessons, we’ll learn how to make Unreal Engine work as a viable render engine for an animated short film we’ll create in Maya. Preparing animation and assets for use in a real-time engine takes a different workflow than one might be used to working with in a normal render engine like Mental Ray. It comes with it’s own set of challenges and things to work around, but ultimately the ability to render in real-time makes any of these issues worth it. Unreal Engine can become an invaluable tool, particularly if you don’t have access to a render farm, by letting you create fantastic visuals with relatively modest hardware. [Read more…]

Pluralsight – Animating a Short Film in Maya and Unreal Engine

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Pluralsight – Animating a Short Film in Maya and Unreal Engine
English | Size: 1.6GB
Category: Tutorial


Throughout these lessons, we’ll learn how to make Unreal Engine work as a viable render engine for an animated short film we’ll create in Maya. Preparing animation and assets for use in a real-time engine takes a different workflow than one might be used to working with in a normal render engine like Mental Ray. It comes with it’s own set of challenges and things to work around, but ultimately the ability to render in real-time makes any of these issues worth it. Unreal Engine can become an invaluable tool, particularly if you don’t have access to a render farm, by letting you create fantastic visuals with relatively modest hardware. [Read more…]