An Essential Introduction to Maya Character Rigging with DVD

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Halftitle
3. Title
4. Copyright
5. Dedication
6. Contents
7. Forword
8. Preface
9. Acknowledgements
10. Introduction
11. 1 Designing Your First Biped Character
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Zach Parrish
    2. Workflow
    3. Introduction
    4. Character Design
    5. Creating Character Sheets
    6. Summary
    7. Assignments: Designing a Character
12. 2 Creating Your First Biped Character: Modeling Basics
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Jeff Gill
    2. Workflow
    3. Introduction
    4. Modeling Tools in Maya
    5. Former Student Spotlight: Chris Grim
    6. Summary
    7. Assignments: Modeling a Character
13. 3 Creating Your First Biped Character: Facial Expressions
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Katie Folsom
    2. Workflow
    3. Introduction
    4. Blend Shapes as an Approach to Creating Facial Expressions
    5. Tools Used for Modeling Blend Shapes
    6. Deformation Order
    7. Summary
    8. Assignments: Facial Expressions for a Character
14. 4 Creating Your First Biped Character: Shading and Texturing Basics
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Nathan Engelhardt
    2. Workflow
    3. Introduction
    4. The Hypershade
    5. Automatic Mapping
    6. The 3D Paint Tool
    7. Summary
    8. Assignments: Shading and Texturing a Character
15. 5 Skeleton Setup for a Biped Character: Joint Placement
    1. Former Student Spotlight: David Bokser
    2. Workflow
    3. Introduction
    4. File Referencing
    5. Setting Up Your Work Area
    6. Working with Joints
    7. Former Student Spotlight: Sean Danyi
    8. Summary
    9. Assignments: Joint Placement in a Character
16. 6 Control Rig Setup for a Biped Character: IK and FK
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Ryan Yokley
    2. Workflow
    3. Kinematics
    4. Attribute Control
    5. Former Student Spotlight: Ben Willis
    6. Summary
    7. Assignments
17. 7 Wrapping Up the Setup
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Rob Miller
    2. Workflow
    3. Introduction
    4. Cleaning up the scene file for animation
    5. Preparing the scene file for skinning
    6. Summary
    7. Assignments
18. 8 Skinning Your Character
    1. Former Student Spotlight: Tonya Payne
    2. Workflow
    3. Skinning Tools in Maya
    4. Summary
    5. Assignments: Skinning a Character
19. Glossory
20. Index