Book description
Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya is a first-of-its-kind book that walks the reader step-by-step through the actual production processes of creating a 3D Short film with Maya. Other books focus solely on the creative decisions of 3D Animation and broadly cover the multiple phases of animation production with no real applicable methods for readers to employ. This book shows you how to successfully manage the entire Maya animation pipeline. This book blends together valuable technical tips on film production and real-world shortcuts in a step-by-step approach to make sure you do not get lost. Follow along with author and director Kenny Roy as he creates a short film in front of your eyes using the exact same methods he shows you in the book. Armed with this book, you'll be able to charge forth into the challenge of creating a short film, confident that creativity will show up on screen instead of being stifled by the labyrinth that is a 3D animation pipeline.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dediation
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Short Film
- Chapter 2: Introduction to 3D Production
- Chapter 3: Story
- Chapter 4: Pre-production
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Chapter 5: 3D Pre-production
- Deciding What to Create and What to Download
- Booty Call’s Downloaded Assets
- Level of Detail
- Prop Creation
- Starting the Props
- Stitching It Up
- Character Modeling
- Environment Modeling
- Texturing
- Blocking in Matte Paintings
- Prop Rigging
- Character Rigging
- Facial Rigging
- Environment Rigging
- Layout
- Pre-Lighting/Look Development
- Light Placement
- Creating Light Rigs
- Render Settings
- Final Thoughts
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Chapter 6: 3D Production
- Scheduling
- 3D Animatic
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Animation
- Working Too Long
- Shots Too Long
- Create Cycles for Common Actions
- Testing Your Export
- A Few Notes On Exporting Animation
- Frame 101 Revisited
- Starting Your Shots
- Work flow
- Sticking to Workflow
- Great Video Reference
- Reference Video as a Timing Tool
- Animating With Tempo
- Incorporating Style
- “Finishing” Shots
- Creating Playblasts
- Effects
- Lighting
- Rendering
- Final Thoughts
- Chapter 7: 2D Production
- Chapter 8: Editorial
- Chapter 9: Sound
- Chapter 10: Finaling
- Chapter 11: Festivals and Markets
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2014
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781135943097
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