Tradigital Maya

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction – Traditional to Digital

Chapter 1:  Arcs – Organic Movement/Natural Motion

Arcs in Object Motion

Localized Arcs – Human Motion

Chapter 1.1 – Animation Test – Bouncing Ball

Animation Preferences

Maya Grid Display

Creating the Bouncing Ball

Animation Preferences – Key Tangents

Selection and Transformation Tools and Settings

Animating the Ball Bounce

Copying and Pasting Keys and Setting Height Key

The Maya Graph Editor

Breakdown Key (In-between)

Playblast

Changing Key Tangent Type

Ghosted Playblack

Refining the Animation Timing – Key Tangents

Squash and Stretch

Looping the Animation

Loop Animation – Curve Edit

Loop Animation – Bounce Across Ground

Viewing and Editing the Trajectory Arc

Validating the Animation ...