本教程是由Digital-tutors机构最新出品的Maya分层动画训练教程。

Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，主要是为了影视应用而研发的，所以在出世后不久就在《精灵鼠小弟》、《恐龙》等这些大片中一展身手。除了影视方面的应用外Maya在三维动画制作，影视广告设计，多媒体制作甚至游戏制作领域都有很出色的表现。初识Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，它是Alias|Wavefront公司在1998年才推出的三维制作软件。虽然相对于其他老牌三维制作软件来说Maya还是一个新生儿，但Maya凭借其强大的功能，友好的用户界面和丰富的视觉效果，一经推出就引起了动画和影视界的广泛关注，成为顶级的三维动画制作软件。

Digital-tutors : Animation Layers in MayaEnglish | Video: svq3, yuvj420p, 788x648, 1109 kb/s | Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, s16 | 615 MBGenre: Video training

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

Lesson Outline:

1. Introduction and Project Overview

2. Understanding Animation Layers

3. Using the Animation Layer Toolbar

4. Animating on Layers

5. Working with the Layer Pane

6. Ghosting animation layers

7. Adding and Removing Objects and attributes

8. Copying and Extracting animation to new layers

9. Filtering layered animation

10. Animation Layer modes

11. Setting a layer's accumulation process

12. Examining the Animation Layer node

13. Importing and exporting animation layers

14. Using expressions with layers

15. Using constraints with layers

16. Merging and Baking layers

17. Animation Layers and the Trax Editor

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