http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com Just another fda digitalmedia production weblog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:28:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay in order for you to start thinking about how animation works we will do a quick session on making flipbooks, this will get you thinking about time and motion. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20wxBarPbF0[/youtube] http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2009/10/07/animation-without-technology-flipbooks/ If you look on the lovely web these "priciples" are all about in one form or another, these are taken from here Squash and Stretch - defining the rigidity and mass of an object by distorting its shape during an action Timing and Motion - spacing actions to define the weight and ... http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2009/10/07/12-priciples-of-animation/ Ealry 3D CG was simple, pretty much drawing lines on a screen 70's the idea that computer graphics could be part of a film or animation developed 80's the move from wireframe to shaded models, the use of animation, the development of lighting models and digital compositing 90's the lid comes off, ... http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2009/10/07/thoughts-on-early-3d-computer-graphics/ Look here to find plugins for just about all the motion graphics applications we use. http://toolfarm.stores.yahoo.net/plugins.html http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2009/08/17/plugins-for-everything/ For a great set of tutorials Learning Maya http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2008/11/03/httpwwwlearningmayacom/ http://www.garycmartin.com/mouth_shapes.html http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2008/11/03/mouth-shapes-for-animation/ All sound changes as you move through space, to give a cinematic experience greater depth and interest spacialised audio can be simulated. Soundrenderer http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2008/11/03/spatialised-audio-in-maya/ There are a range of plugins that provide automated ways for you to trigger animation based on sound, these have a range of capabilities. Note: I have not tried any of these out as yet. Sonica (still in Beta) http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2008/11/03/maya-plugins-for-sound/ http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2008/11/03/sound-in-maya-basics/ Full body rigs are complex and take a lot of time and experience to put together, if you want to practice animation of a character you should have a look at one of the prebuilt rigs in this list. Human type rigs Maya does have the facility to generate a 'Full Body ... http://animationandfilm.fdadigitalmediaproduction.com/2008/10/22/pre-build-ik-rigs/