#SOFTIMAGE 3D ANIMATION PROFESSIONAL#

Line of action allows us to practice this principle, and we can practice using a squirrel, whose very movement illustrates this principle nicely.

#SOFTIMAGE 3D ANIMATION PROFESSIONAL#

Professional animators talk about 'animating the action, not the object'.

We will also integrate this concept into the human body using some of the powerful rigs available in Softimage.Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎСљР В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎвЂєs we move deeper into some of the more subtle tweaks, we can use the principles of Strong Poses and Arcs, and begin to study 'Line of Action'. We will use the 'bouncing ball' scene, a favorite of almost every animator working in the industry, to explore squash and stretch. We will make sure the arcs are strong and natural, and that they show the proper speed and acceleration. We will begin working in layers, tweaking and refining the motion we have created, using Softimage's 'plot to curve' tool to analyze motion paths through space. This serves to create a realistic feeling of power, and as a storytelling device, as it prepare the audience for the action itself. Before the action can start, there is a moment of preparation. Here's the windup, and there's the pitch! We'll talk about the windup, or anticipation in this chapter. Follow along as we set our poses, then move the keys to adjust the timing, blocking out the action quickly and efficiently. We will be using the technique of pose-to-pose animation while getting familiar with the Animation Editor and Dope Sheet. Strong poses with great timing makes up 90 percent of great animation. The user will see how easy it is to examine the subtle and powerful aspects of the human form, and compose it in dimensional space. With a special thanks to the explorations by Keith Lango, we explore these poses using some very powerful rigging systems in Softimage. This video is extremely agnostic to any particular features, but makes great use of the tools Softimage has become famous for.Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎСљР В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљР Р‹rom superhero poses to subtle elegant moments frozen in time, understanding the human form in space is one of the cornerstones of animation. If your an artist that even questions if they know these principles completely, then this video is for you, even if you do not use Softimage as your tool of choice. The principles of animation are static rules that have worked since the beginning of the invention of movement itself. This video is geared to train everyone and anyone in the Computer Graphics and Visual Effects industries. We will explore some of the basic tools and animate the human form, and even little woodland creatures. We will take a moment to step on the shoulders of giants and use the Р В Р’В Р В РІР‚В Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎв„ўР В Р Р‹Р РЋРІвЂћСћprinciples of animationР В Р’В Р В РІР‚В Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎв„ўР В Р Р‹Р РЋРЎв„ў in a practical way. No wonder so many animation and VFX houses have made Softimage a core of their pipelines. The only minor airbrushing is applied to the hair and feathers, and a couple small composite mask bleeds around the rock.Talk about a film studio in a box! When you look back at the list of amazing projects that Softimage has been a part of, you canР В Р’В Р В РІР‚В Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎв„ўР В Р вЂ Р Р†Р вЂљРЎвЂєР РЋРЎвЂєt help but feel that you have at your fingertips, some of the most amazing and powerful set of animation and effects tools in the market today. Final renders we created in Maya Mental Ray and composites in Photoshop. Textures were started in Photoshop and finished in Zbrush and Cinema 4D Body Paint and are all hand painted. The models were started in Maya and finished in Zbrush. I decided I finally wanted to wrap up this project so I spent a week wrapping it up and putting together renders for this composite. It took me down some rabbit holes between not having a strong enough computer to complete the sculpt at one point, obsessing over color detail from all angles thinking about maybe a 3D print or animated poster which lead to wanting to attempt a real hair sim (which ended up being a deep deep rabbit hole, but I settled on a sculpt with a little paint over in the final image here). ItР В Р’В Р В РІР‚В Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎв„ўР В Р вЂ Р Р†Р вЂљРЎвЂєР РЋРЎвЂєs always been my experimental piece so a lot of the stuff on here I hadnР В Р’В Р В РІР‚В Р В Р’В Р Р†Р вЂљРЎв„ўР В Р вЂ Р Р†Р вЂљРЎвЂєР РЋРЎвЂєt tried before at the time. Ihave no idea how long I ever actually spent on it but probably way too long. I started this project a long long time ago and have worked on it on and off. I wanted this image to fall somewhere between surreal and realistic much like the character and comic do, so hopefully it achieves this. The Maxx is a very abstract character that changes form quite a bit from image to image, but this my culmination of the character existing in the Outback of Pangaea.

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