Introduction to Maya Muscle

This course will teach you how to create realistic muscle and skin motions, and how to use the Maya Muscle workflow and tools. We'll also learn creative techniques to enhance character performances. This course includes over three hours of project-based learning. This course is ideal for artists who are learning Maya Muscle. The Maya Muscle overview, capsules, bones and muscles, Muscle Builder user interface, modeling muscle definition, custom muscle shapes; muscle stretch deformer, muscle spline deformer, muscle skin deformers, sliding and shrinkwrap, painting muscle weights; Jiggle and Cycle attributes; Relax and Smooth attributes, muscle caching; Surface attach; and muscle setups for symmetrical characters are some of the most popular highlights. Maya 2008 Extension 1 or the cMuscle System plugin are required.