Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle

You can easily create convincing walk cycles in Maya and learn time-saving animation techniques. This book contains over 2.5 hours project-based training. This training is ideal for intermediate to advanced users. The most popular highlights are: Layering Body Mechanics, Follow Through and Weight; MEL scripting for animators; Transforming Male Walk into female Walk; Keying in Channel Box. Graph Editor. Insert Key Tool. Breaking Tangents to Create an Illusion of Weight. Editing Tangents. Cycling with Pre- and Post Infinity. Please note that Maya 7 is required to open the project files included with this kit. You can make your own character rig using our Character Setup for Maya training kit. Maya 4.0 or higher is required (project files require Maya7)