Roz Harkin's Computer Birthing Blog

A demonstration of  follow-through and overlapping action (without breakdowns) The same thing, but with breakdowns this time Check it out everybody it's the same thing, just a little bit different! I couldn't really get mine to work for the Squash and Stretch, so I used his and added some S&S of my own

Learned about timing, spacing, and arcs and how important they are to your animation. You need timing, spacing, and arcs, or else it'll look mechanical. A simple pendulum, but with the timing adjusted so it looks more interesting. The same pendulum, but with varied spacing (slow in and slow out) again, so it looks interesting. A bouncing ball demonstrating arcs.

Learned about the playblast feature and how it can be used to accurately see the framerate of your animation. I also learned about the RV player which allows you to view your animation at its actual framerate without having to playblast it.

Learned how to make procedural animations using the M*A*S*H system.

]Learned about motion paths and how to animate an object with them.

Learned about the different visualization tools in Maya such as Editable motion trails Ghosting Animation snapshots That let you see arcs, etc. clearly

I couldn't get the files to open so no pictures for this one. Learned about animation clips and how to import, export, loop, and blend them together

Playing around with the graph editor. Learned about the different curves and tangent types Maya uses to interpolate between frames. Animated a ball bouncing using the graph editor and squash and stretch.

Learned how to create and delete keyframes, as well as select different attributes of an object to keyframe