Learn Maya 8.5, Part 5/2

[xxx9888888888]

it feels awesome you rock

[BroncosBoyzz]

was it just me or did it look like the animation was just jumping from one posistion to the next with no motion in between

or is that just because you are like screening it onto youtube

[thatsupergirl]

I think it's just because it's being recorded and on youtube. I'm trying it out in maya simultaneously, and it's really smooth.

[TomPich]

When you played the Frame animation it seemed jumpy. i.e. jumped to the frames where you inserted a "key frame". Does maya not "fill in the gaps" so to speak? similar to a motion tween in flash. Where you select a start and end point and it "motions" between the 2 key frames?

Thanks for the videos, excellent concept.

Maybe oneday there will be interactive modules. I'm studying BSc Multimedia Computing at UWE and would love to see modules mapped from uni to uni via YouTube :)

[Dreadvizzle]

it fills in the gaps.. just as he explains..

[LiliScarlett8]

It does fill in the gaps, but you don't see it properly on the video, I guess it's because it was put on Youtube and the quality isn't very good. But if you try it out, you'll see everything goes perfect =)

Excellent tutorials !!

[zenrei18]

Hi i have watched all of your tutorials and they have helped me out a lot and I am doing a solar system model i got the planets made and i got them following a path (orbit) but i wanted to know if i can make the planets rotate while orbiting if so what do i do or is there a tutorial for that i would really appreciate it thanks

[TRUNEMESIS00]

THIS IS great thanks for the help but i have a problem none of my toolbars or menus show up on my maya 8.5 screen how can i get them back up thanks again

[Shiznaft1]

Go back up to the top and select view or display not sure which, but you should find a selction labeled UIelements SHOW ALL. selecting this should reveal all the menu items

[HullUniLecturer]

Display>UI Elements

[5251796123456789]

dude that was soooo great but i dont need this :( i need to animate characters legs hand to walk them i mean real animation..that will be better coz we can do in less than min. bolegon fly on flash8...so easy but in maya it maybe hard but i like maya and i want to learn something else i hope that what will come is what my dream and thanks.....:)

[LiliScarlett8]

Hey, animating characters is VEEERY hard, so you have to learn all that properly first... Otherwise you'll never manage to animate a character ! =)

These videos are for beginners; if you already know all that, there are very good tutorials on animation on the Internet... Good luck !!

[InSaneTK]

I find this highly interesting and much more motivating. Also the not-so-perfect dialog is amusing. :P

[tcpnet]

how come i cant see the play tool bar to play the animation?

[tcpnet]

nvm... i found it.. nice totorials...

[elemento188]

finally I learned to animate, oh I love this!

[mightyduckk]

just wondering, but can you just freehand animate it, without using the x/y axis. by just moving it and then setting a key frame?

[HullUniLecturer]

You can move things in any way that you choose.

[darthst]

Dude these videos are great! Keep on goin! Youre helping mi a lot! When I finish mi first projecto I will Upload it.

[comikxguy]

i'm also messing around with lightwave 3d too, when he says "between" which in animation is also called "betweening" but in lightwave 3d you have the option to turn on/off the automatic betweening or create keyframes created for you which is called "autokey" but here its always on

[ralo23]

yea its great.....too bad he won't be doing any more. Oh well....

[HullUniLecturer]

More videos are in the planning stages now. Stay tuned.

[Englebarn78]

These tutorials are excellent! Very inspiring and fun!

[wazzita]

The second sphere in my animation looks like it's bouncing!