Maya Video Tutorial: Motion Path (Part 2)

[mistressmpt]

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[mistressmpt]

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[ilusjon]

Thank you :)

[limbdarkening]

Is there any way to vary the speed of certain parts of the path?

[djmaxpaul]

Thank U for reply so fast. For me Dope sheet video could be as much as U know :-D

[djmaxpaul]

Hi, thank U for help with ur videos. Could be possible for U make video about Dope Sheet. I have huge problem with using it. I have problem to copy frames in Edit graph and Dope Sheet. If some one is reading this. Never, ever use Maya 2011 when U r beginner. Maya 2011 is nightmare, worst thing ever.

[bharatkumargupta]

video request: Please do a video tut for dope sheet in a seperate vide, thank you

[freshmaya]

@bharatkumargupta I'm still learning animation so I'll have to learn more about the dope sheet to do a tutorial like that justice. But I'll keep that in mind as I'm learning and eventually I'll try and create such a tutorial.

[dham7]

Thanks for the tutorial. Curious how you would go about slowing down the flight as well as speeding it up along the same curve.

[freshmaya]

@dham7 currently, the only way that I personally know is that when attaching the craft to the curve, checkmark the Parametric Length option. That will allow the speeds to be altered by changing the placement of verts. The overal speed (distance over time) is divided evenly amoung the sections of the curve. So shorten a section to make that distance slower but for smooth transitions, I find the need to animate the verts too. Not very efficient way so hopefully, I'll learn a better way :).

[malmossa]

thank you so much

[freshmaya]

@malmossa You are most welcome malmossa

[kaelvinlau]

omg this is sooo helpful. thank you.

[freshmaya]

@kaelvinlau You are very welcome. I'm always grateful to hear that our tutorials are helpful. Best wishes to you on all your projects.

[freshmaya]

@kaelvinlau You're so very welcome kaelvinlau. You're comment was 3 months ago so I hope you've had the opportunity to create some cool stuff since then.

[djmaxpaul]

Thank U so much

[freshmaya]

@djmaxpaul You are most welcome djmaxpaul

[djmaxpaul]

Every think is perfect with plain but to do it with camera I have problems. Starts with slow move and then is flying all over my room that I made that I cant see angles, my furniture. nothing till is at the end my curve.

[freshmaya]

@djmaxpaul Try adjusting "Angle of View" in the camera's attribute editor to be able to see more. Also, when attaching camera to curve make sure you DON'T have "Parametric Length" checked. Unchecking it will make the camera follow the curve at the same speed all the way. Hope that helps.

[djmaxpaul]

@freshmaya Thank U

[freshmaya]

@djmaxpaul You're very welcome

[djmaxpaul]

@freshmaya Hi, thank U for help with ur videos, U r awesome. Could be possible for U make video about Dope Sheet. I have huge problem with using it. I have problem to copy frames in Edit graph and Dope Sheet. If some one is reading this. Never, ever use Maya 2011 when U r beginner. Maya 2011 is nightmare, worst thing ever.

[freshmaya]

@djmaxpaul you're the second person to ask me for a dope sheet tutorial. I'm not too knowledgeable about the dopesheet myself. I only know some of the basics but I'll try and learn it to the point where I can put together a nice tutorial on it.