Character Setup Tutorial 4

In this tutorial you will learn to add some more controls and a few mathematical expressions to make key framing easier. Many people had problems with the expression so I will type it below once again:

body.tx = (L_Foot.tx + R_Foot.tx)/2
body.ty = (L_Foot.ty + R_Foot.ty)/2
body.tz = (L_Foot.tz + R_Foot.tz)/2

ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE EXPRESSION EDITOR IS CASE SENSITIVE

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Maya
• animation
• CGI
• Computer
• Graphics
• tutorial
• character
• anim
• lesson
• teach
• learn
• how
• to
• animate
• keyframe

[jmanjanz]

nice job, it helped me lots...

one thing though is since im really new to the program I dont know how to do all the things and you dont always explain it in full.

but its still extremely helpful, good job!

[mlgraphic1]

Hi,

I am happy you found my tutorial helpful. I tried to explain this as thorough as I could but this tutorial is mostly for someone who is very familiar with maya.

Good luck with maya

[larsk16]

example when u moved the controllers for the shoulders in place...

what program are u using to record with??  XD

[mlgraphic1]

oh ok thanks for letting me know lol

I am using CamStudio. It's a free software you can easily find online

[larsk16]

Very good tutorial!!!

But if u use x,c,v, to activate the snap function it will be much easy`r

X = snap to grids

C = snap to curves

V = snap to points

;D

[mlgraphic1]

Thanks for your comment! I do use X, C, and V for the snap function. What part of the tutorial are you talking about? There are certain hotKeys such as F8 for edit mode that I cannot use because of the program i am using to record the tutorial ;-) Also i try not to use hotkeys for other tools so i won't confuse the viewers.

[ZeroMetalKiller]

Your tutorials are the best!!! The really helped me!! Thanks!!! =D

[leon1921]

why did u use the expression whats the purpouse??

cheers!!

[turrican1024]

Hi .. I am trying to parent my IK to a control... but when i move the control, my leg does not move with it ??

[bgroni]

yap. that was it for me as well :-)

[Pontiz6]

Ahhhh.. the semi-colon got me, it's the film quality.

Thanks for that!!

[bgroni]

long time ago... let me see... make sure u use semicolon at the end. and make sure the names of the cubes are spelld right ("L_foot" and "R_foot"). i think that was it for me.

[Pontiz6]

Hey, i had the same problem with the Syntax error, but i'm not sure what it is that i did wrong, what did you do to fix it?

[s1nj1n13]

When are you going to add the part 5 tutorial of the hand and connecting the skeleton to the body

[jmanjanz]

Well i figured it out after watching it over and over for about an hour :P

But still very helpful.