Visual Effects (1143 Tutorials)

A Common Mistake when Animating Walkcycles in Maya

June 13, 2017

Brian Horgan tells you what NOT to do when animating walk cycles. This is extremely useful information, especially if you're a beginner. [Via Lester Banks]

Go To Tutorial →

Animation for Videogames tutorial: Creating a character animation set in Maya

June 13, 2017

This is the third part of a series of tutorials by James Marijeanne. He talks about the pre-vis process, which is extremely important in the video game development process. Then he sets up run and walk cycles for our new character. [Via Lester Banks]

Go To Tutorial →

Creating a Walk Cycle in Maya

June 13, 2017

In 2015 I wrote an article about how to create a walk cycle with several tutorials and examples, plus, some animals, not just people! This article is a follow up, focused on Maya. Yes, we missed Maya Monday due to the holiday yesterday, but we’ll do it like the garbage man, and bump things back a day!

Go To Tutorial →

IK: Better Managing Pole Vectors on an IK Chain in Maya

June 13, 2017

This is another via Lester Banks and is from the rigging artist Giovanna Coutinho and she talks about how to set up an ideal joint chain for IK handles.

Go To Tutorial →

Character Animation: An Alternative Way to Animate a Foot Roll

June 13, 2017

Brian Horgan put together this informative tutorial and says, “A look at how the FootRoll attribute on IK leg controls can sometimes trip us up when animating walks and runs.. and an alternative approach which can give cleaner results in some cases. I also demonstrate how I like to clean things up to remove the dreaded knee pop.”

Go To Tutorial →

IK: Rigging a Bird with IK Handles and Curves in Maya 2016

June 13, 2017

From Mike Hermes: “In this Maya 2016 rigging tutorial video I will show you how to create a simple bird rig including joints, IK handles and nurbs control curves to allow you to animate your model.”

Go To Tutorial →

Character modeling: Bat, parts 1 and 2

June 13, 2017

Part 1 is about the concept art and part 2 is modeling.

Go To Tutorial →

Quick Rigging and Skinning a Character in Maya 2017

June 13, 2017

From 3D Tutorials: “CGI 3D Tutorials : Quick Rigging and Skinning a Character in Maya 2017. This tutorial shows you how to create a basic character rig for a game or background character in just a few clicks.”

Go To Tutorial →

How To Make A 2D Animation Or Cartoon in Maya

June 13, 2017

From TunnelvizionTV: “In this Maya 2017 tutorial I show you how you can use Maya to create a 2d animation or cartoon. You will need Adobe Photoshop or other image editing software and Autodesk Maya.”

Go To Tutorial →

Superluminal Stardust Replica Motion Graphics Elements

June 13, 2017

This is a walk through of how to add some fun and engaging elements to your After Effects comps with Superluminal Stardust by replicating particles.

Go To Tutorial →

ZBrush: Apply a Texture at full opacity with Alpha active

June 13, 2017

This tutorial covers how ZBrush uses texture maps and alphas together. It also features a workflow using Repeat Last to use an alpha for sculpting and a texture map for color.

Go To Tutorial →

Create an Epic Saturn Space Scene in After Effects with Free Project Files

June 9, 2017

This Epic Saturn Space Scene from Caleb Ward includes a tutorial and free project files for creating, animating, and stylizing a planet in After Effects.

Go To Tutorial →