- \n
- Turn on all your menus. Display all your menus.\n
- \n
- – HotBox <\/strong>[SPACEBAR] || Hotbox Controls > Window Options > Show Main MenuBar <\/strong>[ON]<\/li>\n
- \u00a0
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Turn on all of the workspace options (Default Maya interface)\n
- \n
- – MAIN || Display > UI Elements > Show All UI Elements<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Change the Attribute Editor setting. Have the Attribute Editor in it’s own window (Does not Apply)<\/li>\n
- Infinite Undo Option\n
- \n
- – MAIN || Window > Setting\/Preferences > Preferences<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – [HIGHLIGHT] Categories > <\/strong>[HIGHLIGHT] Undo<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – Set options to Infinite<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Organize Your Scene<\/h2>\n
(Place objects logically into hierarchy to organize your scene. Ex. Environment Group \/ House Group \/ WoodLogs Group \/ etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n
- \n
- Hierarchy\n
- \n
- – Consists of grouping child nodes<\/em> under parent nodes. <\/em>When transforming a parent node, all its children will inherit it’s transformation.<\/li>\n
- – Open the Outliner <\/em>: MAIN || Window > Outliner<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – The first 4 items are always your default cameras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Groups. Create a groups in your Outliner Window\n
- \n
- – [HOLD SHIFT] + Select all your items you want into a group. Here select all your items excluding lights and cameras in your Outliner. MAIN || Edit > Group<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – Shortcut to Group Items: CTRL + G<\/li>\n
- – DBL CLICK on the group and name it environmentGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- (Note: New Groups have it’s pivot placed at the origin. Origin meaning center of stage XYZ:0,0,0)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Organizing Hierarchy\n
- \n
- Create groups within the environmentGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- – Select and group all the objects called plank and press CTRL + G<\/li>\n
- – Rename group to houseGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- – Select remaining house objects and Press and hold MMB over selection and drag over houseGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Parenting objects\n
- \n
- – Parent the wood logs in the fireplace to the chimney.<\/li>\n
- – Select the wood logs\/woodStack<\/em> then CTRL + CLICK on the chimney<\/em><\/li>\n
- – Parent: Press P. When parenting objects make sure the object being parented to is the last item selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Completing the hierarchy\n
- \n
- – Organize the Outliner <\/em>hierarchy so it looks like the following:<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – Expand Hierarchy along with children: SHIFT + CLICK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Understanding Inheritance<\/h2>\n
- \n
- Freezing transformations\n
- \n
- – Select environmentGroup<\/li>\n
- – MAIN || Edit > Select Hierarchy<\/strong> (selects all objects within group)<\/em><\/li>\n
- <\/strong>– MAIN || Modify > Freeze Transformations<\/strong><\/li>\n
- (This resets all the transformations so it’s attributes are at it’s default. This allows for easy animation)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Center Pivots\n
- \n
- It’s a good idea to center your pivots on all our objects.<\/em><\/li>\n
- – Select the environmentGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- <\/em>– MAIN || Edit > Select Hierarchy<\/strong> (selects all objects within group)<\/em><\/li>\n
- – MAIN || Modify > Center Pivot
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- Child values\n
- \n
- When you transform a parent object, none of it’s children’s value’s change.<\/em><\/li>\n
- – Select the houseGroup<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- – translate it’s position. Notice how none of it’s children’s values change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Pivot Placement. Moving the pivot<\/em>.\n
- \n
- – Select the move tool.<\/li>\n
- – Press the [INSERT] key to move the pivot point. Press it again to lock it in place.<\/li>\n
- – Move Pivot: Hold D + CLICK and drag pivot to location.<\/li>\n
- Note: How the axis crossbars change appearance when you modify the pivot<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Animating the Door<\/h2>\n
- \n
- Door Group\n
- \n
- – Select the wood planks hat are apart of the door.<\/li>\n
- – Group the planks and name it doorGroup<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- – MAIN || Modify > Center Pivot<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – Move Pivot: Hold D \/ Press [INSERT]. Move the pivot point where you think the hinges of the door will be.<\/li>\n
- – Test the door by selecting doorGroup<\/em> and rotating it on it’s y-axis.<\/li>\n
- – Return it to it’s default position once you are done.<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- The timeline. Animating the door.\n
- \n
- Determine how low you want your animation to be.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Maya plays animation at 24fps. So if you want your animation to be 1 sec, then you need 24 frames.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Setting keyframes\n
- \n
- – Move the scrubber to frame 1. Press the first frame<\/em> button from the playback controls to do so.<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – Select the doorGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- – make sure all rotation and translation values are a 0.<\/li>\n
- – Change MAIN menu to Animation<\/em>: Press F2<\/li>\n
- – Set a keyframe on frame 1: ANIMATION || Animate > Set Key<\/strong> or S<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- – Go to frame 25. Type 25 in the current frame field right of the timeline.<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – Rotate Y: 125<\/li>\n
- – Deselect the rotateY and set a keyframe at frame 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Playback Preferences\n
- \n
- Set Maya to playback animation properly<\/em><\/li>\n
- – Click on Animation Preferences<\/em><\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – In Settings > Time Slider > PlayBack Speed > Real-time (24fps)<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- Save.<\/li>\n
- – Rewind your animation and press play to see your animation<\/li>\n
- – The red ticks on the timeline specify keyframes for your doorGroup<\/em> once selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Tweak the animation\n
- \n
- – Make sure doorGroup <\/em>is selected.<\/li>\n
- – Drag keyframes on the timeline: SHFT + CLICK (on frame with keyframe. it will highlight red)<\/em> Then CLICK + DRAG (red portion) <\/em>to frame 15.<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – Go to frame 35<\/li>\n
- – Rotate Y: 140<\/li>\n
- – RMB +\u00a0 CLICK over rotateY in the Attribute Editor window.<\/li>\n
- – Select Key Selected<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- – Key Selected<\/em>: sets a keyframe on every selected object.<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – TIP<\/strong>\n
- \n
- Set Keyframe only to translation: SHFT + w<\/li>\n
- Set Keyframe only to rotation: SHFT + e<\/li>\n
- Set Keyframe only to scale: SHFT + r<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- To Delete keyframes:\n
- \n
- – select keyframe<\/li>\n
- – RMB + select <\/em>Delete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The Graph Editor Window\n
- \n
- Allows you to see every keyframe and edit the curves<\/li>\n
- – Select the doorGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- – ANIMATION || Window > ANimation Editors > Graph Editor<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – Frame the doorGroup <\/em>on the stage. Frame Selected Object: Press a.<\/li>\n
- – Graph Editor navigating\n
- \n
- – Dolly: ALT + RMB CLICK DRAG<\/li>\n
- – Track: ALT + MMB CLICK DRAG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- – Constrain Dolly: SHFT + ALT + RMB CLICK DRAG<\/li>\n
- – Constrain Track: SHFT + ALT + MMB CLICK DRAG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Selecting keyframes. How to modify and move he curves for animation.\n
- \n
- – In the graph editor window, <\/em>select the curve for the rotateY.<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – Select the move tool and MMB + CLICK DRAG on the curve to a new point in time. Or select just one of the keyframes and MMB + CLICK DRAG on the keyframe to just move that.<\/li>\n
- – Constrain movement: SHFT + MMB DRAG to move keys around the graph editor window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Modifying keyframes\n
- \n
- – Select the first and last keyframe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
- – GRAPH EDITOR || Tangents > Flat<\/strong><\/li>\n
- –
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – How to modify the Tangents of a curve. Select one side of the keyframe’s handles<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n- – MMB + DRAG on the ball end of the handle<\/li>\n
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<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n- Traversing a hierarchy. Navigating through the Outliner menu with arow keys\n
- \n
- – Select the plank of the door.<\/li>\n
- – Open the Outliner to see the selection process.<\/li>\n
- – Press UP ARROW. This moves your selection to the parent of our selected object which is doorGroup<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- – Keep pressing UP ARROW and it will select the parent of doorGroup <\/em>which is wallGroup.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Traversing hotkeys\n
- \n
- – Parent: UP ARROW<\/li>\n
- – First Child: DOWN ARROW<\/li>\n
- – Next Child: RIGHT ARROW<\/li>\n
- – Previous Child: LEFT ARROW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- – Keep pressing UP ARROW and it will select the parent of doorGroup <\/em>which is wallGroup.<\/em><\/li>\n
- –
- – GRAPH EDITOR || Tangents > Flat<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – In the graph editor window, <\/em>select the curve for the rotateY.<\/li>\n
- – ANIMATION || Window > ANimation Editors > Graph Editor<\/strong><\/li>\n
- The Graph Editor Window\n
- – Drag keyframes on the timeline: SHFT + CLICK (on frame with keyframe. it will highlight red)<\/em> Then CLICK + DRAG (red portion) <\/em>to frame 15.<\/li>\n
- – Click on Animation Preferences<\/em><\/li>\n
- Maya plays animation at 24fps. So if you want your animation to be 1 sec, then you need 24 frames.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- – MAIN || Modify > Center Pivot<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Door Group\n
- – Select the houseGroup<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- – Select the environmentGroup<\/em><\/li>\n
- <\/strong>– MAIN || Modify > Freeze Transformations<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – Open the Outliner <\/em>: MAIN || Window > Outliner<\/strong><\/li>\n
- – Consists of grouping child nodes<\/em> under parent nodes. <\/em>When transforming a parent node, all its children will inherit it’s transformation.<\/li>\n
- – [HIGHLIGHT] Categories > <\/strong>[HIGHLIGHT] Undo<\/strong><\/li>\n
- \u00a0
- – HotBox <\/strong>[SPACEBAR] || Hotbox Controls > Window Options > Show Main MenuBar <\/strong>[ON]<\/li>\n