We are still undecided as to how we are going to handle rigging next year in Maya
What we are going to do is remove rigging from the lighting and rendering stage by exporting the animations out as Alembics and then only having to render those. Having your rig break while rendering was way to common an occurrence in the student sphere. From: Sofronis Efstathiou <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Thursday 27 November 2014 at 4:09 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Maya Rigging Online courses Hi all, I’m trying to get my head around the rigging tools in Maya, and need a quick boost in terms of knowledge - I need to support a ton of rigs my students are creating after Christmas. Any recommendations? I would prefer not to have a course aimed at beginners, just something that can introduce some mid/high level concepts and techniques. Having said that, as I need to learn an entire new toolset it’s probably wise to start with the basics (as long as it moves quickly into other areas). Has anyone taken the iAnimate course? http://www.ianimate.net/workshops/rigging.html Animschool also allows you to take a single class via its express option as well - http://www.animschool.com/Catalog/ProgramDescription.aspx?ID=1#<http://www.animschool.com/Catalog/ProgramDescription.aspx?ID=1> Any help, opinions or guidance much appreciated… Cheers Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou Postgraduate Framework Leader and BFX Competition & Festival Director Computer Animation Academic Group National Centre for Computer Animation Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805 Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou Student Work: http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation [Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg]<http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/> [Description: Description: C:\Users\sefstathiou\Documents\My Dropbox\Work_Files\NCCA\VFXandAnimation_competition\BFX_website\BFX_Website\bfx_logo_facebook.png] <http://www.bfxfestival.com/> [http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg] Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching with wide scientific and creative applications [http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg] BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages<http://www.disabledgo.com/en/org/bournemouth-university> This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
