I'm just finishing the Rigging The Body course at CGSociety. It is pretty deep, tons of material every week, and only focused about constructing a complete Maya rig - it's 8 weeks long and doesn't get to deformation or facial setups.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone, > > > > Really helpful – thanks for the recommendations. I think the mentoring > route is the going to be beneficial – I have a ton of questions, so it > would be cool to speak to someone about process and get some feedback on my > rigs – I think I’ll try Rigging Dojo and speaking to Dave at Animschool. > > > > Thank again! > > > > Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou > > Postgraduate Framework Leader and BFX Competition & Festival Director > > Computer Animation Academic Group > > *National Centre for Computer Animation* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Brassard > *Sent:* 27 November 2014 15:32 > *To:* softimage > *Subject:* Re: Maya Rigging Online courses > > > > Part 1 to 4 can be found here: > > > > Animation Friendly Rigging <http://jasonschleifer.com/afr/> > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Daniel Brassard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Maybe these 4 Masterclass docs from Jason Schleifer can help. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Marco Peixoto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah i have been looking for some time at Animschool for a rigging course, > was even once going to ask if they also did it for Softimage... but now > Maya it is... thing is.. im pretty sure Maya will change a lot in a so not > distant future or that other solutions might appear... should I be > investing time, lots of effort (and money) to learn how to properly rig the > "old" in Maya? Im not really interested in "learning" Maya and thankfully i > only have to animate on it... but i feel a complete stranger (and junior) > now that Soft is no more... > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Gerbrand Nel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did this to get into rigging.. pretty good rig at the end of the day, > and I now like the node editor :) > G > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4XRgmTynY > > > On 27/11/2014 07:57, David Gallagher wrote: > > AnimSchool is awesome ;) > > iAnimate is more geared toward gaming, if that's relevant for you. > > Dave G (CEO of AnimSchool) > Email me with any questions. > > On 11/26/2014 7:09 PM, Sofronis Efstathiou wrote: > > 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] > > > > 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 > > > > [image: Description: Description: > C:\Users\sefstathiou\Pictures\nccalogo.jpg] > <http://ncca.bournemouth.ac.uk/> [image: 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/> > > > > > > [image: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/Images/QueensAwardLogo.jpg] > > > > *Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching * > > *with wide scientific and creative applications* > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > -- www.edschiffer.com
