help with maya animation

[drmadcat]

hello
i need some help with maya animation i am new to maya
and dont know how to move things yet . ive got a 3 leged model
and i am wanting to move the legs how do i ive dun the basics like press s then click a new frame then move the leg then press s again but when you press play all the parts of the leg come from all over then join up how do i make it move smooth and and more like a real leg .
please help anyone i need help im going mad

[sunder]

Hi drmadcat. The way to fix that is by applying the Euler Filter through the Graph Editor.
You need to select the animated leg and bring up the Graph Editor (Window > Animation Editors > Graph Editor). The Graph Editor helps you visualize the motion of the object.
You need to grab the rotation curves of the leg and go to the Curves Menu and apply the Euler Filter.