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Facial Rigging in Maya 7

by Delano Athias

Easily learn sophisticated facial rigging techniques in Maya that provide greater control, efficiency, and realism when animating with over 4.5 hours of project-based training. Software required: Maya 6 or higher (Maya 7 to open project files).

What you'll learn

Easily learn sophisticated facial rigging techniques in Maya that provide greater control, efficiency, and realism when animating with over 4.5 hours of project-based training. Perfect for intermediate artists using Maya. Popular highlights include: Creating Intuitive 3D Graphic User Interface; Blend Shapes for Mouth Expressions (Phonemes, Smiles, Frowns, Sneers); Blend Shapes for Eyes (Blink, Brow Raise, Squint); Blend Shapes for Subtleties and Details; Advanced Tongue Set Up with Spline IK and Blend Shapes; Changing Deformation Stack; Sophisticated Jaw Controls; Tuning Weights with Component Editor; Connection Editor; Cluster Setup; Camera Setup for User-Friendly Animation; Constraints; Smooth Binding; Soft Modification/Sculpt Geometry Tool. Software required: Maya 6 or higher (Maya 7 to open project files).

Table of contents

Introduction and Project Overview
1min
Facial Rigging in Maya 7
287mins

About the author

Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more

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