Old Animation
In conjunction with Vancouver Animation School, you will learn how to do Animation Basics using Blender and Autodesk Maya. The focus of the lesson is on learning the Animation Principle - Anticipation, Action and Reaction.
A message from the instructor
How to use this course
Before we begin...
Course Preview
What is Blender?
Installing Blender
Blender User Interface
Move, Rotate, and Scale Tools
Create a New Project
Mesh Shading and Display
Edit Mode and Toolbar
Camera Settings
Setting Keyframes
Render Animation
Recap
Course Preview: Maya Interface
Intro to Maya
Camera Views and Panel Layout
Outliner
Maya Manipulators
Test your learning
Animation Preferences
Renaming Objects
Setting Animation Keys
Playblast
Graph Editor
Recap
Course Preview: Bouncing Ball and Bowling Ball
Bouncing Rubber Ball - Scene Setup
Blocking Animation
Bouncing Ball Rotations
Bouncing Ball Scaling
Bouncing Ball Clean-Up and Coloring
Bowling Ball - Scene Set-up
Bowling Ball Blocking
Bowling Ball Rotations
Bowling Ball Clean-Up, Material and Color
Recap of Animation Basics for a Bouncing Ball
Course Preview: Jumping Sphere and Jumping Snowman
Jumping Sphere - Scene Set-up
Blocking Animation
Fence jump stretch and squash
Fence jump rotations
Snowman Scene Set-up
Snowman Jump Translations
Snowman Squash and Stretch
Snowman Jump Rotations
Snowman Jump Lighting
Recap of Animation Basics for a Snowman Jump
Course Preview: Modeling a bookcase
Course Preview: Modeling a bookcase
Shading objects in the viewport
Changing an object's properties
Changing an object's properties
Changing an object's properties
Changing an object's properties
Adding Decorations
Bevel the edges to add realism
Coloring the bookcase
Recap
As animation becomes more ubiquitous, animators are increasingly sought after by employers.
You can see examples of animators' work everywhere, including:
animated icons on your phone
visual effects on the latest feature films
interactive worlds and characters on games consoles
multi-million-view viral web animations