Character Animation school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

3ds Max Character Animation with Bones & the Character Studio Plugin

This 3ds Max advanced class will focus on learning advanced character rigging, and character animation. This class teaches the use the Bones System that is built into 3ds Max as well as Character Studio with Biped and Physique. Bones allow for custom rigs including multi-legged characters. The Character Studio plugin uses a Biped “primitive�that can utilize footstep creation for two-legged characters.

Topics inc...

Full archival course description>>

This Maya training course is dedicated to the finer points of character animation. For example, we’ll apply blendshapes to create customized facial animation controls, and we’ll explore arcs, spine and hip placement, weight shift and other character animation techniques will be explored.

Each student in this training course will produce several mini-scenes in which a character or characters walk, talk and speak. These scenes will include interaction with their surroundings and other chara...

Full archival course description>>

In this Maya training course, you’ll learn the advanced features of Maya’s animation package. We’ll explore the dope sheet and graph editor in depth, and learn about keyframes and how to manipulate them to create believable motion. Many of the basic tenets of good animation will be covered to help you understand the difference between motion and believable physics and weight-based animation.

During the course, you’ll create multiple animation projects, including custom rigs utilizing tech...

Full archival course description>>