本视频教程是由3DMotive机构出品的Maya四足动物运动周期视频教程，3DMotive Quadruped Run Cycle in Maya，时长：1小时19分，大小：1.2 GB，MP4高清视频格式，教程使用软件：Maya，作者：Thiago Vidotto，共6个章节，语言：英语。

Autodesk Maya是美国Autodesk公司出品的世界顶级的三维动画软件，应用对象是专业的影视广告，角色动画，电影特技等。Maya功能完善，工作灵活，易学易用，制作效率极高，渲染真实感极强，是电影级别的高端制作软件。Maya声名显赫，是制作者梦寐以求的制作工具，掌握了Maya，会极大的提高制作效率和品质，调节出仿真的角色动画，渲染出电影一般的真实效果，向世界顶级动画师迈进。Maya 集成了Alias、Wavefront 最先进的动画及数字效果技术。它不仅包括一般三维和视觉效果制作的功能，而且还与最先进的建模、数字化布料模拟、毛发渲染、运动匹配技术相结合。Maya 可在Windows NT与 SGI IRIX 操作系统上运行。在目前市场上用来进行数字和三维制作的工具中，Maya 是首选解决方案。

Maya参与制作的电影有：法国国宝级艺术家Jean Giraud，他原创的影片有《第五元素》、《异形》、《星战》等，并参与制作了《沙丘魔堡》、《深渊》等经典科幻电影；导演Glenn Chaika，著名动画片导演，曾在迪斯尼担任《小美人鱼》的动画师，并执导《拇指仙童历险记》、《花木兰II》等影片；模型监制Wayne Kennedy是曾参与过《隐形人》、《星球大战》、《龙卷风》、《黑衣人》、《木乃伊》的模型师；动画监制Bob Koch和Kelvin Lee是担任《 玩具总动员》、《精灵鼠小弟》等影片的资深动画师；特效指导Manny Wong曾担任《后天》的特效总监，并参与制作了《狂莽之灾I》、《星河战舰》、《巨蟒》、《魔女游戏》等影片。

3DMotive Quadruped Run Cycle in Maya

In this course we are going to animate a quadruped character for videogame from scratch, starting by setting up the reference plane for the in-game speed, followed by blocking all the main poses with appealing shapes that can be read on any angle of view. After that we will work with the timing to make those poses fit on the correct frames, and progressively we will add the in-betweens at the same time we keep adjusting the timing. It is going to be a progressive refining process, were we keep going back and fourth on the controllers to make them have a fluid movement. We will also work with some variation in speed, dynamic arcs, follow thought and and how to address correctly the feeling of the weight. At first we will work only on the core of the body, and letting it drive all the secondary animations which we will only start to work more towards the end of the course. In the end I will show a quick trick to make the animation look more organic by using animation layers on some parts of the character and we will finish with a ready to use run cycle.