Learning Motion Builder?

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This course contains a little bit of everything with modeling, UVing, texturing and dynamics in Maya, as well as compositing multilayered EXR's in Photoshop.

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# 1 04-11-2012 , 07:56 PM

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I was intrested in learning Maya's Motion Builder program. What I need to know before I even try to learn Motion, is what do I need to know in Maya? For example, I think I need to know how to rig a character, or just rigging (joints) in general and animation in Maya as well, correct? From what I've seen in Motion Builder it looks like you change the rig anyhow but I need a base rig to bring into Motion, I think. So I'd be bringing a rigged character from Maya to Motion Builder. Whether that be IK, FK, or a mix, which I still need to learn.

So modeling a character, rigging, and animation in Maya is what I need to know before Motion Builder, correct? Eventualy I'd like to learn Motion Builder to animate characters because it seems Motion has a bit more freedom than Maya does, at least that's what I'm gathering.

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# 2 13-11-2012 , 05:16 AM

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If you have 2012 and beyond the characterization tools are built into maya in the Animation -> Skeleton -> HumanIK tab. This is the same as motionbuilder does. You can then drive the animations through animation layers. You also have the ability to use a custom rig in 2013.

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