Blender 2.5 Character Animation Cookbook

Extremes Breakdowns Inbetweens ones and twos

Naming conventions

Creating thumbnails with Grease Pencil

Introduction

Appendix A. Planning Your Animation

Talking heads (and bodies)

Walking with style

In the blink of an eye

Introduction

Chapter 10. Drama King: Acting in Animation

Like clay: refining with the AniSculpt technique

Animating characters with appendages

Hold but not still: using moving holds

It's time for secondary actions

Introduction

Chapter 9. Spicing it Up: Animation Refinement

Run Forrest! (in cycles)

Glory for your team: kicking the ball

Heavy metal

Animating a tennis serve

Introduction

Chapter 8. Shake That Body: The Mechanics of Body Movement

Breaking the symmetry

Using squash and stretch

Anticipating an action

Spacing: favoring and easing poses

Adjusting and tracking the timing

Introduction

Chapter 7. Easy to Say Hard to Do: Mastering the Basics

Non-linear animation

Working with linked assets and characters

Using video for background reference

Tracking animation arcs

Silhouette and mirrored rendering

Grasping and throwing objects

Changing between FK and IK in a shot

Animating in layers

Introduction

Chapter 6. Blending with the Animation Workflow

Different spaces for IK hands

Cartoon bending for arms and legs

Setting up the shoulders

Stretch those limbs!

Creating IK legs with a three-pivot foot

Controlling fingers

Introduction

Chapter 5. Hands Down! The Limbs Controllers

Controlling your tongue

Creating the jaw controller

Face controls with lattices

Adding expressions using Shape Keys

Introduction

Chapter 4. Poker Face? Facial Rigging

Controlling the pupils

The eyelids controllers

How to control where your characters look at

Introduction

Chapter 3. Eying Animation

Controlling the neck and head

Making your character breathe

Rigging the pelvis

How to create a stretchy spine

Introduction

Chapter 2. Rigging the Torso

Tips on weight painting your character

Making an IK-FK switcher

Using corrective shape keys

Customizing shapes and colors for your bones

Using separate bone chains for different tasks

Defining good orientations for your bones

Introduction

Chapter 1. Get Rigging

Customer support

Reader feedback

Conventions

Who this book is for

What this book covers

Preface

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

www.PacktPub.com

About the Reviewers

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Credits

版权信息

封面

封面

版权信息

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgements

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

Preface

What this book covers

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Get Rigging

Introduction

Defining good orientations for your bones

Using separate bone chains for different tasks

Customizing shapes and colors for your bones

Using corrective shape keys

Making an IK-FK switcher

Tips on weight painting your character

Chapter 2. Rigging the Torso

Introduction

How to create a stretchy spine

Rigging the pelvis

Making your character breathe

Controlling the neck and head

Chapter 3. Eying Animation

Introduction

How to control where your characters look at

The eyelids controllers

Controlling the pupils

Chapter 4. Poker Face? Facial Rigging

Introduction

Adding expressions using Shape Keys

Face controls with lattices

Creating the jaw controller

Controlling your tongue

Chapter 5. Hands Down! The Limbs Controllers

Introduction

Controlling fingers

Creating IK legs with a three-pivot foot

Stretch those limbs!

Setting up the shoulders

Cartoon bending for arms and legs

Different spaces for IK hands

Chapter 6. Blending with the Animation Workflow

Introduction

Animating in layers

Changing between FK and IK in a shot

Grasping and throwing objects

Silhouette and mirrored rendering

Tracking animation arcs

Using video for background reference

Working with linked assets and characters

Non-linear animation

Chapter 7. Easy to Say Hard to Do: Mastering the Basics

Introduction

Adjusting and tracking the timing

Spacing: favoring and easing poses

Anticipating an action

Using squash and stretch

Breaking the symmetry

Chapter 8. Shake That Body: The Mechanics of Body Movement

Introduction

Animating a tennis serve

Heavy metal

Glory for your team: kicking the ball

Run Forrest! (in cycles)

Chapter 9. Spicing it Up: Animation Refinement

Introduction

It's time for secondary actions

Hold but not still: using moving holds

Animating characters with appendages

Like clay: refining with the AniSculpt technique

Chapter 10. Drama King: Acting in Animation

Introduction

In the blink of an eye

Walking with style

Talking heads (and bodies)

Appendix A. Planning Your Animation

Introduction

Creating thumbnails with Grease Pencil

Naming conventions

Extremes Breakdowns Inbetweens ones and twos