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A complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

Animating Walk Cycles in XSI

Animating Walk Cycles in XSI
A complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

Animating Walk Cycles in XSI - A complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

Software Requirement: Softimage XSI 6
Run Time: 3 hrs. 44 min., 2 discs
Format: CD-ROM

Create believable walk cycles and learn effective animation techniques in XSI. Contains over 3.5 hours of project-driven training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists.

Animating Walk Cycles in XSI - A complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

Popular highlights include:

Body Mechanics of a Walk Cycle
Disposition of the Feet for Balance
Reference Points for Convincing Poses
Weight Transfer Throughout the Steps
Follow-through and Overlapping for Realistic Fluidity
Procedures for Blocking Animation
Timing and Spacing for Believable Weight
Using Exaggeration to Accentuate Poses for Interest
Methods to Use to Accelerate WorkFlow
Using Simple Expressions to Shift Keys for Desired Timing
Creating Advanced Controls for Greater Functionality in Rig
Exploring XSI's High Level Editing System to Manipulate Poses
Utilizing the Animation Editor to Enhance Blocked Animation
Transform Parameters for Quick and Easy Key Modification
Translating Walk Cycle Forward
Helpful Diagrams for Motion Clarity
Techniques for Building Seamless Cycles

Lesson Outline:

1.	Introduction and project overview	1:14
2.	Setting up the scene	9:04
3.	Starting to pose the Contact Position	8:57
4.	Finishing the Contact Positions	7:30
5.	Blocking in the Down Position	7:44
6.	Adding the Passing Position	7:38
7.	Posing the Peak Position	5:51
8.	Working on the Spacing of the steps	7:12
9.	Fixing the flow of the walk	8:55
10.	Tweaking the push off of the feet	9:25
11.	The side-to-side motion of the feet	6:44
12.	Rotation Y disposition of the feet	3:37
13.	Completing the feet	5:43
14.	Wrapping up the legs	8:05
15.	Checking the character's balance throughout the walk	3:39
16.	Animating the side-to-side rotation of the hips	4:13
17.	Finishing the hips	5:19
18.	Adding back and forth rotation to the upper body	8:33
19.	Follow-through and overlapping of the neck and head	10:04
20.	The Y rotation of the upper body	2:14
21.	Side-to-side turns of the upper body	2:26
22.	Completing the chest	4:09
23.	Working on the head turns	2:35
24.	Wrapping up the head	2:53
25.	Starting to animate the arms	6:07
26.	The follow-through and overlapping of the forearm	7:22
27.	Adding follow-through to the wrists	10:04
28.	Finishing the arms	9:57
29.	Finalizing the walk cycle	9:51
30.	Bonus lesson: translating the walk cycle forward	3:16
31.	Bonus lesson: creating full IK arms	16:27
32.	Bonus lesson: limiting forearm rotation to one axis	3:37
33.	Bonus lesson: enhancing the IK / FK legs	13:33
	Total Run Time:	3:43:58

Animating Walk Cycles in XSI - A complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

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