Animation Procedure

[SheepFactory]

i dont really klnow what you are tallking about.

Are you asking about animation workflow? or how to present animation on a demo reel?

[steveblake]

There's no particular way you *have* to follow, but there are a few tried and tested methods that do work well...

The particular method you're refering to is 'layering' - where you start animating with the something like the hips [probebely with the arms, and maybe even legs turned off] - get that nailed down and go back and work on the back, legs, arm, head - and probebly the facial animation and lipsync last ...each in turn.

There's other techniques too - 'pose to pose' being a prime example (see keith's tutorial)...

but I think you'll find what you need here:
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=166049

here:
http://www.keithlango.com/tutorials.htm

or maybe even here:
http://www.carlosbaena.com/anim_material.html

good luck! :)

[edit: cameron miyasaki has a good bit of information on his site (http://www.cameronmiyasaki.com/) ]
I generally employ a pose-to-pose method when animating my shots. I first key all my major poses paying particular attention to attitude and how the poses relate to one another. After determining my main poses I space them in time. At this point I have a rough version of my final shot. I then break those poses down until, depending on the action, I get my animation somewhere between 2's to 6's. If I'm happy with the blocking at this point, I go through and smooth the curves, tweak the timing, and add the facial animation and any additional polish. That's it.

Although this method may work for me, I know many others who use and swear by a "layering" method where you first animate a character's root and work out towards the extremities. My suggestion is to try different methods, experiment, and find a technique that you are comfortable with and gets you good results. There is no right or wrong way to animate.

[nepaligurkha]

Thanks u Guys, alot of good info

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