Maya animation/rigging

[dmcgrath]

Animating and rigging is where you will find (maybe) the most scripting being done. When you get the hang of it, MEL is pretty darn easy to learn. I wouldn't say it is intuitive, but it is the most useful tool you will want to know. Learning it will open a completely new doorway into Maya.

But in answer to your question, I'm sure there are a few animatiors out there that don't take advantage of MEL. But I think they are limiting themselves in a huge way.

[seb4d]

I'm still a student in CG and I used to rig and animate all my characters without MEL scripting.
However it's true that I start facing problems for complex rigs and animations now. That's why I've just bought MEL Scripting For Maya Animators to learn MEL.

[Solve]

*sigh*

That sucks. I really don't want to learn how to write scripts or MEL but if it makes things easier i have no choice. :thumbsdow

edit- btw, that's an excellect rigging tutorial DMC! Just what I've been looking for.




opa-age.com:applause:

[dmcgrath]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. There isn't any scripting involved in it either. But you'll find that after you build a couple of these things by hand, you'll spend less time doing them if you have a series of MEL procedures do all the work for you.

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