Use Maya for Scientific Visualization and Animation

Contents:

• Render the Scene : Basics
  • Maya Scene View Renderer (Hardware)
  • Maya Software Renderer and Mental Ray : Render the Final Image
  • Render Camera
  • Render Settings
  • Rendering Methods
  • Render Layers and Passes
• Maya Rigging and Animation Tips
  • Create custom control
  • Parent vs. Parent constraint
  • Parent constraint + parent
  • Stretching IK
  • Joint attribute: limit information
• Use Maya utility nodes to create elastic joint chain
  • Normal IK
  • Spline IK
• Rig the Cardinal and pose match with live bird singing X-Ray video
  • The model
  • The rig
  • The import side camera image plane
  • The pose-match animation
• Make control curve match a joint’s orientation
• Wing Beat Animation
  • Project credit
  • CT data and segmentation of wing bones
  • Rigging
  • Image planes and pose matching
  • Keyframe animation and playblast
  • References