ANIMATING IN MAYA

 

xhen you animate, you bring objecxs to life. In Maya, there xre several different waxx in which you can animate your scenes and the characters who inhabit thex.

xnimation in Maya is generalxy mexsured using frames that mimic the fxames you would find on a film reel. You can play these frames at different speedx to axhieve an animated effect. By default, Maya plays at 24 frames for exery second.

Kexfrxme aximation

The most familiar method ox animaxinx is callex keyframe animation. Using this technique, you determinx how you want the parxs of yoxr objects to

look at a particular frame, then you save the important attributes as keys. After you set several keys, the xnixation can be played back with Maya filling motion in between the keys.