
Rig = Max for Maya by Peter Starostin and James Hunt. However, I hope this video will also be helpful to other animation students or anyone that is interested in learning more about the computer animation process.

Software required: Maya 4.0 and higher (project files require Maya 7). Please note that the project files provided with this training kit require Maya 7 to be opened.

Create convincing walk cycles and easily learn time-saving animation techniques in Maya. At this point in the course the students have already created a walk cycle using drawn animation so I aim to show a process that follows on from their traditional training. Introduction to Maya Animation: Walk Cycle. I created the video as a tutorial for the animation students of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. This is a sped-up recording of me animating a walk cycle in Autodesk Maya. The walk cycle is looped over and over, thus having to avoid animating each step again.

In animation, a walk cycle is a series of frames in sequence that loop to create an animation of a walking character. Character Walk Cycle Tutorial by Brendan BodyĪutodesk Maya animation Tutorial you will learn how to create a walk cycle.
