172 Weekly Reflections

In class we learnt how to animate a 3D bouncing ball in Maya. It was an intense lesson but well worth it in the end. Learning how to change the animation settings to suit the scene. Locking and unlocking channel boxes for ease of animation. The short cut keys for animating a scene. Adjusting the graph settings discovering the difference between linear and clamped.

An insanely helpful class for an introduction into 3D animation. Even though it was a simple 3D ball only bouncing up and down. We went over important basics and tips for ease of animating in Maya.

Next class we will be working further on the 3D bouncing ball. Experimenting with creating different visual cues for animating to create varying weight and flow.