Finish Your Film Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya 1st Edition by Kenny Roy 1138428558 9781138428553

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ISBN 10: 1138428558

ISBN 13: 9781138428553

Author: Kenny Roy

Finish Your Film! Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya is a first-of-its-kind book that walks the reader step-by-step through the actual production processes of creating a 3D Short film with Maya. Other books focus solely on the creative decisions of 3D Animation and broadly cover the multiple phases of animation production with no real applicable methods for readers to employ. This book shows you how to successfully manage the entire Maya animation pipeline. This book blends together valuable technical tips on film production and real-world shortcuts in a step-by-step approach to make sure you do not get lost. Follow along with author and director Kenny Roy as he creates a short film in front of your eyes using the exact same methods he shows you in the book. Armed with this book, you’ll be able to charge forth into the challenge of creating a short film, confident that creativity will show up on screen instead of being stifled by the labyrinth that is a 3D animation pipeline.

Finish Your Film Tips and Tricks for Making an Animated Short in Maya 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Short Film

Key Characteristics of Short Filmmaking

Finish by Making a Plan

Workspace is Essential

Further Removing Distractions

Beginning to Understand Short Film as a Medium

How to Use This Book

Introducing Booty Call and Our Supporting Films

Booty Call

Supporting Films

Adrift

Beat

Crayon Dragon

Devils, Angels, and Dating

Drink Drunk

Dubstep Dispute

For the Remainder

Meet Buck

Our Wonderful Nature

Paths of Hate

Reverso

Finish Your Film!

Chapter 2: Introduction to 3D Production

Using This Chapter

The Standard Studio Pipeline

Processes Explained In Depth

Script

Design

Visual Development

Storyboards

Recording

Animatic

Modeling

Texturing

Rigging

Layout

Animation

Lighting

Rendering

Compositing

Editing

Sound Effects/Music

Color/Master

Getting Started

Chapter 3: Story

Structure

Beginning

Instantly Recognizable Characters

Middle

The Modular Middle

End

Simple Structure

Examples

Keeping It Under Control

Number of Characters

Number of Environments

Theme Versus Moral

The Theme/Moral Feedback Loop

Booty Call

Our Supporting Films

Adrift

Beat

Crayon Dragon

Devils, Angels, & Dating

Drink Drunk

Dubstep Dispute

For the Remainder

Meet Buck

Our Wonderful Nature

Paths of Hate

Reverso

Pitching the Story

Wrapping Up Story

Chapter 4: Pre-production

Setup

Software and Hardware

Hardware

Ergonomics

File Management

Folder Structure

File-Naming Convention

Working and Publishing

Push or Pull Workflow

Design

Drawing Skill

Shake it Out

Have Fun

Babinsky’s Design

Further Exploration

Environment/Prop Design

Environment Economy

Storyboards

The Cutting Room Floor

Booty Boards

More Boards

The Animatic

Work in Layers

Adding Frame Counters

Editing the Animatic

Making Timing Decisions

Animatic v1.0

Cutting Audio for Layout

Final Prep

Setting Up Your Backup

Communication and Planning

Communication Methods

Project Management Software

Charting Progress

All-Over Solutions

Ready? Get Set

Go!

Chapter 5: 3D Pre-production

Deciding What to Create and What to Download

Booty Call’s Downloaded Assets

Level of Detail

Prop Creation

Working From Designs

Starting the Props

Anchor Model

Stitching It Up

Asymmetry

Smooth Mesh Preview

Creased Edges

UV Tricks

Is It Necessary?

Making the Most of UVs

Purposeful Seams

Character Modeling

Start With Edge Loops

Creased Edges and Character Models

Separate Geometry

Environment Modeling

Variations in Your Environments

Texturing

Photoreal is Not the Only Choice

Reusing Colors

Painting Textures in Maya

Blocking in Matte Paintings

Prop Rigging

What is What?

Adding to the Prop

Character Rigging

AB Autorig

Rapid Rig

The Setup Machine

The Face Machine

More Custom Rigs

Facial Rigging

Left/Right Facial Workflow

Blend Shape Nodes and SkinCluster Nodes

Connecting Blend Shapes to Controllers

Environment Rigging

Modularity

Prop Locations

Light Locations

Layout

Referencing

Starting the Layout

Multiple References

Relative Paths

Starting Position

Set Render Size

Camera

Importing Sound

Frame 101

Save and Close!

Pre-Lighting/Look Development

Prelight

Light Placement

Key Light

Fill Light

Rim Light

Background Light

More Setups

Creating Light Rigs

Render Settings

Final Thoughts

Take Notes

Take Pictures!

Double-Check Naming Convention and Cleanup

Watch Your Animatic

Test Your Backup System

Chapter 6: 3D Production

Scheduling

3D Animatic

Animation

Working Too Long

Shots Too Long

Create Cycles for Common Actions

Testing Your Export

A Few Notes On Exporting Animation

Frame 101 Revisited

Starting Your Shots

Work flow

Sticking to Workflow

Great Video Reference

Reference Video as a Timing Tool

Animating With Tempo

Incorporating Style

“Finishing” Shots

Creating Playblasts

Effects

What’s the Big Deal?

Caching is the Name of the Game

Caching Objects Attached to Your Character Rigs

Caching Dynamics Affected By Your Characters

Lighting

Applying the Light Rig

Using Viewport 2.0

Setting Up Render Layers

The Main Passes

Beauty

Layer Overrides

Diffuse

Specular Pass

Shadow Pass

Reflection

Ambient Occlusion

Depth

Rendering

Resolution

Render Options

Matching Settings to Your Scene

Final Gathering

Other Render Settings

Bit Depth

File Formats

Batch Rendering

Remote Rendering

Final Thoughts

Chapter 7: 2D Production

Compositing

Setting Up Composites

The Basic Comp

Scared of Compositing?

Back and Forth

Triage Problems

File Formats

Compositing Effects

Other Effects

Hand-Drawn Effects

Credits

2D Films

Chapter 8: Editorial

The Final Cut

Revisiting the Modular Middle

Handles

Double Cuts

Cutting a Trailer

Other Editing Considerations

Energy

Opening

Final Thoughts

Chapter 9: Sound

Build an Environment

Smart Sound Effects

Efficient Dialogue

A Crafty Narrator

Music

Sound and Picture

Chapter 10: Finaling

Final Sound

Final Color

Credits

Outputting to Media

DVD/Blu-Ray Authoring

Internet Streaming

Wrapping Up

Chapter 11: Festivals and Markets

Deadline

Categories

Eligibility

Withoutabox.com

List of Festivals

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