Walk-A-Way: A Maya Plug-in for Walk Cycle Automation
2009 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
In 3D and 2D animations walk cycles of characters appear very frequently and are an important way of expressing various aspects of the story told. However walk cycles are tedious and time consuming to animate. In this work an Autodesk MAYA plug-in has been developed, that aims at automating this process. The walk cycle plug-in can be highly beneficial for animators when creating convincing walk cycles in a fast and simple way. The plug-in calculates the right values for each phase in the walk cycle. The GUI of the plug-in makes it easy to provide the required input parameters. In addition, the plug-in allows the animation of a character to walk along a chosen path.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2009. , p. 41
Keywords [en]
CG, animation, 3D, Autodesk Maya, walk cycle, plug-in, script, python, GUI, gait analysis
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-4887OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-4887DiVA, id: diva2:225404
Presentation
2009-06-05, 99:132, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden, 10:15 (English)
Uppsok
Technology
Supervisors
Examiners
2009-08-142009-06-262018-01-13Bibliographically approved