In this tutorial of Maya 2012, we shall learn about motion builder with retargeting and one click on work character. If we want to jump our character, then create two motion builders, one for standing position and other one will be used for jumping setup. So merge the basic skeleton of the character and assign it to the model. The character skeleton will start running but in real animation, the character becomes smaller in case of walking, running or jumping. Now when we play the animation, the character follows the skeleton but one thing that we shall notice here difference between character and skeleton size. So we can resize the original character with skeleton size. This can be resized with IK handle and Joints handles.
After this setting, play the animation again and character will be totally merged into skeleton. If we press reverse button, the character will start moving in opposite direction.
We can adjust the skeleton with its original size by changing parameters values in relevant box. Hide the skeleton for a while and use story tool for non video editing. We can edit here character, general information data or cameras. The story tool works with character tracks, so insert character track here. We can increase or decrease the speed of animated character. Watch this detailed video describing about motion builder concepts in Maya.
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