Create animated avatars with MASH for Maya

MASH 是一个非常强大的动态图形和视觉效果插件，现在随 Maya 一起提供。它是一个程序系统，可让您通过易于使用的界面创建复杂的模拟和动画。MASH 最有趣的用途之一是它如何与动画网格相结合。在过去的几年里，这已经多次发生，最引人注目的是在“Major Lazers – Light it up”音乐视频中。
本课程旨在打破基于动作捕捉数据创建高度程式化的动态模拟的过程。但是，我们不会专注于任何建模、装配或处理任何运动捕捉数据，我们将使用预装配和动画网格。这使我们能够更多地关注有趣的东西（如何在工作流程中实现 MASH）。
本课程的唯一先决条件是对 Maya 导航有基本的了解。其余的我将通过 4 种不同的练习从头开始教你。从 2017 年起，您还需要安装 Maya。
课程大纲
第 1 课 – 访问预装配材料（演练从两个不同来源访问预装配材料的位置）
第 2 课 – 头像 1（本课程将向您介绍创建这些动画头像的工作流程）第 3 课 – 头像 2（本课程将展示一些用于创建独特动画头像的替代技术）第 4 课 – 头像 3（本课程将看起来了解如何将“轨迹”实用程序与我们的动画头像一起使用）第 5 课 – 头像 4（最后一节将介绍一些高级分布和照明技术，以创建更奇异的模拟）项目任务（作业）–（本课将走你完成了你被分配的最终任务，总结了在本课程中学到的技能和技巧。

如课程大纲中所述，课程将以一个非常有趣的作业结束，您将有机会练习您在本课程中学到的技能！我期待看到你们创造的东西，所以请上传您的作品！我希望您喜欢这门课程，就像我喜欢创建它一样！

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Genre: eLearning | Language: English

MASH is a very powerful Motion Graphics and Visual Effects plugin that now ships with Maya. It is a procedural system that allows you to create complex simulations and animations with an easy-to-use interface. One of the most interesting uses of MASH is how it can be combined with animated meshes. This has been done on multiple occasions in the past few years, most notably in ‘Major Lazers – Light it up’ music video.
This course aims to break down the process of creating highly stylised dynamic simulations based upon motion capture data. However, we won’t be focussing upon any modelling, rigging or dealing with any motion capture data, we will be using pre rigged and animated meshes. This allows us to focus more on the fun stuff (how MASH can be implemented in the workflow).
The only pre-requisite to this course is a basic understanding of navigating Maya. The rest I will teach you from the ground up across 4 different exercises. You will also need an installation of Maya from 2017 onwards.
Course outline
Lesson 1 – Accessing pre-rigged Material (A walkthrough of where to access pre-rigged materials from two separate sources)
Lesson 2 – Avatar 1 (This session will introduce you to the workflow of creating these animated avatars)Lesson 3 – Avatar 2 (This session will show a few alternative techniques for creating unique animated avatars)Lesson 4 – Avatar 3 (This session will look at how the ‘trails’ utility can be used with our animated avatars)Lesson 5 – Avatar 4 (This final session will cover some advanced distribution and lighting techniques to create even more bizarre simulations)Project Task (Assignment) – (This lesson will walk you through the final assignment that you have been tasked with, summarising the skills and techniques learnt in this course.

As mentioned above in the course outline, the course will finish with a really fun assignment where you will have the opportunity to practice the skills that you have learnt in this course! I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys create so please upload your work! I hope you enjoy this course as much as I enjoyed creating it!