3D Animation Tutorials

Lets compile a list of good 3d animation tutorials.
The tutorials should be only about 3d animation or rigging 3d models for animation. Texturing, 3d modeling and rendering tutorials should be posted in their respective forums.

Links to tutorials about traditional animation principles and methods are also welcome.

You can add youtube video tutorials just by posting a link to the tutorial.
It will automatically embed the tutorial in your post.


Timing and Spacing:

Using 3ds Max 9 to animate with reactor

This is a simple tutorial for beginners for creating simple animations in 3ds Max 9 using the reactor. The tutorial contains a car that crashes into the wall of bricks.

Maya Walk Cycle animation tutorial: Part 1



The tutorial shows how to animate a walking Dino. part 1

Walk cycle animation tutorial: Part 2



The Part 2 of creating a basic walk cycle in Maya.

How to make Blendshapes in Maya

The basics of Facial animation on Maya.

Hello, we have many tutorials covering 3D Animation, at Perfect Visualization, found at perspectx,com under blog.

Be patient, we are adding the tutorials and case studies quickly. Any feedback apprecited

Hi,

This is my 5 parts "Stepped to Smooth" tutorial. English is not my native language, so apologis in advanse []

Part1: why should I use stepped mode?



Part 2: inbetweens, breakdowns and the tweenMachine.


Part 3: common pit-falls and how to avoid them.


Part 4: understanding the mysterious timing cheat of stepped mode.


Part 5: in practice: stepped to smooth of our sample animation.


Part 5B:


Hope you enjoy this. Feel free to post comments on YouTube!

Wow !! These are awesome!!! Which software is easier to animate in, 3D's Max or Maya?

Very cool list of tutorials I can't wait to get to work on them.

Cool! great job! excellent tutorial thanks

Geez! That was great. I badly need to learn animation for my simulation subject -,-

Here is a nice Legs Jump Blocking - animation tutorial.
Part1:


Couldn't find the part 2.

A video lesson explaining Line of Action in animation


Follow Through and Overlapping Action - animation tutorial



Animating a bouncing ball in Maya - animation tutorial


Anticipation, Action, Reaction - animation tutorial

Hey guys! Great Discussion going on here!

If you really want to learn all these techniques, you should join an animation institute which could give your future a right path

Cool! great job! excellent tutorial thanks

cool! really good tutorials............

Very cool tutorials, thx.
Have fun

Thanks! can't wait for more!

thank you so much............................

great! very cool share. I will learn much from you. Thanks .

I was looking for some 3D tutorial and when I got here in this forum, I've seen the post of 3D tutorial and read it and basically tried this at home. I read some books also on how to make this stuff and it really add up the information. Thanks for the informative post.



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Great got lots of good output from your video's!!
Thanks!

wow~~ its cool man!! thanks for the tutorial.

3D Animation Tutorials. It's impossible to overemphasize the importance of modeling skills to the 3-D artist

Hi,


Please to watch the tutorials. Hope I will soon post more than 15 and eligible to post various tutorials link.

Regards,
Cakewalkcg


P.S. my website is cakewalkcg (dot) com .........

Nice work here guys! Quick question:

Would you all recommend learning Maya or 3d Max? Is it worth it learning blender? If I am going to devote a lot of time into learning a software package I want to make sure it is an industry used software package.

Thanks!!

Jess

Really nice animation tutorials , thank you for sharing .

Hi everyone!

Thanks for posting all the great and helpful tutorials for 3D animation! I can’t wait to get started on a few!

In case anyone is interested, I recently discovered an online animation training program that offers lessons in 3D work taught by animation industry professionals! It sounds like it would be quite helpful, too! (along with all the great sources posted here.

www.virtualanimators.com

They also have a Facebook too, in case your interested.

Best of luck to everyone! : )

Alicia

Hi there all, I just joined and am excited to get some advice and be inspired! If I could get some insight into 3ds Max I would be much appreciative. I work for a commericial interior design company as a designer and I also produce the 3-D images for presentations.

I render in revit currently nad they look nice, but I know that the output can look a look better using 3ds Max. I just have a hard time understanding the program, I've watched many tutorials but it's a little difficult on my own.

QUESTIONS-

If I generate a revit model, can I then import it into 3ds max?
Do users of 3ds Max model in 3ds Max or import? Whats best?
Or, revit users, any suggestions to enhancing revit image quality?

I attached a small project to view, I don't have sunlight on in this one and please IGNORE THE FIRE INTENSITY, IT'S INCORRECT. This was completed only in Revit. Thoughts on all my questions above and helpful/solution driven feedback on the rendering is much appreciated.

Thank you very much!!!

Really! Here...i got very helpful tutorials for beginners to expert for creating simple animations