Class Motion Capture

Construction of a complete Rig applied to a humanoid character, with special focus on the production of 3D animation film. Practical development and application of techniques in the creation of controllers and blendshapes with facial expressions. Integration of MoCap files in the developed Rigs, using different animations.

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1. RIG (skeletons and controllers) Building the skeleton Foot reverse lock (foot rig) Knee, spine, arms and hand rig Head rig Face blendshapes (facial expressions) Global organization and controllers   2. BIND SKIN Associating geometry to the skeleton Painting weights   3. MOTION CAPTURE Introduction and concepts about motion capture Applying a MoCap file to the character rig

Creation of support tutorials. Presentation of the subject matter through accompanied exercises. Project orientation and follow-up classes. UC centered around a project.

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