Animating Walk Cycles in XSI
A complete guide to learning walk cycle animation in XSI

$45.99

Software: XSI 6.0 and up
Run Time: 3 hrs. 44 min., 2 discs
Availability: Ships next business day

Create believable walk cycles and learn effective animation techniques in XSI. Contains over 3.5 hours of project-driven training. Perfect for beginner to intermediate artists.

Popular highlights include:

* Body Mechanics of a Walk Cycle
* Disposition of the Feet for Balance
* Reference Points for Convincing Poses
* Weight Transfer Throughout the Steps
* Follow-through and Overlapping for Realistic Fluidity
* Procedures for Blocking Animation
* Timing and Spacing for Believable Weight
* Using Exaggeration to Accentuate Poses for Interest
* Methods to Use to Accelerate WorkFlow
* Using Simple Expressions to Shift Keys for Desired Timing
* Creating Advanced Controls for Greater Functionality in Rig
* Exploring XSI's High Level Editing System to Manipulate Poses
* Utilizing the Animation Editor to Enhance Blocked Animation
* Transform Parameters for Quick and Easy Key Modification
* Translating Walk Cycle Forward
* Helpful Diagrams for Motion Clarity
* Techniques for Building Seamless Cycles

Lesson Outline:

1. Introduction and project overview 1:14
2. Setting up the scene 9:04
3. Starting to pose the Contact Position 8:57
4. Finishing the Contact Positions 7:30
5. Blocking in the Down Position 7:44
6. Adding the Passing Position 7:38
7. Posing the Peak Position 5:51
8. Working on the Spacing of the steps 7:12
9. Fixing the flow of the walk 8:55
10. Tweaking the push off of the feet 9:25
11. The side-to-side motion of the feet 6:44
12. Rotation Y disposition of the feet 3:37
13. Completing the feet 5:43
14. Wrapping up the legs 8:05
15. Checking the character's balance throughout the walk 3:39
16. Animating the side-to-side rotation of the hips 4:13
17. Finishing the hips 5:19
18. Adding back and forth rotation to the upper body 8:33
19. Follow-through and overlapping of the neck and head 10:04
20. The Y rotation of the upper body 2:14
21. Side-to-side turns of the upper body 2:26
22. Completing the chest 4:09
23. Working on the head turns 2:35
24. Wrapping up the head 2:53
25. Starting to animate the arms 6:07
26. The follow-through and overlapping of the forearm 7:22
27. Adding follow-through to the wrists 10:04
28. Finishing the arms 9:57
29. Finalizing the walk cycle 9:51
30. Bonus lesson: translating the walk cycle forward 3:16
31. Bonus lesson: creating full IK arms 16:27
32. Bonus lesson: limiting forearm rotation to one axis 3:37
33. Bonus lesson: enhancing the IK / FK legs 13:33
Total Run Time: 3:43:58

Specifications
Item #: XSB-065
Software Requirement: XSI 6.0 and up
Run Time: 3 hrs. 44 min., 2 discs
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Mac / PC
Availability: Ships next business day
Weight: 0.30 lbs