Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of video game technical animation, covering the next generation pipelines that industry developers utilise to create their games. It covers the technical animation workflow from start to finish, looking at both software and hardware, as well as the industry standard processes that all technical animators need to know.
Written to be an accessible technical animation resource, this book combines easy-to-understand principles with educational use cases on how to combine the principles and tools taught within. Example test scripts, animation files, and rig assets are provided as tangible examples that can be modified and taken apart to deepen your understanding. It covers the end-to-end pipeline of technical animation, from the very first steps of placing joints in Autodesk's Maya to breathe life into your static characters, through tools and automation development, all the way to Unreal Engine 5 integration and optimisation.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Technical Animator
Chapter 2: Introduction to Software
Chapter 3: Introduction to Motion Capture Technology
Chapter 4: A Technical Understanding
Chapter 5: Introduction To Maya
Chapter 6: Introduction To Python
Chapter 7: Python For Maya
Chapter 8: Maya—Building a Skeleton
Chapter 9: Maya—Building A Control Rig
Chapter 10: Introduction To Unreal Engine 5
Chapter 11: Unreal—The Skeleton Setup
Chapter 12: Unreal—The Animation Blueprint
Chapter 13: Unreal—The Control Rig Blueprint
Chapter 14: Unreal—Physics Assets
Chapter 15: Unreal—Sequencer Cinematics
Chapter 16: Unreal—Cloth Dynamics
Chapter 17: Unreal—The Optimisation
Chapter 18: Evaluation
