Ways to animate a character

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# 1 10-10-2012 , 04:52 PM

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hi guys, do i just press (s) and animate a character, or theres other ways to do that?? user added image

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# 2 10-10-2012 , 08:03 PM

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What are you animating is it some thing simple then yes if you are doing stuff like walking then you would use keying and the hypergrath to repeat said keying.............dave

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# 3 10-10-2012 , 09:35 PM

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I think the only way to really get an answer to this is to watch some tutorials. Then you'll get an idea of how people actually animate.

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# 4 10-10-2012 , 10:11 PM

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Have you got a good one to point him to Stwert...........dave not a animator

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# 5 10-10-2012 , 10:50 PM

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Hmm... it is tough to find good animation tutorials. I haven't spent too much time with character animation myself. Don't like to post links to the competition, but I'll post a variety. I haven't watched all of these, but they should get you going.

https://simplymaya.com/autodesk-maya-...=146&sub_cat=0
https://www.digitaltutors.com/11/trai...297&autoplay=1
https://www.lynda.com/Maya-tutorials/...s/96719-2.html