1.FAHRENHEIT DIGITAL-SKINNING FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
2.FAHRENHEIT DIGITAL-RIGGING FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
3.FAHRENHEIT DIGITAL-FACIAL RIGGING FOR FEATURE ANIMATION

At Digital-Tutors, we've found that many students starting out in modeling have difficulty in creating the specific vision they have. In many cases it's not necessarily a lack of knowledge of the tools as much as it is a lack of confidence and experience. So, to give you a head start on your modeling, we've put together a number of tips collected from production and from teaching students that will help you build the best models you can with minimal frustration.
We'll talk about breaking down our modeling projects into manageable chunks. Then we'll cover methods for staying aware of as much information as possible about our geometry while we work. We'll cover specific techniques for adding circular resolution to square objects and go over setting up image planes. This course is meant for students that have some modeling experience and are familiar with some modeling tools but would like a few tips for creating a smoother workflow and getting better results.

Learn how to create and edit animations using production techniques.
We�re diving deeper into the world of animation in Maya 2012 with instructor Justin Harrison. Justin will be showing some best practices for creating key frame animation and animation on a path as well editing your animation and animation layers among other topics. You�ll learn by direct example as Justin creates animations on a fully rigged character. The process is presented from initial concept to key poses and final animation polish.

In this series of lessons we're going to use a variety of modeling tools and techniques to create damage effects using a building.
Damaging 3d models presents some interesting challenges and creates new issues from a modeling point of view. Perhaps you now need to build an engine because a shot calls for the hood of your CG car to be damaged. Or the walls of your set have been damaged, displaying their inner structure. We'll cover some basic techniques for adding the needed resolution to the models. We'll talk about how different types of materials react to damage - wood vs. metal or concrete. We'll cover methods for breaking apart pieces of geometry as well as dressing the set and using dynamics to add rubble very quickly. Once done, you'll be able to apply what you've learned and start destroying your own 3d models.

In this course, we will cover tools and techniques for setting up character rigs in Maya.
Step by step, we'll construct a control rig that is robust and animator-friendly. We'll learn everything from proper joint placement and techniques for correcting a joint's orientation to learning fun ways we can preserve volume as our mesh deforms and how to make our controls efficient and easy to comprehend. We'll also learn how to build some fun MEL tools that will help speed up our workflow, bringing that time back into constructing our control rigs with the best methods.

In this series of lessons we'll explore the fascinating Maya Fur toolset.
We will spend most of our time with the core node of this system the Fur Description. This course is a perfect review of the fur description for those of you who are already using Fur as well as a perfect overview for new artists using Fur for the first time. We will go through the process of loading the plugin and go through each of the attributes one by one in the Fur Desc. Node. By learning more about what the individual attributes do you will be armed with the knowledge to tackle your own fur projects. This is the first part of a 2 part series covering the fur system in Maya.

In this series of Maya tutorials, we will be taking a detailed look at each of the commands found in Maya's Edit UVs menu. Each video tutorial is a self-contained lesson centering on one of the commands found in the Edit UVs menu in Maya. This means that these lessons can be viewed in any order you wish, allowing you to jump straight to the content that is most relevant to you. Over the course of these tutorialss, we'll take a detailed look at each of the Edit UVs commands and how each of them can be used to speed up our workflow.