Over the last few years I’ve added several new features to my bhGhost tool – this video gives a quick overview of all current features and is intended as a quick start for anyone using it for the first time or anyone who has been using it for a while and wants to catch up on all of the latest features. The tool is available for download from my website here – graphite9.com/MayaDownloads.html
Stewart rig in the video is from Animation Mentor.
A cartoony test, focusing on pushed spacing and using my bhMultiples script (WIP!) to fill in those spacing gaps.
Another personal animation test, this time while testing/developing a new tool called bhMultiples which is designed to make the process of creating multiple limbs for a cartoon motion blur effect easier.
Hey Animators, I’ve added a small but useful update to my ‘Timeline Markers’ tool for Maya.
Recently I’ve been using this a lot while working on game animations with a lot of separate actions in the same Maya file and I found I wanted a quick way to set the timeslider to each animation range, so now if you hold CTRL while clicking on a marker it will set the timesliders Start range to that frame and if you hold ALT while clicking on a marker it will set the timesliders End range to that frame. It’s a very quick way to set things up for working on a section, or baking out to FBX etc. Hope it comes in handy!
Download it here
Tiny workflow improvement update for bhGhost – if a hide ghosts layer already exists in the Maya scene when you launch the tool the ‘Hide on Playback’ checkbox will be enabled to reflect that. NB This feature only works in Maya 2016 +.
Download it here
Took delivery of a Samsung Gear VR yesterday, looking forward to exploring new possibilities in animation.
Another small update for bhGhost, this one allows you to make the outlines much thicker for when your character is very big in the scene and it’s difficult to see them.
As usual it’s available on my Maya downloads page.
Jason Ryan from iAnimate/Disney/Dreamworks/Cinesite made a great video showing how he uses my ghosting tool for Maya.
Tips and Tricks for Animating in Maya, great demo and awesome plugin by Brian Horgan.
Posted by iAnimate.net on Friday, March 11, 2016
I rigged Shadow the cat for the online animation school iAnimate and wanted to try it out on my own shot so I also rigged the free BB8 model from getwrightonit and put them together. Hopefully people on the internet like cats.. and Star wars. 🙂
A second test of my bhMultiples script, still exploring the workflow and how best to use it. After doing this one I have a list of options I want to add to the tool now to make it faster and easier to use.
The rig I’m using here by the way is the great new Marty rig from iAnimate.net.