Character Animation Tutorial 3: Biped/Character Movement Animations

In this Lesson, you will learn new techniques for controlling a character's movments.

Freeform Animationsfreeform files zip folder

1. Use the link at the right to download and extract the folder containing the files needed for this tutorial.
   Freeform Tutorial pdf
   
2. Use the link at the right if you wish to open or download the pdf file of instructions.
   
   
3. From the Help menu Tutorials, in the Character-Animation Tutorials folder, open the Animating with Footsteps tutorial.
   
   
4. Follow the directions, and use the directed files, through all the sections to create different character movement effects.
   
   
5. Creating a Simple Freeform Animation:
   You will be asked to save the following files:
   • Lastname_MySwimmer01.max
   • Lastname_MySwimmer02.max
   • Lastname_MySwimmer03.max
   • Lastname_MySwimmer04.max
   • Lastname_MySwimmer05.max
   • Lastname_MySwimmer07.max
   • Lastname_MySwimmer08.max
     
     
6. Animating a Freeform Walk Cycle:
   You will be asked to save the following files:
   • Lastname_MyWalk01.max
   • Lastname_MyWalk02.max
   • Lastname_MyWalk03.max
   • Lastname_MyWalk04.max
   • Lastname_MyWalk05.max
   • Lastname_MyWalk06.max
     
     
7. Using Controllers with Biped:
   You will be asked to save the following files:
   • Lastname_MyStretchyleg.max
   • Lastname_MyShake_and_Walk.max
   • Lastname_MyCollapsed_Shaking.max
     
     
8. Creating Animated Bones with Biped
   You will be asked to save the following files:
   • Lastname mycreatebones.fbx.
   • Lastname mycreatebones.max
     
     
9. When you are finished, place a copy of your freeform folder in in your Turn-in folder.
   (Your folder should contain eighteen (18) files, in addition to the original files from the download.)