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Lady-Hawk — Maya Tutorial-Blend Shapes
Published: 2006-03-29 06:05:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 22008; Favourites: 73; Downloads: 2464
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This is an easy-peasy blendshape tutorial created by request for my dear friend, .I hope this works for you.
WARNING: THIS IS A BLOODY BIG FILE. Don't say I didn't warn you. X_X
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Yuralria (Orca Model) Copyright- Me, Lauren Maxwell
Software: Maya 7.0
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Hey...thanks for the tutroial...can u add one for add in between??
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Hey Lady,
First of nice modeling...
When I was at Collins College in Tempe Az, studying animation, we learned Maya 4.0 during 2002 and then in early 2003, we upgraded to Maya 4.5. I even had Maya 4.0 on my laptop as a friend had given my a copy so that I could go home and work on class assignments. But over the months that followed, my Maya stopped working altogether and my laptop became slow and so I had to delete Maya from my laptop
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Hey! Thanks for sharing this tutorial! I've been looking every where for one that's short and to the point. Most I've found only show the product and not the process!
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Thanks, I really needed this for a model I'm almost finished with.
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man you saved my life, been in china for the past 3 weeks and had to get my animation at a decent stage before getting back to university to show lectures what I had achieved.
Been searching the net, high and low, even youtube doesn't have a decent tutorial on using blend shapes, and thank goodness you came up on google, the day before I am due to fly back.
Now that I have done your tutorial, I am really grateful, you're my hero lol
many thanks [link]
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Glad it was a help. 
Quick question: Do you think it would be beneficial if I made a new tutorial for 2010 utilizing blendshapes in a facial rig with driver driven controls and an explanation of painting weights? I made this tutorial four years ago so it might be time for an update. Then again, it remaining simple might make it a better asset.
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This is a very informative tutorial! I really like it a lot. Most blend shape tutorials I've found only work with the head but you duplicated the entire body. If you rig the body with joints and everything, does the base model still keep that body rig while the face is using blend shapes? Just curious because that would help me a lot with a recent project. Thanks for the tutorial!
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Naw, I've never had any problems. The blendshapes only effect the vertices I selected. In any case, if for some strange reason, your whole model wants to follow the blendshape (which really shouldn't happen) you can always paint the weights on your blendshapes setting their weight to 0 so they no longer react.
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I've been working with Maya for about 2 years, and I remember reading some confusing tutorial on Blend Shapes that I followed and it made no sence, but this is very well written and easy to follow. Good job. If only I had it back then
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Ga, this is a great tutorial.
This really helps a lot, though. Thank you for making this.
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No prob, glad I could help. Feel free to send me deviant messages if there's ever anything else you might want explained; I like being able to give assistance. ^_^
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I'll be sure to do that, thank you.
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Cool
I've been using Max for 3 years and I just started using Maya to get better character animation, this was really useful.
Thanks
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Good job on your Tutorial you seemed to know what your doing adding in the little things is a realy good thing.
O would you know a good place were someone could find a tutorial on moldeling I found a free one on a dog. But how made it did not show you how to switch between panels.
Please Note: only asking if you know a good website I was on moldeling for 3 mouths and did not find something to help or go on with.
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Sorry it's taken so long to respond to your comment. I haven't had a very consistent internet source for awhile.
As for your question, [link] is an excellent place to find tutorials.
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your tutorial is the only reason I passed my character rigging class!!!! I <3 you and your ability to simplify an otherwise mind boggling task
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Wow, I'm really glad I could help! ^_^
I love doing tutorials for people, if ever you need help just send me a deviant note and I'll be glad to help. ^^
Thanks also for the fav.
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Ooooooooooooo.........a UV texturing tutorial!!! Gimme!! 
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You're the second person who's brought up the UV tutorial so I think it's about time I got started on it. ^^ I'm gonna be spending some major time texturing tomarrow, so it should work out great.
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Awesome tutorial, very easy to fallow.
Learnt something out of it!
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great and very easy to understand tutorial about blendshapes- thank you very much
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Thank you so much Lady Hawk! this is going to help me in my project
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Glad I could be of assistance. ^^
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May i ask what Maya is? (I'm completely enthralled by animation and this has sent me up the wall 
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Maya is, in my opinion, the best 3-D animation program there is. I know lightwave and 3D max users would argue with me, but Maya is number one. ^^
It takes a little while to get the hang of it, but once you do you can create just about anything imaginable. You can give it a try with their learners addition:
[link]
Just click "Get a free Maya Trial" and you should be good to go. ^_^
Have fun! If you have any questions just let me know and I'll try to help.
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Thank you Soo much!! ^.^
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1.) UV texture mapping Tutorial
2.) Painting Weights Tutorial
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Where were you three years ago!!!!
When i was in college we used Maya 4 as our base 3d modeling and animation program. I would have KILLED for a tutorial about Blendhshapes!!!!!!! Though I got the hang of it, it took ALOT of fiddling (our teacher was too busy with his own manuals and such to actualy 'teach' us to use the program properly, We had to figure everything out on our own)
Excellent work!!!!!! *favs* This will come in handy when I start 3d again!
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No prob! If you need any tutorials, all you have to do is request. I'm currently working on a UV texture tutorial for one of my friends, and I'm more than happy to touch base on anything else that could be useful to others working with Maya.
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Anytime ^.^
Hmm well I know a tutorial that Alot of Maya users could use. Weighting. I could never get it right without either causing my character models to implode or become the elephant man in some way.
It's so nice to see user friendly maya Tutorials online. i would have seriously killed for something like this years ago!
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Weighting? You mean like weight painting the nurbs?
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Yeah, that was a pain in the butt for me last year. I bet I could make a tutorial though if that's what you'd like.
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I think it's a pain in the butt for everyone..there's nothing worse then thinking you have something weighted properly then finding out your arm eats itself when you move it up or dow
I would love a tutorial of it, I'm sure other Maya users would as well ^.
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Okey dokey then! I'll add it to my list:
-UV maps
-Weights
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well, it looks like a really useful tutorial, but im still really new to Maya
i'll get there in the end...but right now i dont even know why or what blendshapes are
i bet this willl come in more than useful eventually though, so thanx in advance
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