Introduction to Autodesk Maya
Course 6 – Render and Facial Expressions: What is a blendshape
By Miguel Miranda , 3D Modeler
About the video: What is a blendshape
Overview
“What is a blendshape and what is it used for? In this lesson we will see its importance and the most used modifiers in 3D.”
In this video lesson Miguel Miranda addresses the topic: What is a blendshape, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 6 – Render and Facial Expressions. Create lights and renders in a scene, and learn how to use blendShapes on your character.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i'll teach you what a blend shape is and how it's used to fix animation issues. and to enhance character expressions aesthetically. Let's explore this further together now. First. it's clear that we need to define what a Blend Shape is to delve into it. Maya Shape is a technique available in many programs. in this case. maya. to deform a geometry into different shapes. combinations of those shapes. between geometries. and to an origin. It's very common to use in RIGS. particularly Facial RIGS. we already saw this a bit with deformers at the start of the lessons. We'll furthe...”
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Miguel Miranda
By Miguel Miranda
Miguel Miranda has been a 3D artist for the past ten years, specializing in 3D character creation. He has modeled characters for advertising, film, video game cinematics, video games, and cartoons.
Throughout his career, he has worked for various studios and currently works as a modeler at 23lunes Animation Studio and on privately commissioned projects.
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