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DAZ Studio : The Power of AniMate 2
Let’s get focused on mastering “aniMate 2” in DAZ Studio! As the latest advancement in the aniMate series, aniMate 2 combines a user-friendly interface with sophisticated features, making it a valuable tool for both beginners and experienced users for animating your visual stories.
aniMate 2 builds upon the foundational concepts introduced in aniMate 1.5 and aniMate+, enhancing them with a suite of high-tech functionalities and user-centric improvements.
This exclusive and original training by Dartanbeck is designed to cater to those who are either new to this style of animating or have previously found it challenging. We’ll take you through the basics and gradually introduce more complex aspects, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the software.
One of the key features of aniMate 2 is its emphasis on human and character movement, offering an intuitive “block” system for animations, known as aniBlocks. These blocks simplify the process of creating dynamic and realistic scenes. Our sessions will guide you through arranging these aniBlocks in a seamless manner, allowing them to magically chain together and form complete animations.
Datanbeck will also reveal companion tools that will power-up your animation capabilities for DAZ Studio
What you Will Learn
(Topics will be across two webinar sessions)
- Hidden/overlooked powerful features of aniMate
- Intro: Basic Use of aniMate (to get things started)
- Timeline Guides – Trim and Blend aniBlocks
- Multiple Start Circles
- Splitting Cropping Mirroring
- Working with Sub Tracks
- Speed, Direction and Positioning
- High Heel Offset
- Editing Keyframes
- Editing Individual Motion Paths
- Editing Preferences
- Parent Constraints
- The excellence of aniBlock packs sold at DAZ 3D
- Cross Generation Animation Conversion
- Swapping aniBlocks for Upper and Lower body regions to create Impressive New Motions
- Working with Characters and Vehicles in Motion
- Getting Professional Results from Mixamo Animations
- Using LimbStick with Motion Captured Animations
- The Power We Get from Bone Minion Bundles
- Demonstration of aniBlocks on Monsters, Animals and Robots
- Demonstration of Linday’s Animation Four-Wheeler Template
- The Power of Partial aniBlocks and how to Make them
- Demonstration of Genesis 3 & 8 Face Controls
- Demonstration of PoseRecorder Performance Capture
- A Special Thanks to Contributing Artists and to Daz 3d
- The Hidden Power of DAZ Studio
- Case Study Examples
This Webinar series is for you if…
- You’re interested in uncovering the hidden and often overlooked powerful features of aniMate, enhancing your animation capabilities in DAZ Studio.
- You want to learn how to efficiently use aniBlocks, including advanced techniques like trimming, blending, and customizing motion paths for more dynamic animations.
- You’re keen on exploring the vast potential of aniBlock packs, cross-generation animation conversion, and integrating unique movements for characters and vehicles.
This is for you if you want to accomplish…
- Mastering the basic to advanced functionalities of aniMate, ensuring a solid foundation for creating professional and intricate animations in DAZ Studio.
- Expanding your creative horizons by learning how to modify and combine aniBlocks, achieving impressive new motions and animations.
- Gaining expertise in leveraging specialized tools and resources like Motion Captured Animations, LimbStick, Bone Minion Bundles, and more, to elevate your animation projects.
Webinar Details
Session 1
Date: Sunday December 3rd
Time: 19:00 GMT (London) / 14:00 EST (New York) / 11:00 PST (Los Angeles)
Duration: 1.5 – 2 hours
Session 2
Date: Sunday December 10th
Time: 19:00 GMT (London) / 14:00 EST (New York) / 11:00 PST (Los Angeles)
Duration: 1.5 – 2 hours
Webinar Ticket Options
Free ticket
- Entry to Part 1 for an introductory session only (30 minutes)
- Excludes searchable recording and any bonus content
Premium ticket
- Entry to both sessions of this series.
- A searchable HD recording of both webinars with optional captions.
VIP Ticket
- Entry to both sessions of this series.
- A searchable HD recording of both webinars with optional captions.
- Two bonus video sets giving you all round teaching on animating for DAZ Studio.
- “The Complete Guide to Animating Dynamic Characters by Dartanbeck”
- 4.5 hours of video content
- Worth $60
- “Getting Started in Animation by Ivy Summers”
- 1.5 hours of video content
- Worth $56
- “The Complete Guide to Animating Dynamic Characters by Dartanbeck”
About the presenter Dartanbeck
Dartanbeck began his Digital Art journey by painting game tiles for tabletop fantasy games. He then became a texture artist for 3d game characters for a world-wide gaming community from which he has received several Hall of Fame awards. This immediately sparked his desire to create digital animations in the form of movies or shorts and has been dedicated to that pursuit ever since.
Now as a Daz 3d published artist, he has released several environment kits for Carrara software – specifically designed with animated movie makers in mind, plus released two character animation packs.
Dartanbeck is currently animating using Daz Studio and Carrara software and is having a lot of fun and success with it. Throughout his animation projects, he loves to share his experiences to help others to succeed as well.
His animation workflow includes Daz Studio with a collection of add-on plugins, Carrara 8.5 Pro, PD Howler, Affinity Photo, DaVinci Resolve, HitFilm and Magix MusicMaker Premium.
Dartanbeck lives in a small fishing city in Wisconsin and loves the changing seasons and has always been at home in the wilderness. He has spent his career chiseling custom stonework, designing and building cliff extensions, waterfalls, ponds, walls, patios… even custom outdoor furniture made of stone. He is also a performing musician.