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Muscle Systems for Game Production,
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Visual Arts, Lecture

Jason Parks
Technical Artist, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Muscle systems can seem very daunting and far too complicated to consider using in your production pipeline. However, once the concepts are broken down and explained, it becomes clear how to construct them and make them go. This lecture demystifies the two principal components involved: the muscle model and the skinning solution. The presenters cover all the desired features these components can offer. Typically, muscle systems have only been used in the academic arena or as high-end solutions in the feature film industry. Now is the time to start using these techniques in game development. How these systems can be used a game production pipeline is discussed. ^/BR^^/BR^ Most of the major commercial and open-source systems available for Maya today, as well as theories and strategies for automating the creation of these systems, are compared and evaluated in the presentation. This lecture is the sequel to, and should be used in conjunction with the course presented last year: “Helper Joints: Advanced Deformations on RunTime Characters.”

Technical artists learn what are the most popular features needed in a muscle model and a skinning solution. Attendees take away an evaluation of the major commercial and open-source solutions available today. Attendees also take away the following ideas: how systems can be mixed and matched and used in different ways; automation theories and strategies; and applications in game production.

This course is intended for the character technical artist who is faced with the task of delivering the next level of realism and quality in their game characters or general enthusiasts who have always been curious as to how muscle systems work, what they are made of. Even though all of the systems will be demonstrated in Maya, the theories are universal and can be used with other 3D modeling/animating/rigging packages. It is a good idea to have a basic understanding of: * Standard skinning and weighting theory. * Traditional character rigging techniques. * MEL scripting. * Maya’s Dependency Graph and underlying architecture. * Maya’s Application Programming Interface.

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