Thanks to the photorealistic characters in such movies as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and even to the characters in films like Shrek, whose highly stylised stars were nonetheless completely credible as walking, talking humans and animals, the bar for character animation has been raised.
Viewers expect all character animation to look believable, even in TV series, commercials, and games, which don't have the long production cycles and large budgets of features.
Luckily for animators working in all of these markets, several tools are available for creating convincing 3D characters. Some that are enjoying widespread use among production facilities focus on facial animation, while others are geared toward whole-body animation.
Although each offers their own sets of features, all enable animators to impart believable motion and expressions in their digital characters.
One company that has become a leader in real-time character animation and motion editing solutions is Kaydara. In September 2004, Kaydara was acquired by Alias, and as a result of the acquisition, Kaydara's MOTIONBUILDER 6, the newest version of its character animation software, is now available through Alias under the moniker Alias MOTIONBUILDER.
Featuring fully automated rig creation capabilities and support for customisable rigs, Alias MOTIONBUILDER offers a full-body, integrated biomechanical IK/FK dual rig and support for "smart" biped and quadruped characters. In addition, users can create lip-sync facial animation using recorded audio tracks, live microphone input, incoming motion capture data, or keyframing techniques. The software's facial animation tools include bounding regions, vowel weighting, constraints, and custom expression shapes.
Alias MOTIONBUILDER 6 includes many improvements designed to make the software more powerful and easier to use. For instance, its simplified user interface includes a …
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