MotionBuilder Fundamentals Bundle

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MotionBuilder Fundamentals: Characterization and Retargeting 101

Your complete step-by-step guide to Characterizing and Retargeting Motion Capture in MotionBuilder. From exporting your character into MotionBuilder to importing the retargeted animation back onto your model, this comprehensive, hands-on course provides you with all the production-ready tips, tricks, and techniques needed to tackle any challenges that come your way. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid framework for retargeting motion capture, allowing you to spend less time troubleshooting and more time bringing your characters to life.

Simon Kay

Simon Kay

$199

MotionBuilder Fundamentals: Motion Editing 101

Your complete step-by-step guide to transforming mocap into high quality, production ready animations for video games and crowd simulations...Even if you've never used MotionBuilder before! By the end of this comprehensive, hands-on course, you'll not only have a set of production ready animation clips and renders for your showreel. But also a framework for editing motion capture you can build on for the rest of your career. So, whether you're learning MotionBuilder to get your first job in the industry or to enhance your skills for your next project, this course will equip you with the knowledge and expertise to tackle your next MotionBuilder project with confidence.

Simon Kay

Simon Kay

$250

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Take your MotionBuilder skills to the next level by combining Characterization and Retargeting 101 with Motion Editing 101.


These two courses will guide you step-by-step through the entire character animation process in MotionBuilder. From importing and characterizing your characters to exporting and rendering your finished animations, you'll always know exactly what to do and how to do it.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to enhance your skills, combine these two courses today to gain the expertise to tackle any character animation project in MotionBuilder.

Plus, you’ll have the blueprint for a complete, production-ready character animation pipeline you can build on for the rest of your career.

Hi, I’m Simon Kay

Over the past 20+ years I’ve used MotionBuilder to help bring hundreds of film and video game characters to life at some of the world’s leading VFX, Video Game and Motion Capture Studios including DNEG, Sony and Centroid

Throughout my career, I’ve enjoyed sharing my knowledge with animators, students, and beginners worldwide, both in-person and online, through my blog and YouTube channel. So, whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, I'm here to help you master MotionBuilder and unleash your creativity.

Everything You'll Learn:


✔️Character Import and Export

✔️Characterization and Retargeting

✔️Motion Editing - Idles, Loops and Transitions

✔️Character Controls and Control Rigs

✔️FCurve Editing

✔️Story Tool

✔️Key Controls

✔️Animation Layers

✔️Plot Properties

✔️Pose Controls

✔️Cameras

✔️Lights

✔️Live Shadows

✔️Transport Controls

✔️Takes

✔️Groups

✔️Rendering

✔️Setting and Preferences

✔️Time Warp

✔️Hotkeys

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