Maya 3D Animation - Animating a character to pick up objects(Parent/Constraint)

A simple way of animating a character to pick up objects and key frame in that connection.

[cleverevans]

You know what's great about this video? It gets right down to business. There's no flashy titles, there's not too much chit-chat about what the tutorial is about. This tutorial spends just enough time at the beginning to show what it's about, and then gets on with the lesson. Thanks, it was just what I was looking for.

[JoseCruz-ndfi]

Thank you for the video. I'm a student and I needed a quick tutorial to help animate some homework. I appreciate the shortness and focus on the subject matter. No need for a fancy intro, no explanation of the history of animation; just good and honest information about what people are looking for in a tutorial.

[wadalapichu]

thanks for making it quick, maya tutorials are always long

[qiuvincent]

been looking for good tut for hours, yours is just easy and clear to learn this.thanks a lot.

[myriixi]

this has helped me tremendously in my assignment and doing my personal project

[asishshow]

First you have to go the exact frame in timeline where the ball first touches the hand then you have to constraint it (not before not after). And after once you constraint the ball now when you want to detach the ball and want to animate the ball independently then you have to toggle blend parent with 1 or 0, and set the keys in timeline (1= hand is working as a parent. 0= hand is not working as a parent).

am writing this because just now i learned this and i had a confusion of when i need to constraint the ball. thats why i am sharing this. thank you

[JKYoon-xb]

For users who do not see blend parent, please see. If base animation is turned on, type delete BaseAnimation in the mel script and press Enter. If you apply the constraint again, the blend parent will appear.

[nhsubhash]

THANKS BRO, YOU DID IT IN VERY SIMPLE MANNER

[mncs]

Thanks man. Mine was following the whole time. Thanks for that blend parent thingy right there.

[RTFL_]

thank you so much for this very quick right to the point tutorial, all the best for the future

[Aindriu-dzbn]

Thanks dude, helped me with my assignment

[benedictusbriaan]

Hello, I want to ask.

My blend parent doesn't appear, even though I have set the key on the ball object. what should i do?

I'm using Maya 2018

[JUYAN]

Thanks for the video. It really helps, But i just want to know, does the object you parent/contrain have to be to a control point? Or can you do the same thing to one of the joints or bones of the skeletal mesh?

[leslyfox]

Thank you so much! Short and clear, helped me a lot!

[miltonlawrence]

Great video! It was short and concise and really helped me out!

[danpymD]

As soon as I change Blend Parent to zero it returns to the original position before the character grabs the object.

[leafmaple]

Good Video, striaght to point! Thanks Mate!

[jenillustration]

Thank you so much!! I was struggling a lot with this

[lexxrelaxx]

Hello friend its a good tutorial. Can we make them solid objects or its the only way?

[ew_noelle]

im doing a box lifting animation. and sometimes the box shifts away without me doing anything, is it a glitch or did i miss anything??? I had already frozen the transformation and deleted history, also checked for constrains and nothing