Enriching animation with python
summary
Studio uses Python in Maya to auto-generate rigs and routines: a cylinder-based snake rig, sine-wave driven walk cycles with phase offsets, and leg solvers that animate a six-legged ladybird so animators only move the body; four mouth sliders drive most speech. A web app called Wayface runs on-device AI (PyTorch prototypes) to convert audio to phones, forced-align them, and output blendshape timelines via a Python plugin. A language-learning pilot produced ~70,000 recordings from 40 UK schools; models work but need animator tuning and ethical, consented data.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:22Python powers animation
- 7:11Automating character rigs
- 13:32Simplifying lip sync
- 18:46AI-driven lip sync
- 23:23Ethical AI in animation
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