Jean-Marc Belloncik, Sr. SME /Content Developer, Autodesk Media & Entertainment

1. Using the single-step workflow interoperability to send data between products.
   • Understanding the logic behind the workflow.
   • How data loss is prevented during transfers.
2. Rigging and animating a character with HumanIK (HIK) using Autodesk® Maya® and Autodesk® MotionBuilder®.
   • How the HIK solver differs from a traditional rig.
   • Creating a new HIK skeleton vs characterizing an existing skeleton.
   • Understanding the HIK requirements.
   • Animation & retargeting workflows with HIK.
3. Setting up a facial rig using Autodesk® Softimage® Face Robot.
   • How Face Robot works in comparison to common facial rigs.
   • Modeling requirements to ensure proper Face Robot solve.
   • Solving a head in six stages.
   • Understanding what drives a Face Robot head.
4. Best practices for tuning and sculpting the different regions of a solved head.
5. Animating the Face Robot head and sending it back to Maya.
   • Creating lip sync animation from an audio file.
   • Animating eye blinks.
   • Baking animation using nCache workflow.
   • Exporting animation rig workflow.