Maya lets you apply action to the objects in your 3D scene. In Maya, when an object or attribute changes in relation to time, it is referred to as being animated.

Maya provides a large selection of tools to help you animate the objects in your scene. You may decide to use a combination of several techniques to achieve your desired results.

In this chapter, you learn some common techniques and features that highlight Maya’s computer animation technology:

• Lesson 1 Keyframes and the Graph Editor: Introduction
• Lesson 2 Set Driven Key: Introduction
• Lesson 3 Path animation: Introduction
• Lesson 4 Nonlinear animation with Trax: Introduction
• Lesson 5 Inverse kinematics: Introduction