Oklahoma City, OK - October 3, 2006 - Digital-Tutors, an Autodesk Authorized Publisher, today announced the availability of 'Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Lifting Heavy Objects' - an interactive guide to learning body mechanics and character animation techniques and the newest release in a growing library of interactive training for emerging digital artists. 'Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Lifting Heavy Objects' provides over 6.5 hours of project-based training for both new and experienced animators seeking to create believable animations with life and personality.

Highlights from 'Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Lifting Heavy Objects' include: exploring the body mechanics of a heavy lift, animating to show believable weight and tension, proper timing and spacing using rhythm, working with storyboards, pose to pose method, adding arcs, adding follow-through, overlapping for fluid motion, exaggerating poses for appealing movement, graph editor, weighted tangency & free tangent weights, modifying tangents, editing timing of actions with character sets, animating the body in sections for efficiency, animation hot keys, timesaving character animation and object checklist, and additional lessons developed to teach artists proper body mechanics for animation.

For a full outline and pricing information of 'Body Mechanics and Animation in Maya: Lifting Heavy Objects' visit: http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/product.php?productid=1948

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