Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Here's a video discussing animation spaces in Maya and how switching between them can make your life easier, with a few AnimBot tips thrown in too.

00:00 - Intro
00:28 - How I like to work with anim spaces
01:06 - IK Arms - Blocking
02:54 - Elbow/Pole Vectors - Blocking
03:59 - Hips and Spine - Blocking
04:15 - Head - Blocking
04:31 - Feet - Blocking
04:44 - Blocking spaces vs Spline spaces
04:52 - Spine - Spline
05:13 - IK Hands - Spline
05:47 - Fix A-pose rig issues - Spline
06:16 - Elbow/Pole Vectors - Spline
06:26 - Head - Spline
06:30 - Feet - Spline
06:33 - Animate the World Control
06:53 - Removing animation on the World Space CTRL - AnimBot
08:51 - Outro

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