yashraj_films_inline_420x211Visual Computing Labs and Prime Focus teamed up to create an animated “bollywood” style movie named “Roadside Romeo”.  They made extensive use of a wide variety of Autodesk products include Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Flame, Autodesk Combusion, and Autodesk Lustre.  Their story is now on the Autodesk site.

“Fortunately, Maya has a host of features that streamline the character animation process, which enabled us to complete the song sequence on time,” states Khandpur. “One of our favorite features in Maya is its full body IK system, which allowed our artists to rig and animate their characters quickly and easily. Maya also lends itself beautifully to the squash-and-stretch animation style we wanted to achieve. The tool boasts several muscle and skin deformation tools, such as Jiggle, that were very useful for our artists.”

via Autodesk – Film – Visual Computing Labs and Prime Focus.