3D Introductory

Rigging
Part 8/14

A series of lectures created for students at candidate level at the IT-University of Copenhagen by Rickard Stampe Sderstrm 2011. r.s.soderstrom@gmail.com. All material in this lecture is copyrighted to the autors and creators of the pictures and films. And the lecture is copyrighted to Rickard Stampe Sderstrm. You may freely use it as a presentation but not printing it in a digital or analog form.

Rigging
- Control the object or series of object. - For making a set of handles you can controll in an specific motion.

- Skinning and adding "effects" like deformers for special deformation.

Rigging Tools
- Rigging tools: - Keyframing directly on a node. - Adding an object to a path to control its motion - Constraining objects - Making a skeleton for a character

Keyframe directly on node

- Almost everything is "keyable" directly on the attributes. - Press "S", or <shift> + transform / rotate/scale - Or RMB for menu for "set key".

Adding an object to a motion path

- Attach an object to a path - Control the deformation - Control the speed with a graph
- Good for Camera Movement

Constraining objects
- A type of linking of an objects position, rotation, scale to another object transformation, rotation or scale. - Type of constrains are point, orient, scale, and aim etc.

Making a skeletonrigg
- Using skeleton tool and mirrors and "draw out the skeleton" - Position joint at the elbows, ankles, spine etc at the character. - Build your own Skeleton!

Tools for rigging a skeleton

- Reverse foot / Foot Rool - Controllers to click. - Stretch in a rigg?

Source and finished riggs: http://student.vfs.com/~m07goosh/rigging101/freestuff.ht m

Automated rigging
- Allot of tools (mostly non-free) for rigging your character fast. - The usually only work on biped characters. - They are usually adapted to Mocap but can also be used for more exaggerated animation.
source: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scriptsplugins/character/c/automated-animator-friendly-rigging

Paint Skinweights
- 2011 interactive skinbind - Paint Weight Tools - Working methods of painting weights

Deformations

- Paint Skin Weights

- Clusters

- Blendshapes
. Muscles / Influences

End of Rigging