CGWorkshop - Quadruped Rigging for Games

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CGWorkshop - Quadruped Rigging for Games (Size: 5.8 GB)

		01. Intro.flv	32.89 MB
		02. AnatomyOverview - Spine.flv	83.68 MB
		03. Anatomy Overview - Legs.flv	46.92 MB
		04. Working With Joints.flv	182.22 MB
		05. Orientating Joints.flv	85.53 MB
		06. A Word On Joint and Control Orientation.flv	38.09 MB
		07. Rotation Order and Gimbal Lock.flv	55.28 MB
		08. Skin Bind Methods.flv	234.68 MB
		09. Joint Placement Overview.flv	63.84 MB
		10. Spine Joint Placement.flv	158.14 MB
		01. Starting the Head and Neck.mp4	49.77 MB
		02. Setting Up Following.mp4	41.76 MB
		03. Making the Control Shapes.mp4	107.02 MB
		04. IK Leg Chain.mp4	41.13 MB
		05. The Reverse Foot.mp4	67.62 MB
		06. Adding the Leg Straighten.mp4	58.22 MB
		07. Animator Controls.mp4	244.69 MB
		08. Squashing and Stretching Joints.mp4	42.09 MB
		09. Auto-Stretching the Legs.mp4	157.61 MB
		10. Leg Pole Vector Aim.mp4	102.06 MB
		01. Dense Spine Chain.mp4	59.08 MB
		02. Skinning the Spline to Joints.mp4	78.1 MB
		03. Skinning the Spline to Clusters.mp4	74.68 MB
		04. Creating the Spine Control Shapes.mp4	94.75 MB
		05. Driving the Spine Curve.mp4	103.71 MB
		06. Spline IK Twist.mp4	177.21 MB
		07. Spine Squashing.mp4	141.48 MB
		08. Length Feedback.mp4	125.42 MB
		09. Odds and Ends.mp4	139.69 MB
		10. Necklace.mp4	154.88 MB

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CGWORKSHOP - Quadruped Rigging for Games | 3 weeks | Intermediate

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Rigging characters for games means trying to create dynamic, subtle, and accurate deformations without the use of tools available for making pre-rendered characters, and mapping them to well-designed controls that empower animators to work as quickly and easily as possible. In this workshop you'll learn how to analyze reference material to help plan your joint layout, when to deviate from the anatomy and why, adjustable squash and stretch techniques, IK/FK switching, tricks to use spline IK more effectively, and mapping joints to surfaces for subtle deformations. Students will be provided with a toolbox of rigging scripts to help speed their workflow.

Each week the lessons will be broken down into a number of short, step-by-step videos, allowing students to focus on each element of the process. The assignments each week should take about 6-10 hours per week, and there will be a live Q&A where Brian will review work and help troubleshoot problems.

This is an intermediate workshop, so students should have a basic understanding of Maya and familiarity with skinning meshes. Students will be provided with a dog model to rig, or they can provide their own quadruped model. If you're taking the 3 course package, you're encouraged to use your completed model from the modeling workshop.

Feel free to contact me with questions: evansbot@gmail.com
WEEK BY WEEK OUTLINE
Week 1

● Anatomy overview
● Creating the skeleton
● Binding the mesh
● Painting skin weights
● Rigging the neck and head

Week 2

● Rigging the front legs
● Rigging the back legs

Week 3

● Rigging the spine and tail
● General cleanup and animator proofing

WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Ability

Students should be comfortable with Maya basics like navigation and menus. We'll go over skin binding but can't spend too much time on it, so some experience binding meshes is recommended.

Software

Maya 2013 or Maya 2014

Hardware

Wacom Tablet or comparable graphics tablet

http://training.cgsociety.org/course/quadruped-rigging-for-games

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