Learn essentials of rigging and establish a solid foundation. Learn flexible rigging methods, several rigging and character setup tools, and the essentials of building animator-friendly controls with 3ds Max. Contains over 3 hours of project-based training.
Popular highlights include:
- Reference Coordinate System
- Choosing an Axis Order for Control Objects
- Custom Toolbars
- Customizing Quad Menus
- Layers
- Expressions
- Wired Parameters
- Forward Kinematics vs. Inverse Kinematics
- List Controllers
- Position Constraint
- LookAt Constraint
- Orientation Constraint
- Link Constraint
- Control Objects
- Control Object Reservoir
- Bone Tools
- Mirroring Bones
- Scaling Bones
- The IK Solvers of Max
- Creating an FK Spline Rig
- IK FK Snapping
- Skin Modifier
- Morpher Modifier
- Skin Morph Modifier
- Skin Wrap Modifier
- Rigging Techniques
- Custom Parameters
- Smooth and Rigid Skinning
- Painting Weights
- Weight Tool and Weight Table
- Mirroring Envelopes
- Exporting Envelopes
- Angle Deformers
- Quick and Easy Muscles with Bones
- Selection Sets
Lesson Outline:
| 1. |
Introduction |
1:14 |
| 2. |
Establishing naming conventions |
6:47 |
| 3. |
Linking objects to create parent/child hierarchies |
7:44 |
| 4. |
Creating bones in Max |
7:02 |
| 5. |
Editing bones in Max |
9:32 |
| 6. |
Working with a bone's fin adjustment tools |
10:22 |
| 7. |
Utilizing the HI IK and Limb IK Solver |
8:13 |
| 8. |
Rigging with the Spline IK Solver and creating IK Solvers |
9:19 |
| 9. |
Building bones for the leg and connecting an IK Solver |
5:48 |
| 10. |
Setting up control objects in the leg rig |
7:12 |
| 11. |
Working with Max's Position and Orientation Constraint |
9:15 |
| 12. |
Utilizing the LookAt Constraint |
7:47 |
| 13. |
Rigging with the Link Constraint to avoid bone skewing |
3:05 |
| 14. |
Rigging with Groups |
5:03 |
| 15. |
Customizing Max's user interface |
5:15 |
| 16. |
Wiring Parameters to control parameter values |
5:06 |
| 17. |
Working with Expressions |
8:27 |
| 18. |
Choosing a suitable Axis Order for control objects |
3:07 |
| 19. |
Using Layers to organize your scene |
9:47 |
| 20. |
Deforming a mesh with bones via the Skin modifier |
7:55 |
| 21. |
Fine-tuning envelope deformations with the Weight Table |
7:59 |
| 22. |
Editing envelopes with the Paint Weights Tool |
7:46 |
| 23. |
Mirroring weights to save time |
4:33 |
| 24. |
Exporting and importing envelope data |
3:11 |
| 25. |
Using Max's Bulge Angle Deformer to correct deformations |
5:09 |
| 26. |
Exploring the Skin Morph modifier |
10:06 |
| 27. |
Rigging for lip-sync animation with the Morpher modifier |
13:48 |
| 28. |
Controlling mesh deformations with the Skin Wrap modifier |
8:11 |
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Total Run Time:
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3:18:56 |
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