http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ I didn't know you could do THAT?!?!? en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:20:29 +0000 http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=165#post-678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:41:57 +0000 Smapdi 678@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>I wanted to make sure you all see this.</p> <p>Rigging Dojo presents: Anatomy for rigging and modeling with Jeff Hesser</p> <p>We are back for another live web event,<br /> Join us Wednesday September 8th, 2010 @ 8:30 CST<br /> as Rigging Dojo presents: Anatomy for rigging and modeling with Jeff Hesser<br /> Improve your work and understanding of joint movement in the Human Body. A must see if you’re a TD, Animator or Modeler.</p> <p>Find the broadcast at Rigging Dojo Live or RSVP on VOKLE</p> <p>Anatomy is the foundation of art and animation. To improve our understanding of anatomy in motion,<br /> Jeff will go beyond the books and showcase the articulation of the human skeleton as a 3d form.</p> <p>To quote the great Chuck Jones, “Show me the skeleton of an animal, and I will tell you how it must move.”</p> <p>See you there!<br /> Josh, Brad, Chad</p> <p>About Jeff Hesser:</p> <p>Jeff Hesser is a digital artist and an expert in anatomy, traditional sculpture and drawing. His experience with game art includes working on the character modeling team at Harmonix and as an anatomy consultant at Turbine.<br /> Jeff is an award winning faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design. He also taught graduate students of figurative art at the New York Academy of Art for years. He has taught well-received workshops in sculpture, anatomy and drawing at Turbine and Fisher-Price.<br /> In 2006, he was honored with RISD’s award for excellence in teaching.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jeffhesser.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jeffhesser.com/</a></p> <p>And if you missed our last live web event, Inside The Setup Machine 2 with Raf Anzovin, you can watch it now! <a href="http://bit.ly/9FkeyN" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9FkeyN</a> </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=148#post-621 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:52:37 +0000 mzahmbie 621@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hey everyone, I'm trying to implement auto snapping for space switching, I wrote up a script that handles the snapping with a shelf button press but I'd like to automate it. It would be really convenient if there is a way to have a script execute on the change of a custom attribute. I've been looking through documentation and searches, but haven't found a way to do that yet. ScriptJob looked the most promising, but I didn't see a way to connect the scriptJob to trigger when an attribute on a node was changed.</p> <p>I love trying to figure this stuff out, but I'm at a loss right now. Is there any way to set up a script to execute when an attribute on a specific node is changed? Or would I be better off breaking the script down into pieces and using the expression editor to watch for the change and make the changes attribute by attribute instead of all together in a script? Or maybe I'm going about this entirely wrong? ;P </p> <p>Thanks in advance for any suggestions on this! </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=164#post-674 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:35:52 +0000 debasish_ghosh77 674@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>My problem with seamless IK FK switching. In this rig i wrote some script in script editor and its working fine. But this script shouldn't work if i import the character with namespace or reference the character. So what to do? Is there any solution? Please help me. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=163#post-670 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:35:47 +0000 decenttallurinaresh 670@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>how to make a rigging reel </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=129#post-547 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:15:52 +0000 gourav 547@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Sir<br /> Please help me in 3d maya rigging main topics such as ( spine / strechy /face controls ) and also tell me what can i do to learn mel scripting .<br /> I am waiting for u r answer please tell me . How i can improve my Rigging and specially on these topics .<br /> Your sincerly<br /> Gourav<br /> <a href="mailto:sehgal.gourav90@gmail.com">sehgal.gourav90@gmail.com</a> </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=151#post-627 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:37:13 +0000 kar_k 627@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>HI,</p> <p> I AM A FRESHER AND WANT TO KNOW HOW TO CONNECT A STRETCHY RIG TO GLOBAL CTRL THROUGH Mel. SCRIPT </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=162#post-662 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:53:47 +0000 srinivasvadde 662@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>sir i am so much confused how to clean the out lner ofter compleating the rigging </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=123#post-538 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:49:29 +0000 baljeetbhartiya 538@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>How to Read a Rig.i am so confuse in connection editor and outliner? </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=67#post-338 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:25:11 +0000 noobwants2learn 338@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I'm a noob to Maya.</p> <p>I need to rig a dummy controller that control 3 joints in hierarchy, where joint1 is the grandparent and joint3 is the grandchild. When I rotate the controller 30 degrees, joint1 will rotate 30 degrees, joint2 20 degrees, joint3 10 degrees, just like a finger rig.</p> <p>How do I setup this in Maya?</p> <p>Thanks in advance,<br /> Cyan </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=161#post-650 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:09:49 +0000 redesigndavid 650@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hey guys! First of all, I love this site! And I'd like to be very active. So to start off, I thought I post an interactive post. No pressure for anyone to comment. There's no production thats about to fail if my post remains unanswered. This is STRICTLY for fun.</p> <p>I found a way to animate blendshape weight maps without using plugins. It's not full proof. But it works. </p> <p>It's in youtube and my site. </p> <p><a href="http://redesigndavid.me/4561/2010/08/08/animate-blendshapes-weights-per-vertex/" rel="nofollow">http://redesigndavid.me/4561/2010/08/08/animate-blendshapes-weights-per-vertex/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZ7MMJF9QQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZ7MMJF9QQ</a></p> <p>Check them out and see if you could figure it out. I will post a tutorial in two weeks time. </p> <p>The technique would be applicable to more than just weights for blendshapes. It might even be possible to control weights for skinCluster joints. Some other possible applications would be blendshapes the way Eddie Murphy turned into nutty professor. </p> <p>Thanks everyone!!!! :) Hope to hear from you! </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=160#post-649 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:52:57 +0000 tommix 649@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRnlYi5ABU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRnlYi5ABU</a> </p> <p>Plugin developed in C++, still in beta testing.<br /> It allows to express directly the three mathematic formulas that drive the new position of each point of the geometry: x' = Fx(), y'=Fy(), z'=Fz().</p> <p>Parameters that you can express for each formula:</p> <p>x,y,z=the previous position of each point<br /> index=the point index<br /> t=additional external parameter (useful to let the deformer be animatable).</p> <p>Supported functions:</p> <p>sin, cos, tan, abs, ceil, sqrt, pow, exp, log and so on.</p> <p>Critiques and comments are welcome. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=159#post-648 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:24:36 +0000 tommix 648@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi,<br /> I am writing a plugin for the calculus of the autorotation of a wheel based on differential calculus instead the classical way.<br /> I have created a custom locator named rollLocator.</p> <p>It works fine if I call the MEL command: createNode rollLocator</p> <p>But if I try to create the node via C++ using the MDGModifier class or the MDagModifier, in this way:</p> <p>MObject rollLocatorObj = dagMod.createNode("rollLocator", MObject::kNullObj, &amp;status);</p> <p>OR</p> <p>MObject rollLocatorObj = dagMod.createNode(RollLocator::typeId, MObject::kNullObj, &amp;status);</p> <p>I get the following runtime error:</p> <p>Plugin error: (kInvalidParameter): Object is incompatible with this method</p> <p>Any ideas how to solve the problem or reference this new locator alternatively in C++?</p> <p>Thank you </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=158#post-647 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:56:30 +0000 tommix 647@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hello guys!<br /> It's a big pleasure for me to find a community about rigging.</p> <p>Let me introduce myself..</p> <p>I am a technical artist (B.Sc. software engineering) with a background experience primarly in Cinema 4d, but now I am playing hard with Maya, rigging and writing my own plugins too.<br /> Currently I am uneployed, but I am pretty sure to take a big job as soon as my first maya reel will be out ;)<br /> If you're curious to see my stuff, take a look at:</p> <p>-My website: <a href="http://www.tommasosanguigni.it" rel="nofollow">http://www.tommasosanguigni.it</a><br /> -My youtube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/tommix83" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/tommix83</a></p> <p>Thanks for your time. I am glad to be part of the rigging community around the globe.</p> <p>Tommaso </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=157#post-645 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:03:39 +0000 mohitsherman 645@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi</p> <p>Could anyone explain me why ,when I scale my rig which is having wire deformer,The WIRE DEFORMER looses it's influence on the vertices.How can I solve this issue.everthing is inside one scalable group include wire base curve.</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-624 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:00:38 +0000 kanth_scorpion 624@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>i have problem with attaching corrective blendshapes to character upleg.<br /> i have created 3 corrective blend shapes for 1 leg.<br /> 1. +90 Degrees ( front rotation ), 90 degrees ( back rotation ). 90 degrees ( side ).<br /> but i am getting problem attaching them.<br /> in the middle it is getting weird like at ( 40 X, 4o Y like that ) is there any solution for this. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=156#post-643 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:05:27 +0000 Smapdi 643@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>This week only- LIVE , it won't be recorded. 2:35pm EST.</p> <p>Brad is doing a late lunch Q and A on Maya rigging or MotionBuilder every day this week.</p> <p>It is about an hour of him taking questions and going over tips and tricks.</p> <p><a href="http://www.riggingdojo.com/live/" rel="nofollow">http://www.riggingdojo.com/live/</a></p> <p>You can log in with twitter, chat and ask text or video questions. </p> <p>It is driven by those asking questions, so come over.</p> <p>you can also find the link at <a href="http://www.vokle.com/lineups/5718-rigging-qa" rel="nofollow">http://www.vokle.com/lineups/5718-rigging-qa</a></p> <p>see you there. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=155#post-642 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:41:59 +0000 kanth_scorpion 642@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi Guys check out this new website, where you can embeed your videos ( Demoreels ) in your profile and add images, apply for jobs all in one place <a href="http://www.cgbrains.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cgbrains.com</a> . </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-638 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:34:17 +0000 mlrtiq 638@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Ok I'm a little bit nervous about doing this considering the company I can see on these listings, but I'd like to get some feedback on my demo reel. </p> <p>(demo reel jun 2010 720x405)<br /> <a href="http://vimeo.com/12890777" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/12890777</a></p> <p>(heavy weight biped technical reel)<br /> <a href="http://vimeo.com/12969463" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/12969463</a></p> <p>Javier and Jason will see a lot of their techniques used in my reel (mixed in with other techniques from here and there)... Suggestions and comments will be warmly welcomed. (my goal is to eventually gain full time work in the industry) </p> <p>Kindest regards Tani.. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=152#post-630 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:07:16 +0000 ryangriffin 630@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Years ago I recall reading an article that discussed maintaining vert order while combining to polygon objects. My goal is to be able to combine one piece of geo(a head) and another piece of geo (body) without changing the vert order on the head. Does anyone have an idea how this is accomplished? </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=153#post-631 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:31:41 +0000 greatbear 631@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've been looking into the idea of skinning a skeleton to a low poly mesh and then attaching this to a high poly mesh via a wrap deformer, to save time on weight painting and improve on realtime performance. </p> <p>Is this still a viable workflow and still used today? </p> <p>Also, do people still use influence objects now we have Maya muscle?</p> <p>Thank you </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=145#post-604 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:42:33 +0000 manish 604@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi there,</p> <p>When I saw X Men, I was really amazed when I saw morphing the lady (Mystique). Couple of days ago I found a video which some how demonstrate this stuff (here is the link of the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upg7lA28VWQ&amp;feature=player_embedded)" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upg7lA28VWQ&amp;feature=player_embedded)</a>.</p> <p>And today I found another video (here is the link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmLasBCbaE)" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmLasBCbaE)</a>, quite of same, he/she used Sampler deformer to make this happen. What Sampler Deformer is? Can I found it anywhere?</p> <p>Can anybody help me how to achieve this effects??</p> <p>Thanks in advance,</p> <p>Manish </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=150#post-625 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:19:27 +0000 Rie 625@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi, I'm always a little confused about joint orientation. I read some books and articles about it, but still cannot fully understand it. Sometimes people said it should be X down the joint, Z rotating towards the front. And some said orient joints with Y down the joint, Z sideways. </p> <p>Can someone elaborate a little bit more about joint orientation?<br /> Does twist axis and roll axis means the same? </p> <p>thx! </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=146#post-611 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:30:39 +0000 Dimitri Frazao 611@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Do you guys know where to look for rigging internships?</p> <p>I've been looking at a few studio's websites and I couldn't find anything...<br /> There's always animation, concept art and story internships, but no rigging.<br /> Is there a different name for such a position?</p> <p>Also... what is a good book/tutorial to start learning mel and mel for rigging?</p> <p>This forum is awesome! I've been reading tons of posts :)<br /> Thanks! </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=147#post-615 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:55:49 +0000 Dimitri Frazao 615@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hi.</p> <p>Has anyone read/seen the book/DVD Advanced Character Rigging by TJ Galda.</p> <p>It has a nice review on CG India.</p> <p>Anyone?</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=142#post-582 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:46:37 +0000 Mark Neil 582@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Now, before I begin, I realize the immediate answer to the question I'm about to ask is "the more, the better", but I was hoping to get some general advice on what I should focus on learning next, therefor...</p> <p>I'm curious what rigging technique's are required from entry level applicant, as well as highly desirable skill-sets? </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=144#post-597 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:11 +0000 Mark Neil 597@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>I've created an eye controler using aim constraint on the eyeballs... But I'm having trouble figuring out what to parent it to. If I parent it to the head, Shoulder or Cog controls, the eye controler will be bouncing around with the animation, and you'd get wild eyes, but if you parent it to the World control, the character will leave the eye controler behind. Any advice? </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=143#post-589 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:53:00 +0000 kitagawa 589@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Hey everyone. My first post here, I'm just getting into rigging though, so I'll probably be posting here quite a bit from now on. </p> <p>SO... I have a locator, and a sphere in my scene. I'm trying to write an expression that will make the sphere constantly travel towards the locator. And depending on the distance between the locator and the sphere, the speed at which the sphere is traveling will change. </p> <p>So, when the sphere is really close to the locater, it will very slowly creep towards the locator. But when the locator is moved far away the speed of the sphere will ramp up, until it hits a max speed.</p> <p>Hope this isn't too complicated. I've been toying around for hours trying to get it to work. </p> <p>Any help will be greatly appreciated. </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=114#post-504 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:44:15 +0000 HannibalBarca 504@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>hi guys.. I am a noob when it comes to rigging. Just getting into the basics of rigging now.<br /> Currently i am facing a problem with mirroring the skin weights after painting them one one side of the model.<br /> I have checked if the model is aligned properly to the grid.. and its aligned perfectly with the axes. I am attaching the images here. </p> <p>This is the side i painted the weights to.<br /> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=yzy4n2nmmz5" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=yzy4n2nmmz5</a></p> <p>This is what happens after the mirroring the weights.<br /> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=0f2nh5jtxmh" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=0f2nh5jtxmh</a></p> <p>Any idea why this happens ? </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=139#post-577 Mon, 24 May 2010 11:14:23 +0000 amar4u_2009 577@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>hey<br /> i am getting problem in duplicating the whole rig setup and its respective model.it delete its deformation history every time while duplicate. give me some solution for duplicating the rigsetup with its respective model </p> http://www.rigging101.com/forum/topic.php?id=141#post-581 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:35:55 +0000 jimmy 581@http://www.rigging101.com/forum/ <p>Senior Character Rigger needed for upcoming creature project to start early June. Please see website for details - <a href="http://www.image-engine.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.image-engine.com</a> </p>