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Blender: Character Rigging with BlenRig

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Overview

Learn how to use BlenRig—a character rigging system provided by the Blender Foundation—to rig a character for animation in Blender.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Exercise files
  • What you need to know
1. Retargeting the Rig
  • Installing and setting up BlenRig
  • Retargeting the body controls
  • Retargeting the finger controls
  • Retargeting the eye controls
  • Retargeting the mouth controls
  • Retargeting the face controls
  • Baking the rig
2. Adjusting the Deform Cage
  • Adjusting the deform cage for the head
  • The deform cage for the torso and arms
  • Adjusting the hips and pelvis
  • Adjusting the legs and feet
  • Binding the character to the deform cage
3. Adding Corrective Shape Keys
  • Setting up drivers
  • Creating the shape keys for the arms
  • Shape keys for the legs
4. Weight Painting
  • Weight painting the hands
  • Weight painting the fingers
  • Weight painting the head
  • Weight painting the mouth
  • Weight painting the lips and cheeks
  • Weight painting the nose and brows
  • Weight painting the eyelids and ears
  • Weight painting the teeth and tongue
  • Weight painting the eyeballs and head
5. Adjusting Fine Details
  • Setting parameters
  • Adjusting actions and ranges
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Darrin Lile

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