Weight Painting Courses and Certifications

CGDive

Weight Painting 101 - Rigify Course for Two-Headed Ogre Rig - Part 4

Learn essential weight painting techniques for 3D character rigging in Blender, covering version-specific changes from 2.90 to 4.0 and key steps for effective weight distribution and bone influence.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Packt

Advanced Blender Techniques for Realistic Vegetation

Master advanced Blender techniques to create hyper-realistic vegetation, from delicate flowers to underwater plants. Elevate your 3D scenes with vibrant, lifelike environments using particle systems, sculpting, and optimized texturing.

• Coursera
• 7 hours 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Rigging in Maya 2017

75 ratings at Pluralsight

Introduction to character rigging in Maya 2017 with an emphasis on bipedal rigging as a specific example.

• Pluralsight
• 7 hours 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Introduction to Rigging in Blender

48 ratings at Pluralsight

In this course, we're going to take an introductory look at the rigging tools inside of Blender.

• Pluralsight
• 2 hours 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Blender for Beginners: An Introduction to Rigging

Learn rigging in Blender, covering key concepts like weight painting, kinematics, and constraints. Ideal for beginners, this class helps you create complex setups and become a well-rounded CG artist.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Introduction to Character Rigging in Maya

15 ratings at Pluralsight

In this series of tutorials, you will gain a solid foundation in the character rigging process. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2014.

• Pluralsight
• 4 hours 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Blender: Character Rigging with BlenRig

14 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

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

• LinkedIn Learning
• 2 hours 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Accelerating the Face-rigging Process in Maya

11 ratings at Pluralsight

In this Maya tutorial, we'll explore node-centric, pose-based deformers as drivers for corrective blend shapes. Software required: Maya 2015, abAutoRig 6.0.3.

• Pluralsight
• 4 hours 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Accelerating the Character Rigging Process in Maya

12 ratings at Pluralsight

Learn to streamline character rigging in Maya using MEL scripts, Python utilities, and efficient techniques for skinning, weight painting, and applying corrective blend shapes.

• Pluralsight
• 4 hours 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Quick Start to Rigging in Maya: Volume 3

10 ratings at Pluralsight

Welcome to Volume 3 of Quick Start to Rigging in Maya, a series of specially constructed tutorials meant to be followed in sequence and interspersed with valuable exercises to reinforce learned concepts. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2014.

• Pluralsight
• 3 hours 6 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Animating in Blender 3D: Your First Character Rig

Learn character rigging in Blender 3D: master rigging tools, weight painting, and workflow tricks. Create a functional character rig and gain essential skills for 3D animation and game design careers.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Michael Pavlovich

Character Creator Cloth Simulation and Painting Weights, with ZBrush Cloth Sculpting

Learn cloth simulation, weight painting, and ZBrush cloth sculpting techniques for character creation. Master AccuRig, GoZ, pose tools, and advanced features in Character Creator and ZBrush for realistic cloth effects.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

AccuRig - Easy Auto-Rigging

Learn to auto-rig characters using AccuRig, export to Blender, convert to Rigify, and retarget animations. Covers custom character setup, joint tweaking, texture reassignment, and weight painting.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Auto-Rig Pro Tutorial - Rigging Humans

Learn to rig human and humanoid characters using Auto-Rig Pro's smart tools. Master complex model rigging, facial setup, and manual weight painting techniques for professional character animation in Blender.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Blender - Unwanted Stretching, Bending and Twisting in Rigged Characters

Learn techniques to fix unwanted stretching, bending, and twisting in rigged Blender characters. Covers Bendy Bones issues, weight painting, and solutions like removing BBones, adding bones, and pinning props to mesh.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video