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Character Rigging for Production in 3ds Max

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Lesson 2. Preparing the scene
In this lesson we will prep our scene prior to starting the control rig.
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Software used
3ds Max 2010
What you will learn
In this course, we will cover the tools and techniques for setting up character rigs in 3ds Max. Step by step, we'll construct a control rig that is robust and animator-friendly. We'll learn everything from proper bone placement and techniques for troubleshooting, to learning fun ways we can preserve volume as our mesh deforms and how to make our controls efficient and easy to comprehend. We'll also learn how to create customized quad menus and toolbars that will help speed up our workflow, so we can focus primarily on building our control rigs with the best practices.
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Delano Athias

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2. Preparing the scene
06:37
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3. Creating leg bones
09:51
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4. Completing the leg bones
08:14
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5. Working with fins and adding a toe bend bone
09:11
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6. Setting up initial controls for the feet
08:28
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7. Constraining the foot bones to the Reverse-Lock helpers
06:50
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8. Building the primary foot control
06:32
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9. Establishing secondary foot controls
10:19
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10. Starting on our foot bank rig
08:52
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11. Locking controllers
05:18
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12. Setting up custom parameters for the foot bank
12:35
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13. Using custom parameters to drive the toe bend
07:52
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14. Adding knee controls
04:45
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15. Setting up association curves for the knee controls
09:14
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16. Creating the curve that will drive our spine bones
08:03
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17. Connecting helpers to the spine curve
04:34
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18. Building the bones for the spine
08:44
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19. Confining the spine bones
05:08
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20. Deforming the spine curve
05:57
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21. Establishing hip and chest controls
07:10
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22. Setting up the Center of Gravity control
08:23
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23. Choosing a suitable axis order
04:00
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24. Finishing the spine rig
11:21
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25. Creating a Global Control
06:36
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26. Working on the head rig
10:02
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27. Completing the head rig
04:06
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28. Creating a control for the blinks
07:51
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29. Wrapping up the blink controls
10:05
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30. Building eye controls
09:16
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31. Finishing our eye rig
07:39
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32. Starting on the facial controls
09:15
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33. Building facial controls
09:03
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34. Completing the facial controls
09:19
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35. Constructing the shoulder and arm chains
08:04
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36. Creating the left hand bones
10:17
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37. Setting up IK/FK Blending switches
02:52
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38. Building the IK/FK Chains
06:13
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39. Mirroring the shoulders and arms
08:49
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40. Cleaning up the shoulder and arm bones
04:44
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41. Constraining the arms to the IK/FK Chains
05:03
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42. Blending Between IK/FK modes
07:13
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43. Rigging IK arm controls
05:59
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44. Utilizing a custom parameter to control the elbow
06:45
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45. Creating FK arm controls
07:20
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46. Finishing the FK arms
08:55
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47. Setting up the wrists
11:08
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48. Establishing shoulder controls
06:10
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49. Starting on finger controls
10:16
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50. Finishing the left fingers
11:04
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51. Finishing the right fingers
13:56
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52. Building twist bones for the arms
07:27
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53. Completing the left arm twist bones
02:26
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54. Finishing the left arm's twist rig
09:28
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55. Finishing the right arm's twist rig
10:53
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56. Cleaning up the control rig
13:18
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57. Enveloping the character
05:13
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58. Blocking in the deformations of the left leg
08:24
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59. Setting the initial weights of the spine
09:31
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60. Focusing on the weights of the neck and head / Correcting bone skewing
04:59
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61. Modifying the deformations of the neck and head
04:14
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62. Refining the weights of the left eyebrow
08:10
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63. Finishing the left eyebrow
05:21
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64. Saving envelope weights
06:29
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65. Editing the deformations of the index finger
07:35
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66. Correcting the weights of the pinky finger
04:08
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67. Fixing the weighting of the thumb
03:44
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68. Finishing the deformations of the index finger
03:55
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69. Wrapping up the weights of the pinky finger
10:17
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70. Completing the thumb's weights
06:42
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71. Finalizing the weights of the left hand
04:23
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72. Working on the forearm's weights
03:15
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73. Refining the weights of the elbow and upper arm
05:20
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74. Finishing up the left arm's deformations
11:19
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75. Concluding the deformations of the left leg
08:25
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76. Finishing the deformations of the upper body
11:47
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77. Finalizing the deformations of the head and neck and mirroring weights
10:26
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78. Solidifying the neck twist
03:52
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