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Rigging Quadrupeds in Maya

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Lesson 43. The Thoracic shoulder controls
In this lesson we will learn how to use Point and Orient constraints to set up the Horses shoulder controls
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Software used
Maya 8.5 or higher
What you will learn
Learn time-saving rigging techniques and the principles of building solution-based rigs and controls for more efficient animating. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training. Perfect for intermediate artists. Popular highlights include: Constructing Effective Hierarchies; Broken Hierarchy Systems; Building Rig from Reference Skeleton; Building an FK Spline System; Incorporating MEL for Speed; Custom Shelf for Tools; Characters Sets; Sub-Character Sets; Set Driven Keys; IK Solvers for Proper Limb Functionality; Constraints; Advanced Hip Control; Painting Weights; Connection Editor; Reverse Lock System; Muscle Deformation with Influence Objects; Corrective Shapes for Mesh Deformations.
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Delano Athias

68 Lessons

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2. Setting up a Display Layer and a Custom Shelf
07:10
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3. Wrapping up the Custom Shelf
05:29
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4. Ironing out a solid naming convention
01:32
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5. The use of Groups for scene cleanliness and organization
07:40
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6. Beginning the construction of the skeleton
10:55
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7. Mirroring the Joint Chain of the left Pelvic Limb
05:01
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8. Building the Thoracic Limb Joint Chain
06:33
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9. Creating the bones for the upper body
07:27
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10. Examining the local Rotation Axis of the upper body Joint Chain
03:05
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11. Working on the ears
06:23
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12. Building the tail
02:45
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13. Bringing the rig together- the Pelvis
04:24
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14. Setting up the tail to help avoid Counter-Keying
04:35
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15. Finishing Joint Connections and cleaning up the scene
02:29
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16. Binding the horse
04:56
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17. Exploring wire frame coloring
05:26
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18. Using Maya's Paint Weights tool to edit influences
11:07
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19. Painting weights around the Thorax
10:54
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20. Working on completing the top of the Thoracic Limb
07:58
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21. The effectiveness of Maya's Component Editor for modifying weights
05:19
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22. Fixing the deformations of the left Fetlock
03:02
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23. Weighting the Pastern
04:00
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24. Finalizing the deformations of the Thoracic Limb
03:16
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25. Bringing our attention to the left Pelvic Limb
02:08
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26. Adjusting the Pelvic weights
04:38
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27. Working on the hip bone
04:04
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28. The Stifle Joint's influence
03:07
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29. Focusing on the Tarsal Joint
03:04
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30. Utilizing Corrective Blend Shapes
08:10
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31. Using Set Driven Keys to tie attributes together
02:53
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32. Weighting the Fetlock of the Pelvic Limb
05:09
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33. Finishing up the left Pelvic Limb
05:14
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34. Exploring Maya's time-saving Mirror Weights tool
05:20
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35. Starting the process of building Control Objects
05:32
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36. Setting up the Reverse Lock feature for the Phalangeal Joints
05:23
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37. Working on the connections of the Reverse Lock Joints
07:32
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38. Building the curves to control the horse's legs
07:38
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39. Continuing the work of the control curves
04:21
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40. Finishing the set up of the limb control curves
13:17
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41. Adding the Carpal and Tarsal controls
06:49
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42. Finishing the connections of the knee controls
06:42
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43. The Thoracic shoulder controls
07:48
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44. Creating the bones for the Spline FK back vertebrae
03:36
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45. Connecting the Spline IK
06:29
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46. Constraining clusters to the FK Driver Joint Chain
04:31
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47. Starting the controls for the back vertebrae
06:55
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48. Joining the upper body controls
02:57
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49. Adding the Broken Hierarchy System
06:56
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50. Setting up the hips
07:27
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51. Commencing with the Neck rig
05:03
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52. Constraining the neck clusters to the Neck Driver Chain
03:07
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53. Setting up control curves for the Neck
03:27
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54. Continuing the set up of the control curves for the Neck Joints
08:26
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55. Adding custom attributes to control the base of the horse's neck
05:16
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56. Troubleshooting techniques
04:22
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57. Working on the head
04:28
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58. The ear controls
05:50
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59. Starting the tail rig
04:24
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60. Working on control curves to drive the tail
12:03
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61. Finishing the set up of the tail
03:12
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62. Adding a visible Global Control
08:52
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63. Cleaning up the display of the scene
03:34
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64. Character and sub-character sets
10:40
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65. A concept for the jaw control
15:34
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66. Establishing influence objects for muscle jiggle
13:01
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67. Using influence objects to get rid of unwanted deformations
07:55
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68. Conclusion
00:50
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