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Rigging Wings in Maya

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Lesson 16. Creating controls to fan the feathers collectively
In this lesson we will create controls to fan the feathers collectively and also do some clean up work on all animation controls.
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Software used
Maya 2011 and up
What you will learn
In this Maya tutorial we will learn how to rig a wing. We will first cover some things to consider when constructing the control rig. From there, we will set up the wing, step by step, making sure the system we build will be sufficient to the needs of an animator. We will also build a few MEL scripts to work efficiently.
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Delano Athias

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2. Understanding the wing
01:26
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3. Building the primary bones of the wing
08:04
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4. Adding extra joints for the wing fold
06:25
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5. Creating the feather bones
07:11
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6. Binding the wing
06:59
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7. Setting up the primary animation controls of the wing
13:43
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8. Auxiliary wing controls
06:38
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9. Finishing the auxiliary controls
10:01
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10. First level of fanning controls for the feathers
08:29
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11. Creating a system for extra feather controls
03:06
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12. Building twist controls for the feathers
04:40
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13. Connecting the twist parameters to the control objects
10:08
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14. Applying the Blend Shapes
07:17
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15. Second level of fanning controls for the feathers
05:04
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16. Creating controls to fan the feathers collectively
05:02
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17. Finishing the feather spread rig
10:29
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18. Starting on the bend rig for the feathers
09:30
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19. Painting weights on the feathers
10:05
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20. Bend controls for the feathers
06:22
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21. Refining the weights of the curves tied to the clusters
10:31
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22. Connecting the clusters to the mid feather controls
03:31
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23. Bend controls for the end of the feathers
04:45
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24. Animation controls for the end clusters
10:18
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25. Finishing the end controls of the feathers
07:08
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26. Automating the wing fold
04:33
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27. Layering the wing as it folds in
03:55
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28. Correcting the feathers during the wing fold
08:36
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29. Completing the wing fold system
08:27
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30. Cleaning up the scene
04:35
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31. Fixing interpenetration as the wing deforms
07:18
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32. Setting up Character Sets
04:10
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