Only 3 riggers worked on Life of Pi!
That’s the magic of “Voodoo“, Rhythm’s proprietary extensible toolset
for rigging, animation, camera tracking, matchmoving, fur, crowds, and
2.5D work. The software is going for sale!
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/voodoo-magic/
Puppeteer Lounge’s instructor and my good buddy Marco Giordano shares with us his latest development using Fabric Splice! Check it out.
Want to learn programming? You can now purchase per-recorded videos from Puppeteer Lounge‘s #Python Workshop 1 & 2 where Marco shares with us some great insights to create a custom Auto Rigging Tool.
Looks like a very useful tool for a quick eye setup. ZV Radial Blend Shape by Paolo Dominici.
I have been experimenting with this tool and I have to say, it is pretty
cool. I will try to implement this into some of my facial rigging stuff. Let’s see how it goes! With
radial, the linear interpolation of blendshapes from point A to B is
converted into a arc which is crucial to facial deformation.
Link: http://www.paolodominici.com/products/zvradialblendshape/
Do you know that Kickstand has made Stretchmesh deformer open source?
It’s a fantastic little tool to enhance your character deformation. Get
it now here 🙂
Fantastic update/add-on for SHAPES tool by Brave Rabbit. Grab the new brush tool here.
An updated version for Brave Rabbit’s SHAPES tool is now available. Check it out!
Variable FK rigging demonstration by Julian Oberbeck based on concept presented by Jeff Brodsky.
The tool is available for download at Creative Crash: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/character/c/variable-fk-rigger
Meet our new Python, PyQt & Maya API Programing Instructor, Marco Giordano!
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Marco currently works at Double Negative, London as a Creature TD.
Prior to working at dneg, he worked as a Character TD for Rainbow CGI,
Trixter and many more where he lead and created character rigging
pipeline tools, auto rig tools and plugin development on top of
character and creature rigging. He is our instructor for Python, PyQt
and Maya API Workshop.
Marco’s webpage: http://www.marcogiordanotd.com/
Marco’s video library: https://vimeo.com/marcogiordano91
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Welcome aboard Marco 🙂
A snapshot from the 2nd class of Puppeteer Lounge’s Auto Rig Tool workshop where we build guides to visualize and customize the rig creation.
The Auto Rig Tool or “Biped Builder” as we like to call it will
automatically setup a Bipedal character based on what we have learned
from Rigging Workshop 2!
Apply now to learn how to create an Auto Rigger!