T0397 - Digital Tutors - Introduction to Rigging in XSI

Establish a solid foundation and learn flexible rigging methods, various rigging and character setup tools, and the essentials of building animator-friendly controls in XSI. Contains nearly 7 hours of project-based training for aspiring artists learning character setup and rigging workflows in XSI.Popular highlights include:

• XSI Rigging Tools Overview


• Organizing Scenes


• Working with the Schematic


• Parenting Objects


• Using Groups


• 2D and 3D Bone Chain System


• IK Capabilities


• FK Capabilities


• Chain Properties


• Repositioning Bones


• Choosing Workable Rotation Orders


• Position Constraints


• Orientation Constraints


• Direction Constraints


• Pose Constraints


• Controlling SRT Parameters


• Chain Up Vector Operators


• Mesh Deformation Overview


• Envelopes


• Enveloping Techniques


• Resetting Envelopes


• Understanding Operator Stack


• Editing Envelopes


• Weight Paint Panel


• Redistributing Weights


• Weight Editor


• Blending Envelope Weights


• Mirroring Envelopes


• Working with Shapes


• Modeling Shapes with Tweak Component Tool


• Secondary Shape Modeling for Corrective Shapes


• Setting up Driven Key Relationships


• Working with Character Key Sets


• Organizing Animation Data

Lesson Outline:

1.	Using solid naming conventions for objects	13:48
2.	Creating custom toolbars and working with XSI layers	13:35
3.	Parenting objects in XSI	12:18
4.	Object hierarchies in XSI's explorer and schematic	8:43
5.	Building bones in XSI (part 1)	10:58
6.	Building bones in XSI (part 2)	10:26
7.	Creating pseudo roots in bone chains	4:38
8.	Safely repositioning bones in XSI	9:44
9.	Working with chain bone properties	11:30
10.	Display settings for roots and effectors	5:19
11.	Understanding XSI's Kinematic Chain	13:58
12.	IK/FK blending bone chains	7:24
13.	Delving into XSI's Kinematic Joint properties	16:21
14.	Creating control objects in XSI (part 1)	8:40
15.	Creating control objects in XSI (part 2)	12:08
16.	Cleaning up SRT parameters with Neutral Pose	6:05
17.	Utilizing XSI's Position Constraint to control an object's translate parameters	9:43
18.	Manipulating an object's rotation with the Orientation Constraint	9:23
19.	Controlling an object's rotation with another object's position using XSI's Direction Constraint	8:38
20.	Constraining an object's SRT parameters with XSI's Pose Constraint	6:54
21.	Working with Chain Up Vector	8:10
22.	Utilizing duplicate symmetry	7:31
23.	Efficiently renaming objects in XSI	4:35
24.	Automatically invoking SRT manipulators on objects	10:12
25.	Working with models	8:35
26.	Enveloping objects in XSI (part 1)	9:24
27.	Enveloping objects in XSI (part 2)	8:02
28.	Returning enveloped meshes to their reference pose	3:09
29.	Alternative solution for returning envelopes to their reference pose	9:28
30.	Modifying envelope weights	12:57
31.	Ultilizing the weight editor	7:01
32.	Locally reassigning influence weights to vertices	7:01
33.	Blending influence weights	8:17
34.	Mirroring weights in XSI	10:01
35.	Exporting weights	7:00
36.	Adding and removing envelope deformers	6:47
37.	Creating shapes in XSI	13:09
38.	Alternative way for creating shapes	11:55
39.	Driven Key Relationships via Simple Expressions	7:28
40.	Driven Key Relationships with the Parameter Connection Editor	8:38
41.	Using Deform Keys to correct deformations	10:23
42.	Understanding clusters	8:37
43.	Working with Cage Deformers	6:18
44.	Cleaning up object parameters for animation	5:00
45.	Using Deform Keys to correct deformations	7:50
46.	Using character key sets to organize animation data	13:49
	Total Run Time:	6:57:01