XSIBlog

Rigging: vodoo art that requires the right blend of rocket science for expressions and infinite patience for weighting. This section might well wind up being quite technical but does that really turn you off? …Didn”t think so!

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This is my first post at XSIBlog, so I want to thank Patrick and the other authors for keeping this going. I have always wanted to share but time is always against me not to mention having something worthy of sharing.
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Facial Animation
A thread started [...]

After a couple of chit chats about referenced models in 6.0, I would take to take a few minutes to explain how you can use the delta referencing system to separate rig and geometry into two different files, which can be edited independently from one another.

how to get elements on a surface, while they are not deforming.

When I wrote the first article, I hadn’t planned on writing a sequel, but a couple of people on XSIBase asked me to look into how I could extend the Soft IK system to work with a stretchy bone chain.
Initially, figuring out how this could work seems like a pretty tricky problem. The bone [...]

When an IK chain extends towards its full length, it will tend to snap into it’s final position. To prevent this from happening, it is possible to give the appearance that the IK chain is stiffening as it extends towards it’s full length. This technique isn’t new and similar functionality is already implemented in Cinema [...]