Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts

Index

animation

facial 85

flipping issues 227

key framed on transform node xvii

lock what isn’t going to be animated 11–12

the rig 218

using group nodes to hold animation 5–8

animator controls 154–156

arms 77–78, 119–121

abstracted steps 181–182

functionality 177–178

IK/FK switching methods 178–180

not created equal 181

single chain method 182–194

triple chain method 195

attributes 236

custom 53–65

hidden 12

beak 173–175

biped 109–114

arms/wings 119–121

bone connections 124

cha-cha control 146

cha-cha joint 113–114, 141

clavicle 122–123

finishing up 125

hands/feathers 121–122

helper joints 124

joint orientations 119, 121

leg 114–117

mirror wings 123–124

spine 117–118

BlendShape xv, 85–96

add 93

adding controllers 95–96

auto blendshapes to make ...