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Description - Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts, 2nd edition by Tina O'Hailey

Rig it Right! breaks down rigging so that you can achieve a fundamental understanding of the concept. The author will get you up and rigging with step-by-step tutorials covering multiple animation control types, connection methods, interactive skinning, BlendShapes, edgeloops, and joint placement, to name a few. The concept of a bi-ped is explored as a human compared to a bird character allowing you to see that a bi-ped is a bi-ped and how to problem solve for the limbs at hand. Rig it Right! will take you to a more advanced level where you will learn how to create stretchy rigs with invisible control systems and use that to create your own types of rigs.

Key Features

  • Hone your skills every step of the way with short tutorials and editable rigs that accompany each chapter. (17+ rigs!!).
  • Read "Tina’s 10 Rules of Rigging" and build the foundational knowledge needed to successfully rig your characters.
  • Visit the companion website and expand your newfound knowledge with editable rigs, exercises, and videos that elaborate on techniques covered in the book.
  • Companion data filled with example files at Reality) enabled images throughout the book!
  • Coffee is not required – but encouraged.
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