Blender 3d rigging TUTORIAL

[TheBritishKings]

What the hell i download this and it does not work for blender

[godisman1234567890]

@TheBritishKings have you gone into blender clickin on file/import/3ds ?

[FTWGamerGuy]

Omg, I need help, I can rig the arm great, then I add more armatures to the opposite arm, and legs, and weight paint, but then the bones seem to be connected? The first bone controls what I've already weight painted for the other first bone... -.- and so on

[snowconesolid]

good video, I was wondering how to use weight paint.

[mrhyperpenguin]

Auto IK stands for Auto Inverse Kinematics. Which basically means that the position and rotation for the other bones are automatically calculated based on the bone you are modifying.

[ToroPetrucci2010]

HA...your humor amuses me.lol

[animafrk2]

i don't waste my time with rigging bones anymore - i think the fun part is the constraint systems...i just run my meshes thru the mixamo auto-rigger (mixamo.com/upload_character). good tutorial tho.

[linkthewindwaker1]

@animafrk2 Too bad you have to download alot of unnessacary shit before you can get it to work D:<

[GaaraBabyEater]

Can you make the this tutorial but for the newest version of Blender? It's kinda confusing trying to follow with the old Blender Format.

[lunarknightlucian]

3:55 It'll even start to work a little"

Umm :x it's not for me. Could that be because i'm on a newer version? or.. am i in the wrong mode or something? :s

[stanleymccartney]

wait paint it.. ok cool

[MewtwosDestany]

I pressed F9 when adding a modifier and nothing happened. Is there something else that should be set first?

[cfl1116]

can blender 2.5 rigging 3ds model?

[darkshadowsaver]

@cfl1116 yea it also comes with a rig skelition for your models.

[Jogita6]

thanks this really helps before i saw this i was just adding tons and tons of bones just to the arm but now i learned about this so thanks!

[Prezants]

i cant even rotate or do anything to my armature when i go into pose mode.. ugh

[snowconesolid]

great tut!

[bossrdt]

and another thing when i try to weight paint the arm, insted of paintig just a section of the arm i want it paints the arm completely... plz help

[bossrdt]

can i make this on a rectangle (in 3d of cource) just that.

will it just strech the skin or what?

plz help

[JoeArbiter]

@bossrdt yes you can but subdivide it a couple of times

[bossrdt]

how did you select the bone and still being able to paint??

i select the bone with the right mouse button and i cant paint after

[bffeppls]

can you make a tutorial for makeing sonic charecters

[TheRoysis]

Hey guy, can you tell me where i can get models to rig?

[IIZODIIAC]

@TheRoysis wwwDOTtutorialsforblender3dDOT­com then just scroll down and find Game Models.

[TheRoysis]

@IIZODIIAC Thx^^

[KaaraBoo]

I think I love you....And Shadow Link FTW!

[allisontinney]

I just saw Mixamo released a new automatic rigging system, I tried it and it's not bad: mixamo dot com/c/mixamo-auto-rigger

[blockyguy0101]

nice video, but next time remove the music

[gamefreak615]

what can use these animations for

[computerhacker225]

@gamefreak615 games movies....anything you want to probably :)

[FrankDodd]

Great tutorial it can still be used on 2.5 but will be a bit confusing for new users an update would be great, I would stress the modes a little more editing and pose mode in particular accessed with Tab and Ctrl+Tab. Also at the end it would be nice to prime people on the copy and paste for the poses this is a very useful feature. Select all bones in the armature with A while in pose mode and then use Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste them at different points in the timeline.

[AlanR917]

can i use the animation in the ge? or how do i make a leg move in the game engine?

[ncshuriken]

Good tutorial man, although when I press F9, and a few of the other hotkeys you mentioned, nothing happened.

I've got a ninja model, and a set of bones, and as I was following this tut, I got to the part where you add the Armature modifier, but as soon as I do that, my model gets twisted and distorted. On your model, nothing changes when you add the modifier, until you move a bone.

[VisionXtream]

Hey Daniel. I am asking you a favor quickly. I am just curious if you have any free time you would be able to come help us out with rigging and possibly 3D modelling on our 3D MMORPG project. We have 23 people. Our, as you can say, BETA-Site can be found here: vxtream.com

Thanks so much!

[Tyuo2010]

i got the "link" downloaded, but when i open blender it says, "not a blender file"... what is the problem and how do i make it into a blender file??

[Haktsu]

Does anything need to be rigged? For instance, what if I make a jet or want to use a jet, do I need to rig it in order to use it? Just wondering if there are any exceptions, at all.

[TripDaRipper]

please help, i cant select the other end of the armature, which means i cant extrude it or anything!

[300SpartanX]

thumbs up for porn?

[FudgeHeadShow]

That was weird... I was trying to rig the EXACT same model: Link, when I looked up how, and there he was in this video. 0.o

[iliketoplayrock]

when i move the bone it doesn't make my model move whats wrong?

[TripDaRipper]

@iliketoplayrock i have the same issue...

[tenegon]

@TripDaRipper maybe you need to go in pose mode, select the bones and the model and hit ctrl+p then click in "with automatic weights"

[LivingGuava]

if i want to decrease influence over the bones, is there any shortkeys to "unpaint" the specific parts of the model ?

[101spacer101]

how did you select the bone in weight paint mode??

[CrissSpiegel]

@101spacer101 In 2.49b, I selected on Vertex Groups menu on Editing panel.

[CrissSpiegel]

@CrissSpiegel Also, right mouse button. (Don't ask me why it works now.)

[CrissSpiegel]

@101spacer101 Alright, I got it. From Pose Mode, select the model, which will send you to object mode and then go to Weight Paint mode. Now you'll be able to select the bone with the right mouse button.

[multimichaeljackson9]

how do you import a zelda character

[SpicedHammers]

@multimichaeljackson9 in the description

[multimichaeljackson9]

@SpicedHammers i know but i cant seem to import it

[SpicedHammers]

@multimichaeljackson9 Oh, go to import, 3ds file if that doesn't work try,

reinstalling blender

[multimichaeljackson9]

@SpicedHammers the models come out .ZIP files

[SpicedHammers]

@multimichaeljackson9 oh, that means you need to unzip them with something like winrar

[multimichaeljackson9]

@SpicedHammers ok thnks for your help

[SpicedHammers]

@multimichaeljackson9 no problem

[WTFudge192]

2:05 you can hear coughing...off topic...

so any ways, thanks for the tutorial! Really helpful, but please make one for 2.56...because its just luuurvley.

[urouk]

haha you crack me up lololol

Lets do that

[ghostofsouls]

the object deforms and when i try to paint, it paints the whole side

[vitorsilvestre97]

what is the song in the beginning?

[iJoel1994]

@vitorsilvestre97 Its from imovie :)

[StarWarsFreaks1138]

for some reason it wont let me select bones while in weight paint mode... any idea why?

[TommyStudios10]

6:03

I put it in Pose mode, went to object, but when I hit control-tab, it went back to Object mode.

[TommyStudios10]

4:40 Full paint ComPAcity..

[tarazzzs]

TNX! very clear and simple

it coud be better with higher video qualty

but still fine!

[sqwid12]

BUH BAM

[adq123196]

Hold Shift and right click the body and then the armature skeleton. Then ctrl+P to make a parent of , select armature. Don't know where to go from there.

[mrbogangles1993]

When doing weight painting it wont let me individually select each bone for some reason and when i attempt to right click and select each one it takes me out of weight paint

[fjh1616]

@mrbogangles1993 same

[mrbogangles1993]

wait it wont let me load the .3ds zelda file u linked

[43eyes]

@mrbogangles1993 Download python 2.6.1

[BeyondTaking]

what did you do to select the bone while in weight paint

[BeyondTaking]

ooohhh theres a pose mode LOL im so dumb

[BeyondTaking]

dude i di exactly what you did but then rotated the bone and the arm doesnt move at all

[BeyondTaking]

oh dont worry forgot to select body :P

[BeyondTaking]

i dont see modifers.. at all O..o

[ls111222333444555]

Whenever I go into weight paint mode and then I select my prefer bone it goes out of weight paint mode and into object mode selecting the armature

[blackwidowcd1]

I don't have the modifiers window. I have the Materials and Armature windows, though. How do I get the modifier window?

[blackwidowcd1]

@blackwidowcd1 Ok, it randomly showed up.

[Xalien2002]

goat... wut goat... oh gloat!

[JewLoco]

tutorial is kind of too quick and too vague on certain points. please remember that not everyone is up to speed.

[Junexclamation]

Great tutorial!!! Could you tell me how you got link into one mesh, cuz my characters are like 7 meshes put together and even with a parent they seperate when moved indivisualy, plz help thanks

[moijn0002]

THX nice tut! 

[alexdude1085]

That looks like Link. Because he is...

[mello1801]

i thought the gloat alert said goat alert

[theant1987]

Hello! I'm pissed off!

I modeled a gun and I want to animate the clip to come out, but I aparently can't translate a bone in Blender! I can only rotate and, for some reason, scale a bone.

How do I get the armature to translate without it being a root bone?

[Acefangamestudio]

@theant1987 cant u make or give it its own bone not connected to the rest?

[theant1987]

@Acefangamestudio But then wouldn't it not move with the rest of the gun, and a hand it's in? It's part of a character model for a game. I would have to reposition it every frame, and with two seperate skeletons I have no idea how the game would handle that.

[TeamGeneration5ds]

how did you make the models or where did you get them?and where can i get more?

[funkster505]

@TeamGeneration5ds

read the first 4 words in the description.

Also notice what's after it :P

[masteralbino]

i dont speech english but i learn with you.

thanks this video is the best of the riging body

[TheYoshiLion]

PLZ , press THE MESH and press control and ?

[Regards200800]

@TheYoshiLion TAB

[TheYoshiLion]

@Regards200800 Thank you

[TheYoshiLion]

pRESS CONTROL AND ...?

[shadowndraw]

thx dude you are for me master XD:D

[paashaas97]

I got it!!

[sanfelipe007]

Hey how i can put multiple Bones i tried but when i put one new and do the same process the bones move the same part of the character i don't know what to do -_-'

[ThePivotGuyz]

Nevermind, found the Join button.

[ThePivotGuyz]

Um... when I import that model its in a bunch of pieces... how do i put them together so that when I select one I select all of them?

[Greenman2277]

Does this work in 4.59b?

[fjh1616]

@Greenman2277 There is no 4.59b? Blender hasn't even gotten past 2.46! You mean 2.49.

[TheCoasterThrill]

@fjh1616 blender is up to 2.56

[antiRuka]

Bam! Nice tutorial. :3

[RobertVanHelsing]

It goes terribly when I try to make a skeleton for the whole thing. Any help?

[dactnl]

Great tuto Daniel

[ronaldogio1]

Ok theanks I'm Brazil + entedy. Theanks Bye....

[TheWaynelds]

I NEED MUCHO HELP PLEASE OH PLEASE!!

Ok...so I made a robotic creature that has a tail on him, I set up an armature only for the tail with the auto IK on to animate the tail smoother, but only the first bone (Closest to the body) will actually animate. When I try to animate the bone at the end of the tail (Where I get more control from) it ignores the keyframes that i put in and stays at the last pose that i set. Any idea why this is happening?

[MagneticCrystal1]

@TheWaynelds I have the same problem .. I can't animate my tail ... it only stays at the last pose i put it to ...

[TheWaynelds]

@MagneticCrystal1 Ok, this is what I did to remedy the issue with the armatures on tails.

So I clicked the record button and every five frames I set a new tail pose and it automatically set the keyframe and pose. so try that and see if it works. I'm doing a painstaking fighting sequence with 2 Robots and the one with the tail has a spiked ball at the end that he uses to whip the other robot in the face. It's turning out very nice. Also using Vegas Pro to add health meters and text.

[PajamaEntertainment]

I'm having some trouble adding the modifier, the modifier box wont show up at all, I think it has something to do with the object i made being made out of multiple meta parts, do i need to join them together? if so then how? do i have to convert it into a certain object type? I really need some help.

[guthixXXL]

can you make it, so it changes colours?

[ThePivotGuyz]

I can't open the models from that site with Blender because they are .3ds... can you help?

[zackasmacka]

@ThePivotGuyz import it you can't just open it go to File>import>.3ds>directory

[ThePivotGuyz]

@zackasmacka ty :D

[zackasmacka]

@ThePivotGuyz Np man.

[ThePivotGuyz]

how do you get the timeline at the bottom?

[ThePivotGuyz]

T_T just watched the rest >_> pose mode is helpful lol

[ThePivotGuyz]

I did everything to 4:10, but nothing will move :(

[amf521]

it doesnt let me weight paint it says can only perfom on mulrier level one

[Leon8108]

wtf when i get the armature selected it wont weight paint

i click and its blank

[paashaas97]

Help me plz !!!

I cant secect bones when im in weight paint mode!!

plz help!!

[1masterdrive]

in object mode select bones first then go to pose mode,then select(right click) the mesh/object,go to weight paint mode,finally select the bone you wish to be affected.....

[MrWiseguy818]

@paashaas97 right click on the bones to select them

[paashaas97]

@MrWiseguy818 but how to select one bone just like in the vid.

[p1r6t30fr0ck]

i pressed record and everything butit wouldn't play back what i did. what the hell?

[FlatBeatsOrchestra]

BA BAM!

[ZordiLordi]

I can't type the armature name to the "Ob" 3:58 :/

[011thejazz]

I have used mirror modifire, but when I try to rigg an animate only one arm , both reakt. how do I make mirror and original model separat??

[xDM0hamm3dxD]

nice tut

[FPSdesigner]

For some reason after I weight paint I can't select the armature again. It selects the whole thing.

[cepomwa]

did you ripped this model?

[JohannsStudio1]

thank you

[011thejazz]

When I press ctrl+tab, evrything goes black, so i can't see a thing. but in my second object when i trie to color it, almost evrjithing becomes red eaven if i use very small brush.

pls help!!

[FPSdesigner]

@011thejazz

Press CTRL+A and click on the first option (scale and rotation) Should fix the first problem.

And the second problem, the reason everything goes red is because of how your model is. go into edit mode, select your model. Press W, then click subdivide. Do this 2-3 times. That should fix it. If you need any more help Comment back.

[011thejazz]

@011thejazz Thanks so much!

[MrArrowmonkey]

How do you select things? I click the little sphere at the end of the armature and it won't select it.

[JohannsStudio1]

This is from the Movie other Game Zelda

[JohannsStudio1]

thank you

[abrakoos94]

help me when i go to weight paint mode and i click the "arm" than it go to object mode ;o please help

[Overmind5000]

I'm more of a 3ds kind of guy, but I believe weight painting applies in the same manor through blender and Max. You got my ratings 5/5. Had no idea it was so easy.

[megamanxdeath]

i have a pretty noob qustion. i download the like model (than you very much) but how do i put his hat on his head ??? pls reply :D

[MJLSOL]

is blender better then Metaseq?

[ShitTalkTV]

How to you go left right up and down? (strafe)

[Tazy50]

@ShitTalkTV Hold shift and scroll, or Ctrl and scroll.

[wrm186]

Hey

I was wondering if you would like to weight paint my model? Im making a game and the only part im having trouble with is weight painting. I know how to do it, but it always looks like crap when I try to do it. If you would like to just let me know. It would be greatly appreciated.

[XDestroyer0001]

I just got a little confuse in this tutorial but I'm understand now. thanks for this tutorial

[RunningLemonStudios]

God finally a change from the monotone tutorials.

[StelarCF]

does it trip?

[Karpax2009]

your tutorial is good, but I would like to know how you got the doll or if you were

believe it yourself ... that has a tutorial, please when you have time

[BizarreBurrito]

Can anyone help me? I did everything, I MEAN EVERYTHING, correctly until 4:08, I still cant move my arm after he says, "It'll even start to move a little." HALP MEH PL0X

[Aekeos]

OK, I downloaded blender yesterday, so I'm a newb, but how did you get the model as 1? When I import Dark Link from the website, he looks blocky and gray, he's also in parts, so when I use armerature, some parts move.

[DCBloodHound]

Blender 2.49 is best for me so far,i just can't grasp the interface of 2.50.

Great vid man,lots of help for begginers.

[iiiml0sto1]

Could you please tell me something ? im trying to put in a picture i do it.. but it dont show, when i go down to ``view´´ theres not an ``Bagground´´ option, could you please have an anwser for me pl0x ?

[DCBloodHound]

@iiiml0sto1 works fine for me,what version of blender do u have?

[rangekills49]

you kinda suck cock dude you dont really explain really anything :/

[DCBloodHound]

@rangekills49 he actually explains alot.

[iJunkizz]

@rangekills49

really? he makes a tutorial for you and you tell him he sucks cock just cause YOU don't have the intelligence to understand?

i think you are the one that sucks cock good sir :)

[rangekills49]

@iJunkizz ac tually i watched a different tutorial and i actually can make shit now. so eat a dick :)

[iJunkizz]

@rangekills49

lmao so i see someone had to make a more simple tutorial for little brain to get it...ok

[iJunkizz]

@iJunkizz

p.s i got into blender three days ago and i just rigged my halo model top half...

[BizarreBurrito]

Where'd you get the Halo model?