Skeleton Setup Tutorial

[instert94]

and how do i select a joint?.. my maya just keeps selecting stuff of my model, like faces and edges.. D:

[yksnimus]

Damn maya fucking setup...can someone tell me how I make my joints act as joints? Rotating my parent joints just change the orientation of the childs, it doesnt rotate the child arround the parent..fucking stupid behavior, on maya ple I have it normal as default, how I adjust it on maya 2010?

[TanukiTengu]

@yksnimus  lol

[theonlyreallaz]

don't call it tutorial.

[martinez00]

wow this sucks, slow it down idiot

[masterod1]

looks like it is speedup too.. but if you know your tools.. you should be fine

[MustafaAlqaragholy]

i am having issues with the part when we selevct the joints and then rotation them. someone please explain to me how its supposded to be done

[MustafaAlqaragholy]

when i type the comman the entire rigg rotates and comes off the ground. i am typeing rotate -r -os 180 0 0

[mixinghoney]

How to make a guy?

[themakeree]

I don't get it...

=(

[Oakbeast]

great script But You fail at informing how to individually select bones.

Maya's default joint select grabs all bones in the parented group. so when you apply the script it affects all BONES in the chain...even the ones that are set right.

kinda frustrated.

Biped is too easy..this crap is too compliacted for it's own damn good.

[capsaulecorp]

you call that a tutorial?

[kokoilie]

was that a tutorial???

i need to learn something from here

[youdjparents]

it would be helpful to post a bigger image of the oriented joints as this youtube video isn't clear, thanks for the script

[bdanieltube]

very good tutorial. If you know basic rigging, no need for audio, it´s very explanatory.

Congratz on the script as well, been using it and it´s awesome.

[nkr10]

sorry for this ignorant question.. what is rigging? is the procces of adding bones to a 3D character?

[yamcharulez]

yes a rig is the bones that make you model move. maya is very complex, the best rig is in 3d max it is called bi ped.

[AnnieMouse60]

Building the skeleton is the first step. Usually there is a layer of controls added to the skeleton which makes animation easier.

[altfut]

helped me much, thanks. But there's one question.. What technique do you use to mirror the arms and legs bones?

[keltar2007]

@altfut Select the first joint of the chain, Under your animations tab, go to Skeleton>Mirror joint (from X to Y I think)

[Leon0o0]

Not near enough detail...audio would be nice describing everything. It doesn't really set you up properly with lack of detail and where video ends.

[lpfann]

PLEASE HELP ME! how the hell do people even make charecter models. I cant use that tool under the universal manipulator to make a good face or even body. Is there any other way to make bodies/faces

[garrarock]

basically need character creation and all of rigging

[donrodman3]

hey people im making video tutorials for maya for free 100% there going to be published on march 30th please leave messages on my page stating what tutorial you need doing and ille do it for you.

[my70yearsofwaiting]

please include tutorials like this one, also include tutorials in dynamics and FX...I'm really hooked up on those things

[evilmichael10]

do u know where i can get maya

[LaurieGibbs]

Hi, Is there any chance that you can post up a clearer tutrial on how to rotate local rotation axis. as I have got pretty stuck on it. or is there anywhere else where I can get info on this? - many thanks

[mikelly321]

this is really hard to follow without sound, especially with the difficulty seeing the menu items in such a small video. your rigomatic tutorial is 1000 times better.

[thatstudio]

Thanks for the comment. You're right - this would be a lot clearer with audio. I'll try to post a version with audio sometime soon. Thanks again,

Jason

[DadCantDraw]

can you also use 'joint -e -oj xyz -ch;' ?

[ffoecaf2006]

what version is this?

[thatstudio]

Maya version 8.