STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Develop advanced characters using spline modeling with NURBS and advanced polygonal techniques

 II.     Examine advanced rigging including working with joints, understanding the software constraints of rigging and repairing broken rigs.

 III.    Examine FK/IK blending and adding controls.

 IV.     Create advanced rigging for Torso using Isner spines, spine IK curves, spine wave setup and compressible spine and double wave compressible spines.

 V.      Examine Pelvis rigging and adding the hip to a spine, ambulation and flight.

 VI.     Examine Arm rigging including shoulder, clavicle, and forearm rotation.

 VII.    Examine Leg and Foot rigging, developing a rigging plan with pivots, leg IK handles and using FK/IK switching.

 VIII.   Examine Hand rigging including developing a hand rigging plan with orientation, bonesets, set driven keys, and hand constraints.

 IX.     Examine Head rigging including eye connection and rotation, jointed and non-jointed jaw rotation, morphing, depth and parting, and corneal and LacrimalIn-Out and LacrimalOut-In deformation techniques.

 X       Examine Head controls and facial movement using Viseme (phoneme) references, morphs and deformers, joints, influence objects and facial control using program controls.

 XI.     Examine deformations and rig organization using rivets, Stretchy IK and influence objects.

 XII.    Create a muscle system and understand basic muscle theory.

 XIII.   Design skin, bind skin and paint skin weights.

 XIV.    Test final animation of rig and render rig for animation.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Advanced Character Creation:

         A.      Spline Modeling using NURBS and advanced Polygon techniques

 II.     Rigging:

         A.      Working with joints

         B.      Understanding FK and IK

         C.      FK/IK blending

         D.      Constraints and broken rigs

         E.      Adding and understanding controls

 III.    Torso Rigging:

         A.      Root Controls

         B.      Building a classic body root

         C.      Isner  Spine

         D.      Basic spine

         E.      Creating a Spine IK Curve

         F.      Adding Stretch to the chain

         G.      Solving Rotation Dilemna (Spine Wave Setup)

         H.      Compressible Spine and Double Wave Compressible Spine

 IV.     Pelvis Rigging:

         A.      Rigid Hips Technique

         B.      Adding the Hip to the Spine Wave Ring

         C.      Rigging for Ambulation

         D.      Rigging for Flight

 V.      Arms:

         A.      Rigging the Shoulder

                 1.      Creating a simple Shoulder setup

                 2.      Creating a Clavicle Shoulder setup

         B.      Rigging the Arm

                 1.      Forearm rotation

                 2.      FK/IK Switch

 VI.     Legs and Feet:

         A.      General Planning

         B.      Understanding Pivots

         C.      Leg IK Handles

         D.      FK/IK Switch

 VII.    Hand Rigging:

         A.      General Planning

         B.      Orientation

         C.      Single Boneset and Palm Boneset Setup

         D.      Set-Driven

         E.      Set-Driven Keys

         F.      Enabling Bend/Lift, Spread, and Palm Bend Controls

         G.      Constraining a Hand to a World Object

 VIII.   Head Rigging:

         A.      Eye and Jaw Rigging

         B.      Jointed Jaw and Non-Jointed Jaw Rigging

                 1.      Morphing Open Mouth Poses

                 2.      Lips and Mouth Depth

                 3.      Teeth and Jaw Rigging

                 4.      Lip Parting

         C.      Eye Connection and Rotation

         D.      Head Controls

         E.      Realistic Eyes with LacrimalIn-Out and LacrimalOut-In

         F.      Facial Movement

                 1.      Creating and Using Viseme References

         G.      Facial Expressions

                 1.      Morphs and Deformers

                 2.      Planning Deformation Control Systems

                 3.      Joints, Influence Objects, and Morphs

                 4.      UI Joystick Controls

                 5.      UI Selection Controls

                 6.      UI Window

                 7.      Facial Control using MEI

                 8.      Facial Representation

                 9.      Attribute Controls

         H.      Creating Facial Control Systems

                 1.      Joystick and Slider setup

                 2.      Facial Control Positioning

                         a.      Deforming and Organizing your Rig

                 3.      Rivets

                 4.      Stretchy IK

                 5.      Influence Objects for the Brow, Eye Lid, and Mouth

 IX.     Muscle Systems

         A.      Creating a Muscle System

         B.      Basic Muscle Theory

 X       Animation and Testing

         A.      Bomb proofing your Rig

         B.      Binding the Skin

         C.      Painting Skin Weights

         D.      Final Animation Testing and Rendering