AutoRig : Girl Lower Face

AutoRig : Girl Lower Face [WIP] from Guillaume FERRACHAT on Vimeo.

Lower facial auto rigging demo by Guillaume Ferrachat.

ADAM Rigging System

ADAM Rigging System from Nikolay Salikhov on Vimeo.

Auto rigging system by Nikolay Salikhov.

Fast and Deep Deformation Approximations

fdda implementation (maya plugin) from Matt LeFevre on Vimeo.

Custom implementation of the paper "Fast and Deep Deformation Approximations" by Matt LeFevre.

Overlapper: Animation workflow (diver)

Overlapper: Animation workflow (diver) from dmitrii.kolpakov on Vimeo.
Tool for creating overlapping action in animation by Dmitrii Kolpakov. You can purchase it here.

Shot Sculpt

Shot Sculpt from Luiz Elias on Vimeo.

Shot Sculpt tool-set by Luiz Elias looks very promising. Fantastic! You can download trial version here: http://luizelias.com/ssculpt

Auto Rigging Tool demo by student Raka S. Saptamardhika

Auto Rigging Tool demo by student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Auto Rigging Tools are an important asset for character setup in any production. Watch Auto Rigging Tool demonstration video by Puppeteer Lounge student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Indonesia. You can learn to create your very own tool-set at Puppeteer Lounge.

Maya Command Search

Looks like a great tool to speed up the workflow

Tool: Manage the shape from BlendShape

Tool: Manage the shape from BlendShape from VIE Damien on Vimeo.

Nice tool by student Damien VIE to re-create shape model from the weight list in the blend-shape node. Very handy!

http://www.puppeteerlounge.com/python-workshop

Studio Library

Studio Library is a free python script for managing poses and animation in Maya by Kurt Rathjen.

You can get Studio Library for free here: http://www.studiolibrary.com/

Wing Designer / MAX rigging tools - Overview

Wing Designer / MAX rigging tools - Overview from caustik on Vimeo.

Nice overview of wing rigging done in 3ds Max.

Script Pose saver

Script Pose saver from VIE Damien on Vimeo.

Pose saving utility tool by Puppeteer Lounge's student Damien VIE for animators.
If you would like to learn how to create a similar tool, apply for our ‪#‎Python‬ Workshop with instructor Marco Giordano: http://www.puppeteerlounge.com/python-workshop

Voodoo Magic

Only 3 riggers worked on Life of Pi!

That's the magic of "Voodoo", Rhythm’s proprietary extensible toolset for rigging, animation, camera tracking, matchmoving, fur, crowds, and 2.5D work. The software is going for sale!

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/voodoo-magic/

DEMO SPLICE : Bezier and Nurbs Curve class

Puppeteer Lounge's instructor and my good buddy Marco Giordano shares with us his latest development using Fabric Splice! Check it out.

Want to learn programming? You can now purchase per-recorded videos from Puppeteer Lounge's #‎Python‬ Workshop 1 & 2 where Marco shares with us some great insights to create a custom Auto Rigging Tool.

More info: http://www.puppeteerlounge.com/python-workshop

ZV Radial Blend Shape 3.0 - Eyelid deformer for Maya

ZV Radial Blend Shape 3.0 - Eyelid deformer for Maya from Paolo Dominici on Vimeo.

Looks like a very useful tool for a quick eye setup. ZV Radial Blend Shape by Paolo Dominici.
I have been experimenting with this tool and I have to say, it is pretty cool. I will try to implement this into some of my facial rigging stuff. Let's see how it goes! With radial, the linear interpolation of blendshapes from point A to B is converted into a arc which is crucial to facial deformation.

Link: http://www.paolodominici.com/products/zvradialblendshape/

StretchMesh for Maya

Demo: StretchMesh for Maya from kickstand.tv on Vimeo.

Do you know that Kickstand has made Stretchmesh deformer open source? It's a fantastic little tool to enhance your character deformation. Get it now here :)

SHAPES Brush - Update 1.0 from brave rabbit on Vimeo.

Fantastic update/add-on for SHAPES tool by Brave Rabbit. Grab the new brush tool here.

SHAPES 1.1 - New Features and Improvements

SHAPES 1.1 - New Features and Improvements from brave rabbit on Vimeo.

An updated version for Brave Rabbit's SHAPES tool is now available. Check it out!

Variable FK Autorigger

Variable FK Autorigger from Julian Oberbeck on Vimeo.

Variable FK rigging demonstration by Julian Oberbeck based on concept presented by Jeff Brodsky.

The tool is available for download at Creative Crash: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/character/c/variable-fk-rigger

Programming Instructor ~ Marco Giordano

Meet our new Python, PyQt & Maya API Programing Instructor, Marco Giordano!
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Marco currently works at Double Negative, London as a Creature TD. Prior to working at dneg, he worked as a Character TD for Rainbow CGI, Trixter and many more where he lead and created character rigging pipeline tools, auto rig tools and plugin development on top of character and creature rigging. He is our instructor for Python, PyQt and Maya API Workshop.

Marco's webpage: http://www.marcogiordanotd.com/
Marco's video library: https://vimeo.com/marcogiordano91
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Welcome aboard Marco :)

Rig Builder Guides from Auto Rig Tool workshop

A snapshot from the 2nd class of Puppeteer Lounge's Auto Rig Tool workshop where we build guides to visualize and customize the rig creation.

The Auto Rig Tool or "Biped Builder" as we like to call it will automatically setup a Bipedal character based on what we have learned from Rigging Workshop 2!

Apply now to learn how to create an Auto Rigger!