Lord Beveraii
11-20-2006, 05:23 PM
Hello all,
I'm a 3rd year student and am writing a research report (3000-5000 words) on Character Rigging...to be precise 'An investigation into character rigging in 3d animation and its effect on animation efficiency'
What I really need is some insight into your day-to-day workings, your opinions and your knowledge in general.
Please could you spare a small amount of time to answer some of my questions?
1. How long do you typically spend on a character rig?
2. Bones or Biped? Why? What are the differences in terms of the finished rig?
3. If you use Bones…Where do you use IK chains in your character rig? Why?
4. Do you use custom controls? (and which ones…sliders, spinners, etc)
5. If yes, where do you typically use them? (i.e. fingers, toes, etc)
6. Do you use MaxScripts?
7. If yes, what actions do you typically use MaxScript for?
8. How has your rigging changed from when you first started out?
9. What would you say is the one thing that you’ve learnt about rigging that has affected the speed and/or quality of your work the most?
If you can, would you email me your answers at beveraii@yahoo.com (with subject line: Rigging Questionnaire). I will check back here but it'll save me a lot of time if I could get your response directly.
Could you also include a little about yourself for me to include in my report references (name, job title, website, etc)
Thanks a lot....a hell of a lot!
Greg Malkin
I'm a 3rd year student and am writing a research report (3000-5000 words) on Character Rigging...to be precise 'An investigation into character rigging in 3d animation and its effect on animation efficiency'
What I really need is some insight into your day-to-day workings, your opinions and your knowledge in general.
Please could you spare a small amount of time to answer some of my questions?
1. How long do you typically spend on a character rig?
2. Bones or Biped? Why? What are the differences in terms of the finished rig?
3. If you use Bones…Where do you use IK chains in your character rig? Why?
4. Do you use custom controls? (and which ones…sliders, spinners, etc)
5. If yes, where do you typically use them? (i.e. fingers, toes, etc)
6. Do you use MaxScripts?
7. If yes, what actions do you typically use MaxScript for?
8. How has your rigging changed from when you first started out?
9. What would you say is the one thing that you’ve learnt about rigging that has affected the speed and/or quality of your work the most?
If you can, would you email me your answers at beveraii@yahoo.com (with subject line: Rigging Questionnaire). I will check back here but it'll save me a lot of time if I could get your response directly.
Could you also include a little about yourself for me to include in my report references (name, job title, website, etc)
Thanks a lot....a hell of a lot!
Greg Malkin