New Rigging Tutorial

[Frothingslosh]

Nice job Joel, I learned a lot in 9 minutes! As someone who uses Animation Master and is just starting to learn Lightwave I really look forward to your "Smartskin" tutorial.

[Gandalf3d]

Great tutorials. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks.

I need more tutorial for lw7.5 animation tools and character riggin tools.

Thanks....

:applause:

[coremi]

can u make a short tutorial with a few steps. a little animation about how to make a few steps, basic not very complex, my animations with characters are looking more like robots

[lingesh]

cool ! finally learnt how to use follower properly ... thx man. keep 'em coming ....

[coremi]

finally got it, thanx a lot, u rock:)

[Tstokes]

Very nice video tute! I am not a newbie and I learned a few very cool tricks. Thanks again.

Tom

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[yahll]

sweeeet:buttrock:

[digitalberet]

Man!

There has been such an overwhelming response to the tutorial that my web server is exceeding its 15 GB tranfer rate! This means if you try to download the tutorial and you get a "Page Unavailable Server Busy" message, there are no empty spaces for downloading. The site is not down, however. All you have to do is check back and hopefully you can get in on the downloading action. Anyway, thanks so much for the positive response! I will try to get the next tutorial up in a few weeks, if my schedule allows it. In reply to a tutorial on animating, I might have one in the future, but until then I highly recommend the Animtor's Survial Kit. It is a great learning resource for both 2D and 3D animators. Chock full of animating principles. Hope you all have a great day!

Regards,
Joel Dryer

Digital Beret Studios
http://www.digitalberet.com

[AnimaLMotheR]

Originally posted by digitalberet
Man!

There has been such an overwhelming response to the tutorial that my web server is exceeding its 15 GB tranfer rate!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

I want to seee it tooooooooooo.. :cry: :)

[digitalberet]

Hey everyone,

I thought it might be easier to download the file if you try
downloading straight from the link. All you have to do is Right_click and click Save Target As.... on this link:

http://www.digitalberet.com/feature_pics/arm_tut.avi

If you do this you might have a better chance of getting the file.
Hope this helps!

Regards,
Joel D.

P.S. Just a reminder, the file is in DivX format.

[AnimaLMotheR]

I will keep hammering your site till i get it.

Thx for the link. :thumbsup:

[Ayreon]

Joel,
Thanks for the great tutorial, I learned a lot from it! I'm trying to combine your setup with the use of sliders, but somehow it doesn't work as I expected. I added a slider to control the first bones of the hand. The other bones have the simpleorienteffectors applied to them. But when I drag the sliders, the rotation of the bones become a mess! Anyone have any idea if it is possible to use sliders in conjunction with simpleorienteffectors?

Ayreon

[Tudor]

Could someone mirror the file maybe?
I got space if needed.

[AnimaLMotheR]

Yes, someone plz mirror it because i still cant get it off the original website. :(

[digitalberet]

Hey Guys,

Whoever wants to give a shot at mirroring the file on their site, by all means, the more the merrier! If you could just give me the exact URL of the tutorial, I will update my download page to include the other mirrors. (For example, the file on my server is at http://www.digitalberet.com/feature_pics/arm_tut.avi ) If you have a killer web server which can handle lots of bandwidth, and you do not have the file, I will be glad to personally e-mail the tutorial to you. I will not be able to e-mail the file to more than one or two people though. Thank you so much for all your help. Have a great day!

Regards,
Joel

[Tudor]

I got the space. I got the bandwidth. I don't have the file.
Mail it to me and I'll email you the link back.
tudor@dalnet.se

[digitalberet]

Hmmmm,

That is strange. I setup my character hands with sliders and it seemed to work fine with the Orient Affectors. I also , added a master channel so I could attach the other fingers to a single slider via expression. If I have time I might upload a file with the sliders applied to the bones in the hand. Until then you might want to take a look at Blackbourn's tutorials on Sliders, if you want. Hope this helps, have a great day!

Regards,
Joel D.

http://www.3dluvr.com/blackbourn/web/tuts/stut/stut.html

http://www.3dluvr.com/blackbourn/web/tuts/pmtut/pmtut.html

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Joel,
Thanks for the great tutorial, I learned a lot from it! I'm trying to combine your setup with the use of sliders, but somehow it doesn't work as I expected. I added a slider to control the first bones of the hand. The other bones have the simpleorienteffectors applied to them. But when I drag the sliders, the rotation of the bones become a mess! Anyone have any idea if it is possible to use sliders in conjunction with simpleorienteffectors?

Ayreon
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[Joel Hooks]

I mirrored this, if that is OK. Send me a message if it's not.

www.lowdowndigital.com/movies/arm_tut.avi

[policarpo]

you rock LOWDOWN!

thanks from all of us!

[Joel Hooks]

No problem, there must be numerous people trying to get this 5mb file if it totally consumed a 15gb limit in a couple days!

[digitalberet]

Hey Joel,

Thanks for becomming a mirror. I updated my Special Feature section with your link, as well as the name of your site. Henrik Andersson has also volunteered to be a mirror. I am working on e-mailing him the file as we speak. Thanks again for your help.

Regards.
Joel D.

[policarpo]

Joel:

thanks for the great tutorial. i can't wait until the next installment you showed at the end of this one!

keep it up!

-policarpo

[AnimaLMotheR]

YEAY!!! I got it too. :D

Great job on the tutorial. This will surely come in handy one day when i decide that i want to animate stuff. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

BTW, keep them coming hehe. ;)

[mix]

Great Tut, Can't wait for the smart skin Tut .

[Mike RB]

great tut thanks. And glad you liked my slider stuff.

[takkun]

Great stuff, I'm also a previous Animation Master user and can't wait for your next tutorial. Thanks!

[New]

Hey joel, thank you! this is a good tutorial that is being very valuable for many of us. I Always thought that lightwave was limited in animation because all the cg riggins i have done till now were bad and worse for animation. With your tutorial i have changed of seeming, now i think that lightwave is powerful in this point. I will wait for more tutorials. Very very good work Joel :) :thumbsup:

[digitalberet]

Hey Everyone,

Thanks again for so much positive feedback concerning the tutorial. I'm really proud to be a part of this Lightwave community. You guys rock! :thumbsup:

Regards,
Joel

[nitsuj]

Simple, clear yet explaining relatively advanced concepts.

As a video you can hear and follow the ideas. really the best way to create a tut is a video at a normal 'human' pace with explanations.

text based tutorials have their place. but people learn best by seeing, hear and doing. just like you've done. :thumbsup:

thanks.

[Filipinho]

Great tutorial!!

I just wounder if it`s posible to use pitch limits with FK, like you can do with IK?

Thanks for the tutorial!!!
Is there any more coming up?

[digitalberet]

Sure thing,

I did not have time to cover it in my tutorial, but I had some limits applied to the arm of my model. Just check the Limits check boxes and enter your values. Have a good one!

Regards,
Joel D.

[Admiral_Clow]

Yeah! Just what I was looking for! You rock dude!

(Now can you do one one realstic Tail movement) :D

[SplineGod]

I have a free rig on my site (tentacle).
You can easily do realistic tail movements with it

[Admiral_Clow]

Thanks. *Slaps Forehead* Duh, what was I not thinking.

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