XSI video tutorials? (esp Rigging Animating)

#1

hi there,

i have a hard time finding video tutorials for rigging and general animation in XSI.

anyone have ideas on where to look?
found some at www.digitaltutors.com
any other places?

best,
erik

#2

Have you looked at this?

http://3dmastermind.com/

#3

have you checked the front page of xsibase, there’s a link to free training, one set for character animation is in there too.

rob

#4

thanks guys :slight_smile:

still trying to find more tutorials,…
bit unsure about the masterminds one? is it any good?

…found some at Vimeo, might be one or two cool here’n there…

#5

bit unsure about the masterminds one? is it any good?

http://community.softimage.com/showthread.php?t=1058

#6

Personally I got both a bunch of DigiTuts and the Mastermind one. DT are usually good but Mastermind really is what you’re looking for, and it’s in a class on its own: concise, clear and covers all the topics you need. As somebody pointed out there are a few free resources too, see softimage.net:

http://community.softimage.com/showthread.php?t=3042

I hope this helps.

#7

For serious rigging, check out http://3dquakers.com

More is coming soon!

#8

cool, however i tried buying “Muscle Simulation 2” from that place, and was told it was coming soon,…

…um, that was 3 years ago,…
anyways, could be something,…

#9

I decided not to release that title Erik, but there are still plenty of existing titles to choose from.

#10

I have had a good experience with 3dquakers tutorials

#11

no hard feelings :slight_smile:
i’m happy people are making XSi tutorials :slight_smile:

#12

Also keep an eye for the advanced rigging tutorials vol 1-4 from 3dtutorial - soon to be downloadable from here for free: http://www.redi-vivus.com/

You may be waiting quite a while for them though, so I’d go for the 3dmastermind DVD until then. I went from not knowing anything about rigging to feeling quite confident I could deal with quite a lot of rigging situations from watching that.

#13

3Dmastermind is :thumbsup:

XSIBase also has a thread which sings its praises.

#14

My advice is get aquainted with XSi rigging tools and workflows by following the Tutorials already posted. Then for really advanced and amazing rigging information get some Advanced Maya Rigging tutorials and extract the information shown on those so you can apply the same principles on Xsi:

Fast Animation Rigs is an oldy but still very usefull, the others are a lot more advanced and show how to rig in a more toony way that are required for today non realistic character work, dont know how easy it is to still buy them, since Jason stuff was sold on the Alias store.

Also remember that Advanced Rigs require some sort of Code/Expressions underneath to make them shine.

Happy rigging :beer:

#15

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