Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts (Paperback)

Rigging a character can be a complicated undertaking. Move from a bi-pedal character to a quad- or poly-pedal and, well, things just got real. Where do you begin?

Unlike all of those button-pushing manuals out there, Rig it Right! breaks down rigging so that you can achieve a fundamental understanding of the concept, allowing you to rig more intuitively in your own work. Veteran animation professor Tina O’Hailey will get you up and rigging in a matter of hours with step-by-step tutorials covering multiple animation control types, connection methods, interactive skinning, BlendShapes, edgeloops, and joint placement, to name a few. The concept of a bi-ped is explored as a human compared to a bird character allowing you to see that a bi-ped is a bi-ped and how to problem solve for the limbs at hand. After you have moved beyond basic bi-pedal characters, Rig it Right! will take you to a more advanced level where you will learn how to create stretchy rigs with invisible control systems and use that to create your own types of rigs.

• Hone your skills every step of the way with short tutorials and editable rigs that accompany each chapter. (17+ rigs!!)
• Read "Tina’s 10 Rules of Rigging" and build the foundational knowledge needed to successfully rig your characters.
• Visit the companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/ohailey) and expand your newfound knowledge with editable rigs, exercises, and videos that elaborate on techniques covered in the book
• Coffee is not required – but encouraged.

角色的綁定可以是一個複雜的任務。從雙足角色轉向四足或多足，事情變得更加真實。你應該從哪裡開始呢？

與其他那些只需按下按鈕的手冊不同，《Rig it Right!》將綁定拆解成基本概念，讓你能夠更直觀地在自己的工作中進行綁定。資深動畫教授Tina O'Hailey將通過逐步教程，涵蓋多種動畫控制類型、連接方法、交互式蒙皮、BlendShapes、邊緣循環和關節定位等，讓你在幾個小時內上手並進行綁定。本書探討了雙足角色與鳥類角色的概念，讓你看到雙足角色就是雙足角色，並學會如何解決手頭上的肢體問題。在掌握了基本的雙足角色之後，《Rig it Right!》將帶你進入更高級的水平，教你如何創建具有隱形控制系統的可伸縮綁定，並使用它來創建自己的綁定類型。

每一章都有短教程和可編輯的綁定，讓你在每一步都能提升技能（17+個綁定！）。閱讀“Tina的10條綁定規則”，建立成功綁定角色所需的基礎知識。訪問附帶網站（www.focalpress.com/cw/ohailey），通過可編輯的綁定、練習和視頻來擴展你新獲得的知識，這些內容對應書中的技術。咖啡不是必需品，但鼓勵飲用。