[Blender 4.0 RIGIFY] Ch 3: Rigging a Simple Human

Published 2023-12-26
This is Chapter 3 in the new and updated Rigify Fundamentals series for Blender 4.0 and beyond.

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In this part we will learn the basics of using Rigify using the Basic Human Meta-Rig. This is an important first step towards rigging more complex characters such as a full human with fingers and a face (which we will do in the next video).

Take this chapter seriously as it lays the foundations for future lessons!

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Basic Human with Rigify Intro
0:36 File Download & Early Access
0:51 Enable Rigify
1:10 Basic Human Meta-Rig
2:48 Adjusting the Metarig
3:11 Aligning the Leg
4:44 Aligning the Arm
6:48 Aligning the Neck & Head
7:56 Generating the Rig
8:14 Automatic Weights
8:40 Tweaking & Re-Generating
10:05 Troubleshooting the Neck
11:49 Posing the Rig
13:13 Great job!

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All Comments (21)
  • @RUPROBASS
    You are the Chosen One! Not only you covered the neck break troubleshoot, but also how to switch between IK and FK within rigify, no one else did that. Thank you! Subbed!
  • @CoKeHQ1
    Will be sure to recommend this video series to someone thinking of rigging in blender 4.0 and up. clear, straight to the point and has even trouble shooting + tips here and there.
  • This course is amazing, I’m so glad I came across it. It is exactly what I needed, it’s simple yet challenging and engaging enough which makes it easy but interesting to follow. I also love the ending segment! I really tend to forget to appreciate the steps taken in learning something entirely new, which is so so important. I was really surprised to hear a reminder to be proud of the results, but it puts a smile on my face every time I hear it in another video. It is very encouraging and makes the process much more fun! Thank you for the awesome videos, I don’t leave comments often but with this series I just had to!
  • @mediocreape
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  • Wonderful content as well. One step at the time. I believe many new users this year will be happy to find this is well presented tutorial and create their own rigs with rigify.
  • @Tipa_vlogger
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  • @C_Radio_original
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  • @c4err9
    Thank you for this video!
  • @marknielsen4494
    Thank you for all the superb content! Your style and teaching techniques are so perfect for the way I learn. It's fast but very thorough and provides both context and back story that many videos don't. You also find ways to show several paths to get the same results all while showing common problems and how to solve them. Just excellent! I dove into blender rigging and animation since 4.0 and came across your courses. Your new edition of the rigging course for 4.0 was great timing I quickly focused on your content as my main source. However, I find myself struggling with something. Posing the Rigify rig and how to save and manage the poses. I noticed you added a dedicated posing chapter to your previous course and you also mentioned it being a big oversight originally. Do you plan on refreshing that video chapter in 4.0? or would it be best for us to just watch the old one? I'm really trying hard to not confuse things by watching old videos unless I know you have said it's still good and maybe have indicated what might have changed. I saw you did that with the pose library video and said it was still correct content with a few things added as good-to-know items. I guess what I'm really asking is what would you suggest we watch for the best content on posing and using a Rigify rig at this time? -Mark
  • @IndianCitizen04
    Requesting you for discuss Rig UI both Basic and Pro in your channel as your demonstration is vivid and in depth. Please consider my request as others tutorial are either very superficial or very fast, I could not grasp it. But everybody taking notes on this golden UI for Rigify and Auto Rig Pro.