Digital Tutors - Curve-based Facial Rigging in Maya 2011

1. 01. Introduction and Project Overview.flv9.96MB
2. 02. Driving the New Mesh of the Animation Character.flv52.33MB
3. 03. Setting up the Joints of the Facial Rig.flv33.07MB
4. 04. Adding Tools to a Custom Shelf.flv28.01MB
5. 05. Building the Curves that will Deform the Face.flv74.27MB
6. 06. Adding the Facial Curves as Influence Objects.flv53.98MB
7. 07. Wrapping up the Initial Weight Pass of the Facial Curves.flv65.2MB
8. 08. Refining the Weights of the Brows and Orbicularis Curves.flv65.92MB
9. 09. Fine-tuning the Deformations of the Mouth Curves.flv68.64MB
10. 10. Finalizing the Weights of the Buccinators.flv39.3MB
11. 11. Controlling the Facial Curves with Clusters.flv39.3MB
12. 12. Mirroring Influence Weights Setting up Brow Controls.flv75.75MB
13. 13. Creating Controls for the Orbicular Curves.flv46.44MB
14. 14. Building Controls for the Buccinators and Zygomatic Curves.flv58.3MB
15. 15. Starting on the Lip Controls.flv64.25MB
16. 16. Adding Clusters to the Driver Curve for the Lips.flv55.35MB
17. 17. Creating Groups for the Lip Controls.flv58.03MB
18. 18. Attaching the Lip Controls to the Driver Curve with an Expressio.flv37.88MB
19. 19. Finishing up the Connections of the Lip Controls and Driver Curve.flv38.28MB
20. 20. Connecting the Zygomatic Controls to their Driver Curves.flv49.56MB
21. 21. Correcting the Weights Around the Corners of the Mouth.flv18.13MB
22. 22. Rigging the Nose.flv40.5MB
23. 23. Creating a Jaw ControlBlocking in the Weights of the Jaw Bone.flv40.29MB
24. 24. Automating the Corner Lip Controls to Follow the Jaw.flv35.49MB
25. 25. Wrapping up the Automation of the Corner Lip Controls.flv41.96MB
26. 26. Setting up the Lower Lip Controls to Move with the Jaw.flv23.01MB
27. 27. Finishing the Connections Between the Lower Lip Controls and the Jaw.flv55.07MB
28. 28. Refining the Deformations of the Jaw.flv40.72MB
29. 29. Shifting the Lower Lip Controls as the Jaw Rotates in the Y Axis.flv65.04MB
30. 30. Closing in the Gaps Around the Lips When the Mouth Closes.flv71.77MB
31. 31. Setting up the Lip Rolls.flv129.51MB
32. 32. Tweaking the Facial Rig.flv33.54MB
33. 33. Creating the Tongue Bones Binding the Tongue.flv72.01MB
34. 34. Rigging the Tongue Controls.flv58.84MB
35. 35. Stretching the Tongue.flv40.07MB
36. 36. Tying the Facial Controls to the Control Rig.flv38.13MB
37. 37. Connecting the Blend Shape Controls to the Animation Controls.flv24.05MB
38. 38. Finishing the Setup of the Animation Facial Controls.flv56.93MB
39. 39. Cleaning up the Scene.flv44.41MB
40. 40. Creating a Sub Character Set for the Facial Controls.flv13.79MB
41. 41. Exploring a Technique for Correcting Deformations in the Face.flv50.89MB
42. project_files.zip76.28MB