Digital Tutors - Getting Started with Auto Rigs in Houdini

Course Details

Run Time: 56m 28s  

Release Date: October 15, 2009  

Author: Sunder Iyer  

Required Software: Houdini 9 and up  

In this course we will get started with using Auto Rigs in Houdini to quickly rig characters. In this series of lessons, we will learn how to

use the auto-rigging tools in Houdini. By using the Auto Rig feature, we can build advanced custom rigs in a matter of minutes rather than hours so we can animate our characters quickly, consistently, and easily.

1. Introduction and project overview 00:59

2. Overview of Auto Rigs 05:50

3. Examining some animation rig controls 09:13

4. Constructing a custom Auto Rig 08:51

5. Fitting the Auto Rig to a character 07:07

6. Fitting the fingers of the Auto Rig 07:10

7. Creating the Animation Rig from custom Auto Rig 06:52

8. Using the Deform Rig 10:32