Rigging for Beginners: IK Legs in Maya

[@mynmyself]

I had two weeks of rigging classes when studying 3D and the teacher kept on telling us how it was the most difficult part of 3D and how impossible it was and how much people hated it... blablabla... you just made it a joy and super easy to understand and follow! I am loving this channel!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy you are enjoying it. :)

[@snailpotstudio9931]

I mean it is fun until you do it for thousand time for your whole career especially if you are not into animation or rigging route, then that's where fun dies

[@azivt5115]

it depends on a person to be honest im with animation industry for 8 years i've seen TDs hating their job and some who really loving it. Rigging require focus like any other field but not anyway impossible.

[@carmencheng9622]

This is the first rigging tutorial that didn't burn my head, thanks for sharing!

[@garybolger4243]

FOR ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE WITH KNEES and POLE VECTOR: Make sure your IK handles are set to "Rotate-Plane Solver": Attribute Editor> _ikHandle> IK Solver Attributes> IK Solver> Rotate Plane Solver

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Good tip! Thank you for sharing Gary!

[@garybolger4243]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus Amazing tutorial series, thank you so much for your effort! 🙏

[@IceSorceress]

So easy to understand, THANK YOU. I don't know why everyone insists on making rigging this elusive, complicated thing.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I agree! If it can be broken down just a bit more, it can be understandable and then EVERYONE can rig. 💖

[@stevereach7457]

I got my degree in Computer Animation about 3 years ago. I work as an animator and haven't done any rigging since I graduated and forgot several important small aspects of getting the IK handles linked properly. I found your video after struggling with this for 2 days. It was exactly what i needed to get my simple character working. Thank you.

[@whatalsaid]

Finally! A rigging tutorial I can actually follow.

[@angelomedeiros493]

thanks to you i actually understood how ik handles work now, thank youu

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Great to hear! Glad I could help :)

[@harisshahnawaz862]

The way you teach is really appreciated

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you Haris! I really appreciate it :)

[@suganeshwaran3778]

I was searching so many tutorials......but no one teached like you........ so well . learnt something...... Thankyou so much.....

[@Tony-sx7no]

Rigging is so undervalued, like look at your channel, you should have like millions of subs. Your way of explaining shows how fun it can be to rig! Cheers and keep up. I wish I knew your channel way back in college. :)

[@saurabhmohite1333]

Maam superb ❤❤ thanks for this I learn this rigg thing in 17 min love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳 keep going

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks so much! 🙏 I’m always happy to hear from my viewers in India. 🥰

[@nicole-ruggiero]

this was epic as heck. super clear and thankful to be learning from another woman and not another 3D bro lol. thank you

[@emmanuelmulaudzi9765]

I just wanted to say thank you so much your tutorials have helped me a lot

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're very welcome! 💖

[@theroyalinspiration]

Thanks Monica for ur best tutorials. Really helps a lot.

[@Raquel96]

thank you SO much!! this bought me joy getting this working finally, thanks for all that you do 😊

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it helped! 💖 💖

[@taavixx1326]

thanks a lot for this awesome tutorial, it was really fun! my peers are crying because of how the teacher explains it, but I'm happy I found this tutorial, so thank you!

[@pappushing4634]

you are the best mentor i ever seen. I love you

[@ericsarkar8180]

You've made it amazingly simple

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Eric! Glad you think so. :)

[@paulMlela]

Things are very understandable😁😁, all the way from east African, Tanzania

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Wow, Tanzania! How cool! And thank you for watching 💖

[@FeedingWolves]

Yay!!! Had so much fun and learned a lot from this! Can't wait to move on to the next one. Best teacher ever!!

[@yarugatyger1603]

This is really good, I already created a rig for my character and skinned it and my teacher asked me why I didn't create controls, now I can. Btw I love how you use all the shortcuts and don't go into the menus looking for things like some other content creators do, keeps things simple your way.

[@jasonma1171]

Im learning more from your videos than I did with my BS In computer Animation from Full Sail.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm sorry to hear about Full Sail. I'm glad my videos are filling in the knowledge gaps!

[@reemyahia5448]

You are the best teacher in the world woww♥️♥️ thankss

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful 😄

[@ajbanimatedstudios5014]

For connecting the foot to the IK handle: I followed step by step what you mentioned but it doesn't seem to work for me. (You also lost me at V center mouse so I just winged it and pressed the V key and the Center Mouce Wheel button.) Is there something else I could do in order to attach the handle to the Joint?

[@ondrejondracek1948]

Great job. Really love this rigging series. I hope for some more episodes. Thanks a lot!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm glad you like them, Ondrej. More to come so keep an eye out!

[@eimn22]

Thank you so much for this! You explain things well and make this process easier to understand for students like me who have struggled with this.

[@corcanish]

Thanks, this helped a lot! Genuinely a nicely done tutorial with good pacing and adequate information.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@Doc2rjae07]

Great lesson Monica🙏🏽💯

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you! 😃

[@artecomparte1055]

Thanks for the video, i have a question. After using constrain in all the joints, when i parent the controllers to the Root controller making him the father of all of them the joints don´t stay at the floor when i move the Root controller in negative position from the Y edge for trying to make jump animation, they all go down the floor like falling making them ignore the Ik Handle function you show in this part 5:56. What should i do?, is there any way can i use the Root Controller for move all the stuff without having this problem?.

[@EightWildly]

This was so good and easy to follow.Used it to quickly pose a bunch of my sculpts.Worked like a charm.Thank you!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Nice! Glad to hear it! The full rig tutorial is coming up!

[@OmnipresntGaming]

At 6:36 after you set the preferred angle you return the ankle to its original position. How do you do that =(

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I believe I selected the joints and zero them out, so it will snap back into location. It's important to freeze transformations (translate won't work, but should work in scale/rotate)

[@lionbengalcat]

I LOVE UR TUTORIALS! cant wait next

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Jose! Next is swam of bugs. :)

[@jtricker1614]

your tutorials is amazing thank u very much after long time finding i finally find good chanell thank u

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are most welcome. Glad you like them! :)

[@famfilms1]

thanks so much! You explain in a very easy way to understand!

[@ciaincendiariaebac999]

I love you so much you can't even imagine how muchI watch all your videosand I learn A LOT from themI would love to have you as a teacher or mentor, my life would be easier and more joyful!I wonder if they had videos of you about houdini, zbrush and nuke I WILL BE A FAITHFUL STUDENT!

[@Agent-kb8rt]

you are very good at explaining

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it!

[@Digital_ranger]

She litterly taught me million times more then my teacher in just first 9 minutes ✌️

[@themetalhiro1629]

This was so wonderful and a HUGE help- you made this way easy to understand, thank you for this!

[@victor5968]

I'm new to rigging and I have an issue right now. I'm trying to use the ik handle but it won't let me select the joint for some reason. Only when I'm using the Outlander. I also, can selection masks on the status line seem to be OK, I'm not stuck in component mode or anything and I can select the joints with the move tool, etc, just not the IK Handle Tool. Any help would be appreciated🙂

[@irfanshaik6230]

very easy to understand ...... Thank you 😍🥰

[@W3Slots]

Very helpful with my Character Animation class. Thanks so much!

[@RAWHIT-oj1cf]

from where I can get this model to rig ?

[@daabomb114]

Just found your channel!!!! wow excellent thanks for being simple and to the point!!!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad you found my channel, Dane! I'm so glad you find it helpful! :D

[@Baluprime]

Awesome tutorial...

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Balu! I really appreciate it!

[@martinwettig]

Short and very comprehensible, thanks a lot.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome Martin!

[@owlcupcake9469]

Is there a way for the Controller for the knee to follow the Knee joint as I move the character, when I try parenting the Controller to the Joint and move the Foot Handle, the knee controller starts rotating in 360 degrees (I'm assuming its because it follows the knee joint and as the joint moves, the controller also follows and creates this perpetual movement). for the project I had to work on I ended up just manually moving the knee controllers but is there a more efficient way to do this?

[@jasonma1171]

Do you have any videos on rigging external parts like on a robot? I have images I can send for reference but If I wanted to add thrusters and wings would they also be attached to the root joint? Or a new root?

[@stefanodamato1902]

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! These videos are awsome! I will see all of them! :)

[@Aron97a]

You made it really simple. Thanks for this lesson and congrats!

[@amperamp5]

When you orientated the joints which way are the joints facing? I'm having a problem with my joints. When I use the IKhandle to move the foot the inner of the leg bends but slightly twists to the left. Why is that?

[@duydongdam8025]

amazing , this is tutorial the best Which i have seen ,thank you very much

[@ZephyrVersion3]

Whenever i Make legs they always seem to glitch around and stretch if i move a handle, so as nice as the tutorial is, it doesn't help me fix the issues. will watch again after i figure out how to fix my problem though

[@AjitTevar]

12:27 maam what u did ? after clicking G nthg happnd plz help

[@fireinaurora1343]

any simple answer as to why my knee joints dont bind to my character yet i binded all joints to the mesh?

[@Darryl1768]

Thanks for your help. Your videos taught and helped me alot.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

No problem! Glad it was helpful! :)

[@kushanhitman4466]

I actually got the body from somewhere else , and i binded the skin and everything but the problem is when i move the character half of it moves and half of it stays there and it looks weird and in the channel box it says locked , soo does that mean i have to find another character or this issue can be solved . Thank you very much for your efforts ❤

[@sohambedarkar4835]

what should be the leg orientation setting because my leg is not working because my knee is going backward it is bending or floding on front side

[@Tigerskills02]

So I deleted my history on the controls and the ik handle (and another version where I did that on just the controls and not the ik handle) If i move the control out into space the IK follows but if I hit "Undo" or Ctrl Z all it does is move the control and not the IK handle back to its original area. how do I fix this?

[@Imran400e]

Please help me in one thing I combine and merged my 3d character bt when i drag his feet to forward they're moving separately...

[@asrafmallick5849]

Monica u r great, thanks a lot for your super tutorial.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Asraf! That's really wonderful to hear. I really appreciate your support!

[@samuelsparks8133]

I'm working on a robot animal. The only problem is that I'm having troubles rigging the barrels of the robot animal. I want the barrels to move in and out when firing.

[@FiliaVenti]

Thank you very much! Your tutorial is really clear and very helpful!

[@B4TM44N]

My ankle wont stay in place When I add the IK and move the hips/root, but I can move the ankle and it works as it should, why would this be?

[@curtisella9989]

hello I have a problem with the rigging IK and FK. When I'm in IK and I raise for example the foot of a character in IK, and when I leave in FK mode my foot starts again in initial pose. I would like that when I am in IK that my FK follow my IK and when I am in FK that my IK follow my follow my FK

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi Curtis, thank you for your message. That is a common issue. You'll have to create a script that will tell the FK to match the IK. I don't have a tutorial of it but you can find it online!

[@curtisella9989]

Ok Thank you

[@MarkOfArgyll]

Great tutorial as usual :)

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Mark! I truly appreciate your comment and support. :)

[@J4ME5_]

Why didnt you re orient the joints on the R side after mirroring? it makes me uncomfortable to see the x up on one side and down on the other.. does it matter?

[@carmencheng9622]

Is that possible that I don't have to combine all the geometries in one mesh but by group and parenting?

[@adamlorincz8973]

Amazing video please keep up the good work.

[@iasminprati]

Hi, I have a problem with my IK Hankles: the legs are bending not in the same way (the white arrow of IK handle at the right is not the same as the left leg's). How I resolve this?

[@RadiataForce]

was wondering how to connect the joints/ bones when the character is in different meshes, I was hoping the character was in multiple pieces but when you went to select your character it was all one piece despite looking like your clothing was hopefully separate. any insight? for example if ur hip bone ha to connect to the leg and the dress if was separate.

[@platypus2141]

This is way better than my boring class

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Lol! I'm glad to hear it 😄 💖

[@Rajuuken]

I'm looking forward the next rigging skinning tutorial!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Rajuuken! I really appreciate your support. :)

[@IGarrettI]

When I move my root the IK knee bend isnt triggered. any clue why?

[@gracciliano]

Hi Phoenix!!! what is the best basic way to rigging a short?

[@Totorus]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!!!

[@romasharan6674]

Спасибо, ето хороший урок. Доступно обяснили и акцентировали внимание на важных моментах

[@OsaTailska]

Thank you soooo much !❤❤❤

[@nikiller6602]

Is there any tutorial for switching between IK and FK handle?

[@michael_mc_donald]

That was great, very informative, thanks!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching Michael 😄

[@REOsama]

This was very helpful!, Thank you!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it was helpful! 😄

[@sillyninja65]

yeah why do the knees and the feet IK stay where they are when you move the root?? what if i wanted to animate my character jumping

[@nialismcreates]

Everything is going great so far but my pole vector is really small? Hard to see it? Where have I gone wrong?

[@nialismcreates]

Also the Knee controls aren't attached? Would I parent to the knee joints?

[@oozdm]

Great tutorial!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching 😀

[@laurengoodwin7652]

Heyy you probably won’t see this but I followed the tutorial exact and I have ran into an issue. I’m fairly new to Maya and I have never rigged anything before, I am trying to rig a creature I made. When I move the foot controllers the feet seem to stretch ? And they appear as though they may be stuck together in some way and aren’t separated objects. So I wouldn’t be able to create a walk cycle. Is there any solution to this?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi there, thank you for your comment. It sounds like Painted Weights issue. kzbin.info/www/bejne/onKYmImZgaqNjc0si=io2CTAN8aBe7ZXwZ. I hope that helps!

[@emcatane]

I just want to ask is it still possible to add new object to an already rigged character? Like for example i want to add a watch to my rigged character is there a way to do that?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Yes you can! It's called adding influences, and I made a tutorial on just that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4Xce6yoZcuhfJY I hope that helps!

[@saikumarp2781]

Hello madam, I hv doubt of" cycle check e off error" ,how to solve it madam

[@MrGuardian1993]

Thank you for the Video :) this is exactly what i need.

[@user-mu8ok5xf8d]

once i add the knee pole vector my leg gets twisted. i dont know why

[@zeemtv3899]

So good tetorial.doing reel so good.I like it.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@thana3270]

I have a question. Was the head a separate mesh from the body? Hence why it wasn't attached?

[@clarian80]

you are a huge help!!! thank youu

[@AtharvaShekatkar]

Hey! So I noticed that when you mirrored the joints in the video, the mirrored set's joints' axes weren't oriented right. Like the X axis wasn't pointing to the child joint. I dunno if you oriented them in a later video, but just wanted to tell you!

[@emptybruh]

When lifting the foot, knee goes up but if I try and straighten it, it just breaks and rotates inwards

[@anveshsubburu]

13:48 help if i pole vector knee circle and IK handle its says handle must be valid.

[@RavageStudio]

You have to use rotate plane solver when you create your ikHandle instead of single plain solver. Go into the setting of create ik handle and change it there

[@Felix-os5hf]

Hey, how'd you make the grid overlap the character like that? Thanks

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi Felix, I believe my character is behind the origin. so in the perspective view, my character is in the negative Z. Therefore, in the front view, the grid is in front of the character. I hope that helps!

[@h.s.narasimhan8107]

Watching this series with maya 2022 will there be any problems? Btw this content is so great I am a blender user who just got into maya and this channel is my go to guide.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

The thing about rigging... is that the tools have been the same for YEARS! It should work just fine. :) And welcome to Maya! I'm curious why you moved to Maya?

[@h.s.narasimhan8107]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus thanks for the reply, the reason I moved to maya is because I feel like it would pay of, in the long term as it's industry standard, but still not moved completely I still love blender. Plus I think the rigging features are epic in maya.

[@cheponfullcoc]

mi teacher says to create locators and when creating the joints snap the joints to the locators, but I see that u create the joints and then move them, either ways are fine?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I'm not sure creating locators is necessary, I believe that is an older way of doing it. Now you can just put the joins anywhere since the location is located in the joint itself. I believe either way is fine. :)

[@NitroRat-d3c]

great lesson, thx!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

My pleasure!

[@william_chidube]

I obeyed and clicked the like botton when I was told

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Lol! Thank you so much! :D

[@harikiran687]

hi madam is there any tutorial of yours which has a total body rig along with facial rig with controllers

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Not yet Hari. I"m working on it! :)

[@harikiran687]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus hi madam if you are working on it , then my suggestion is this model{www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/alfred-for-maya} because as far as i have seen this is the one which impressed me , if you have a clear view of how this character is rigged then please do a tutorial regarding this