Posing setup is easy with Rigify in Blender

[@AnthonyHortin]

Great explanation of using Rigify. One useful tip, when you’re using finger bones, is to turn on Snap to Volume. Makes it much easier to get them aligned correctly.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Oh that's an awesome tip! Thanks so much!

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

That is a very good basic explanation of the rigging process I have heard so far! You cover all the stuff to get started succinctly leaving little to the imagination! Well done!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Great to hear. Hopefully Fridays video will also clearly cover some of the common issues

[@XBATster]

Another amazing video! I am very glad that i found your channel.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks. 😁👍🏻

[@Starflight_Miniatures]

Awesome, thanks for making this so much simpler than the countless tutorials I've watched on character creation!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Some people do seem to insist on doing things by the most complex method 🤦 Or they don't know this option is available.

[@vermin9190]

Thank you. I learned and was reminded of things I forgot.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁👍🏻 That's great

[@5FSF]

I mentioned struggling with rigs in the poser video, and then you tackled easy rigging! Very cool

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁 I thought it made a sensible topic to cover as well to give people a range of options.

[@k4x4map46]

nice, very nice!! a pair of ninja warriors keeping their eyes in their heads!! that was neat!!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Lols. Thanks 😁

[@richardokeeffe8375]

Great intro to the tool

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Cheers Richard. 😁👍🏻

[@UwU_the_UwUer]

Thank you for this video. I'm pretty new to modeling and i was wondering what the pros and cons would be for rigging vs the pose brush.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Glad I could help out. I generally use the pose brush for modifying STL and rigging for something I have designed myself.

[@orcd0rk]

Rigify is amazing for posing hands and feet. You can do it without a metarig but it's so much easier either one.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Totally agree. I can't say I've used it for feet much but it's great for hands. I just like that you can delete bits you don't want and it will generally still work.

[@1337FLINT.]

Thanks, i'll watch this later

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@1337FLINT. 👍🏻

[@Bahamamos]

Should make a video on How to use geometry nodes to attach an unrigged duplicate with a rigged duplicate character. This helps for those who need object normals to read the light. You’ll notice that when you put an object normal map onto a non-rigged object, it reads the light only when you rotate the light but when you rotate the character the light interaction is frozen in time. But when you do this to an unrigged object, light interaction is unaffected. This is because all deformations (including some modifiers and even having a rig on it) will cease the object normals from being read. But I learned in Maya that if you link the vertex together (exactly from vertex order to vertex order, even down to the finger and tongue and teeth) you can get the nondeformed unrigged character to attach to the deforming rigged character (as it poses the arm or even tongue rig) light reads properly), and can read the object normal map and other things of similar issue. I tried using chatgpt but it eventually didn’t understand/cisualize how to approach what I was trying to achieve, even though it said it did lol. I’m assuming the blender version matters? (I’m using blender 3.6 -or however far Goo Engine can go which I think right now it’s 4.0-but my addons don’t all update to 4.0 just yet sadly)

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Sounds like you're way more knowledgeable on this and I am 😅 I don't really get involved in lighting beyond a thing VERY basic as I model for 3D printing. So it wouldn't really be appropriate to make a video on this as I don't do it enough to know all the little details I like to be aware of on a topic. If you know a good video on the topic I'd love to watch it though 👍🏻

[@Bahamamos]

@@ArtisansofVaul sadly I only know how to do it in maya. Snapping by vertex of one object to another is pretty easy. But blender’s snapping feature doesn’t permanently latch the duplicate onto the rigged. Just snaps a momentarily. My skill with geometry nodes is heavily off key lol.

[@rasmuskochhansen]

I have something strange happen, where the mesh scales up, and rotates - even after both applying scale/rotation on both rig and mesh itself.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@rasmuskochhansen That's bizzare. I can't say I've experienced that when I've used it. Sorry...

[@rasmuskochhansen]

@@ArtisansofVaul Np, thanks for the reply. I found something odd hidden in the mesh, and that fixed the scaling issue. Now the mesh is just not affected by the rig, although I can see the vertexgroups for them. DEF-bone vertex group name, but nothing happens. Will keep looking around :)

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@rasmuskochhansen Glad you solved the first issue. I found sometimes if the mesh has issues it won't work very well/at all for rigging automatically

[@martin-claudemondor7013]

Thank-you! You explained things esley. I was surprise you don't speak about the moste complex Rigyfi setup it is rigify 2? Tanks!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Do you mean involving fingers and faces for more complex? It's generally the same ideas. I generally think it's more for animation as I'd just sculpt the face to different poses.

[@martin-claudemondor7013]

@@ArtisansofVaul Yes.👍 I understand it's under approach you explained.

[@ashketchum02]

Hey Vaul Ash Here How Will I Do This One Cause I Downloaded Angelo 3d Model From Models-Resource And IDK How To Do This Cause I Needed For The Singing And Lip Syncing?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@ashketchum02 Can you not follow the same stages?

[@robert5770]

Does this still work in 4.2.1? I can only make the frame rig move, not the model. There is no "With automatic weights" option.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@robert5770 I last used it in 4.1 I think but it should be there.

[@robert5770]

@@ArtisansofVaul I can get Auto weights with the character and the metarig. After I create/generate the rig, the option is gone. Just an FYI. I'll look to the WWW and wade my way through the forums. :) Thank you for all you do and your videos are the best!

[@robert5770]

@@ArtisansofVaul Figured it out mate! When I brought the mesh model in, the checkbox for instance was checked. Cleared the check and now I can move the model with rigging. Thanks a ton!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@robert5770 oh well done! Thankyou so much for coming back to show what you found and the solution, it's really appreciated!

[@Akabeche]

Why do you not recommend posing STLs with Rigify ? Wouldn't the process be similar to what you showed with the base mesh ? Thank you for another great tutorial!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

It's not something I would say Im against in any way, but most of the time if you are reposing an STL setting up the rig takes much longer (because the model isn't in an A or T pose) so most of the time its just easier to use the pose brush as shown in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX7bf5ykntuCrNU

[@pawelszyld524]

Awesome Video!! Is there a way to convert STL (which as I understand all are constructed from triangles) from triangles to quads? I have seen the other video about posing models but would like to try rigging to compare the effects.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@pawelszyld524 so there is a function that can try it but STLs are often too messy. You can pay for an addon like quad remesher which will do it but it's quite pricey. The other option is to do it yourself manually. I'm hoping to make a video on that soon.

[@ebrahimmohammed1311]

How can I get that character

[@ArtisansofVaul]

It's free on Blender. Just go to the downloads section. 👍🏻

[@jimmyzimms]

JFC all these years and I've missed the mirroring button 🤦‍♂

[@ArtisansofVaul]

It's very easy to miss as its only there at certain points and its very small as it only has one axis shown.

[@funwithmadness]

I'm so disappointed. You didn't do the compulsory booty wiggle. :)

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😅😅😅 I know. What an omission! 😉

[@callisoncaffrey]

I appreciate not having to look at Windows. It's "shouldn't have" though. There is no "should/would/could of", unless it's directly followed by a "course".

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😂

[@callisoncaffrey]

@@ArtisansofVaul No need for the mental handicap indicator.

[@ohsoblack]

This is a bad tutorial. When teaching you must assume that the your students have no prior knowledge. Using custom hot keys or settings when demonstrating is confusing. it isnt enough to show the steps you also need to provide an explanation of why you do things in a certain order and why you do something.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@ohsoblack 🤦 You have to assume prior knowledge, if I didn't I'd be talking through navigation and basic clicks and the video would take hours. Tutorials/learning works on building knowledge, not just starting from 0 every time.