Autodesk Maya 2018 - Simple Character Rigging Part 1 of 3

[@3dextrude]

One important thing I forgot to mention was when placing the joints for the arms there should be a bit of a bend on the elbow just like there is at the knee for the foot. Leave any questions you have in the comments below!

[@munyreach3009]

What if it's not bent?

[@3dextrude]

You might see issues when you set up ik handels on it.

[@candicedelacruz3378]

Muny Reach but you can fix it with "Set Preferred Angle"

[@RamailoDayz]

y go through long process stupid y just do all download and orient go to hierarcy joint reset the joint and orient ??? duffer 30 secends and it gets all done and according to your process even after you download you need to manage some joints

[@fernandomora4230]

do you know what to do about the joints in the fingers? I have this problem where if you move the joints in the middle finger, it would drag the other fingers with it. do you have any solutions? I'm using Maya 2017

[@raw_pc]

At 6:52 you should put in "Search for:" L_ instead of L alone. In "Replace with:" you should put R_ and then it will mirror names correctly. Just a tip. Awesome tutorial !

[@jacobjohnston3765]

I was just about to put that in the comments but i was 10 months too slow

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

I saw that coming. i have made this mistake before.. his was cool because it made it ScoobDoo language ....Rt Reg Raggy LOL .. or engrish ... OOOOOK now we rig da rite reg LOL

[@jaetaekhwang7523]

19:25 To expand or collapse all the sub joint groups same time you can click a root of the joint groups with pressing "Shift". I just put this note for anyone who don't know about it. Thank you for your video.

[@raw_pc]

SHIFT + LMB click on + in Outliner to unfold all children in the tree :)

[@Eindrew9]

This is not working for me, it does nothing :(

[@alessiamenetti2353]

Wow I know you wrote this 1 year ago but thank you! That's super useful!

[@sarahabdulhadi7459]

Thank yoooouuu!

[@jamietherocketship5087]

I came down to the comments to write the same thing! Love the Video though! Super Helpful!

[@HoaPham-zs1mh]

19:24 Shift+Click to expand all bone nodes in Outliner

[@fernando3061]

This whole tutorial series is excellent.

[@elizabethoconnor3467]

For anyone else struggling to read the local rotation axes around 20:30 because they're too small: it seems that the size of the axes are linked to the display size of your move/rotate/scale tool. Press + a few times to make the tool display bigger, then go to Display > Transform display > Local rotation axes again. You might have to reselect everything in your outliner first. Hope this helps someone :)

[@cigamawap2548]

If you do a dog as character, for the legs, don't forget to check ''Orientation'' in the Mirror Joint Options, so that the legs will have the same axes when orientating.

[@jit5576]

I paid a lot for a university to teach me how to do this, they told me to self-study and don't ask much. Thank you so much!!! for the vdo

[@MEneifal]

It's kinda hard to find good rigging tutorials

[@JupiterAnri]

My university gave up on teaching us this 😭

[@Alexy.0i]

Wow! Thank you, I couldn't follow along in online class but this helped me A LOT!! Thank You!!!

[@spongebobsquarepants7837]

If you are looking for a comprehensive video guide on how to download the comet scripts just watch the tutorial by 'Verónica Morera' and the video is called 'How to install the Comet Scripts'. Really useful

[@ryansylke6]

If you're running maya 2017. Make sure to execute through the Mel tab. Not the python tab.

[@nathhager660]

THANK YOU

[@ardaersayar2519]

it was very helpful and background musics are so smart thanks for awesome tutorial

[@katherinakudar8350]

Thanks a lot for such a good explanation step by step. I'm working on Maya first time and this tutorial is just perfect!))

[@tengentopka727]

WE can add extra bone at the elbow joint for better rotation of hand and shift its effector to the wrist joint.

[@Eccentrick218]

Very helpful, great pace that has really helped me! Thank you for making this!

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

Very nice, clearly spoken , easy to follow. you should do more videos like this. and i love the ambient music, Great Job , keep them coming.

[@Dusklily]

Amazing! Thank you so much for making these, they really helped me a lot :)

[@3dextrude]

Thank you! Glad they helped

[@orelhassid5812]

19:24 I just discover some trick to expand all the joints Hold Ctrl+Shift and click on the plus sign ------------ You can also select the hip and then Select > Hierarchy (Bar menu)

[@3dextrude]

Awesome!

[@grungewerx]

Neither of those options worked for me.

[@grungewerx]

Nevermind, I figured it out. Like an idiot, I was clicking the plus sign on my keyboard, LOL. Then I noticed the "+" sign in Maya and tried that and it worked. But you don't have to hold Ctrl, only Shift-click the "+" sign and it works! Thanks for that heads up! Oh, and your Select->Hierarchy works faster for selecting everything. Another good one! Thanks!

[@kiraanime101]

I found that typing cometJointOrient(); in the script (with a uppercase 'O' for Orient instead of lowercase like in the video) is what made the script functional for me on Maya 2018 hopefully this helps

[@aaronpalacios5842]

Thank you!

[@unreal-forms]

thank you Joyce Perez

[@TheIntratec9]

@Joyce Perez I tried that, and it didn't work. Bear in mind I use Maya 2017.

[@JesusGarcia-dt3bg]

but in the video shows an uppercase "O"

[@JesusGarcia-dt3bg]

​@@TheIntratec9 I am using Maya 2017 aswell and it worked for me. When you click on "Load script" see in what folder your software is looking for the script, if its empty you have to paste in that folder the script file, other issue is that you have to be sure you are running it in the MEL tab. Then be sure to type this: cometJointOrient(); Hope this helps

[@Max501]

Error Script tip: Make sure you place your Comet Joint Script in the correct folder location. To notice if you have this error, your script history will tell you that it cannot find the script and give info on what files it's looking at. Place the Comet Joint Script on where it's searching at.

[@ThomasSpettel]

I do not understand your manual way of rotating the orientation and i dont understand the instructions of the link you sent. Can you PLEASE show us or me how you properly orient the axis manually?

[@MsYourMa]

Why is there a jump-cut when he's explaining how to rotate joints. I feel like he missed something, because mine wont rotate.

[@kasrahosseini572]

hi man. tnx for this nice Tutorial. can you tell me how can i manually rotate the axis???? like what you did for joint in top of head. please help me

[@PivowarAndDzhigan]

Very clear and great video! Thank you for your help!

[@saralapuram]

Simple and Awesome tutorial. Thanks a lot.

[@Posty-vw9jc]

Nice tutorial. Very helpful. I got a project due in two days and my first semester dumbass decided “I’m gonna make a space marine. Just like the Astartes project space Marines! It’s gonna be great!” Oh how I was wrong

[@meli1872]

Great tutorial! Lost it around the time we had to change orientation of the joints. Couldnt do that manually for some reason and didnt wanna create an account to download that script. Is there a way to do this from the start?

[@MariannaKondratuk]

Hi:) I have a channel, where shows you how to create own 3d cartoon! Maybe it will be interesting for you:)

[@emincetin951]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. One question: why did not you add a root joint? is it unnecessary? I am seeing a lot of other tec.artists add one.

[@andresrosel821]

Careful when rigging the thumb, it also has 3 joints, not 2.

[@orelhassid5812]

6:42 Search for "L_" and Replace with "R_"

[@madasakisharabea9418]

is it really necessary to do the script good sir? is it impossible to use the orient joint tool in maya? ive been trying to use it and its confusing . . . im not sure if its the tool or is it just me being a dumb -_-

[@thffkfltm]

Thanks so much for the tutorial!

[@glebparshikov1351]

To open full hierarchy in one click: click on plus with pressed shift

[@nightverse139]

Thanks learned something new

[@poemssongsforkids3564]

thats the video i like the most you explaind me in this video

[@moondancingclouds]

Gr8 tutorial, thank you! Btw that music has stuck in my head for 2 days straight now

[@Thechriss2004s]

Is that yugioh falsebound kingdom music I’m hearing?

[@Brutalbear1337]

I disagree with everyone who is upset at the music in the background. I kind of like it :) oh and good videos, i like em all

[@mnabeel9947]

At 20:06 you can select all last joints (Like finger tip/Toe tip) from workspace , going into outliner then press F this will collapse all the joints..

[@kaducamilo2012]

Completely tired of the other softwares limitations, I'm gonna learn this one

[@Mienarrr]

thank you for this! also on a random side note, i love your choice of background music! made this even more enjoyable to watch :D

[@SpecialistFrost]

I don't get the part of the orient joints, i know X has to point the next joint, but I still don't get the Y and the Z, also when using the script it fixes all exept the opposite hand always, nice tutorial tho, i am learning a lot of rigging!!!!

[@ugohusky]

hey did you find any solution?

[@moldusoanimation782]

Hello, it seems to be better with the sticky of the IK Handle on but if I want to rotate the entire character from the hip with the sticky it doesn`t work….I know I could group the character to do this but I want to make it walk a few steps before I rotate it and if I do this the pivot of the group stays behind, what do you recomend?

[@inzamamhussain]

I am not finding script. Where is the link?

[@JessPeachee]

They have the link in the description. Once you go to the link, go to Joint Orient Tool and select 'Download It' underneath. On the next page you want to download the cometScripts.zip file and you can find the script in that folder

[@eh760]

So after setting up the textures should i combine the whole character?

[@DannyBoy443]

I like be the Kingdom Hearts shopping music lol. So nice and appropriate

[@israel_ns]

Thx, mate.

[@pathikbiswasvisualart]

Thanks a lot very very helpful.

[@kongmaster98]

This was really helping me in manyways thank you can’t wait for more 👍👍

[@3dextrude]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@multimediadiploma463]

Thanks for your video

[@janenocon4707]

Hi! i would like to know what commands you used to highlight certain areas on the HEAD like mustache or hat only? I'm having trouble in doing so in Maya because it highlights almost everything when I'm trying to select certain faces. Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks!

[@brendacastro7678]

Hello, I see that you move the bones, I wanted to know if it is the same to move or rotate when placing them or when each one is used. Thank you

[@mariambahgat398]

how to move around the object's parts easily and smoothly? Is there a shortcut for that? I'm a very beginner please and need some help. Thank you

[@sarahbarden3362]

I am having trouble trying to orient my joints in the same way that you did in the video, when I select a joint and try to change its rotation it doesn't move. I have changed it from Orient Joint to World and then changing the Primary Axis, Secondary Axis, and so on... Also the third party script did not work on my computer or my version of Maya, but that may be because I was not placing it in the right area with the scripts... Any advice would be helpful!

[@pokipotato4876]

Hey! This Luigi guy is back! So cool, nice video, can't wait for the other parts!

[@3dextrude]

He's totally back, Thank you!

[@inertias5809]

out of curiosity, what happens if you do not station the character's feet on top of the grid? Can you move the character to the proper position in the future if you didn't do it immediately?

[@CapoProductionsMusicFan]

use L_ and R_

[@ronjasievers5838]

really well explained!

[@김수찬-w4v]

16:19 "press 'p' oops" so cute :)

[@setlight]

Awesome tutorial! It helped me alot! Great music too!

[@freudian7032]

The music is from Duelists of The Roses!

[@DuxDrive]

Can I get help installing these scripts? Downloaded them but no idea how to make them work

[@gerryan5487]

Nice Turorial. Could you add a link for the file for the model?

[@TheIntratec9]

@3dEx Is it ever okay to have every joint that lines up with the world's 3 axes? Where every joint has an x axis that points in the same direction, every y axis points in the same direction and every z axis points in the same direction?

[@blackjinglebell93]

My joint orientation don't look symmetrical as in the video after running the script ._. setting them correctly by hand is gonna be hell x_x

[@zeichenkunstlerin2644]

For me it just says "cannot do a joint orientation". What do I have to do now if some joints are pointing in the wrong direction (orientation wise)?

[@TheWeekendGeek]

Hi, the script doesnt seem to be there, it just keeps sending me to Comet cartoons where i then cant seem to locate the file under "Joint Orient Script"

[@3dextrude]

I think he changed his website a little since last time I visited, in the comet cartoons site click on cometScripts.zip to download it. I think that includes all the tools he has made, but the Joint Orient Script is included there as well.

[@raulcollantes182]

@@3dextrude Hi, great video, the link seems to get a 404, not there anymore. Where can I get the the script, thanks in advanced.

[@payatthepump1191]

hey man, you gotta credit the music you use in your videos.. you are using music from the yugioh games. Not whatever you said in your descriptions.

[@EragonCross]

Hi thanks for the video! I have a question. When I pull the joint so my character is deformed. For example, I pull a joint in my leg and lift it, and it starts to shrink. I checked all orientation joint It looks correct (i think so) Does anyone know what is it?

[@sidarthshukla1158]

hey, I need some help. I am rigging a car right now and the side window glass is little bit tilted and the axis rotation for the move tool is not as it should be its straight and the window is tilted as I said, now I want to open the window with move tool but due to its orientation it not not going how it is supposed to be. and I have tried to change the axis rotation in move tool settings and also by pressing 'D' to change its pivot rotation both did't work. Please tell me what I am doing wrong or what should I do.

[@pawpotsRS]

I am watching this just for the specific requirement as is I'm applying for 3D Artists yet giving an assessment for 3D Animation. wtf. btw always good to have you 3dEx.

[@neatpolygons8500]

so in maya there's no keeping offset? you always have to connect the bones by pressing P

[@NKAnimator]

Thank you very much to make this tutorial

[@corle007]

Thanks for the Guide and the tools

[@NOLOGICFILMS]

hi,can you make the video for housefly rigging

[@workflow5347]

Can you help me with creating the file for joint orientation

[@bangnguyenkhac4703]

Hi! Can you give detailed instructions about the weight of the character?

[@enescanemekli]

// Warning: line 0: Cannot perform joint orientation. Transform R_leg_J has non-zero rotations. how can i fix this?

[@AndaDeng]

hey i dont understand why some joints y axis are facing forward some are not

[@oscarcampbellhobson]

my object has lights inside it, any way i can like attach them to together?

[@hugemalakaa]

Hey man your videos are awesome but i cannot find a proper link to the comet orient joint thing that works. Can you help with this please? you use to have a good link, i dont have it anymore and i just fformated my pc, forgot to save it =(

[@indianeinstein1978]

plz tell me how to lay bones, orient pivots, do IK handle and add polevector succesfully for 'non-straight' hand and leg ???

[@haseebimranLM]

i followed your instrictions perfectly till 20:00. and then when i tried temp skin bind. the legs and feet dont even move. and when i move the shoulders, it moves the entire body and the arms dont even bend.

[@songmani52]

Thank you so so so much...

[@ayitttikhwan8239]

hye dude can you please help me? i try already to put in the cometJointOrient(); but it came out with syntax error can you help me to solve it?

[@laurenwilliams429]

22:15. To orient the joints, all you have to do is go to Display - Transform Display - Local Rotation Axis rather than downloading anything.

[@philmehrart]

Hey, looks like a great tutorial - thank you. Do you have a link/download file for the model itself, fbx/obj?

[@eshtr3416]

why u use comet script? standart joint orient option box is not enough? sry for eng.

[@stephenschrimpshire6448]

I did this got everything to work but my Y axis is pointing down but X is pointing the correct direction just not the Y. Any idea?

[@nageswararaopnr7792]

// Error: line 500: Cannot find procedure "cometJointOrent". //

[@frentiujustinian116]

I work with a mac and is no plugin to rotate the orientation , any advice ?

[@BU-sj2gn]

is there a joint orientation reference sheet? also what happened to photoshop part of the uv mapping series?????

[@philmehrart]

Thanks for the cool tut! Is there anyway we can download the model to follow with?

[@3dextrude]

Yes, I added it to 3dex.net under the free downloads section.

[@raol635]

Nice tutorial. thank you

[@lindsaygragasin3072]

Anyone having problems with the cometJointOrient script EX. I'm using Maya 2023 and keep getting a Error: Line 500.19: Syntax error, select all joints and go to Skeleton>Orient Joint settings window and hit Apply. This will orient all joints that have a joint connection, but it will not orient the joints who do not, EX. ends of toes, fingertips and top of head. For these joints you'll need to select them and then go back to the Orient Joint settings window and click the Orient Joint to World box and then apply.

[@vitaslam7411]

when i go to download the model, I only got an image.

[@destroyer7827]

Finished...... kremit thanos

[@paparallada]

The Download Resources just have a character concept only. Please where found de .mb model?

[@MentalRoy]

I'm not finding the model in the dowload link. I realise there's more tutorials on how to make that model on the site, but I only have a little time to learn rigging right now.

[@SixSausageSunday]

Really helpful, thankyou.

[@Michael-zn5jl]

i cant download the script, and you didnt explain how to fix the joints manually.

[@MariannaKondratuk]

Hi:) I have a channel, where shows you how to create own 3d cartoon! Maybe it will be interesting for you:)

[@CuongTran-il3co]

Can I ask you for a 3d model to practice. thank you.