[Blender] Auto-Rig Pro: New Skirt Rig!

[@SkipperWing]

Thank you so much for this. I’m juggling both learning 3D (sculpting, modeling, rigging animation), my day job, and 2D projects, and never would have figured this out otherwise. I hope this becomes part of the official documentation, because this was so helpful! Keep up the awesome work!

[@CGDive]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sottozen]

Every one of your tutorials is a truly valuable resource. Thank you for this video too!

[@CGDive]

That means a lot coming from you! :) Thanks and always looking forward to your next short!

[@Hamadochi]

Oh gosh I hate rigging so much. always thankful when receiving rigged models which can be used upfront

[@drago23live]

if you add more bone it will decrease stretching(mesh) bcz bone collision will adjust stretching more equally

[@timarlow8007]

Itd be great to see your work flow on ARP to game engine, thanks!

[@dondahighhh12]

If in Unity, you would rig it about the same at 4:01 and use a add-on like dynamic bone or magica cloth.

[@emmyshinarts]

This s absolute Genius and Helpful, Kudos to the Developer, and thank you for sharing

[@AlexiosLair]

If only this could be added to Rigify...

[@deanzuberiafrica6526]

easily one of my best purchases, thank you

[@CGDive]

Enjoy it

[@nnsfaka2292]

I have been waiting for these tuts. Thank you.

[@IanEklof]

Thanks Todor, very cool 👍

[@artisunknown]

Thank you for great tutorials! and can we apply this metod to long and wide sleeves like robe or chinese traditional clothes?

[@CGDive]

I haven't tested it. Sleeves sounds like it would work. But it is meant for skirts so what I show in the video is the one thing I can sort of guarantee it does.

[@WesleySales1]

Perfect coverage! Thank you so much! 🙌🏽👏🏼👏🏼

[@CGDive]

Glad you liked it!

[@tileshopcuy]

I have downloaded a 3D object with animation, but when I open it in Blender, the animation doesn't work. Can you make a video tutorial regarding this problem?😢

[@wholebitmedia]

I just picked up AutoRig Pro via the free addon blendermarket offer. I wonder if you've ever used it for rigging robots with all separated parts(joints) with bones automatically mapping to the parts without blending?

[@ZomboidArea]

Could you show how add weapon bone in auto rig pro (for example to the wrist?) and make it detachable to let character throw it or just make this bone indepented from wrist movment but still part of skeleton hierarchy?

[@TRAINTOGAIN]

Sir, I don't know how to give shape key in a character in auto rig pro please help me

[@Crypteed_]

Thanks a lot! You help me a lot in my work!

[@memorisc]

Hi Todor, thanks for all great tutorials! Can you please make some Autorig Pro tutorial on character dealing with object (weapons etc). To show how it is to be done when you need to parent the object say to the palm and switching parented/unparented mode. I suppose it may deal with "Child of" constraint or something of this kind but I wander what is the correct and best way to make things of this kind. And what if one needs to attach the object with its own armature (say, some complex weapon with its internal animations), that's how to attach some additional rig to the character's rig. Some external ready rig or maybe some ARP rig which could be in parented/unparented state. And another thing please explain the workings of "lips_roll_top_ref.x" and "lips_roll_bot_ref.x" bones and controls for facial rig cause seems you didn't include these things into your ARP youtube course so far. And I couldn't find the lips roll info on ARP documentation.Thank you!

[@CGDive]

Thanks for the suggestions. I am talking notes. An update to the ARP course should come out later this year and it should include a special chapter about the face. Regarding props see this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJvJgmqDrph-jKs It should work with ARP. ARP probably has dedicated tools about that but it's not something I can tell off the top of my head.

[@memorisc]

@@CGDive Thanks, that's so cool! I'll check the Dynamic Parent, suppose it works same in ARP although the tutorial seems using Rigify. Good luck with new great tutors!

[@memorisc]

​@@CGDive Now I had a short conversation with author of ARP and he helped me with trying to make the jaw of a character move in Y axis (forward/backward), cause in default rig it only opens and closes the mouth with some rotation around Y axis (not moving back and frontwise). And it was a bit stunning after Rigify which has this option by default. The method is most simple so you probably could place this info in your pending face tutorial. Here's his advice: "There is unfortunately no default setting to move the jaw along the Y axis (forward/backward). However it can easily be achieved with a few steps: - Select the c_jawbone.x - Unlock its Y location axis - Right click the value > Copy as New Driver - Show the deforming bones collection ("Deform") - Now just paste the driver on "jawbone.x", Y location". So one just has to select jaw controller in pose mode, then go to "Item" (Blender's right side window panel), unlock Y over there, right click and "Copy as New Driver" from context menu. Then just show Deform bones layer, select the deform jaw bone, then go to Item panel again and paste the driver. That's all :)

[@CGDive]

@@memorisc Awesome thanks for sharing. I copied this to my notes and will use when appropriate :)

[@guwosch]

very interesting.. will this work with VRM avatars?

[@CGDive]

I don't know sorry :/

[@pawpotsRS]

which are you prepared for using and exporting for game engines like unreal engine for example, as of now I'm still watching your fundamentals of exporting and after watching your videos and seen a lot of updates on the auto-rig addon I'm thinking of buying this. All I wanted was a breeze of workflow between engine and blender or even cascadeur vise-versa. thank you again.

[@CGDive]

Auto-rig pro has dedicated export features. You should not need my export workflows because ARP already has these best practices built in. I believe the export features work very well but I have to say that I haven't tested them properly yet.

[@pawpotsRS]

@@CGDive do you have a plan for the future on that matter? I'm stubborn I guess but those fundamentals are still a gem even if I'm going to use the ARP, knowledge from artists and teachers like you is valuable no matter what. thank you.

[@heimskr2881]

Any idea how the mechanism behind the faked collision works? I've tried several options for rigging an ankle-length robe and have since settled to just make it easier to manually animate.

[@CGDive]

I have no idea, sorry :) But if you have access to ARP, nothing is stopping you from reverse-engeneering it.

[@rafliadharivaldy883]

if you use thigh for the collider it seam's not work for long skirt, i've tried and doesn't work. did you make a tutorial for long skirt one?

[@Monkok3D]

I wonder if it can be combined with the bone dynamics pro physics simulations

[@dro-q4u]

Is there a rigify option? Ive tried parentig a dress to my rig w autoweights but the skirt crosses through the opposite leg. also, how do i add wrinkles o realism to my dress? thank you very much!

[@da_drood-digitalart]

Loving these tuts! ^_^ I don't know why though, when i click on the skirt bones and go to tool, i don't see any of those settings under workspace tab. What could be the reason? Could it be due to the fact i'm using version 4.0.2? EDIT: ok, it was "Simple tabs" addon's fault -_-

[@CGDive]

Yeah. They have a solution for this problem. Ask about it on their discord.

[@MeijinSigma]

Having user error when I use the kilt function and match to rig it creates an entire armature what's going on?

[@xpea16]

So cool system 👌🏼

[@giovani_aesthetic]

and how to made it when i set up custom rest pose?

[@demonlad827]

Do you think this new rig could be used for something like bat wings?

[@CGDive]

I am not sure about that, sorry. It is meant for skirts. Anything else would be experimental :)

[@davidffortesmeireles5328]

uhmm I would like see in long skirt

[@rayraygottago]

When I added the kilt to my rig, it right away started affecting the actual body underneath the skirt. is there an easy way to prevent this?

[@CGDive]

This is because of the skinning/weighting. Auto-Rig Pro has Skinning options which let you limit the bones and meshes you are skinning. You can learn that from the Auto-Rig Pro videos :) kzbin.info/aero/PLdcL5aF8ZcJuHJFQgb4altQWs-RCKA7Bq

[@nesspolestar7284]

Hello sir! Thanks fot the tutorial, i have skirt in the middle at the end between thighs are messed up when character is moving in game and i have been stuck about 4 weeks to fix it tbh, and i don't know which bones of the legs to weight paint and i tried all and could not fix it, what should i do? Do u have discord channel to contact u please 🙏 i will be so happy if i can fix it and i cant and many thanks

[@CGDive]

We do have a discord. I don't personally fix problems there but you can ask your question and hopefully me or someone else will help, discord.gg/j8SQCjFsXP

[@arturertel]

how could you rig t-shirt sleeves in this way ?

[@CGDive]

The feature is meant for a skirt. Any other usage is up to you and is not guaranteed.

[@justavideovlog]

The legs of my model is affected to by skirt's bones, how can I fix that?

[@CGDive]

using weight painting or ARP's features to isolate specific bones and mesh areas for skinning,

[@QuirkyMuddles]

could you use that for cloaks too?

[@CGDive]

Give it a try :) In general, it's for rigging skirts. Anything else would be a bonus feature.

[@davidmonteiro6822]

Does this work by setting set driven keys and will these skirt controls be locked or can you animate in top manually?

[@CGDive]

The skirt controls are not locked as you can see in the video. I am not sure how they are set up (I am just a tut guy :O)

[@siren7837]

hi I'm having trouble with autorig pro. I think it's because of the 4.0 update. could you please help me???

[@kindkind4813]

My character is oval eyes. How can I set this auto rig pro program?

[@CGDive]

Watch how I aligned the face bones for a bird. Notice how I aligned and adjusted the roll of the top_ref and bottom_ref bones. That is what you need to tweak kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKWuf3VjpcuLqa8

[@cynth4941]

How are you using face snapping when your Magnet Icon is turned off?

[@CGDive]

hold CTRL as I said in the video ;)

[@seberidoumomiji]

Hi, so I set Autorig up and the skirt (clothes) rig option is missing I can't find that anywhere, how do you have it?

[@CGDive]

Download the latest version :) Then follow the video.

[@seberidoumomiji]

@@CGDive It works now, thank you so much!

[@Omnivoid22]

Is this skirt rig a seperate amature parented to your character armature or they are all one?

[@CGDive]

It is exactly what is shown in the video :) But ok, they are one.

[@Omnivoid22]

Thats why iasked cuz i couldnt tell.i tried going back and looking and seeing if i can spot it in the list but i couldnt. My apologies if i upset you. didnt mean to offend you @@CGDive

[@CGDive]

@@Omnivoid22 Nah, you did not upset me! Sometimes I just wake up on the wrong side of the bed, sorry :P

[@kianakaslana2807]

will it work outside blender? if i export it to unity?

[@CGDive]

I haven't tested that but Auto-Rig Pro does have dedicated export features.

[@djrocktime7058]

Hi，anyone else ,? auto rig pro has some problem that I don't understand , when I set keyframe on my rig and I switch graph edit to adjust torso controller , I find Y locations channel mapping torso controller Z location, also , Z location channel mapping torso controller Y location, why? at same time , some controlelr set keyframe and adjust one chanel in graph edit ,but affect other two or three channel, how? Auto rig pro migrate from maya to blender , Maya use Y-up loc system, but blender use Z-up loc system, Is this the reason?

[@CGDive]

Auto-Rig Pro did not migrate from Maya. My honest guess is that you don't understand the local transforms and expect things to happen in World Space.

[@djrocktime7058]

@@CGDive I'm agree with you, Someone tell me switch world space to local space, it could be solved, At the same thing, The rigfy is running well. So, I have been feeling very confused and uneasy. I want to send an email to the author to explain this problem. I don’t know if this is a problem.

[@hulksmasher9596]

Hello bro can you make rig for alien with auto rig

[@CGDive]

I think so. Depends on the alien, of course 👽

[@hulksmasher9596]

@@CGDive thanks

[@rsunghun]

Is it only for short skirts?

[@CGDive]

No, it should accomadate different lengths.

[@DejiDigital]

Please can we get an x-muscle tutorial?

[@CGDive]

I am currently trying to figure out muscle sim in Blender, with X-muscle and also without addons. When I feel confident I'll make videos about all that :)

[@sottozen]

That would be great!@@CGDive

[@reimunm7738]

♥♥♥♥♥

[@LIFEisShort4016]

can we apply this on capes?super hero capes

[@CGDive]

It's meant for skirts so I will stay on the safe side and say no.

[@najibnajib7412]

Hair ?!!

[@CGDive]

What game is this? Do we say a random word with some punctuation after? Like this: "Pineapple ?!." 😀

[@najibnajib7412]

HH, MAKE I HAIR TUTORIAL pliz ? A LIKE YOUR TUTORIALS 🥰 @@CGDive

[@CGDive]

@@najibnajib7412 Will consider it! And thanks!