Compare and Contrast: DUIK and RubberHose

Learn the differences between using Duik Bassel and Rubber Hose in this After Effects tutorial from Morgan Williams.
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Morgan Williams (00:11): Hey everyone, Morgan, from school of motion here, I wanted to do a compare and contrast between two very popular character rigging tools that are available rubber hose and do quick. Bassel now in this video, I'm not going to do really any how to lessons in how to use rubber hose or do it facile. I'm going to focus more on their different strengths and weaknesses and why you might want to choose one over the other, or possibly a combination of the two when you're rigging characters. If you want to learn how to use rubber hose and do it Bassel I recommend first checking out the links we've provided to battle axes tutorials on rubber hose. One of the great things about rubber hose is it's very easy to learn and use, and those tutorials will give you a really good start on the basics. Now do it Bassel is much more complicated and there's a lot more to it.
Morgan Williams (01:10): You can get started with my free tutorial on doing a basic Dwek rig, but my rigging academy course at school of motion will give you a much more complete and comprehensive look at how to rig characters in aftereffects with Dick Bassel. Now the simple truth is these are both great tools, and if you do a lot of character rigging, you really should have both of them as part of your toolkit. But before we dive into some specifics, let's just talk about some kind of big overarching differences between the two. Now, one of the real big advantages to rubber hose is that it's incredibly simple. It's very quick to learn. It's very quick to use, and it does what it does extremely well. Now on the flip side of that, it's simplicity comes with the cost of it being fairly limited. It does what it does very, very well, but it doesn't do a whole lot else than what it does now do it facile on the other hand is a much more robust and comprehensive tool overall.
Morgan Williams (02:19): It does a lot of different things, both to aid with character rigging and animation, but it'll also help with all kinds of situations in after effects beyond just character work. It allows you to create many, many different types of rigs, very complex rigs, as well as simple rigs, and is in many ways a kind of one-stop shop for character rigging and after effects. Now all of that comes with the cost of it being more complex. It's in many ways, surprisingly easy to learn and use kind of on the surface level, however, but it has a lot of depth to it. So the learning curve is a little higher and it's a little more time consuming, especially when you're creating more complicated rigs. But again, what you lose in simplicity, you gain in ability when it comes to do it, Bassel now do it is also free, which is a pretty wonderful advantage right there, especially for such a powerful and robust tool, but rubber hoses cost is really extremely reasonable.
Morgan Williams (03:27): And in my opinion, absolutely worth it for such a well-designed and handy tool. So let's dive in and look kind of specifically at the differences and pros and cons of these two really great tools. I want to start by focusing on the thing that rubber hose really does better than any other tool out there. And it's really the thing that I think makes rubber hose really worth the cost because it's a thing that do it Bassel for all of its wonders and there are many really just can't do as well or can't do as well as simply let's say. And that is creating soft, smooth bands with vector artwork at this particular task. There's really nothing out there that can touch rubber hose. So let's take a look at what we mean. We have a rubber hose rig set up for this arm here, and I'm just going to grab the little hand controller and you can see that as we bend this vector arm, we get this beautiful, clean, smooth band.
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[@matthiaswegger]

Super helpful - especially the very end when you cover how to use them together! Loved it. Thanks very much!

[@PiliGallardo]

it`s great to have someone who explains the differences, thank you!

[@empirestartv6134]

Tiene que hacer algo asi en españo que se que ere dura.

[@noxmoonyisadork]

I remember when we'd have to use expressions along with the puppet tool to animate characters hehe. I think DUIK has been such a great game changer and RubberHose is a very good option for a certain kind of animation like you mentioned here. The cool thing is that it's possible to combine them and get the best of both worlds. Thanks for this informative and nicely put together comparison 😁

[@Efadh]

thank you, helpful, specially end of it

[@SunshineLove26]

LOVE this video. Thanks for sharing :)

[@kwentongeerie]

The stroke with added bones script is mind blowing. 🙀🙀🙀

[@mica.motion]

With Duik Basel, I did the test with a rotobezier, no need for other controler to get a smooth deformation

[@johnchoobe]

Legendary video!

[@schoolofmotion]

Cheers!

[@Sapov]

Wow, this is probably the best comparision video. Overall which is better, Duik, Rubber or Character tool?

[@alvinlukas02]

you can use the advanced engine for puppet tool and add some puppet starch pins to create less distortions

[@schoolofmotion]

Great tip!

[@robertidonotsharemyfullnam496]

2:36 Simple Rick's. Come home the impossible flavour of your own completion. Come home to Simple Rick's.

[@Simike06]

hahahahahahaha

[@dez7852]

I literally watched that last night and heard that when he said simple rigs

[@ivanchudyk6129]

1.5x saves you 20 minutes!

[@alephiumbattle]

mm no no, 2.0x is for 20 minutos in your case is 10 minutes save

[@MatteoMarzano]

Right arrow for bonus time

[@gusmaiawork]

will we get a comparision of RubberHose VS Character Tool? :D

[@DomicGaming]

Hello, do u have plugin download of rubber horse...

[@nijatIbrahimli]

i thinkt to duik is the best rigger!

[@yitphady1362]

Ok that a good lessons

[@bw-mi9bp]

I got lost in this moment in 19min30s. How to make this smooth curvs in duik? We see all layers already set and linked, but how to get to this point? :) Is there some tutorial for this?

[@NathanBrady-zp8pw]

I'm in the same boat, he more or less skipped over how he initially set-up arm which enables him to create a bendy arm one in duik. That's the only reason I came to see this video, and he skips the point haha.

[@codawong]

How about which tools is better easy to rigging? Many Thanks!!

[@kieucuong4818]

i vote for duik

[@Darkbulb1]

Can you compare Limber also?

[@Eiaesthetic]

Are they both free to download?

[@sandeepjoshi660]

Duik vs bao bone which is better.

[@theincorruptibleseedchurch2448]

how do i get rubber horse

[@warrenography]

was I dreaming or didn't I see this a week or so ago? anyway, it's cool and useful. Thanks, Morgan. Capt. Rig

[@schoolofmotion]

You did! We received some great community feedback, re-recorded a few portions, and re-posted. We want to make sure we are giving the right info! Thanks for coming back over

[@warrenography]

@@schoolofmotion Sweet, then I'm watching again. I love this stuff and the way you at SOM present it.

[@marcovanzomeren]

18:40 Add bones to stroke for similar Rubber hose effect

[@nicpincreates]

Starts at 4:16

[@syedikramullah1114]

Hi dear i"m from pakistan and i want to learn aftereffect motion graphics and rigng and i want register with u for learning a much of bundles animation so what can i do how can i register myself in ur site ? Plz give me rply i 'm waiting ...and love ur tutorials keep it up dear..♥♥♥♥

[@madnetism1044]

check the video description www.schoolofmotion.com/

[@ZacheryDominguez]

Is this Rubberhose V1 or V2?

[@manianglam4767]

really helpfull ! i downloaded Duik but i do not have the " add zero " button in the script pannel. Any help ?

[@EverlastingEclipses]

the only reason im looking at this because duik failed to process auto-rig for many times and I gave up on duik the reason I gave up is because when I put puppet pins perfectly numeral times and my layers work perfect with bones stage on duik but when I go auto-rig thats when the layers starts to rip and break with controller so i cant really use Duik anymore I'm thinking it has something to do with puppet and something to do with auto-rig and controller issue.. So I'm team #Rubberhose from now on since duik just got whole lot useless to me

[@iamagirl3213]

I feel u... i thought many times: why everybody else can use duik so well but it fails many times in projects..

[@blaqtora6693]

Thanks for not making goofy tutorials... Some online rigging tutorials are hard to watch because the presenter acts stupid and childish most of the time

[@mamamia6513]

Mitchel from Modern Family ? :D

[@akash4849]

I used duik to rig my character and now it is walking backwards....any help

[@renarsgrams]

Walk speed set to negative.

[@sekimichy]

Oh could someone kindly enlight me how to change the wrong direction of the elbow/knee when/after IK? lol

[@formxshape]

I don't know... Moho Pro 12 does all of this a whole load easier, plus onion skinning, physics, amazing key frame cycling things, switch layers for hands/mouths etc that can independently be rigged, animation presets you can make and recall, actions - and all of it done without needing install and keep up to date with 3rd party plugins or code expressions or navigate and toggle though thousands of layers + it all plays back super fast when you preview it. Ok, it's not perfect, but for all the 2D rigging stuff it beats AE+3rd Party Plugins hands down.

[@abhimon88]

I was thinking on the same

[@muinasjutumees]

It does, Moho is very good program for this kind of 2.5D character animation, much better than AE at this specific task, much-much faster considering playback, much better keyframe control and so on...lot of people just do not know about it or hesitate to check it out (because it's not mainstream). It needs some time to get used to though because it has bit different working concepts when drawing and manipulating drawings, but if you get it you like it, it's just not like AI editing. AE is very slow, just the simple IK chain lags when keying, but it's powerful for mixing it all together.

[@TheLillianYoung]

formxshape Thanks for that info. I’m more of a 3D user (Maya) and AE for titles and object animations but someone asked me to animate a character so I’m scratching my head learning Duik and Rubber Hose 2. I’d prefer an app that specializes in it so I’m learning Moho now. Awesome.

[@TheLillianYoung]

Maido Hollo I’ve heard of it but I am not a character animator so I ignored it. I saw the comments here and am happy to learn more about it now.

[@maidohollo5628]

Lillian I deffenately suggest you to explore it and make your own conclusions but I liked it a lot, well thought through

[@muhammadbilalmemon271]

why don't people use the character animator along with after effects!

[@zozoorg]

im absoluuutely suuuure that you neeeeed set the speeeeed up to 2x for not to fall asleeeeeep

[@JosBlomsma]

I agree. Although it's a nice video, it's quite slow.

[@leobraz2005]

What about Spine?

[@tundravarg3525]

So... What about animate CC and Character animator? I've never animated in AE but the idea of it is like a nightmare to me...

[@MatteoGuastamacchio]

Does anyone else hear Elaine’s neighbor, the Rabbi, from Seinfeld, or is it just me?

[@rananawito3526]

Here’s why Duik is better...it’s free.

[@yitphady1362]

Hood.

[@yitphady3787]

Good but not forme

[@diegomarinho1322]

Morgan Williams is a great guy but all his videos are extremely long

[@SugarTouch]

Amount of layers for such simple rig and amount of actions/parameters clearly demonstrates how absurdly wrong is to animate characters in AE instead of corresponding systems like MOHO i.e.

[@davidfitcher2953]

Why Duik has a commie flag?

[@brendanmcnamara7581]

Rubberhose is awful! Avoid at all cost!