Control your Blender Rigs like a Pro

In this video, Juan Hernandez explains how to automate animations using a custom rig controller. Not only we will take a look on how to set this up, but also showcase some situations where this can be very useful, like a robot arm or a bird and dragon wing.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Basic theory
01:06 - Basic setup
03:59 - Hard-surface use case
05:10 - Organic use case
05:56 - Corrective shape keys
06:36 - Connect to a driver
06:56 - Outro
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[@grabbitt]

Excellent video as always :)

[@leonardochagas9930]

The legend himself

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A legend is saying excellent to another legend

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@@dwijendratripathi7449 Grant Abbit : i tip my hat to you one legend to another

[@stalkershano]

Its ur turn now grant 🐱

[@mtlim9146]

Fantastic.. thanks

[@lolmaster0076]

I almost spend my money to some expensive course, but you save it. You have no idea how much i appreciated your help..........

[@ezsega17]

I would really like an in depth tutorial on how to model and animate the robot arm the way you did. So amazing wow

[@Josabooba]

Yeah, I definitely would as well.

[@Wzxxx]

Yeah, that is a crazy stuff. Looks like a terribly complicated magic for me

[@gower1973]

Check out levelpixellevel channel, think he’s got just what your looking for

[@Josabooba]

@@gower1973 LPL definitely has lots of great driver stuff (amongst others) - but personally I'd love to see CG Boost do an in depth practical tutorial series, even if with less focus on a on a less complicated model - fingers crossed.

[@cgboost]

Thank you and everyone for the input, I will take it into account for future videos! - Juan

[@nategreyson6014]

duudeee... this is gold, gold, gold.

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CG Boost provides some of the (consistently) highest quality tutorials on KZbin...and the paid courses are fantastic! You guys are a huge asset to the community.

[@cgboost]

Thanks a lot, Binyamin!

[@JasSinghOnline]

I love these type of videos that are semi-advanced, it gives me something to work towards and unlocks new possibilities. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@3Dgasm]

So true!

[@H4his]

Great words

[@glipzcom]

Really helpful the upfront example. Also helped me understand a bit of how all rigs get those complex but helpful controllers. Thank you!

[@PauleTv]

Super informative and clear tutorial. I've never understood Blender drivers very well, but this video unlocks that level for me. Thanks, Jaun and CG Boost!

[@idolgin776]

I am trying to put together something similar, and this tutorial helped me a lot! Thanks!

[@menacinghaven]

Just shifted from Maya and C4D, wanted to try advanced rigging stuff in blender. Thanks man, you made it look so simple and it so easy to understand! Keep up the good work! :D ❤

[@khalnayak160]

This is too good👌🏻👌🏻

[@cgboost]

Thanks! I appreciate the comment!

[@javierbarron2122]

Finally, I've been asking the equivalent for Maya's Set Driven Key and everyone pointed me to drivers... I just needed this constraint.

[@zdtuttauniversity2715]

this went way over my head.. but I can tell this is super helpful, thank you!!!

[@MeinVideoStudio]

Yeay. Juan is Back At it. Love it

[@shadowgjhgitgjh2215]

Wish I would’ve know about this a few months ago when I was rigging up my low-poly dragon. I made something like this, that was very hackey, which involved duplicated armature bones and copy location constraints on a driver. Having done that, I can safely say that this seems to be a much better solution.

[@simoncodrington]

Great video mate. Hard to find decent animation videos that visualise the techniques well. Good work.

[@Vincentvisuals]

I've been looking for this. Thank you

[@mtlim9146]

Thank you for the detailed tutorial 。It's fantastic!

[@HAWXLEADER]

This is amazing! I am not sure I'll use it soon but it was something I always wanted to know how to do!!!!

[@baptisteguillet9868]

Thank you for making such excellent tutorials!

[@lucashaymaker5927]

I used this knowledge to animate a weapon coming out of my transformers arm. Thank you so much for this video!!

[@gehriggosselin9468]

Oh man more of this! So awesome!

[@atefezare5623]

That was extremely helpful and informative thanks for the effort 👍

[@mixagames5425]

Awesome tutorial, made me understand a lot more about animation! Thanks

[@Yaya66]

great, and really well explained!! thank you very much!

[@A_Pinecone]

So helpful! Corrective shape keys have saved my life

[@codewarrior485]

that was super helpful. and comprehensive in a nutshell. Thank you

[@augustorutz5725]

Your content is pure gold, thank you!

[@RedninjaMultimediaProductions]

Whoa!!! Just brilliant!!! This would definitely make repetitive motions/poses very easy to get to, 1000 thankyous!!

[@unstableanimates8070]

I think an in-depth video about rigging dragon wing and making that robot arm along with the animation would be cool

[@davidfrazier4358]

I agree

[@travmason]

Would love to see the dragon wing creation including rigging!!

[@nickclrke]

These are some great tips, thanks!

[@ZET_Tutoriales]

This actually helped me so much. Thank you!

[@H4his]

This is one of a great tutorial, thank you.

[@ChristopherHemsworthCreative]

INCREDIBLE. Thank you so much!

[@Masha_B]

Wow great, thanks Juan for sharing 😊

[@LowEndStrings]

Wow! Didn’t know there were actions for animations. Thanks for the Info 😃👋🏻

[@Ikxi]

Take a look at the non linear action animator maybe. It's kinda like layered animation. Really cool stuff.

[@nv7287]

Just an awesome video - id love to learn more rigging!

[@toonomix7120]

Great vid and very useful! Thank you!

[@Nickynoxe]

this was amazing, thank you !

[@johnsmith56920]

Wowowowowow!!! This is perfect. About like magic. Just what I needed, complex actions made simple. Congrats. If you ever need ideas for tutorials, just ask, I have plenty. 🙂

[@AllyG1967]

What an interesting video. Thanks very much

[@mrmoneybagz]

This is very informative. I'm now starting to understand Blender Actions.

[@lakvfx]

Amazing!! Keep it up♥️

[@kretoskim8555]

This is very comprehensive, thanks!

[@euginejoseph7685]

Wow thank you so much.please do more of these

[@jemjoe8833]

Thank you so much for the video Waiting for more tips

[@haydenblackstone8177]

So freaking helpful, thank you!

[@LucasEduardoRibas]

Awesome! very great tutorial!

[@thiago5906]

You save me today with this tutorial bro! Thanks!

[@keithparker5625]

This is fantastic information!

[@coughinggraphite]

Amazing video, helped me a lot!

[@norph1975]

Very useful! Thanks for video.

[@PiononoMatic]

excelente tutorial, muchisimas gracias!

[@kakegaraio5424]

Nice tutorial, it will be of great help

[@doitdoun]

Sooooo Wonderful tutorial thank you so much. :)

[@thewave5536]

Very Epic, love it

[@dmitrylevitsky6643]

Thanks man! that helped a ton!

[@AllanJefferson123]

This video is priceless, its helped me a lot :)

[@thedudeguy5761]

can we just apriciate how the CG Boost team always makes these short neat tutorials, and even take the time to answer and help people who may have encounteret problems? we do all realy love you team CG Boost, your are a huge help for the whole blender cumunity

[@cgboost]

Thank you so much for your kind words ❤ we do our best 🙂

[@keithtam8859]

very awesome, very cool!!

[@Rocklaz]

awesome! Thank you!

[@florencepapillon]

Great tutorial!

[@Arthurios_Art]

Nice video, thanks 🙏🏼

[@blenderzone5446]

amazing video!

[@martinium1]

Great video!

[@ChrisD__]

Oooh, this is a game changer!

[@happinopes5924]

This is really cool.

[@kinjoyokai367]

Changed my world!

[@mhze]

Thanks man!

[@klauseduardodorte4395]

Perfect video!

[@hassentammous6400]

thanks man that was helpful

[@far_raspberry_Animations]

Useful tips 👍😀 cheers

[@ROYALzCREATION]

Great tutorial 👍

[@TheMagnel777]

Excellent!

[@ydtodd]

Awesome! I pull love to learn how to model and rig a dragon!

[@humbleraider6343]

Thank you!

[@89emeza]

Amazing!

[@PhantomV13]

Beautiful, gave me a lot to think about. Would've been great for my latest project. For one, I used Build-in Function for the characters' secondary motions, which is cute but basic. I also used bone constraints activated by audio levels, but it looks so limited now. Notably, lacking in-between control.

[@sergeyandreev2599]

So cool!

[@Random4Logic]

nice on that topic good tutorials are very rare

[@Ikxi]

Very very good video!

[@AllExistence]

Thanks, never noticed this one.

[@kamikaze12]

I'm definitely buying a course next summer

[@jackspicer455]

So Cool!

[@khayelihlembele6008]

Thank You So Much!!!!

[@grzegorzabedzki3466]

I just recently created my dragon and was wondering how to deal with wings. This video is just the thing i need. simply awesome. I sincerely hope that there would be some tutorial on making those dragon wings you showed with perhaps additional way to use cloth simulation. Still, great video nontheless.

[@Adhithya2003]

Awesome🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sfb-arts4985]

Ok this actually moved my rigging knowledge to some very very higher level ! Thanks so much for this useful tutorial

[@yhuta7250]

Wow man amazing! i will like to see a video of you solving the most comun problems in skinning.. becous sometimes its dificult to skin things like clothing or ropes !!

[@MCCDEMON]

I would love to see an in depth of creating those wings. Oh boy I am dreaming of having a tutorial on that.

[@dmitrii133]

It's divine!

[@davidfrazier4358]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@yahyatarek443]

thank you

[@AnityEx]

so good

[@mercazzo6285]

Grande Juan, no te conozco pero muchas gracias

[@Excelsior1937]

Wow, I had no idea Blender was capable of this!

[@DarinKarkawatli]

Wow, I learned alot, thanks for making this video and giving the assets out for free!

[@cgboost]

We're glad you found it useful!

[@exonme5845]

Thanks!!! I Love Your Channel.\

[@oniontherock7204]

i can finally move the fingers on my characters easier! thanks for the great video

[@rushikeshmunde763]

Thanks