RIGGING - Create envelope deformer AUTOMATICALLY (Harmony)

[@AnimatedCarl]

This is going to save me SO MUCH TIME at work. The rigging team usually makes background characters rather simple which can make animating them annoying, but now that I know I can add my own deformers in almost NO TIME is a life saver! Thabks so much!

[@ZeBirdBrain]

yeeee

[@ninjrar]

It's funny how I never bothered to look at all the options in the menu and this option was just sitting there the entire time! Super useful for quick simple shapes! Thanks again!

[@ZeBirdBrain]

beeen there forever haha

[@DanzyRemix]

I swear each of your videos makes me determine to become a rig artist/animator. Plus with all these handy dany features I bet it can be possible in a year or so to accomplish my dreams

[@ZeBirdBrain]

glad it helped!

[@BitToons]

There's actually a script built into harmony for setting where the offset is. EnvelopeCreator_actHint. Just have to add it to a toolbar by right-clicking > customize. Then you just click where you want the offset to be, and it'll create the deformer based on your current Envelope Creator settings

[@ZeBirdBrain]

yeaaaaah i

[@ZeBirdBrain]

@@tonyredgrave009 we have to INVESTIGATE

[@chaosong6569]

@@ZeBirdBrain Hi, did you find it

[@costaluca78]

@@chaosong6569 hi in TB harmony 21 is available by default!

[@brianaornelas1166]

You know what would be soooo cool??? If you made a rig from beginning to end ❤️ love your videos so much

[@ZeBirdBrain]

thank you !! Maybe I will :)

[@DanzyRemix]

It literally takes a span of time to make a single rig becuaas there can be errors, things that don't work, and worst of all not saving lol.

[@brianaornelas1166]

@@DanzyRemix haha oh yeah I know, but seeing a character from design to ready for an animator- errors and all would be would be soooo great for those of us still learning and running into errors we can’t find answers to on google

[@ZeBirdBrain]

@@brianaornelas1166 rigging a whole character is looooong

[@brianaornelas1166]

@@ZeBirdBrain what if you did a challenge like “can I rig something in 20 min?” sort of thing (to the most basic stick figures character you can think of), I watched one of those from someone else and learned a ton. I know it’s a buttload of work but I thought I’d throw it out there. Love all your videos too, so incredibly helpful.

[@bucinto]

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL! Thanks, Ze!

[@ZeBirdBrain]

no prob!

[@doodledlie]

MIND BLOWN!! This is such a handy looking tool!

[@ZeBirdBrain]

c:

[@febianrizki6448]

Lovely and funny teacher, thank you so much brilliant bird brain ❤

[@ZeBirdBrain]

C: thanks!

[@hemanathan7097]

First I love your voice Second I love you style how you explain. Third I love creativity how you make that lesson so interesting... Keep it up 👍

[@ZeBirdBrain]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@gabrielno1]

Hey there! What shortcut did you press in 1:04 so you could search for the Transparency effect in Node View? :o

[@ZeBirdBrain]

ENTER

[@hanzjima]

WTH THX 😭😭😭😭 You literally saved me so much TIME.

[@ZeBirdBrain]

Woo!

[@diogoalmeida3766]

I've learned that Ze makes her students work 5 hours to in the end to tell them that they could have done it in 5 minutes... That is how a teacher should be! 🤩

[@ZeBirdBrain]

yes

[@diogoalmeida3766]

@@ZeBirdBrain also the tutorial was really helpful and so simple to understand! I really like the way you teach 😊

[@fullmetal-animator]

2:28 This was a classic "FFFUUUUUUUUUUUU" moment for me. That is so awesome to learn. Thanks so much :D

[@ZeBirdBrain]

glad it helped!

[@yoleafbug]

Well now that's super helpful, thank you, thank you!

[@ZeBirdBrain]

c: no prob

[@christopherleach9981]

that was indeed helpful :D

[@ZeBirdBrain]

c:

[@gnev112]

Excellent!!! Let's turn our lifes on auto mode)

[@ZeBirdBrain]

nooooo!

[@AaronDigitalMuppet]

When ever I use an envelope deformer it works great for expanding the mass, but when I try to squash it, I get this weird artifact where the inside of the shape spills out of the line work on the other side as I compress it. That is to say, I couldn't use it to squash a ball(not my intended use) if I wanted to. Is there some step im skipping? I've tried to manually create the deformer rig as well as automatically create it with the same issue.

[@AaronDigitalMuppet]

Oop! disregard! I asked in your discord and someone pointed out that you actually have a tutorial for specifically this issue called FIXING your BROKEN envelopes.

[@ZeBirdBrain]

disregarded

[@jamesklark6562]

do I just not have envelope for advanced version?

[@ZeBirdBrain]

no

[@guarnaboi]

I really can't understand why there isn't the most straightforward option to make the envelope: WHY CAN'T I JUST COPY THE BEZIER PATH FROM THE SHAPE AND PAST IT INTO AN ENVELOPE!? I mean 99% of the time you're just trying to replicate the shape of the drawing so why don't Harmony let you just... do that. I don't think that is particularly difficult to be programmed :(

[@Sergey6838]

Thank!

[@ZeBirdBrain]

Np

[@OnionSkin]

WWHHHOOOAAAAAAAT

[@ZeBirdBrain]

omg you cannot be serious

[@lisandroguevara1756]

That voice is so Annoying.

[@ZeBirdBrain]

Ok