Rigging in Houdini with APEX: 01 | Simple FK

How to make a simple FK arm with APEX in Houdini.

[@rohandalvi]

Thank you so much. This is an excellent intro video. I finally understand a bit of how APEX works. :)

[@maxrose8845]

@rohandalvi gotta say that means a lot coming from you. Your tutorials have brought me and countless others so far along, thank you for all that you do!

[@djjamze]

been waiting for something exactly like this!

[@maxrose8845]

I've been waiting for you my whole life... ❤❤❤

[@MaxCrow]

perfect timing, thanks.

[@maxrose8845]

@MaxCrow our names are almost the same!

[@i20010]

H 20.0.547 here, the AutoRig ui is a bit different, and it doesnt do what you show at 1:50, thanks

[@roto_keyvfx4246]

Thank you so much

[@maxrose8845]

No problem

[@irinamal3518]

The authoring component does not see my points and the node looks different already or else

[@maxrose8845]

Responding late - did you ever get this figured out?

[@CGINerd]

I am having the same issue where the autorig component looks completely different. I can put the * To promote the parameters.@@maxrose8845

[@CGINerd]

Oh! it is in the Controls Tab now.

[@PowerfullUs]

wow, thanks this is awesome, I tried to do something in apex but I'm not that good at rigging. One suggestion I see that you are in a 21:9 monitor, record it in your monitor resolution, because I'm in a 21:9 too and the image is like 2/3 or something .

[@maxrose8845]

Cool, glad I could help. And yes, the next videos will be at the proper 21:9 res. Raising the production value, one video at a time...

[@antonio4740x]

@@maxrose8845 huge percentage of viewers use 16:10 so that might be best aspect ratio to record in, just my 2 cents.

[@antonio4740x]

@@maxrose8845 huge percentage of viewers use 16:10 so that might be best aspect ratio to record in, just my 2 cents.

[@thedarkmatterplanet]

@@antonio4740x yeah, everything is WAY too small for me to read.

[@jzbrothersurgut]

how to implement Eye Tracking of a target using APEX, please show?

[@maxrose8845]

I'm setting up a series on developing custom components, an eye tracker is high up on the list

[@saicharan3526]

Mixamo Rigs seems to break when we use Apex Is there anything to do to fix it?

[@maxrose8845]

At the moment there's no component that makes a finished rig from a Mixamo skeleton, you'd have to set up tags properly while using the autorig components to create each aspect of the rig. The beauty of this system however, is that once you create the rig, you can just can use it again and again, and each mixamo rig will be rigged automatically. In my next video I'm going to introduce how to set this up.

[@superfluffypunch]

Have the same problem. Mixamo rig gets all screwed up as soon as you use auto rig component.

[@johnsonchan9708]

Hard to see the text in your video

[@maxrose8845]

I'll start zooming in when I'm writing VEX

[@Ignash]

@@maxrose8845 I am just zooming in on my mac using gestures, I bet there is a way to do it on Windwos too.

[@agustingarcia6448]

H 20.0.590 here. When I have the AutoRig node active and press enter in the viewport, houdini crashes. Any advice anyone?

[@agustingarcia6448]

(I'm in linux, just in case)

[@maxrose8845]

@@agustingarcia6448 There could be an issue in your setup that APEX just can't handle. Which function within the autorig node are you using?

[@Modeller-ug4kc]

Mate not everyone has a silly wide screen like yours