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Advanced Rigging
Rigging a Character
  1. 02

    Re-targeting the body

  2. 03

    Re-targeting the face

  3. 04

    Baking the rig

  4. 05

    The mesh deform cage

  5. 06

    Refining cage deformation

  6. 07

    Adding shapekeys to the cage

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Juan Pablo Bouza
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Rigging a Character

Adding shapekeys to the cage

ADDING SHAPEKEYS TO THE CAGE

Learn how to add Corrective ShapeKeys to the Mesh Deform Cage and finish fine tuning body deformation.

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5 comments
Dave Roddick
Dave Roddick
March 18th, 2018

I just noticed during the course of this particular chapter that the controls on Layer 20 (or 19) are not lined up with the rest of the model. Is this normal at this stage, or have I screwed it up somewhere? (I'd really hate to have to start over.)

BERNARDO VALENCIA GIL
BERNARDO VALENCIA GIL
March 29th, 2016

Hola a todos...no puedo reproducir el video, y al descargarlo solo se reproduce el audio. Qué problema existe?? Gracias por todo Juan Pablo, haces que todo sea fácil..

Fede Berg
Fede Berg
March 29th, 2016

@bvalenciagil: Yo lo bajé sin problemas. Tal vez sea una cuestión de códecs

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BERNARDO VALENCIA GIL
BERNARDO VALENCIA GIL
April 5th, 2016

@Pablo Vazquez: Hola, ya está solucionado, debe ser problema de los cortafuegos de mi empresa o cuestiones de seguridad, desde casa sí que pude. Una gozada

Pablo Vazquez
Pablo Vazquez
March 29th, 2016

@bvalenciagil: Hola! Lo siento, ¿has probado descargando una versión diferente? codecs

Al descargar, ambos videos deberían funcionar en VLC (suponiendo puedas descargar, en todo caso Click Derecho > Save Video As o similar. Cuando dices que no puedes reproducir el video, ¿te refieres al player embedido aquí? ¿Qué error te da? ¡Gracias!

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