Guide for Inverse Kinematics (IK) Rigging within Blender

Guide for Inverse Kinematics (IK) Rigging within Blender, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.67, with 14 lectures, based on 6 reviews, and has 140 subscribers.

You will learn about How to build IK chains When IK armatures are suitable in rigging When bone parameters should be used in rigs and how to set them up How '(pole) target' bones are used Why you would choose IK over FK in some situations How to work with Spline IK How to utilise some other constraints This course is ideal for individuals who are Reasonably experienced 3D users who wish to learn specifically about IK rigging It is particularly useful for Reasonably experienced 3D users who wish to learn specifically about IK rigging.

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Title: Guide for Inverse Kinematics (IK) Rigging within Blender

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.67

Number of Lectures: 14

Number of Published Lectures: 14

Number of Curriculum Items: 14

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 14

Original Price: $44.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

How to build IK chains
When IK armatures are suitable in rigging
When bone parameters should be used in rigs and how to set them up
How '(pole) target' bones are used
Why you would choose IK over FK in some situations
How to work with Spline IK
How to utilise some other constraints

Who Should Attend

Reasonably experienced 3D users who wish to learn specifically about IK rigging

Target Audiences

Reasonably experienced 3D users who wish to learn specifically about IK rigging

Have you heard of IK rigging or seen it in action on other people’s rigs? Are you trying to implement it in your own projects but you’ve found that you can’t quite wrap your head around the basics? Does the term ‘forward kinematic’ fill you with dread? Let’s iron out those head-aches and turn this IK know-how from a fiddly mystery to a well refined rig.

I can safely assure you that Inverse Kinematics are not difficult to understand or grasp. They can look and feel daunting because by design one bone is intended to control a chain. If it hasn’t been set up correctly, it won’t work properly. I’ll show you how to mitigate these issues and let Blender (and other 3D applications) work with you!

Inverse Kinematics are best utilised in situations that have multiple, connected joints to one common ‘main’ joint. Common uses for IK rigs include limbs on both humans and animals, machinery parts and robotics.

This course will go through the basics of inverse kinematics including what exactly forward kinematics means. We’ll have a look at individual bone settings and what they do in terms of an IK chain before implementing IK into project based lectures at the end; notably an excavator and a robot!

Are you ready? Enrol today, and cement your understanding of this otherwise elusive topic…

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: General Information and Preliminaries

Lecture 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 2: Resources

Lecture 3: Pre Rigging Checklist

Chapter 2: Lessons: Standard Inverse Kinematics

Lecture 1: What is 'Inverse Kinematics?'

Lecture 2: Creating an IK Chain

Lecture 3: Bone Roll

Lecture 4: Pole Target

Lecture 5: Bone Specific Settings

Lecture 6: IK / FK Switcher

Lecture 7: Spline IK

Chapter 3: Rigs

Lecture 1: Pinned Door

Lecture 2: Creating Hydraulics

Chapter 4: Projects

Lecture 1: Excavator

Lecture 2: Robot

Instructors

Kurtis Chamberlain
Power User & Artist

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