Exploring additional rig controls

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So here is the creature with the controls, you should be aiming for,

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I've built them and positioned them so they are ready to be rigged.

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The first control we have is a root control.

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This will move the whole character so you can reposition him in the scene.

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The scene direction control is more of a

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static icon which shows the forward direction.

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The root control allows you to move the route joint if needed.

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There are a series of torso controls.

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These are mostly created by adjusting a nerve circle.

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I have left the values on some of these controls at this stage

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because we may need them later. As we start to build the systems,

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we have a global eye control so we can make the creature look around

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and individual eye controls too.

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I did also include eyelid controls, but we will see if we will use them in this rig.

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I'm not sure the topology will hold up to the eyes closing,

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but we will come back and look at those later.

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Here are the left arm controls.

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The FK controls are set up just as I

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showed you previously using the offset parent matrix.

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Attributes instead of offset groups,

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the same with the fingers because these are just basic FK controls too

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and all the controls are orientated to match each joint.

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And here we have the leg controls which are pretty much the same as the arm.

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We have the same FK set up on the leg

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and a similar set up on the toes as we have on the fingers.

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We also have these global controls here for the arm and the leg.

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The letters will change depending on whether you are animating, using IK or FK.

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So these won't all be visible at the same time,

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but we will come to those later in the course.

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The same with the main controls.

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The FK controls won't be seen when the animator is using IK and vice versa.

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So that's the controls covered

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and we have them all built and ready to go.

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We do have some more preparation work though,

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before we start building the systems which will drive the base skeleton.