Build your rigs in a freeform manner, where you can create your rig organically in a Hierarchical structure.
No preset templates or predetermined steps allows you to create from simple rigs to complex asymmetrical quadrapeds.
The entire rig system is broken down into 4 simple categories of body parts which can be quickly customised via a selection based interactive UI
PKD Rig system offers a complete body and face rigging solution. The face setup works along with your blendshapes and helps them push the your characters expression.
Also included is a Dynamic Right Click Menu which generates relevant animation tools (FK/Ik, space switching) based on the type of selected control
Some other features are
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Three Type of Spine Setup -
Two types of Pole Vector -
User Error Checking such as keeping unique names -
Separate Control and Skin System -
Locator based templates allows quick placement of joints -
Set your own joint orientation -
Bone based squash and stretch along with Bendy Arms -
Dynamic tail option -
Easily build asymmetrical rig -
And many many more.......
A video preview of both the Body and Face Rig can be found on my Character TD Reel
Character TD Reel
Free for Commercial and Personal Use
SUPPORT:
The Rig system comes with both a written and Video documentation. I recommend setting aside atleast an hour to study and watch the helpfiles carefully for both the Rig and Face setup.
Here are the links to the Video Documentation
Part 1 (Vimeo)
Part 2 (Vimeo)
Face (Vimeo)
FEEDBACK:
Flick me an email about bugs, suggestions etc. The most requested features would definitely be put on the next version. Donations would also be greatly appreciated. Visit
http://pritishdogra.com/Downloads/PKD-Rig-System.html
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