Cinema 4D Tutorial - Rigging a Simple Character Easily with FFD Rigs

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • In this #Cinema4D tutorial, EJ is going to show you how to rig and animate a simple object or character using the easy FFD rigging workflow! Download Project Files: gumroad.com/l/...
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    00:43 - Intro to FFD Deformer
    05:12 - Using Joints to Rig up FFD
    07:53 - Binding Joints to FFD Deformer
    08:27 - Intro to Weight Tags & Weights
    09:57 - How to Adjust Weights
    12:15 - Setting up Controllers
    15:12 - How FFD Rigs Combine Bend, Twist, Squash & Stretch Deformer Functionality
    16:28 - Fixing Weights Using Weight Tool
    19:37 - Rigging Limbs with FFDs
    21:38 - Using Freeze Transformation
    23:40 - Adjusting FFD Cage Size
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Комментарии • 147

  • @vince6625
    @vince6625 5 лет назад +3

    You and Tim Clapham never oversimplify, but instead take the time to explain clearly. That's invaluable. Always look forward to your tuts. Thanks, EJ.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      really appreciaet that! honored to be mentioned alongside Tim! thanks for watching!

  • @CarlosBehrens3D
    @CarlosBehrens3D 5 лет назад +6

    EJ is the true MVP. This tutorial is amazing.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks for watching!

  • @captaingenerica
    @captaingenerica 5 лет назад +2

    Bought Rubber Hose today, excited to try it out and glad to support your work!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      thank you so very much for your support! really means alot!!

  • @tastydolphinbrain
    @tastydolphinbrain 4 года назад +1

    Thanks to watching this, I successfully used this same approach (using bones to drive a deformer instead of directly driving geo) in Houdini. Thanks for your clear and concise explanation!

  • @fancyuan2260
    @fancyuan2260 3 года назад +1

    Oh my god I never thought that one day i can rig a deformer ! totally shocked

  • @EnterMyDreams
    @EnterMyDreams 2 года назад +1

    THIS WAS AMAZING!! I have never rigged in my life and you made this so easy! Learned so much and adapted and made my own lip rig. Thank you!

  • @ashley4372
    @ashley4372 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks EJ, needed this for an idea I wanted to make

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      Awesome, happy to help!!!

  • @elihooper2157
    @elihooper2157 5 лет назад +3

    You never fail to have just practical, usable ideas and info! Fantastic again!!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      appreciate that man! thanks for watching!

  • @justhitplay
    @justhitplay 3 года назад +1

    Nice, simple rig, EJ! Thanks for breaking it down!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  3 года назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @alexffm8147
    @alexffm8147 5 лет назад +2

    GREAT! Thank you so much, this will push my workflow forwards!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      glad to hear it! enjoy!

  • @hyperinternational8186
    @hyperinternational8186 5 лет назад +2

    ooooooo this is such a creative way to rig hell yeah

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      happy to open your eyes to this possibility! :)

  • @DigitalCreations2012
    @DigitalCreations2012 5 лет назад +3

    That toast must be stoned with all those joints. Nice one EJ

  • @LoganPinney
    @LoganPinney 5 лет назад +1

    Oooohhh what!!!! I saw this drop a few days ago then disappeared?! So glad its back as this is just what i need post base camp!!!!! EJ is the man sweet. Mr Toas5 is far from simple- he has a complex personality of cheerfulness😂

    • @g1zm02k
      @g1zm02k 5 лет назад +1

      The original version had some visual ghosting going on (like two layered videos) for about 5 minutes which made keeping up a bit tricky.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад +1

      i had an issue with the footage, like Will said, the edits were overlapping and it was a mess so reuploaded and added a couple more tips at the end to make it mo'betta! :)

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      Yep, rookie mistake! haha

  • @user-lg8hv4qh8v
    @user-lg8hv4qh8v 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for the tutorial!!!! I was on the edge of a cliff and you saved me.

  • @squaretomato
    @squaretomato 3 года назад

    Dude: your tuts are the best. You're great at explaining stuff. Hugely appreciated!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  3 года назад

      Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

  • @districtful
    @districtful 5 лет назад +3

    EJ is amazing.

  • @drewnix7201
    @drewnix7201 5 лет назад +2

    Bob Ross of weight painting! LOLLOLOL! I love Bob Ross. After watching him, he will make you think you can do the same thing he's doing. But, it never worked for me. Great tutorial dude. I will probably watch this 2-3 times to let it sink in. I am so glad you showed me a traditional way to rig a character. I'm a little confused with skin tag and what it is used for.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад +2

      oh yeah! BIG difference between watching and doing! we psychologically are more confident by watching videos but then when we actually do the thing our confidence crashes back to earth when you realize how hard it really is! haha so the skin tag is the deformer that allows the joints to act upon the FFD. think of it as a link between the joints and FFD. Hope that helps!

  • @DigitalDave
    @DigitalDave 4 года назад +5

    anyone else not able to bind the ffd and joints in r21?

    • @PistaKralovic
      @PistaKralovic 2 года назад

      same here. have you sorted it out somehow?

    • @Crick2x9
      @Crick2x9 10 месяцев назад

      On 2024 and still the same problem.

  • @ChosenWan
    @ChosenWan 5 лет назад +1

    awesome!very inspiring tut.thx EJ

  • @olgapichugina62
    @olgapichugina62 5 лет назад +1

    FFD square grid with control points with which you can change the shape of the object :))

  • @bionicdonkeyIII
    @bionicdonkeyIII 5 лет назад

    Easily on The Greatest Hits!!! Thank you for sharing!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks for watching!

  • @lazaroguerra8813
    @lazaroguerra8813 3 года назад

    One word: A M A Z I N G T U T O R I A L ! ! ! (that was two, but still A M A Z I N G)

  • @arsen_wasted
    @arsen_wasted 5 лет назад +1

    Elegant technique
    , i will use it! Thanks a lot EJ!)

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад +1

      happy to hear it! enjoy! :)

  • @AndreyXart
    @AndreyXart 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for tutorials ! It's very helpful and easy for understand ! Hello from Eastern Europe )))

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад +1

      thanks very much for the kind comment, glad you enjoyed it! :)

  • @sergio_motion
    @sergio_motion 2 года назад

    Thank you for the excellent tutorials! You are awesome!

  • @jahlegion
    @jahlegion 3 года назад

    You're the best, thank you for these amazing tuts.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  3 года назад

      You're very welcome!

  • @zeedot01
    @zeedot01 5 лет назад

    Thanks EJ, Excellent tutorial. another eyeopener by eyedesyn

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      nice pun! thanks for watching!

  • @dhaniels83
    @dhaniels83 5 лет назад

    definitely to give a test to this! thanks a lot EJ youre the best! :)

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks for watching!

  • @sweetieVirus
    @sweetieVirus 2 года назад

    Wish I could try this. It keeps making the object I have shrink once grouped together.

  • @hisroyalillness
    @hisroyalillness 5 лет назад +1

    such a cool workflow

  • @user-kt1dv5wq3d
    @user-kt1dv5wq3d 4 года назад

    That's what I wanted!
    Thank you.

  • @user-vm6fi1ew8i
    @user-vm6fi1ew8i 5 лет назад +1

    You are a genius

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks for watching!

  • @AnkitKumar-mt1ww
    @AnkitKumar-mt1ww 5 лет назад

    woooo good job eyedesyn

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      woop woop! thanks for watching!

  • @fadymeshail9782
    @fadymeshail9782 2 года назад

    what if i want to rig sculpture part without separated objects, and if i have separated it it would be fake

  • @esaperkasa2711
    @esaperkasa2711 4 года назад +1

    hi EJ, how to add Jiggle deform to this FFD rig? its seem doesnt work on me?

  • @zohaibmalik994
    @zohaibmalik994 5 лет назад

    Great tutorial as always!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад +1

      thanks for watching!

  • @mirtaly
    @mirtaly 4 года назад

    very very cool tutorial!
    thank you very much)

  • @shubhamshetkar4406
    @shubhamshetkar4406 5 лет назад

    hi, this is awesome. can you make more animation and rigging tutorials?
    (for example: game chest modelling, and rigging and modelling animals, birds, etc.. because they are going from real world.
    and truck and wheel loader rigging, animation when vehicle is start, etc..)

  • @arteabstracta
    @arteabstracta 4 года назад +1

    thanks, you are the best!
    . This is so usefull.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thank you for watching!

  • @hasnatahmedkhan216
    @hasnatahmedkhan216 5 лет назад +1

    Great Job

  • @fransoavirtuality
    @fransoavirtuality 2 года назад

    Cool video...but I can't find psr constraint anymore in R25. Do you know how it is working with R25?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  2 года назад +2

      It's under the Constraint Tag! When in doubt use the Commander (SHIFT+C). In R25 the Constraint Tag is under the Rigging Tag and has a new icon

  • @ruebengesicht
    @ruebengesicht 2 года назад

    Nice Tutorial, as always! But redoing the rig, I was facing one problem: unfortunately the joints only work on the FFD when moving or rotating them. The nice bulging effect when scaling the controller/joints somehow doesn't work. Any ideas, what the issue could be (transform P,R and S in the consraint-tag are all checked)?

  • @pauloflatau
    @pauloflatau 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you again!!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks YOU again!

  • @mzykov
    @mzykov 5 лет назад

    Please make a video of how to make his eyes watch null. You are the best and thank you very much for this extremely useful lesson! )

    • @hyperinternational8186
      @hyperinternational8186 5 лет назад +1

      you can use a target tag for that :)

    • @mzykov
      @mzykov 5 лет назад

      yes, I know it. but I do not know how to make sure that the black dots of the eyes do not go beyond the limits of the eyeballs, and it was precisely the movement of the black dots over the area of the eyeball that took place.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      Check out my Siggraph 2017 presentation for an eye rig tutorial!

  • @Crick2x9
    @Crick2x9 10 месяцев назад

    The bind seems to work only in 2 joints of my joint chain, not sure why. Using C4D 2024.1

    • @papi_papillon
      @papi_papillon Месяц назад

      Had the same problem, but as he explains at around 10:02 you can paint the joint point influence yourself

  • @peterhebein5234
    @peterhebein5234 5 лет назад +1

    Hey EJ, great tutorial as always! Sorry to bother you, I was looking for one in particular where you did a pose morph spline lip sync setup and I can't seem to find it anywhere!
    Thanks!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад +1

      hey peter! that was in a NAB rewind! ruclips.net/video/zxIb6jKhLN0/видео.html Check out around 45:18

    • @peterhebein5234
      @peterhebein5234 4 года назад

      @eyedesyn EJ! I totally didn’t see your comment until yesterday and I have no idea why! But thank you! Haha

  • @jeffreybooysen9579
    @jeffreybooysen9579 Год назад

    I really love this tutorial. I am wondering how can you take that project and export the animation into an FBX file?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  Год назад

      Since it’s not joints and weights like a traditional rig - unfortunately no! 😔

  • @Mardolle
    @Mardolle 5 лет назад +1

    This is so cool ! congrats ! Juste one question, could you animate fingers with this tool ? thx so much

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      best to animate fingers the tradional methods!

  • @idiscovertv
    @idiscovertv 5 лет назад +1

    Wicked good

  • @BambangSuhendra
    @BambangSuhendra 4 года назад +1

    Hi EJ, in Cinema 4D R21, when i set Character --> Bind, it doesn't work. Is there any different approach in Cinema 4D R21?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      should work the same ,just need to ensure that nulls as joints is checked on in the bind command

    • @DigitalDave
      @DigitalDave 4 года назад +2

      @@eyedesyn Hey EJ, having the same problem here, don't see any option for nulls as joints in bind command. I've only got 2 options for selected points and allow null length

  • @cameronleahy4039
    @cameronleahy4039 2 года назад +1

    Hey EJ. Are you able to add a jiggle deformer to this setup? Can't figure it out.

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  2 года назад

      You can if you put everything in a connect object and apply the jiggle to the connect - at least that’s my theory 😂

  • @RemiliaZ
    @RemiliaZ 5 лет назад +1

    Hey EJ! Thanks for making these awesome tutorials! I am intereseted in buying the Bendy Lim Rig plugin. Can I rig fingers with this plugin?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      cant use this to rig fingers no, but we are going to add a prerigged hand to the product as an update!

  • @jimi_richardson
    @jimi_richardson Год назад

    Do you think it would be possible to add mixamo mocap data to an FFD rig like this one?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  Год назад

      you can apply ffd on top of a mixamo rig yes, i would also use the mixamo control rig to get more control over your mixamo rigs

  • @secret_things7944
    @secret_things7944 2 года назад

    Do you know what happened to add PSR constraint tag in r25? I cant find it anywhere

  • @vasabeeshow6344
    @vasabeeshow6344 5 лет назад +1

    Nice!!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      thanks very much!!

  • @canonicigor
    @canonicigor 5 лет назад +1

    WOW!

  • @carlossousaoficial599
    @carlossousaoficial599 5 лет назад +2

    Excelente, muito grato!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      thanks very much for watching!

  • @gabrielsebastiandivina9189
    @gabrielsebastiandivina9189 3 года назад

    Wow

  • @TrentTheCreator
    @TrentTheCreator 5 лет назад

    Man I looked up how much this software cost and it made me want to cry 😭 it reminded me how expensive photoshop use to cost when I was a kid except it’s waaaaaaay more expensive. you would have to be Bill Gates rich to afford it!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      It's $59/month now! and you dont have to be Bill Gates rich to afford this, everyone in the industry making money off of 3D can easily afford this tool. if money is an issue, Blender is free!

    • @TrentTheCreator
      @TrentTheCreator 4 года назад

      @@eyedesyn Bruh I make 8.25 an hour I think I will try blender thanks for the tip.

  • @studioag835
    @studioag835 4 года назад

    sooooooooo good

  • @thebrave4974
    @thebrave4974 3 года назад

    do you guys know any Cinema 4D Rigging Plugins & Scripts that can help?

  • @IBOMBOCLATI
    @IBOMBOCLATI 5 лет назад +1

    Loveit!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks for watching!

  • @BrunoBilali
    @BrunoBilali 4 года назад

    why you dont share also the lighitng part tutorial?

  • @Ruggada
    @Ruggada 3 года назад

    Is this the best practice to rig characters/objects in cinema 4d for use in Unreal Engine?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  3 года назад

      I dont think so as I believe rigs must be done using joints and only joint based deformations can be used in Unreal

  • @linsey2908
    @linsey2908 4 года назад

    you are amazing and handsome! Love you EJ!

  • @mohamedelfatih2337
    @mohamedelfatih2337 5 лет назад +1

    Can you show us how did you render it in octane render?

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад +1

      if you check out the project files link, that will have the project files and textures used if you're interested!

    • @LoganPinney
      @LoganPinney 5 лет назад +1

      @@eyedesyn basically most generous dude i know. I aspire to your styles EJ. Such a great influence for the community!!!

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  5 лет назад

      thanks so much for your kind words, Logan! happy to inspire people with my little goofy characters haha

  • @user-en4tc7vk2d
    @user-en4tc7vk2d 5 лет назад +1

    I love you

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @rafzz5072
    @rafzz5072 4 года назад

    I don`t have the toast group, what I do?

  • @Darksagan
    @Darksagan 3 года назад +1

    I am sure this is easier but damn its still complicated. lol

  • @PanewsONE
    @PanewsONE 4 года назад

    Look at all these points and joints

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад +1

      I was going to say something clever but can't think of any other word that rhymes with joints...

    • @PanewsONE
      @PanewsONE 4 года назад

      @@eyedesyn I also googled it and found nothing. That somehow makes the coincidence of both works appearing so often in each other's context even more hilarious.

  • @shubhamshetkar4406
    @shubhamshetkar4406 5 лет назад

    and can I rig and animate this character if its less than 50 polygons?

  • @MyCreativeClub
    @MyCreativeClub 5 лет назад

    can you do this in Lite version of C4D?

  • @thanatosor
    @thanatosor 4 года назад

    But what about Arms ?

  • @sokolkastrati3948
    @sokolkastrati3948 3 года назад

    bind not working in c4dr21

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  3 года назад

      It works in R21, make sure you're following all the steps! :)

  • @monpham.motion
    @monpham.motion 5 лет назад

    FUCKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE U !!!!!!!! SHARE MORE TRICKKK

    • @eyedesyn
      @eyedesyn  4 года назад

      thanks for watching yo!

  • @forest6002
    @forest6002 3 года назад

    у меня ничего не получилось, все делала как навидео, бинд просто нельзя сделать если кости и та штука не в группе, у него прям магия какая-то

  • @user-tz3zw2ho7h
    @user-tz3zw2ho7h 5 лет назад +1

    0 dislikes!

  • @valeriobraggio6330
    @valeriobraggio6330 3 года назад

    my video starts with cinese subtitles wtf? i'm from italy lol

  • @ALIHABEEB1000
    @ALIHABEEB1000 3 года назад

  • @marcelobaus
    @marcelobaus 5 лет назад +1

    Really nice