MAYA FACE RIG How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these maya face rig tutorials to learn all about maya face rig with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Set up a basic animation rig in Maya, Delete non-deformer history in Maya, and Re-attach a head with blendshapes to its body in Maya.

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How to set up a basic animation rig in Maya

Set up a basic animation rig in Maya

In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a basic rig in Maya. Animation rigs are the bone and muscle structures used to animate and move ...more

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How to delete non-deformer history in Maya

Delete non-deformer history in Maya

In this Maya lesson we will learn how to create a more efficient rigged and bound model. You can create more efficient rigs in Maya by ...more

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How to re-attach a head with blendshapes to its body in Maya

Re-attach a head with blendshapes to its body in Maya

In this Maya character lesson we will learn a rigging solution for ...more

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How to work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya

Work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya

Character rigging is important. Advanced Rigging makes it easier to ...more

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How to add secondary foot controls to the Maya character kit

Add secondary foot controls to the Maya character kit

In this Maya lesson we will learn how to add attributes to the foot ...more

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How to render curves in RenderMan for Maya

Render curves in RenderMan for Maya

In this software lesson we will learn how to render curves in RenderMan for Maya. See how to use the shared geometric attributes menu of ...more

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How to create a muscle movement simulation in Maya

Create a muscle movement simulation in Maya

If you want to be a character animator, you should probably learn Maya, and definitely learn rigging. This tutorial shows you how to create ...more

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How to create a working piston using Maya

Create a working piston using Maya

This tutorial shows you how to create a working piston in Maya. The key is to use constraints so that as one piece moves, the others move ...more

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How to extrude polygons in Maya

Extrude polygons in Maya

Learn how to extrude polygon faces and start to really make objects. Extruding is the most important and most often used method for ...more

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How to smooth proxy objects in Maya

Smooth proxy objects in Maya

ets face it: modeling in polygons in Maya is a rough way to make organic objects. In comes the smooth player: subdivision proxy objects ...more

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How to keep faces together in Maya 8.5

Keep faces together in Maya 8.5

If you think you have all the essential tools figured out in Autodesk Maya 8.5, you probably don't. So, if you want to create awesome 3D ...more

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How to use bookmarks and containers in the Maya Hypergraph

Use bookmarks and containers in the Maya Hypergraph

This Maya tutorial explores using Bookmarks to create a faster ...more

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How to bake topology to targets in Maya

Bake topology to targets in Maya

In this Maya lesson we will learn about using the command Bake Topology to Targets. The Bake Topology to Targets tool is used most when ...more

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How to rig a character in Maya for beginners

Rig a character in Maya for beginners

Here we build a skeleton for the character and bind the skeleton to the geometry in Maya. This is also known as rigging a character.

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How to manipulate a polygon in Maya

Manipulate a polygon in Maya

This tutorial covers some very basic elements of Maya, but if you haven't used the software and plan to do polygonal modeling, then watch ...more

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How to rig a Zbrush character in Maya & import it to Zbrush

Rig a Zbrush character in Maya & import it to Zbrush

This tutorial shows you how to take your Zbrush character into Maya ...more

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How to rig a quadruped with the Auto Rig Tool in Houdini

Rig a quadruped with the Auto Rig Tool in Houdini

This five part Houdini 9 video series covers an entire rigging ...more

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How to model objects using blendshapes in Maya

Model objects using blendshapes in Maya

In this Maya lesson we will learn how to use Blendshapes during the modeling process to add flexibility to our model. Learn how to use Maya ...more

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How to use motion samples in RenderMan for Maya

Use motion samples in RenderMan for Maya

In this lesson we will learn how to use Motion Samples in RenderMan for Maya. Using RenderMan motion samples allows you to increase the ...more

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How to build a pole-mounted aerial photography and video rig

Build a pole-mounted aerial photography and video rig

Get a bird's-eye-view of the world with this Pole Mounted Aerial Rig ...more

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