I would recommend also Animschool. I am sure that you can take only the rigging classes.
Cheers. ------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Ed Schiffer <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just finishing the Rigging The Body course at CGSociety. It is pretty > deep, tons of material every week, and only focused about constructing a > complete Maya rig - it's 8 weeks long and doesn't get to deformation or > facial setups. > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Sofronis Efstathiou < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks everyone, >> >> >> >> Really helpful – thanks for the recommendations. I think the mentoring >> route is the going to be beneficial – I have a ton of questions, so it >> would be cool to speak to someone about process and get some feedback on my >> rigs – I think I’ll try Rigging Dojo and speaking to Dave at Animschool. >> >> >> >> Thank again! >> >> >> >> Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou >> >> Postgraduate Framework Leader and BFX Competition & Festival Director >> >> Computer Animation Academic Group >> >> *National Centre for Computer Animation* >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Daniel Brassard >> *Sent:* 27 November 2014 15:32 >> *To:* softimage >> *Subject:* Re: Maya Rigging Online courses >> >> >> >> Part 1 to 4 can be found here: >> >> >> >> Animation Friendly Rigging <http://jasonschleifer.com/afr/> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Daniel Brassard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Maybe these 4 Masterclass docs from Jason Schleifer can help. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 4:33 AM, Marco Peixoto <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yeah i have been looking for some time at Animschool for a rigging >> course, was even once going to ask if they also did it for Softimage... but >> now Maya it is... thing is.. im pretty sure Maya will change a lot in a so >> not distant future or that other solutions might appear... should I be >> investing time, lots of effort (and money) to learn how to properly rig the >> "old" in Maya? Im not really interested in "learning" Maya and thankfully i >> only have to animate on it... but i feel a complete stranger (and junior) >> now that Soft is no more... >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Gerbrand Nel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I did this to get into rigging.. pretty good rig at the end of the day, >> and I now like the node editor :) >> G >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4XRgmTynY >> >> >> On 27/11/2014 07:57, David Gallagher wrote: >> >> AnimSchool is awesome ;) >> >> iAnimate is more geared toward gaming, if that's relevant for you. >> >> Dave G (CEO of AnimSchool) >> Email me with any questions. >> >> On 11/26/2014 7:09 PM, Sofronis Efstathiou wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I’m trying to get my head around the rigging tools in Maya, and need a >> quick boost in terms of knowledge - I need to support a ton of rigs my >> students are creating after Christmas. Any recommendations? I would prefer >> not to have a course aimed at beginners, just something that can introduce >> some mid/high level concepts and techniques. Having said that, as I need to >> learn an entire new toolset it’s probably wise to start with the basics (as >> long as it moves quickly into other areas). 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