Lightwave Rigging / Animating Tutorials

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1	Character Rigging These notes require a good knowledge of LightWave 3D 7.n or 8.n. Previous experience of Character Rigging is recommended, as its purpose is to propose advanced techniques.	241
2	Rigging in LightWave Welcome to part 1 of an introduction to character rigging concepts in LightWave. This tutorial looks at one way in which I rigged one of my personal CG character models, and shows you how I rigged it both without and with the use of weightmaps.	324
3	Creating an army of running bipeds Handling an army of UFO's is one thing, but things become complicated when you want to handle a mass of Bipeds which on top of that are animated. In this tutorial we're going to see how to create a crowd of Bipeds in Lightwave 3D.	225
4	Fish IK chaining and animation Before I begin I'd like to warn you about some of the occupational hazards of being a CG artist or animator. A couple months ago when I began building and animating the fish in this article I took a lot of time to research the look and motion of live aquarium fish.	204
5	Introduction to IK Boost This is the third in a series of four Introductory Video tutorials. This one runs through the basic steps of creating a basic RIG for manipulating and animating a character in LightWave for IK Boost.	186
6	Animating a basic walk cycle This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server. If your new to animation and setting key frames this could be a good quick start for you.	171
7	The classic walk tutorial Animation is a wonderful medium, and learning to animate characters is a lifelong process. Here are a few tutorials that can help you get started on the road to becoming a character animator.	208
8	Character Animation Theories And Principles The most important thing to remember is that great animation doesn't happen from Point A to Point B, it happens at point A and Point B.	216
9	phoneme series It always amazes me how few phoneme shapes you really need to give the impression of a talking character. This article covers a slightly extended range of phoneme mouth shapes, based originally on the Preston Blair series.	241
10	LipSync Tutorial This tutorial has now been provided in ZIP format for smaller/faster download times.	209
11	Introduction to Split Bone and Merge Bones This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server.	148
12	Bone Display Options This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server.	148
13	Creating a Piston Rig This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server.	160
14	IK/FK Blending This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server.	144
15	Introduction to Bones and Joints This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server.	154
16	Introduction to Bones and Character Rigging This is a direct link to a video tutorial on Newtek's FTP server.	164