In this video tutorial Lightwave Instructor Adam Gibson demonstrates how to rig a female human character using Lightwave 11.5's new powerful Genoma Rigging tools.

Topics Covered: Genoma Bi-Ped Preset, Weight-Maps, IK (Inverse Kinematics), Editing Genoma Bi-Ped Preset to Conform to the Female Model, Arm and Leg Pre-Bending for IK, Deformation Tests, and Posing.

A Great tutorial to get you up and started rigging bi-ped characters while also getting a first hand look at how to deal with some of the gotchas and pitfalls of rigging a character using Genoma.

Table of Contents for Genoma Volume #3

Chapter 1- Intro

Chapter 2- Importing Genoma Bi-Ped Rig and Pre-Bend Limbs

Chapter 3- Adjusting the Genoma Skelegons in the Head

Chapter 4- Adjusting the Neck, Spine, Hips and Legs

Chapter 5- Adjusting Arm Skelegons and Test Deformations

Chapter 6- Adjusting the Foot Skelegons

Chapter 7- Adjusting the Hand and Finger Skelegons

Chapter 8- Creating the Lower Jaw Weight Map

Chapter 9- Assigning Weight Maps to the Genoma Skelegons

Chapter 10- Test Deformations and Final

Running Time: 3 hrs. 51 mins.

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels

Video Format: MP4 Video (.mp4)

Level: Beginner