Cinema 4D Tutorial - Rigging & Animating a Hand

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In this C4D tutorial I'll show you how I rig and animate the hand model we created in the last tutorial. We'll go over how to create a healthy skeleton, how to approach weight painting, and how to create an efficient animation system using the Pose-Morph tag. As a bonus, I'll also show you how to mirror any rig that you have while keeping all the weights.
Stay tuned for the next part, where we'll be UV unwrapping this model. Don't worry, it's way easier than it sounds!
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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Setting Up the Rig
07:05 - Binding the Rig to the Mesh
07:40 - Refining the Weights
13:23 - Creating a Mirrored Rig
09:33 - Modeling the Rest of the Hand
14:12 - Setting Up Poses for Animation
18:33 - Outro
You can also buy this model unrigged & textured: gum.co/GqKhg
Or unrigged & untextured: gum.co/zXbSPm
Thank you!

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  • @meutiti
    @meutiti3 жыл бұрын

    All your tutorials are great and accurate. Thank you for all your time and work !

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy to help brother, thank you for watching!

  • @matthewyang8685
    @matthewyang8685 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you... I've been struggling trying to rig my very first Character and I was having a hell of a time trying to properly rig a hand. Praises to you, Sir.

  • @javalijavardo5411
    @javalijavardo54113 жыл бұрын

    I've never saw a tutorial that explain how to rig that way, so simple and straight to the point! Thanks a lot!!! Can't wait for the next tutorial... cheers!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear that man!

  • @fefegoku10
    @fefegoku102 жыл бұрын

    This is maybe the best tutorial that I've seen about rigging, thank you so much!!!!!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This is just the way I do it, I'm sure a true rigging professional will cringe with some of my technique but, overall it works great!

  • @ashishen123
    @ashishen1233 жыл бұрын

    wow! your uploads are worth the wait!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Ashish!

  • @ameeneid9880
    @ameeneid98803 жыл бұрын

    keep on the good work amazing, simple, and straight to the point...

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you brother! Will do

  • @imkavindu
    @imkavindu3 жыл бұрын

    You're doing a great job my man. Glad I found your channel. Keep up the good work!!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you brother!

  • @FelipeRisallah
    @FelipeRisallah3 жыл бұрын

    learned a lot with you, can't wait for the next tutorials!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear!

  • @serialvision
    @serialvision3 жыл бұрын

    wonderful tutorial again. thanks

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @martinlofqvist9405
    @martinlofqvist94053 жыл бұрын

    YES finally this is how you do it! thank you!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank YOU!

  • @kagoTshabota
    @kagoTshabota3 жыл бұрын

    Short pieces of Gold!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hah thanks!

  • @eihabvisuals6327
    @eihabvisuals63273 жыл бұрын

    Goat !! can’t wait for the hair tutorials your the best !

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Coming soon my brother :)

  • @cgworm6111
    @cgworm61113 жыл бұрын

    most satisfying intro ever 👌

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol glad you're satisfied!

  • @goner13
    @goner134 ай бұрын

    I don't understand a lot of things when you release this video, but now I feel like, whaaaat? It's sooo simple...So thx mate!

  • @Ammir_koudia
    @Ammir_koudia3 жыл бұрын

    wow fantastic tutorial

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @cl2422
    @cl24223 жыл бұрын

    this was incredible

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah

  • @nicolasmanrique6964
    @nicolasmanrique69643 жыл бұрын

    Awesome stuff brother thank you!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome brother!

  • @quanhoanghuu5838
    @quanhoanghuu58383 жыл бұрын

    I wonder why I didn't know you sooner :) So freaking awesome!!! This is almost all I need and I'll wait for the cartoon full body and face rig tutorial!!! Keep it up man!!! It's really really helpful for me as a beginner!!!😍😍😍😍

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha thank you! Better late than never :) Not sure when I'll do a full rig tut as im not a character animator really and theres a lot of good tuts out there fo sho! But there's many many many many other tuts coming from me brother, so stay tuned!

  • @muzammil_art
    @muzammil_art3 жыл бұрын

    Genius i love your tutorials Please dont stop

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks boss! Much much more is on the way

  • @muzammil_art

    @muzammil_art

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NewPlastic Thanks Man

  • @thiagogusmao8903
    @thiagogusmao89032 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Youre welcome!

  • @edaydin928
    @edaydin9283 жыл бұрын

    your tutorial are best!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you brother!

  • @rekaiadraoui4060
    @rekaiadraoui40602 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video I rly cant thank you enough

  • @Zlnsk
    @Zlnsk2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah super nice tuto ! Thank a lot

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome buddy

  • @luiszarzoza3762
    @luiszarzoza37623 жыл бұрын

    gracias por tus tutoriales amigo!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    con placer!

  • @xkloveshin
    @xkloveshinАй бұрын

    thank you!

  • @TheBratscin1
    @TheBratscin13 жыл бұрын

    You're awesome bro

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    YOURE awesome!

  • @marcus.isa.g
    @marcus.isa.g9 ай бұрын

    @3:02 thank you for taking the time to point this out with a visual reference!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad it helped! Man back then I would actually make those small animations, it seems like so much work now haha

  • @marcus.isa.g

    @marcus.isa.g

    8 ай бұрын

    @@NewPlastic haha. ambition homie, ambition.

  • @ziaal-barznji5455
    @ziaal-barznji54557 ай бұрын

    very helpful very esay

  • @revocolor
    @revocolor3 жыл бұрын

    thank u ♥ great tutor

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate you my guy!

  • @divacandrar7907
    @divacandrar79073 жыл бұрын

    My mannnnnnnn ❤️❤️❤️

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    My guyyyyy

  • @sammedia3d
    @sammedia3d3 жыл бұрын

    WOW you have my SUB men! Thanks a lot this helps a lot

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    You got it boss!

  • @natefromdetroit
    @natefromdetroit2 жыл бұрын

    yer awesome - this is great. appreciate it.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're more than welcome!

  • @Nibbylol
    @Nibbylol Жыл бұрын

    LOVE your tuts so much man! would be cool if one day you can show how to make a short run cycle by animating by hand, like showing the correct way to do it with a rig, can be short like 12 frames even and then just loop it, keep it up man!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    Жыл бұрын

    Man, I'll be the last person showing you how to animate. I truly suck at animating a character. I can do it, but I wouldn't feel comfortable sharing it.

  • @derek-7627
    @derek-76273 жыл бұрын

    amazing amazing amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @guncsamples9082
    @guncsamples90823 жыл бұрын

    Oh shit it's a new new plastic

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dat nu nu nu plastic!

  • @woli5726
    @woli5726 Жыл бұрын

    Thank u very much!

  • @prashantchoudhary7297
    @prashantchoudhary72973 жыл бұрын

    You are awesome 🙂

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you guy!

  • @hihihing7302
    @hihihing73022 жыл бұрын

    huge thanxxx

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @lornzd735
    @lornzd7352 жыл бұрын

    Broo fking amazing, thank you soo much bro, you really help me 🧡

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    My fkin pleasure buddy

  • @kayvee9576
    @kayvee95763 жыл бұрын

    NUMBER 1.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate you my guy!

  • @nahuelfantino
    @nahuelfantino2 жыл бұрын

    gracias

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    De nada guey!

  • @BasicCGI
    @BasicCGI2 жыл бұрын

    cool!!!!!!!!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    !!!

  • @prashantchoudhary7297
    @prashantchoudhary72973 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spread the love brother!

  • @brossyong
    @brossyong3 жыл бұрын

    I didn't listen that english. But I can do that. Thanks for your tutorial. At least, I will do that.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Yes I watch tutorials in other languages many times and simply follow the workflow I see. It's harder but it's doable. Thanks for watching!

  • @maddogUK69
    @maddogUK69 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this has been really helpful for a project I'm working on - clear, concise, to the point and most importantly, you explain *why* you're doing things a certain way! I wondered if it's possible, once you've set up bend morphs for each finger, to then combine those into a separate additional morph to bend all the fingers in one go with a single slider? Like a 'grip' morph, but without having to position all of the fingers all over again? There seems to be a 'merge' command when you have more than one pose selected, but it doesn't do what you expect, just replaces the second morph with whatever was in the first. Any idea? Thanks again.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes you can duplicate and merge poses if I remember correctly. And thank you!

  • @neoqueto
    @neoqueto Жыл бұрын

    You don't have to enable the Axis Mode to move joints around independently, just press and hold "7".

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    Жыл бұрын

    That is true! The 7 key always felt so random to me

  • @ClifClif
    @ClifClif3 жыл бұрын

    good

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    awesome!

  • @offizier_d_1480
    @offizier_d_14803 жыл бұрын

    I Love you Bro....

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love you too mayne.

  • @TheLaki1983
    @TheLaki19832 жыл бұрын

    I bought a model and I don't know how to move it around the stage. Any clue? I have recently been working in C4D (previously 3ds max) and I do not know much yet. Is there freez transform on or something like that? If I add null to the top it doesn't change anything.

  • @sabirvolume583
    @sabirvolume5832 жыл бұрын

    Hello man thanks for best tuts! i followed every step, everything great, but when i get to the wrist weight it looks ok, but when i rotate it (wrist) fingers start to act crazy, they deform (some part of polygons stay at start position, other follows the rotation of wrist like they should behave) when i rotate wrist, same polygons doesn't move when I clone rig for left hand and try to move away, may be you can help, what i am doing wrong, checked if there wrists weits on them, but they seem ok, i don't know, any suggestions? and thanks again for great tuts! Love you man!

  • @jhan-vl1ev

    @jhan-vl1ev

    Жыл бұрын

    hey man, check if your Enable axis is still on.

  • @ItsRVV
    @ItsRVV8 ай бұрын

    After making post morph poses I am not able to see the colours when I want to change the weight on some poses. How can I re- enable that?

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    7 ай бұрын

    Hmm not sure I encountered it but maybe disable posemorphs when you edit weights

  • @khimfrancis5461
    @khimfrancis54613 жыл бұрын

    if you guys want to have a 0 values for the joints you can apply freeze transformations

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hmm yeah ! That might be a good idea for each parent-joint of a limb (the first joint of a limb). However would you do that for each child-joint of each limb? My point of zeroing out each child of a limb is to make sure it is aligned to its parent, so if its set on zero, you know for sure it's set to the same position/rotation of the parents.

  • @khimfrancis5461

    @khimfrancis5461

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NewPlastic Yes and I believe that only applies for that (the first joint of a limb). Yeah, I get your point. Good job mate! This a great tutorial! Btw, I bought the unrigged and untextured version of this cartoon hand. Keep doing great!

  • @imaginadesign8633
    @imaginadesign86333 ай бұрын

    Doesnt work once You get the bones done, the función thats reset the scale and posición from your bones?

  • @rodolfo_23
    @rodolfo_235 ай бұрын

    How can a clump of hair (currently Hair Objetc) be rigged. Or accept Deformers? Thanks

  • @churrascquito
    @churrascquito3 жыл бұрын

    I followed all the steps on this tutorial, but I'm not allowed to see the weight colours. Any solution?

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey hmm, I think you have to have the skeleton selected in the Objects tab to see the weights.

  • @churrascquito

    @churrascquito

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NewPlastic I discovered the problem. I had a "subdivision surface" on my hand. When I hide that, I can see the colours. Btw, nice tutorial :)

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@churrascquito Right! That'll definitely do it. Thank you brother!

  • @KrissLafay
    @KrissLafay3 жыл бұрын

    I do the tutorial. I made it. Then I buy the pack to support it. Also I have the skin pack and I'm going to jump on the wig.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Christopher!!!!! You teh man

  • @beqajaparidze5139
    @beqajaparidze51392 жыл бұрын

    hello thanks for your amazing tutorials. need help. i have painted the weights but it restarts when i change finger. every fckn time.. why its not saving wheights. again your tuts are awesome !:P

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks! Hmm I'm not sure, so you paint the weights, but then when you click away the weights you painted revert to their original state?

  • @Sulfation
    @Sulfation11 ай бұрын

    Hi, Thanks for the amazing Tutorials, always a big fan here, I have a question, I'm on the latest 2023 version. With the joint Tool I can make a joint path, the problem occurs when I want to to add joints to a different path which is branched off of the same set. I can't branch off, for example here at 1:37, you create another path for another finger from the thumb joint, on my side selecting the desired joint and Ctrl+Clicking creates a new joint separate from the existing path. [the situation is where the pelvis joint splits and becomes two paths towards the feet] any advice is appreciated.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    11 ай бұрын

    Make sure in your Joint settings, you set different clicks like "Left Click", "Ctrl+Left Click" etc to differetn actions

  • @joannamariawojcik4494

    @joannamariawojcik4494

    6 ай бұрын

    Hi, he unchecked the root null after setting it for the first time, maybe that's the issue. I hope it helps.

  • @pinballinvasion
    @pinballinvasion2 жыл бұрын

    I'm on R25, for some reason even after adding, binding, weighing the children joint don't follow the parent joints on rotation?

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hmm interesting, I haven't tried 25 yet so I'm not sure but I doubt they have significantly changed anything in that regard. Are you still having this issue? Did you try the Align tool?

  • @ilhamlux
    @ilhamlux Жыл бұрын

    why i cant subtract the wrist? even the brush strength is 100... help

  • @andreatoloni6529
    @andreatoloni65292 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible to do all this with c4d R19?

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure all of this is totally possible in r19

  • @mithunkrishna3567
    @mithunkrishna35673 жыл бұрын

    I just rigged a whale dint even come back to recap....great explaination . #subscribed

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing ! my pleasure buddy

  • @hit4615
    @hit4615 Жыл бұрын

    14:33

  • @TheDede508
    @TheDede508 Жыл бұрын

    Yoo I just did an animation with low poly character but I've been busting my ass tryin to figure out how to transfer it to the high poly version for the final render, rigging the bones to the high poly version can't be the way because I'm getting alot of errors so if anybody knows how to do it that'll be GREAT!!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah you wouldn't want to rig the highpogly character. If you need to end up with an animation, you only want to stay with the lowpoly one. Get all the details through the material. I'm not sure if there's a way in cinema to transfer a pose from a lowpoly to a higpoly model but in Zbrush I know that you can just import a posed model onto a model and it'll change the pose of the model. But they need to have the exact same topology and vertex count.

  • @TheDede508

    @TheDede508

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@NewPlastic No dude if you stay lowpoly with detailed textures the character looks boxy and its for like a short story Im making like a movie type thing so there'll be alot of close ups when the character is talking and that's just a half-assed way of doing things that's why I need to do it this way but I don't think you're understanding me mann, and there is a way to do it in cinema 4d but I just don't know how I've read of people doing it on some forums.

  • @astrostarkey2160
    @astrostarkey21602 жыл бұрын

    I did this and my model works flawlessly. Only this cursed part (3.50-6.00) did nothing but make me want to puke on the screen. I didn't do this part, so it wasn't 'necessary'. It was just a nightmare.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha yeah this shit does suck, I'm not a huge fan of rigging. I found that aligning everything reduces unexpected issues when you start to animate, but there is an Align tool which should make this easier, I haven't messed with it tho but you should check it out!

  • @louisbernard7030
    @louisbernard70303 жыл бұрын

    Someone can help me please ? When i hit (Character > command > Align) it doesn't align Z axis on top.

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    What does it align the Z axis too?

  • @louisbernard7030

    @louisbernard7030

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NewPlastic It's all right, i think it's because i'm looking the guizmo of joint with the move tool selected instead of the rotation tool selected, it don't show the same axis orientation

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@louisbernard7030 Hmm, being on Rotate or Move tool shouldn't change how each joint's axis is shown. Are you on Object Axis mode? Not on World Axis mode

  • @louisbernard7030

    @louisbernard7030

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NewPlastic Thank you so much this happening because i have the world axis mode enable :)

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@louisbernard7030 Hell yeah! Happy I could help

  • @Pvt.punchy
    @Pvt.punchy2 жыл бұрын

    Hey! SO, I noticed that the hand isn't subdivided when you're animating - but it was in the last tutorial with the Box Modeling- So why not use a subdivision surface when animating? And then in your UV unwrapping video between times 04:24 and 04:25 the hand is suddenly subdivided again...

  • @TheDede508
    @TheDede5082 жыл бұрын

    What I just realize his voice sounds exactly like moistcritical lol

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol i dunno if it's a compliment but hey he's the goat so thanks. I sure do hope I dont sound like him tho lol that voice is great for laughs for it would kill me to listen to him making a tutorial

  • @TheDede508

    @TheDede508

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NewPlastic You almost sound identical lol, nah you pump out some of the best most elaborate tutorials out here in dis bitch, I want to say a huge thank you to you for solving my rigging issue I've been having for a week keep doin em I looking forward for something new ! 👍

  • @Ash4ntyr
    @Ash4ntyr3 жыл бұрын

    666th like, just saying... :)

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn that's 7 years of good luck

  • @user-qs4bo4xg9q
    @user-qs4bo4xg9q2 жыл бұрын

    666

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    777

  • @astrostarkey2160
    @astrostarkey21602 жыл бұрын

    thanks I hate it

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha me too brother, me too. I also love it so my life's confusing.

  • @Irezaktube
    @Irezaktube3 жыл бұрын

    Why talk fast do fast ? that Tutorial man. calm down !!

  • @NewPlastic

    @NewPlastic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hah good question! When I started making tutorials I decided to do them the way I always wished tutorials would be when I would watch them - super fast and to the point, while still getting all the valuable information to the front. One of my pet peeves was when the people who make the tutorials would linger around and take their time to get to the point. My other pet peeve was when a tutorial would skip over too many important things and would coldly show you how to do something without showing you the mentality of how they got there and why. So I combined both these realizations in my own tutorials - where I would go fast, I would stall at all, and I would also try and show you how and why I do what I do so hopefully, on the way, you learn things you didn't even think about. Which is how the tutorials end up being short and dense. I know this might be slightly difficult to follow through for anyone who's just starting out with C4D, but my tutorials are not oriented towards beginners - even though I have lots of beginners watching my videos! I did the same thing when I started out, I would watch an advanced tutorial, realize how much is possible for me to create in the future and wished I could do that, go back to my basic stuff, and a year later would go back to the tutorial being able to follow through! Also, there's always the ability to roll the video back, press pause to see the screen, or run the video at a lower speed. Anyway yeah I have a lot to say about this! I've been watching tutorials for the past 5 years, this is how I learned c4d! Thanks for watching bud, if you have any questions you can always ask me.