Learn Unreal 5 Control Rig and Animation in engine
Just want to jump in and play? Grab this free rig pack and start animating
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/control-rig-samples-pack
More Control Rig resources
https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/6VM8/unreal-engine-control-rig-resources
Our friend Riham Toulan @Purple Puppet Studios did some fantastic behind the scenes videos on animating and rigging with the Control Rig on the Metahumans.
Animating Metahumans with Control Rig:
Rigging the Metahumans:
Rigging Control Rig Resources
Wanting to learn to Rig using the control rig? These are great starting points to watch and then get building from.
- https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/courses/5vL/unreal-engine-creating-and-modifying-control-rig/vyWZ/unreal-engine-introduction-to-creating-and-modifying-control-rig
- https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/control-rig-dynamic-hierarchy/264920
- https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/events/future-of-animation
- https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/solutions/animation
- https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/courses/xm/animation-for-virtual-production/VXq/unreal-engine-in-engine-animation-for-virtual-production-introduction
Jeremie Passerin’s Volume Preservation Video:
| If you got our Rigging Dojo newsletter you already saw this great set of resources on the Unreal Control Rig from Kamila Bianchi ” I have been enjoying trying to transfer my Maya Rigging skills into Control Rig in Unreal. Here are some of my findings so far on this topic. https://kbianchi.notion.site/Unreal-Control-Rig-Tutorials “ |
Animating in Unreal
While as of 5.1 the animation tools are good, they aren’t as refined as they could be but they are useable. Check how just how far you can push your animation, directly in engine!
- Here are more recomended resources from our Twitter followers (thank you all)
- @Gabriele Pellegrini
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrFI57UwffuFn-DYYbiPhvUDHOmWgBmWi - @AndiDev_ Introduction to Control Rig Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0C_8xNiyw&list=PLwNmoyWCxgGxNnIutI75kyI4mbA_Ku6xb
- Digital Art’s Demystifying Control Rig Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfnk-si0aZVVqKGGU8J9Vf3nLuSByDz-k
- @Gabriele Pellegrini
Python Scripting Control Rig
Scripting rig tools is always great information to have!
Character Picker
Common Helper Scripts
Last but not least, Epic has put together their own page of resources you can also explore more. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/real-time-character-animation-training-roundup-free-resources