Introduction to Rigging in Blender

This course offers an introduction to the rigging features of Blender, providing a solid foundation in Blender's powerful and flexible rigging toolset. The course begins with the basics of rigging, including parenting and bone placement, emphasizing the importance of bone orientation. It then covers the use of shape keys to create facial expressions for characters and how to create corrective shape keys to fix deformation issues. The Weight Painting tools in Blender are also explained. The course further explores setting up drivers in Blender to make a rig more animator-friendly and demonstrates how to use Blender's mirroring functions to speed up the rigging process. It is designed for beginners or those who want to learn the basics of rigging using Blender.