Character Rigging for Game Engines

Nicholas Zeman is a 16 year veteran of the game industry, first at Red Zone intneractive inn 1998, which was purchased by SCEA shortly after, where he worked on several top-selling NFL titles pioneering rigginng methods and facial animation in real-time environnmentns. His next career move took him to TakeTwo interactive where he continued his work as a character rigger and face animation specialist until he left the industry to teach full time at Northern Kentucky University and pass on his knowledge by buidling a curriculum for aspiring game developers everywhere. He continues to develop interactive titles and push forward creatively through his indie studio at RHZ Development technqiues. His interests focus on nlighting and renderingn, he currently manages the lighting challenges on the CGSociety Forums.

PAR 1: Practical Rigging for Professionals. Ch 1 Advanced Edit Rigs. Ch 2 Advanced Deformation Rigs. Ch 3 Rigging Pipeline Theory. PART 2: Rigging for Game Engines. Ch 4 FBX Format. Ch 5 Unity Rigging. Ch 6 Unnreal Enginen Riggingn. PART 3 Facial Rigging. Ch 7 Skeletal Structure. Ch 8 Skin nWeights. CH 9 Eyes and Eyelids. Ch 10 Face Rig Controls. Ch 11 Blend Shapes. Ch 12 Scalable Facial Rigging. PART 4 Motion Capture Data. Ch 13 Understandingn Motion Capture Data. Ch 14 Editing Motion Capture Data. Ch 15 Human IK