Cinema 4D Tutorial - Intro to Mechanical IK Rigging

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In this tutorial you'll get an intro to Mechanical IK rigging and animating in Cinema 4D as well as learning to add springy type movements using Constraint Tags!
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Intro to Mechanical IK Rigging in Cinema 4D Topics Include:
• The differences between FK (Forward Kinematics) and IK (Inverse Kinematics)
• Setting up the correct object hierarchy for rigging
• Introduction to the IK Tag and IK Goals & Poles
• Learning about Freeze Transformations & Reset PSR
• Using the Constraint Tag 'Up Vector' option
• Utilizing the Protection Tag to prevent unwanted movements
• Animating springy movement using the Constraint Tag 'Spring' option
If you have any questions about Mechanical IK Rigging in Cinema 4D, post them in the comments section! If you create anything using this technique, be sure to share it with me!
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@bndki34 7 лет назад

the best cinema 4d tutorial on youtube. i cannot emphasize my gratitude enough for offering these free resources of learning new things, you are awesome!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

You're too kind! Really appreciate the kind words and your support!

@superfriends8336 5 лет назад

i never thought mac from its always sunny in philadelphia would make such a GREAT cinema 4d tutorial 🔥🔥🔥

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

hahaha, thanks jabrony!

@digitalrandomart3049 7 лет назад

eyedesyn is the only tutorial channel with real quality

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

You're too kind, appreciate your support!

@pieminator6969 7 лет назад

That 'Constraint - Spring' Trick is a huge life (and time) saver, thanks for another awesome tutorial!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

It's an awesome feature! Glad you found it useful, thanks for watching!

@jinouriki 7 лет назад

No. 1 Cinema 4D tutorial channel on RU-vid. Keep up the great work! :)

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks Jino, really appreciate your support and the kind words! :)

@philosophyfrog2653 4 года назад

No doubt! Wish he only worked with redshift.

@bradstoonz4703 3 года назад

@@philosophyfrog2653 he has a new redshift course with cinema 4d called cinema 4d ascent.

@realita90 7 лет назад

please continue with this IK type tutorials

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Glad you're enjoying the IK tutorials! Will be sure to make another in the near future!

@Life_Is_A... 7 лет назад

I was hoping for a different rigging tut, since so far all tutorials follow the same tools, they're becoming kind of redundant. Enjoyable though.

@NektariosK 7 лет назад

First time that I understand how inverse kinematics work. You make it look very simple! Thank you!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Glad you understood it! Appreciate you watching!

@thewarlock192 7 лет назад

finally!!, this kind of tutorials are very rare to find. Thank you very much man :D

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thank YOU! Appreciate the kind words!

@beenzeen 3 года назад

Thanks, I'm needing IK to finish a proj. I've been in a hurry today, I'm going to watch this one again. Thnx!

@angusog5227 7 лет назад

Another quality tutorial, you have taught me so much E.J, thank you.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks John! Glad to know I'm helping you out in some way!

@cghem 7 лет назад

Great to learn about the constrain tag's spring option! Thankyou!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks Hemanth! Spring is definitely a fun one!

@bao007fei 7 лет назад

Finely, I got known about what's FK and IK. Thank you so much.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

@SaeedRais 4 года назад

I took your Cinema 4D basecamp from School of motion...and mannnn.... it's amazing!!!! I learned so much!!:)

@Thoth444 7 лет назад

Thanks! Always good to review the IK system. I especially loved the spring constraint which for some reason I've never used. Yes, more IK!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Spring is super fun for sure! Thanks for watching!

@davejoly4690 7 лет назад

Excellent tutorial, EJ.. That constraint tag is a handy little devil.

@gordonmarkparsons 7 лет назад

This is so awesome, EJ thanks very much for this! Was racking my brain to try and figure out how to do this in our studio for a client. You helped us out heaps!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks! Im happy that this will help you out with a project right away! :) Appreciate you watching!

@AdamantineCat 7 месяцев назад

Wish I could add this video to a playlist. I refer to it sometimes.

@Schwarzenborg 7 лет назад

I'd never heard of this! Thanks this is eyeopening

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Awesome! Glad you found this useful!

@andrearusky 7 лет назад

Very nice!! I didn't know about that Constraint Spring mode! Really useful! I always missed something like that (like the overshoot expressions in After Effects!) Thanks a lot!!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

for sure! glad you found that tidbit useful!

@smartkrafter2853 3 года назад

Before watching this I used to think that Ik only worked with the joint system. This is really useful thank you so much

@shazzzbot 7 лет назад

Awesome tutorial EJ! Very well put together. Trying to get back into learning more rigging, so I'm looking forward for the next one

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks Stefi! Rigging is definitely one of those subjects that everyone should know a little bit about!

@9000knobs 7 лет назад

Thank you for your consistent quality tutorials. Just like your quality teeth 😀. Keep on creating and teaching, you`re good at it.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Haha thanks Bram! Cheers!

@hellomestudio 7 лет назад

Thanks your great tutorial!! I learn new knowledge before sleep!! I want to be motiongrapher like you someday!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Always good to learn something new everyday! Glad I could help!

@lagomame4011 6 лет назад

thankyou. very helpul, short and clean explanation. keep it up! subscribed for more quality content like this

@eyedesyn 6 лет назад

Thanks for the kind words and the sub!!

@user-ck8dg2kp8d 7 лет назад

follow the tutorial step by step.help a lot.thank you!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks very much! Happy you found it helpful, thanks for watching!

@DartsHell 7 лет назад

thank you EJ for this awesome and easy tutorial, could you maybe do some more advanced mechanical rigging in the future , i know there are tons of tutorials out there for this kind of thing, but i just love your tutorials.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks man! Appreciate that! I do plan on expounding on this subject in the future!

@Trompincore 7 лет назад

Wow! a really cool tutorial, thanks EJ !

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks, Aristeo! Glad you like it!

5 лет назад

thanks!!!! i didnt know about constraint spring to use for follow. AWESOME!!

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

glad you found this helpful! :)

@albertsitoe7340 7 лет назад

shift+c axis center is my favorite but thanks for this video

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@toto_toto_toto 4 года назад

really cool

@eyedesyn 4 года назад

thank you!

@drew_tree 5 лет назад

my favorite eyedesyn! thx so much! u tuts is very help me!

@eyedesyn 4 года назад

pumped to hear it! Thanks for watching!

@LeraKimchi 4 года назад

Love it! Thanks for the tutorial. But I actually had a problem with setting up constraint tag on hand, something went wrong with my axes so I've made a target cube on top of the composition and told constraint tag to look at it. Worked well.

@k2incho 5 лет назад

Thanks! You helped me a lot!

@eyedesyn 4 года назад

awesome! thanks for watching!

@studioag835 4 года назад

wow. you're like the patron saint of c4d

@Guillamon 7 лет назад

Great Tips!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us!! :D

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Glad you found this useful, Enrique! Thanks for watching!

@GodDamnShr00b 7 лет назад

I love your videos! I would love to know more about constrains...

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks! There is a lot there in Constraints so I'll be sure to cover them more in the future!

@GodDamnShr00b 7 лет назад

Great! I'm trying to make a career with rigging and I still have a lot to learn so I got my job cut out for me ;) Also they really suggested me to use Maya but that'll come later on the road since I just ADORE Cinema 4D! Keep up the awesome work!

@MichalFryzlewicz 7 лет назад

I just found your channel! really helpful :)

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Glad you found it! Welcome to the channel! :)

@cugitay 3 года назад

what a nice man

@eyedesyn 3 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@valn3d 5 лет назад

Thankss!! amazing tutorials keep it up guys!

@eyedesyn 4 года назад

thanks for watching!

@jamesbird6348 4 года назад

My hero

@AshChoudhary 7 лет назад

amazing tutorial, helped me up with my project. I see you mis-spelled Forward though :P. Most helping C4D tutorials can be found only on this channel.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

DOH! Well, I never claimed I was a good speller.. ;)

@AshChoudhary 7 лет назад

eyedesyn :D

@chenjony8407 6 лет назад

Love this!! THX!

@eyedesyn 6 лет назад

Glad you liked it! You bet!

@KenedyTorcatt 7 лет назад

This is AMAZING!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks Kenedy! Glad you like it!

@Rodgleztube 5 лет назад

Thanks man! You rock!

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

Cheers, tanks!

@jamesbrocklebank9456 2 года назад

Thanks!

@saemranian 4 года назад

Thanks for your sharing man

@付岩-d3n 7 лет назад

Thanks for your tutorial . And do you have the other videos show how to render this style of the screenshot pic

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks for watching! Here's a good video on how I got that type of lighting using HDRIs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uzMDHTCEC-k.html

@付岩-d3n 7 лет назад

Thank you very much .

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

You bet!

@ironyoussef 7 лет назад

very interesting intro

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Hope you find it useful!

@KhadijaKhadija-cb4ub 7 лет назад

first of all thanks for your tutorials I want to know the Recommended hardware for Cinema 4d

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

www.maxon.net/en-us/products/infosites/system-requirements/

@KhadijaKhadija-cb4ub 7 лет назад

thanks bro

@MartinLemairee 7 лет назад

Hey Ej, nice tutorial ! Will you one day teach us how to make your super shiny classy renders ? (i.e : the one your using in the example) Thanks !

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Someday! :)

@x-forcefpv9620 5 лет назад

Hi EJ, how would I connect a shock between two limbs that have Ik. So example would be lets say I'm bending my arm towards me and one end of the shock is connected to the fore arm and the other end to the upper arm. So I need the shock to contract when I bend my arm and when I straighten the arm I need it to expand. Hope this make sense lol. I can send you an example if you are keen to help. Thanks so much for these awesome tutorials!!

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

Sounds like a job for constraints that are parented to those forearm/upper arm areas!

@MrNasserRadi 4 года назад

Grant explanation for ik and fk

@eyedesyn 4 года назад

thanks for watching!

@akvh 7 лет назад

lighting and material advance tutorial please !!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Sounds good!

@rthur. 7 лет назад

thats so cool.... i can add that to my boxing glove!!! A Sucker punch tutorial E.J...LOL... Thank you Keep up the good work!!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

You sure can! Can't wait to see you use this in a future work! Thanks as always for watching, Arthur!

@bazinjest6676 7 лет назад

Thank you so much.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Got it working good! Keep on learning!

@jamslut 7 лет назад

Hi EJ - I'm stuck at 16:00. The constraint tag isn't keeping the top disc from rotating. If you could look at my setup, that would be appreciated. (file deleted) EDIT: I figured it out! The axis was different from your hinge3-hand so I rotated it 90º on the Y and it works now. I also put a protection tag on the goal to lock the X position.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Glad you figured it out! I should of explained that bit better as I did change the Disc orientation to the Y

@Pedrosousas 7 лет назад

mike i´m having the same problem can you help me? cheeers

@nickinthecave 6 лет назад

thanks for this comment, i got the same problem and could solve it thanks to you!

@linkalin7123 7 лет назад

Hi EJ, thank you for the awesome tutorial. I'm trying to make a pantograph which is a group of this thing (the shape is like XXXXX), but I failed. How to make the end screw affect every screw before it? I guess it's the hierarchy thing and I tried various of hierarchy ways, but I just can't figure it out. Thanks！

@Goondoable 7 лет назад

Thanks for the tut! Could you go more in depth in the constraint tag? It looks really cool! By the way, Eye design , I was thinking for awhile to buy Cinema 4D , I have used it in school and it is something I have used for 3 years. I might get to Maya later on during my university. Would it be a waste to buy Cinema 4D if I am going to learn Maya ?

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks! It all depends on what software is best fit for you. Which do you like to use more, which is easier for you? Which allows you to be able to work on the work that you want to be creating? This is a question only you can answer!

@Goondoable 7 лет назад

eyedesyn That's really true haha. thanks Eyedesign , I think I got my answer !

@zhongshanzou2814 5 лет назад

Thank you

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

Very welcome, thanks for watching!

@gichubill 7 лет назад

Bro, thanks for this

@AAmar-zm3er 7 лет назад

Hi EJ, Thank you for the tutorial. I felt the subject a bit heavy could you please recommend another tutorial for me. thank you my friend.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Hey Ahmed! There's a ton of tutorials on YT on the subject! What did you not quite understand?

@AAmar-zm3er 7 лет назад

Hi EJ, thanks for caring; sometimes when there is no exercise file, I create it myself to follow a long. I did not understand how the tag works or the order to choose between elements which one should come first I followed you but I am sure i did something wrong.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Practice makes perfect!

@arshiagh4600 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was super helpful. I do have a problem with the constraint tag, though. When I checkmark the 'Up" direction, it rotates my object to face up. I've been searching, but I have no idea how to fix this. If anyone knows I would appreciate the help :)

@f6k128 7 лет назад

thank you EJ~

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@yuyangmei1369 7 лет назад

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO ON RU-vid!! I just tried the identical process but it seems to not work when i gave it the constraint tag and I just want to ask if it’s necessary to reset the position of the object before doing it.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

It's helpful for the workflow in case you need to get back to the original position.

@Pedrosousas 7 лет назад

Yuyang i had the same problem did you resolve the problem with the constraint tag?

@SeeYouInBluffington 3 года назад

I know this is old, and Maybe I should just keep watching, but in this case wouldn’t it have been easier to rig the arm and then make the top hinge the child of the platform?

@Cartterr. 7 лет назад

More Pls!

@JesseSep. 7 лет назад

Thanks dude!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

You bet!

@detore 6 лет назад

THE SPRING CONSTRAINT TAG!!!! JESUS!

@eyedesyn 6 лет назад

Duuuuuude!!!! RIght!?!?!

@detore 6 лет назад

There's so much "hidden" stuff in Cinema that just continues to blow my mind. Thanks for all you do.

@dmellis 6 лет назад

I never knew about that one either. I thought you were going to use the jiggle deformer again but I wasn't sure how that would work.

@OCPDesigns 7 лет назад

What lightroom set up are you using? Looks really nice

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks! Very similiar to the HDRI setup I went over in this tutorial: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uzMDHTCEC-k.html

@icegregslim 7 лет назад

Gratitude

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@karlamichelle4946 6 лет назад

idk if anyone else had the same problem I do when I create ik chains see for some reason when I apply the ik chains it doesn't let me rotate the bone so what I did was increase the FK and Ik option but now when I lower it up to zero again it doesn't move the same way it did when I first created the IK chain

@MMerajHossain 4 года назад

Constrain Tag Not working

@sn3llzie241 6 лет назад

I would love to create this but I cant... yet. It would be awesome if you made a in depth video.

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

in depth video covering what from this tutorial? how I built the spring geometry?

@karlavazquez595 6 лет назад

Lighting would be helpful.

@Blancoaxel 7 лет назад

Hi EJ , i follow step by steps and when i apply Constaint tag and turn on "UP" my my Hinge 3 hand automatically rotate to another axis, i choose different axis in UP-Vector settings, but nothing happes. Thanks a lot for your videos !

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

You need to make sure all of your axis are the same. So I chose Y Axis because thats the way my 3rd hinge's axis was pointing to. So if you look at your Axis and the arrow pointing up is X, or Z, you'll need to choose that axis for the Up Vector. Hope that makes sense! :)

@xhoelleka7756 7 лет назад

Can you make a tutorial on how to get this kind of renders like the one shown here?

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Already made one! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uzMDHTCEC-k.html

@federicovaccarezza3156 4 года назад

Hey, great vid! How is the scene lighted? Are you using any render engine? Thanks!

@andreankuna3008 5 лет назад

hello, is it possible to import a rigged character in cinema 4d and animate it? when i rig and export as obj, i fail to animate the rig when i import back in cinema 4d

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

OBJ doesn't support rigs, I believe FBX does, so export out an FBX and your joints should come through! at least it works exporting rigs from Mixamo

@andreankuna3008 5 лет назад

@@eyedesyn it worked although it behaved a bit weird when i imported it, but still it worked. thanks

@CarlosMoralesBWs 7 лет назад

fantástico!!

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks Carlos!

@that_rider_buddy 3 года назад

I'm not getting 'Create IK Chain' option in Cinema4D R21

@kyrojohn 4 года назад

Very USeFULL !!

@tessarosejackson 5 лет назад

Hi CJ! When I add the Up Vector constraint to my hinge, my hinge and top plateau flip 45 degrees. I feel like they think a different axis is 'up', but how do I change this? Thanks so much for this brilliant tutorial!!

@tessarosejackson 5 лет назад

Ok I managed to change the axis but the constraint tag just simply won't work? What am I doing wrong do you think? :)

@eyedesyn 5 лет назад

Make sure your axes are facing the correct direction and aligned OK, if its not it can cause issues!

@geldyrebel 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for the amazing tutorial!!! By some reason Constrain tag "Up Vector" doesn't work for me and disc still rotating... Does anyone have the same issue?

@geldyrebel 5 лет назад

Fixed. Changed axis from Z+ to X+

@youcefkrafs893 7 лет назад

ilove it

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Thanks, Youcef!

@hopal6612 7 лет назад

Thank you. But I could not understand a point. Constraint Tag / Up Vector which object was assigned.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Up Vector is the direction that an object will point, so by default the Up Vector was +Y which means the object will always face upwards in the Positive Y direction. So nothing else was needed to do.

@downbytheharbour 7 лет назад

Hi! When I added the constraint tag/up vector it didnt do what it was supposed to do, nothing changed actually. I thought i was following properly all along, what could be the reason for this? thanks, great videos!

@lisensiada797 7 лет назад

same happens to me :(

@nasirmagomedov2371 7 лет назад

when i consterint with up vector its dous not work. then i use aim constraint in y axis. its work wery well. sorry for my english

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Depending on how you have the scene setup, you'll need to change the axis to something different than what I did in the tutorial, but glad you figured it out!

@jamslut 7 лет назад

You said you wanted to see it so here it is. I added SFX just for fun. (Not sure why the marble is animating on the top disc as it moves, it's a GSG texture) instagram.com/p/BUZqwIxj2W4/?taken-by=polystorm

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Nice! Thanks for sharing! So the reason why it's animating is due to the type of noise Space you used. It defaults to Texture which should be fine but try 2D (UV) a go.

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Could also be the Material Projection method too.

@NoahCW 7 лет назад

how can i bake the motion caused by the constraint tag?

@eyedesyn 7 лет назад

Selecting the Object you want to bake, dragging & dropping it into the Timeline and with the object selected go to Functions > Bake Object... and be sure Position and PLA is checked on. Hope that helps!