Subbu Addanki

Advanced Hyper Skinning System (Art & Technic) -By Subbu Addanki

2013-02-24T05:20:00.001-08:00

My dream for the past 2 years has come true. as_HyperSkin is a result of 2 years R&D.
Finally, Scripting has proven it's potential in Skinning also.
My ambition is to develop one script to handle all skin tasks for all rigs(Bi-ped, Quad, Snake, Bird etc..)
Now we are seeing here :)

as_HyperSkin (Advanced)
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Tentative Release Date: 28/02/2013
COMING SOON: ADVANCED HYPER SKINNING SYSTEM -Skin your character in 15 min.
Note: Tested on 100s Of PRODUCTION CHARACTERS & Got BEST RESULTS

Visit For More Details:
http://www.pythonscripting.com/

Features:
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1. Disc & Volume Based Hyper Skinning System (Easy to Editable Discs)
2. New Attrs : BlendMethod & BlendValue (Customize Your Each Joint Skin)
3. Volume Preservation At All Areas Including Shoulders & Hips
4. Works On Any Rig (Biped, Bird, Quad, Snakes etc.)
5. Reduces Most Of The Skinning Process
6. Works On Selected Vertices
7. Retain Default Skinning On Selected Vertices
8. Hyper Smooth - Automated Smooth Process
9. Auto Creation of 'Advanced Discs' & Their Usage.
10. Generates Skinning From Scratch..
11. Tight Integration With Auto Rigs (as_EasyBird, as_EasyRig, as_EasyQuad etc.)

Watch Other Hyper Skin Videos:
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1. Hyper Skinning System -v1.0:
https://vimeo.com/36643909
2. Hyper Skinning System -v0.4 :
https://vimeo.com/27093815
3. Skinning Transfer :
https://vimeo.com/18500919
4. Snake Rigging Tool Kit:
https://vimeo.com/26042139
Visit My Blog for more details:
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https://subbuadd.blogspot.com/

Welcome to the world of Automation (Auto Rigging Junky)
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https://vimeo.com/channels/autoriggingjunky

Automated Multi Snakes Animation -By Subbu Addanki

2013-01-24T09:50:00.001-08:00

We need to automate and animate multiple snakes initially planned for 200 snakes.
These snakes are magical snakes : They are flying in the air, jumping in to flames, crawling on the ground and then falling in to pit.

All these actions (animation) is achieved by automated multiple snakes animation

as_MultiSnakes & as_MultiPaths : Features
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1. Automation of Multi Snakes Animation
2. Multi Snakes Crawling On Body
3. Multi Snakes Crawling On Floor
4. Automated Wave Motion For Snakes
5. Travel Along Motion Paths
6. Automated Multi Paths Creation On Ground and Body
7. Special Tools For Editing Snakes Animation
8. Automated Attachment Of Snakes to Motion Paths
9. Multi Snaks Integration With as_EasySnake (Auto Snake Rigging)

Visit For More At:
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http://www.pythonscripting.com/anaganaga-o-dheerudu/

Character Simulation With PhysX Ragdolls

2013-01-14T18:08:00.001-08:00

Simulated Character With Physx Ragdolls.

All the results shown here are from direct simulation only.
Developed Auto Ragdoll Script for creating ragdoll setup and joint limitations for Character Simulation.

Limited the Ragdoll rotations as per human limitations.
Proper ragdoll Weighting has been given at appropriate areas like Hips, Chest and Wrist etc

Have tested falling characters for soldiers for Maghadheera movie.
Visit for more at :
www.pythonscripting.com/magadheera/

Hyper Skinning System For Maya (Art & Technic)

2012-02-12T08:25:00.004-08:00

My dream for the past 2 years has come true.

Finally, Scripting has proven its area in Skinning also.

My ambition is to develop one script to handle all skins in all rigs. Now we are seeing here

as_HyperSkin

It Automates Skinning Process In Maya by combination of Art & Technic

Features

1. Volume Preservation At Shoulders & Hips

2. Reduces Most Of The Skinning Time

3. Works On All Rigs (Biped, Bird etc.)

4. Works On All Selected Vertices

5. Retain Default Skinning On Selected Vertices

6. Start Hyper Skinning From Default Skin

On Selected Vertices At Any Time

7. Hyper Smooth - Automated Smooth Process

Modules Used

eRig, eMath, spRig

Work In Progress

1. Runtime Skin Correction at various poses

2. Special tools for Better feel at elbow areas

3. Tight integration with Auto Rigs (as_EasyBird, as_EasyRig etc.)

Python Scripting : Auto Bird Rigging In Maya

2011-09-01T08:06:00.000-07:00

Modular Rigging System: Auto Bird Rigging

2011-09-01T08:05:00.000-07:00

This 'Module Rigging System' involves 6 individual scripts as detailed below

eRig ( Maya Module )

Helps to reduce typing of coding up to 60% for main scripts like as_EasyBird

It consists 50 attrs like snapTo_Vtx, createCurv etc. It is module for maya programming.

You can watch one of the many functions of 'eRig' here: eRig_UnfreezeRotation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KPCGOUTqDw

2. eCtrl ( Maya Module ) -- It creates 50 different controls for any auto rig

3. as_EasyBird -- Its for main auto rigging of bird

4. as_WingFeather -- It rigs feathers so intelligently.

5. as_AutoAnim -- Creates various options from one fly cycle

6. as_MirrorBirdAnim -- It mirrors one side anim to another side

Rigging & Scripting Show Reel -2011 : Anaganaga O Dheerudu

2011-08-07T00:44:00.000-07:00

Done following tasks in this movie: Anaganaga O Dheerudu

1. Created Auto Wind Rigging on foliages

2. Auto animation for tongue and hair snakes

3. Scripting for grill snake rigs

4. Rigged all hair snakes and hair with programming

5. Provided path animation for all snakes in this movie

6. Animated in-between hair snakes and hair with scripting

7. Wave motion in flying hair

8. Arranged and animated all multiple snakes crawling on ground and body as shown in this below link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo7OOZpPi-o&t=2m57s

9. Provided many tools for animators to edit these multiple snakes

10. Rag-Doll simulation for falling snakes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo7OOZpPi-o&t=3m12s

11. Development of Auto Rigging for insects (butterflies)

12. Developed many Auto Snake Rigging tools based on situation

Auto Skinning R&D - (Art & Technic)

2011-07-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

Python Scripting : Modular Rigging

Purpose

1. Developed this tool to reduce the skinning process up to 75% after default skinning by measuring the bone length along the skin.

2. Right now it works for biped rigging.

3. Shortly Am doing for Quadruped also.

4. Art & Technology combined.

Modules Used

eRig & eMath

Coming More Features

1. 2 Bone Skinning

2. Angular Skinning

3. Pose Skinning

Python Scripting : Snake Kit -Auto Snake Rigging

2011-07-06T08:14:00.001-07:00

Modular Rigging System : as_SnakeKit - Auto Snake Rigging Tool

Features

1.Selection Of Control Shapes

2. Selection Of No. Of Joints or No. Of Controls

3. Flexibility At Ends

4. Selection Type: Curve Or Top Joint

5. Control Type: Grouped Or Cluster Control

6. Control Parent: Individual or Parent To Next Control

7. Random Control Colors

8. Path Animation: Easy Snake Animation

9. Crawl Rig: Sine Movement For Snake In Motion

Due to request from many animators, I am releasing this Snake Rig done by me with as_SnakeKit (Python Scripting) for practice purpose only. It is now available from my website:

Download as_SnakeRig_V12

nJoy,

Subbu Addanki

Maya Pipeline: Skinning Transfer (Bird Rig)

2011-05-12T08:08:00.001-07:00

This is the pipe line script. It is useful to transfer skinning from one mesh to another mesh including influence weights also. Normally it is difficult to select same number of joints and influence objects and do skinning again once mesh changed or unwrapping is done later.

Auto Insect Rigging -Mosquito (Robot-2010)

2011-05-10T08:18:00.001-07:00

We have done CG Mosquito for Robot. In this, I have done R&D for Mosquito, there by come up with Auto Rigging for Insects. This Auto Rig is useful for all insects like Mosquito and even for butterfly. This auto rig provides much flexibility at thorax and legs area of mosquito

Python Scripting : Create Auto Wind Effect On Foliages

2011-05-09T08:39:00.000-07:00

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Auto Wind Effect - Features

1. Prefix can helps to give Wind Effect for more no of polygons in one scene
2. To automate foliage rigging with scaling option for wind effect.
3. It works on all Polygons.
4. It decides maximum distance from selected vertices for deformation.
or
5. Manually we can decide deformation area by entering both end vertices
6. Attributes are added to generated wind control at base vertex
7. Decide the Base to End (i.e., Top to Down or Down to Top) by Reverse Setup Direction Option
8. No. Of Joints Options can helps to give more flexibility of wind effect

Python Scripting : Anim Arc Editor In 3d View

2011-05-05T09:58:00.002-07:00

Download this script from PythonScripting

http://www.pythonscripting.com/downloads/1-maya-scripts/
To edit animation in 3d view by creating the arc in the same path; update the animation later by deleting the generated arc

Python Scripting : Auto Animation & Path Animation

2011-04-10T19:56:00.000-07:00

Auto Animation

It helps to develop different types of animations from one animated walk cycle. We can achieve different types of attitudes in walk cycles. It helps to create auto animation for all types of cyclic animations

Path Animation

It helps to travel different objects along path by maintaining spacing between objects or controls

Maya Pipeline: Skin Controls and Multi Constraints

2011-04-09T23:58:00.001-07:00

Download this script from PythonScripting.Com
http://www.pythonscripting.com/downloads/1-maya-scripts/

Cartoon Rig, Facial Rig & Egg Robot -Rigging Show Reel (2007)

2011-04-07T19:54:00.000-07:00

Car Crash by PhysX Ragdoll Simulation

2011-04-05T07:26:00.000-07:00

iCam ( Eye Cam ) Concept in 2D Animation (2007)

2011-03-30T18:41:00.000-07:00

Bird Wings Rigging

2011-02-07T20:35:00.000-08:00

Peacock Tail Rigging (Bird Rig)

2011-01-26T18:47:00.000-08:00

as_AnimArcEditor - Free Animation Scripts / Plugins Downloads for Maya

2010-12-05T17:29:00.001-08:00

http://www.pythonscripting.com/downloads/1-maya-scripts/

eRig_UnfreezeRotation.avi

2010-11-14T07:55:00.000-08:00

Python Scripting : Auto Biped Rigging (as_EasyRig)

2009-08-05T09:25:00.000-07:00

as_EasyRig usage documentation

2009-08-05T08:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Dudes,

At present it is a beta version.

With 3 months continues effort, I have developed this script for creating automated biped rig based on curves vertex positioning, in Python scripting (PyMel also used. Thanks for PyMel for it's simplicity and Object oriented programming).

Tested this script under various conditions. But still if there are any bugs, Please let me know.

Location for as_EasyRigMain:
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Copy the as_EasyRigMain.pyc to the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\maya\scripts

For using this as_EasyRig, one need to install PyMEL also:
Pymel Installation Procedure:
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1. Copy the folder named pymel after unzipping to this path:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\maya\scripts

Ex: C:\Documents and Settings\Subbu\My Documents\maya\scripts

Note: (Check for your maya installation path, Above is sample only)

2. Open file :- C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\maya\2009(Version)\Maya.env
Add this line and Save:
PYTHONPATH = C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\maya\scripts\pymel

Note: (Check for your maya installation path, Above is sample only)

3. User Variables:
A) Right click on My Computer, Click Properties, and Go to Advanced tab and press Environment Variables.
Environment Variables window will appear, Then click 'New' in User Variables area. After adding below details press 'Save' or 'OK'.

Variable Name: PYTHONPATH
Variable Value: C:\Programfiles\Autodesk\Maya2009(Version)\Python\lib\site_pakages;C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\maya\scripts\pymel

Note: (Check for your maya installation path, Above is sample only. There should not be gap after semi colon)

B) Right click on My Computer, Click Properties, and Goto Advanced tab and press Environment Variables.
Environment Variables window will appear, Then click 'New' in User Variables area. After adding below details press 'Save' or 'OK'.

Variable Name: MAYA_LOCATION
Variable Value: C:\Programfiles\Autodesk\Maya2009;

Note: (Check for your maya installation path, Above is sample only)

4. Install ActivePython-2.5.1 for pymel support. It is for Maya 2009 or 2008 only.

Copy the below commands and run from script Editor (Python Tab):
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from as_EasyRigMain import *
EasyRig.as_EasyRig()

Usage of as_EasyRig:
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At present test rig with:
1. Sample_Rig --> Create Curves
2. Adjust curves as per your requirement without adding or deleting the vertexes
3. Sample_Rig --> Create Sample Rig (Sample means final rig will be created based on curves)

More documentation or Usage video will be given soon

Options Available at Present:
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1. IKFK Switching
2. Spline IK for Spine
3. Reverse foot -Advanced
4. Set Pose (i.e SP letters on Head Control) for default position (To be activated in Expression Editor)
5. Cluster based controls. (Make cluster controls easily with mirroring option)
--For creating cluster based controls, First create rivet by selecting 2 edges.
--Select some vertexes near by the rivet, Create cluster based control.
6. Control color options

Future Additions:
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7. Eyes Rigging
8. IKFK Snapping
9. Forearm Twist
10. Right click options for various controls
11. Stretch N Squash for Hands
12. Stretch N Squash for Spine

Password:
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Password is: subbu118 (Now Password is removed / not required)

If any doubts please contact at subbu.add@gmail.com or mobile no: +919949005359

Enjoy..

Subbu