Rigging and Animating Vectors in Moho Pro
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Downloadable Source Files

Rigging_Animating_Vectors_Moho_Files.zip
Introduction

What You Will Learn in this Course
Prepare Your Character for Rigging

Overview of Character Design
Separating Hair Strands from Main Hair Layer
Drawing the Bones
Labeling the Bones
Binding Bones to Character

Layer Binding to Bones
Connecting Arms with Point Binding
Connecting Legs with Point Binding
Connecting the Coat with Point Binding
Binding the Shirt
Binding the Hair
Correcting Body Movements

Anchoring with Target Bones
Constraining Bone Rotations
Correcting First Front Arm Bend with Smart Bone Actions
Correcting Second Front Arm Bend with Smart Bone Actions
Correcting Back Arm Bends with Smart Actions
Correcting Legs with Smart Bone Actions
Adjusting for Bottom Torso Bends with Smart Bone Actions
Adjusting for Top Torso Bends with Smart Bone Actions
Finishing Corrections on Torso Bends
Correcting Leg Pop in on Pelvis
Adding Face Controls

Adding Smart Pin Bone for Pupils
Controlling Eyebrows with a Smart Bone
Creating Blink Smart Bone
Building an Interpolated Mouth
Creating Head Movements

Triangulating a Mesh and Linking Layers
Creating Left Head Turn with Smart Dial
Creating Right Head Turn with Smart Dial
Adding Upward Head Tilts
Adding Downward Head Tilts
Polishing Mesh Actions
Animating Mouth and Hair Strands for Head Tilts
Animating Ponytail for Head Tilts
Polishing the Rig

Correcting Bone Connection Issues
Cleaning Up Misplaced Bone Keyframes
Adding in Bone Dynamics and IK Stretching
Creating Switches for Hands
Creating a Test Animation

Laying Out Canvas and Character Starting Position
Laying Out First Phase of Jump Animation
Lip Syncing Dialogue
Animating Body to Dialogue
Implementing Blinks, Eyebrow Movements and Head Tilts
Wrapping Up

Exporting Your Animation
Final Thoughts

Building an Interpolated Mouth

Starting with the base masked mouth, we can toggle on Interpolated Sub-Layers for automatic animation between posed. Just be sure to refrain from adding or removing points between poses.