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1. Re: The Face Machine and The Setup Machine 2: Any Good?

   

   Reply by Mark Dygert · May 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I've used TSM to animate a bipedal human a bird and a sheep, its nice. It helps automate what is a pretty tedious process BUT its not a replacement for learning rigging, its a helpful addition to it. If TSM is the only way you know how to rig then you can't say you know rigging... You still need to know what its doing…

2. The Face Machine and The Setup Machine 2: Any Good?

   

   Topic by Invader Fluff · May 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   I love creating my own characters, and other people's characters in 3D, but I absolutely HATE rigging. I know how to rig, but not that well, and I've only had one class that taught me how to create my own custom rig...and it was taught by possibly the worst professor in the world...so I need more practice with rigging,…

3. Re: The Face Machine and The Setup Machine 2: Any Good?

   

   Reply by Jason Young · May 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Both TSM and TFM are easy to use and setup. You mentioned being able to use geo imported from Max, so are you using Max as well? If so, Mark's got some good suggestions. I prefer CAT to biped, but either one is fairly easy to use. If you are using Maya, there are free scripts that you might want to check out as well, to…