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Rigging Basics and Using Rigify in Blender for Beginners

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Feb 5, 2026
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It's time to make him move. Here is the doc with rig tips I mentioned: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pij3zIiWjbqwXUmd49w1e6_KUohDlZziHpj9QaZQrlk/edit?usp=sharing Here is Joey Carlino's video with more rig tips/fixes: https://youtu.be/DDeB4tDVCGY?si=-A2-_OYRKy1SoUEo Here's the script to this video, where you can use Ctrl + F to search for keywords: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vDHu3EIrgSVRXMOB-Q2bSbCt2O7BQf2G8FACr1I6wNY/edit?usp=sharing Here is my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/0Poole The background music is the Crib theme from UB Funkeys, and the timelapse music is the Sporepedia theme from Spore 0:00 What is Rigging? 1:37 Necessary geometry 2:35 Adding bones 5:09 Parenting 6:08 Weight Painting 7:39 Pose Mode 9:09 Parent with Empty Groups 10:44 Animation 12:17 Screenshotting & Screen recording tips 13:48 Rigify 15:58 Rigify for games? 16:44 Setting up the Metarig 19:10 Placing the Metarig bones 21:39 Placing the hand bones 23:22 Why the Rigify rig is more fun 23:55 Generating the rig 25:43 Fixing bending issue 28:45 Getting the head parts to follow along 30:52 Adding custom bones to the metarig 33:47 Custom Rig Layer Buttons 34:57 Re-generating the Rig 36:36 FK and IK 39:54 How some bones work 41:11 Transform Orientation and Pivot Point 42:33 Reset a pose 43:03 Saving a pose 44:27 Reducing lag

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