CGDive Courses

Auto-Rig Pro Tutorial - Rigging a Fox With Face

Learn to rig a fox character with Auto-Rig Pro, including facial rigging. Master model preparation, bone alignment, weight painting, and fixing common issues for a complete character setup.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Easy Rigging and Animation Using AccuRig & Mixamo

Learn to rig and animate 3D characters using AccuRig and Mixamo. Covers rigging, importing to Blender, downloading animations, retargeting, and tweaking for professional results.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fast Rigging and Animation - AccuRig, Mixamo & Quick Rig - Blender Workflow

Learn efficient character rigging and animation techniques using AccuRig, Mixamo, and Quick Rig in Blender. Master the workflow for fast, professional-quality character setups and animations.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Auto-Rig Pro Tutorial - Rigging a Horse

Learn to rig a horse model using Auto-Rig Pro in Blender. Master bone alignment, weight painting, and advanced techniques for quadruped rigging, including cloth and prop integration.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Auto-Rig Pro Tutorial - Rigging a Dog

Learn to rig a dog model using Auto-Rig Pro in Blender. Master spine and leg alignment, weight binding, and control setup for realistic quadruped animation.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AccuRig - Easy Auto-Rigging

Learn to auto-rig characters using AccuRig, export to Blender, convert to Rigify, and retarget animations. Covers custom character setup, joint tweaking, texture reassignment, and weight painting.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Auto-Rig Pro Tutorial - Rigging Humans

Learn to rig human and humanoid characters using Auto-Rig Pro's smart tools. Master complex model rigging, facial setup, and manual weight painting techniques for professional character animation in Blender.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The New Rigify Face in Blender 3+

Learn to use Blender 3+'s improved Rigify face rig. Covers creation, alignment, generation, binding, features, widgets, properties, and troubleshooting for effective 3D character facial rigging.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender to UE4 - Rig Any Character With the Mannequin Skeleton

Learn to rig any character with the Mannequin skeleton for Unreal Engine 4 using a Blender addon. Covers installation, setup, weight painting, exporting, and advanced techniques for various character types.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender - Simple UI Tweaks You'll Love

Learn safe and effective UI customizations in Blender to enhance your workflow. Discover preferences, themes, navigation settings, keymaps, and add-ons to optimize your Blender experience.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender - Unwanted Stretching, Bending and Twisting in Rigged Characters

Learn techniques to fix unwanted stretching, bending, and twisting in rigged Blender characters. Covers Bendy Bones issues, weight painting, and solutions like removing BBones, adding bones, and pinning props to mesh.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender Expy Kit Addon - Mixamo to Rigify

Learn to convert Mixamo rigs to Rigify in Blender using the Expy Kit addon. Explore workflows for retargeting animations, batch renaming, and efficiently working with Mixamo animation packs.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender - Voxel Heat Skinning Addon - Automatic Weights on Steroids

Explore advanced weight painting techniques in Blender using the Voxel Heat Skinning addon. Learn to combine methods for optimal character rigging results, with a focus on facial weighting.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender - Retargeting to "Weird" Rigs

Learn advanced retargeting techniques for custom rigs in Blender. Covers understanding complex rigs, creating intermediate rigs, FK/IK retargeting, and action baking for seamless animation transfer.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender - Mixamo Control Rig + Rigify Face Rig

Learn to add a Rigify face rig to Mixamo-rigged characters in Blender. Covers mesh prep, bone alignment, weight assignment, and animation retargeting for enhanced character facial expressions and game exports.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video