Hey guys
I'm still kinda new to Houdini (old softimage user)
One thing I would really like learning material for, is character setup.
I've done both Digital Tutors tutorials dealing with the auto rigging system, but it is my understanding that the auto rig is slow and should be avoided at all cost.
I've also done “3DBuzz Houdini advanced character rigging” but this tutorial was made with a much older version of Houdini, so some of the workflow doesn't work anymore.

Do you guys know of some good tutorials for rigging, and character deformation in Houdini?

Are there plans to release a new auto-rig in Houdini, or are there good 3rd party rigs that work with Houdini??
Thanks
Gerbrand

Hi Gerbrand,

Do you guys know of some good tutorials for rigging, and character deformation in Houdini?

Here's a free tutorial, from a rigger from MPC London. It goes through the basics of creating a rig from scratch.
http://blaabjergb.com/houdini-rigging/ [blaabjergb.com]

I've done both Digital Tutors tutorials dealing with the auto rigging system, but it is my understanding that the auto rig is slow and should be avoided at all cost.

You can also have a look at the Technical Rigging training from 3dbuzz. It shows the rigging techniques rather than the auto-rig.

3dbuzz: http://www.3dbuzz.com/training/topic/houdini [3dbuzz.com]
digital tutors: http://www.digitaltutors.com/software/Houdini-Rigging-tutorials [digitaltutors.com]
cmivfx has 3 or so Animation/Rigging tutorial, but the rigging one is only using the autorig.

Are there plans to release a new auto-rig in Houdini, or are there good 3rd party rigs that work with Houdini??

Yes, we are planning on redoing the Auto-Rigs in the near future and also offer more Character based training. In Houdini 15, we added a Simple Female rig and Simple Male rig. The rig is flat and way easier to grasp than the older Simple Toon Rig.

Also, feel free to post specific rigging questions on the forum.
We'll answer them, even the Doritos ones.