Description

Course Name: Certified Rigging Artist

Global Occupational Skill Standard – GOSS ID: GOSS/AD/CRA/V1

Eligibility: 10th (High School) or Equivalent or minimum 2 years of relevant experience (experience-based learners can directly enroll and certify).

Objective: The Certified Rigging Artist course aims to equip students with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills required to create advanced character rigs for animation in 3D software. The course covers the fundamental principles of rigging including skeletal structures, joint placement, skinning, weight painting, and control rig creation. It emphasizes creating efficient, flexible, and animator-friendly rigs that facilitate natural and complex character movements.

Certification: Within 5 days after Completion of Online Assessment.

Get ready to join the Journey to become a GSDCI Certified Professional  – International Certification and Assessment Body.

Steps to become a GSDCI Certified Professional:

Step 1: Select your certification you want to pursue.

Step 2: Click on get certified tab, new pop up window will open.

Step 3: Click on pay certification fee, you will be redirected to billing details page.

Step 4: Fill your details and click on pay certification fee, You will be redirected to payment gateway, pay fee by any available options like Card(Debit/Credit), Wallet, Paytm, Net banking, UPI and Google pay.

Step 5: You will get Login Credentials of Online E-Books and Online assessment link on your email id, within 48 hrs of payment.

Step 6: After completion of the online assessment, the soft copy of your certificate will be sent to your registered email ID within 5 days.

Assessment Modules:

Module 1: Introduction to Rigging and Tools: Definition and purpose of rigging in animation, Overview of rigging pipelines in production, Introduction to 3D software (Maya/Blender), Interface navigation and essential rigging tools, Object hierarchy and grouping techniques, Basics of transformations (translate, rotate, scale).

Module 2: Joint Systems and Skeleton Creation: Understanding joint structures and naming conventions, Creating skeletons for bipeds and quadrupeds, Joint orientation and rotation order, Using symmetry tools for efficient rigging, Joint placement for deformation accuracy, Skeleton mirroring and cleanup.

Module 3: Skinning and Weight Painting: Skinning types: Smooth vs Rigid bind, Binding geometry to skeletons, Introduction to weight painting tools, Painting and transferring weights, Managing skin influences and deformation, Troubleshooting skinning issues.

Module 4: Controllers and Constraints: Types of controllers and control curves, Setting up parent and point constraints, Orient and aim constraints for rig control, Custom attributes and channel box cleanup, Creating FK (Forward Kinematics) systems, Creating IK (Inverse Kinematics) systems.

Module 5: Advanced Rigging Techniques: IK/FK switching and blending, Spline IK setup for spines and tails, Set driven keys and driven poses, Space switching (World/Local), Using deformers (Clusters, Lattices) for secondary motion, Facial rigging basics with blend shapes and joints.

Module 6: Rig Testing and Optimization: Testing rigs for animation usability, Rig performance optimization tips, Locking and limiting control attributes, Creating and using rig templates, Exporting rigs for animation pipeline, Final rig submission and portfolio preparation.

GSDCI Online Assessment Detail:

• Duration- 60 minutes.
• Number of Questions- 30.
• Number of Questions from each module: 5.
• Language: English.
• Exam Type: Multiple Choice Questions.
• Maximum Marks- 100, Passing Marks- 50%.
• There is no negative marking in any module.

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