Maya Learning Channel

This movie shows you how to create a smarter foot rig that's easier to animate with.

This movie shows you how to create a reverse foot rig for the generic IK foot, which will provide you with control over the necessary pivot points.

This movie shows you how to clean up the rest of the leg rig.

This movie shows you how to allow the upper and lower portions of the no-flip leg to scale non-uniformly, as well as how to ensure that only the pertinent controls appear when in IK and FK modes respectively.

This movie shows you how to create a snappable knee for planting in place like an IK control.

This movie shows you how to alter a no-flip leg into a combo no-flip / pole vector leg solution.

This movie shows you how to create an automatic knee that won't flip no matter how far in front of the body the leg moves.

This movie shows you how to create a stretchy IK leg.

This movie shows you how to create the FK controls for the left leg as well as how to add joint stretching.

This movie shows you how to create a basic set of IK, FK, and result leg joints and blend between them.