This course teaches learners how to implement Freeform Animation in the Animation Rigging package, enabling them to non-destructively preserve motion content while changing the control rig structure. The course covers Freeform Animation workflows, character creation pipeline, animation authoring, rig iteration, modular rigging, and production use cases in Unity. The teaching method includes demonstrations, examples, and solutions for animation workflows. This course is intended for animators and individuals interested in evolving animation pipelines using Unity's Animation Rigging package.
Freeform Animation Rigging - Evolving the Animation Pipeline
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Contents
Freeform Animation Workflows
What is Freeform Animation?
Additional Learning Resources
Example Character Creation Pipeline
Character Creation Pipeline: Rigging
Character Creation Pipeline Control Rig
Animation Authoring (example game production)
Animation Authoring (counter-animation example)
common solution: Uber-Rig
Iteration (non-destructive rig updates)
Iteration (destructive rig updates)
Varying Rig Types (example game production)
solution: Modular Rigging
Control Rig Requirements...
Freeform Animation Rigging - Definition
Freeform Animation Rigging - Demonstration • Bidirectional motion transfer - skeleton to control rig retargeting
Parent Space Switching - Animation workflow
Working with Baked Keyframes - Solutions Dense keyframe data (high fidelity)
Freeform Animation Rigging in Unity
Animation Rigging, Unity 2020.1
Production Use Cases
Object Interaction - with runtime rigging
Motion Variants - Carrying a heavy object
Unity Animation User Journey
Animation Pipeline - the old way Old:rioging builds control rigs for animators
Animation Pipeline → Sandbox
Thank you
Taught by
GDC
