Animation Retargeting Courses and Certifications

Unreal Engine: Character Skill System

Learn to build a custom character skill system using Unreal Engine 4, with topics including 3D Sidescroller creation, interactive object scripting, and player skill development. No coding knowledge required.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

UNF Games

Foot IK Tutorial in Unreal Engine 5 with Custom Character - Realistic Foot Placement

. This course covers setting up and troubleshooting Inverse Kinematics in Unreal Engine 4, including the basic IK set up, retargeting animations, and adding IK feet with collision.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

UNF Games

How to Retarget Animations in UE5 - Tutorial

Learn to transfer animations between characters using the new UE5 Retarget system in this short tutorial by UNF Games.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Unity

Reusing and Retargeting Animations Between Rigs - Unite Now 2020

Learn to create reusable and scalable animations for characters with Unity Certified Instructors in this interactive session. Only 1-2 hours needed.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

CGDive

Easy Rigging and Animation Using AccuRig & Mixamo

Learn rigging and animation with AccuRig & Mixamo in under an hour with CGDive. Master workflows, Blender imports, animation retargeting, and more.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

CGDive

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

Learn to rig and animate with AccuRig, Mixamo & Quick Rig in Blender in under an hour with CGDive.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

CGDive

Blender - Retargeting to "Weird" Rigs

Learn to retarget custom rigs with CGDive's concise guide, covering rig understanding, intermediate rig creation, FK and IK retargeting, and action baking in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

CGDive

Blender - Mixamo Control Rig + Rigify Face Rig

Learn to add a Rigify face rig to a Mixamo-rigged character with CGDive's concise guide, covering mesh prep, rig creation, alignment, and game export in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Retargeting MoCap to Custom Rigs in Maya

This series of Maya tutorials will guide you through steps for mapping motion capture data to custom rigs using a set of standard tools in Maya. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.

• Pluralsight
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Blending Between Keyframe Animation and MoCap in MotionBuilder and Maya

In this series of MotionBuilder and Maya tutorials we'll learn how to blend between a motion-captured performance and keyframe animation in MotionBuilder. Software required: Autodesk MotionBuilder 2015, Maya 2015.

• Pluralsight
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available