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In practice, the joints themselves are often hidden and replaced by more user-friendly objects or simply toggled invisible. In this example from the open source project <a href="/wiki/Blender_(software)" title="Blender (software)">Blender</a>, these "handles" (in blue) have been scaled down to bend the fingers. The joints are still controlling the deformation, but the animator only sees the handles.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Skeletal animation</b> or <b>rigging</b> is a technique in <a href="/wiki/Computer_animation" title="Computer animation">computer animation</a> in which a <a href="/wiki/Character_(animation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Character (animation)">character</a> (or other articulated object) is represented in two parts: a polygonal or parametric mesh representation of the surface of the object, and a hierarchical set of interconnected parts (called joints or bones, and collectively forming the skeleton), a virtual <a href="/wiki/Armature_(sculpture)" title="Armature (sculpture)">armature</a> used to animate (pose and keyframe) the mesh.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While this technique is often used to animate humans and other organic figures, it only serves to make the animation process more intuitive, and the same technique can be used to control the deformation of any object—such as a door, a spoon, a building, or a galaxy. When the animated object is more general than, for example, a humanoid character, the set of "bones" may not be hierarchical or interconnected, but simply represent a higher-level description of the motion of the part of mesh it is influencing. </p><p>The technique was introduced in 1988 by <a href="/wiki/Nadia_Magnenat_Thalmann" title="Nadia Magnenat Thalmann">Nadia Magnenat Thalmann</a>, Richard Laperrière, and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Thalmann" title="Daniel Thalmann">Daniel Thalmann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This technique is used in virtually all animation systems where simplified user interfaces allows animators to control often complex algorithms and a huge amount of geometry; most notably through <a href="/wiki/Inverse_kinematics" title="Inverse kinematics">inverse kinematics</a> and other "goal-oriented" techniques. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technique">Technique</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Technique"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As described in an instructional article by Josh Petty:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Rigging is making our characters able to move. The process of rigging is we take that digital sculpture, and we start building the skeleton, the muscles, and we attach the skin to the character, and we also create a set of animation controls, which our animators use to push and pull the body around.</p></blockquote> <p>This technique constructs a series of bones (which need not correspond to any real-world anatomical feature), sometimes also referred to as rigging in the noun sense. Each bone has a three-dimensional transformation from the default <a href="/wiki/Bind_pose" class="mw-redirect" title="Bind pose">bind pose</a> (which includes its position, scale and orientation), and an optional parent bone. The bones therefore form a <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy" title="Hierarchy">hierarchy</a>. The full transform of a <a href="/wiki/Child_node" class="mw-redirect" title="Child node">child node</a> is the product of its parent transform and its own transform. So moving a thigh-bone will move the lower leg too. As the character is animated, the bones change their transformation over time, under the influence of some animation controller. A rig is generally composed of both <a href="/wiki/Forward_kinematics" title="Forward kinematics">forward kinematics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inverse_kinematics" title="Inverse kinematics">inverse kinematics</a> parts that may interact with each other. Skeletal animation is referring to the forward kinematics part of the rig, where a complete set of bone configurations identifies a unique pose. </p><p>Each bone in the skeleton is associated with some portion of the character's visual representation (the <a href="/wiki/Polygon_mesh" title="Polygon mesh">mesh</a>) in a process called skinning. In the most common case of a <a href="/wiki/Polygon_mesh" title="Polygon mesh">polygonal mesh</a> character, the bone is associated with a group of <a href="/wiki/Vertex_(geometry)" title="Vertex (geometry)">vertices</a>; for example, in a model of a human being, the bone for the thigh would be associated with the vertices making up the polygons in the model's thigh. Portions of the character's skin can normally be associated with multiple bones, each one having a scaling factors called <a href="/wiki/Weight_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Weight map">vertex weights</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Weight_map" class="mw-redirect" title="Weight map">blend weights</a>. The movement of skin near the joints of two bones, can therefore be influenced by both bones. In most state-of-the-art graphical engines, the skinning process is done on the <a href="/wiki/GPU" class="mw-redirect" title="GPU">GPU</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Shader" title="Shader">shader program</a>. </p><p>For a polygonal mesh, each vertex can have a blend weight for each bone. To calculate the final position of the vertex, a <a href="/wiki/Transformation_matrix" title="Transformation matrix">transformation matrix</a> is created for each bone which, when applied to the vertex, first puts the vertex in bone space then puts it back into mesh space. After applying a matrix to the vertex, it is scaled by its corresponding weight. This <a href="/wiki/Algorithm" title="Algorithm">algorithm</a> is called matrix-palette skinning or linear-blend skinning,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because the set of bone transformations (stored as transform <a href="/wiki/Matrix_(mathematics)" title="Matrix (mathematics)">matrices</a>) form a palette for the skin vertex to choose from. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Benefits_and_drawbacks">Benefits and drawbacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Benefits and drawbacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Strengths">Strengths</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Strengths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A bone represents a set of vertices (or some other object which represents something, such as a leg), <ul><li>The animator needs to control fewer characteristics of the model, <ul><li>The animator can focus on the large-scale motion,</li></ul></li> <li>Bones are independently movable.</li></ul></li> <li>An animation can be defined by simple movements of the bones, instead of vertex by vertex (in the case of a polygonal mesh).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Weaknesses">Weaknesses</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Weaknesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A bone can only represent a set of vertices (or some other precisely defined object), and is not more abstract or conceptual. <ul><li>Does not provide realistic <a href="/wiki/Muscle" title="Muscle">muscle</a> movement and skin motion. Possible solutions to this problem: <ul><li>Special muscle controllers attached to the bones.</li> <li>Consultation with <a href="/wiki/Physiology" title="Physiology">physiology</a> experts, to increase accuracy of <a href="/wiki/Musculoskeletal" class="mw-redirect" title="Musculoskeletal">musculoskeletal</a> realism with more thorough virtual anatomy simulations.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Skeletal animation is the standard way to animate characters or mechanical objects for a prolonged period of time. It is commonly used by <a href="/wiki/Video_game_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game artist">video game artists</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Movie_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie industry">film industry</a>, and can also be applied to mechanical objects and any other objects made up of rigid elements and joints. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Performance_capture" class="mw-redirect" title="Performance capture">Performance capture</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Motion_capture" title="Motion capture">motion capture</a>) can speed up the process of skeletal animation, as well as increasing the level of realism. </p><p>Rigs may be driven by <a href="/wiki/Ragdoll_physics" title="Ragdoll physics">ragdoll physics</a> which automatically calculate physics of motion and resistance with skeletal frames. Virtual anatomy properties such as weight of limbs, muscle reaction, bone strength, and <a href="/wiki/Joint_constraints" title="Joint constraints">joint constraints</a> may be added for realistic bouncing, buckling, fracture, and tumbling effects. </p><p>Some popular software packages within which rigs may be created include <a href="/wiki/Blender_(software)" title="Blender (software)">Blender</a>, <a href="/wiki/Autodesk_Maya" title="Autodesk Maya">Autodesk Maya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houdini_(software)" title="Houdini (software)">SideFX Houdini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max" title="Autodesk 3ds Max">Autodesk 3ds Max</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cinema_4D" title="Cinema 4D">Maxon Cinema 4D</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine" title="Unreal Engine">Unreal Engine</a>, and many others. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3D_computer_graphics" title="3D computer graphics">3D computer graphics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morph_target_animation" title="Morph target animation">Morph target animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interactive_skeleton-driven_simulation" title="Interactive skeleton-driven simulation">Interactive skeleton-driven simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutout_animation" title="Cutout animation">Cutout animation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeletal_animation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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animation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other methods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blocking_(animation)" title="Blocking (animation)">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Character_animation" title="Character animation">Character animation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Model_sheet" title="Model sheet">model sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walk_cycle" title="Walk cycle">walk cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lip_sync" title="Lip sync">lip sync</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Off-model" title="Off-model">off-model</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuckimation" class="mw-redirect" title="Chuckimation">Chuckimation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drawn-on-film_animation" title="Drawn-on-film animation">Drawn-on-film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charcoal" title="Charcoal">Erasure 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title="Anime">Anime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Educational_animation" title="Educational animation">Educational animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erotic_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="Erotic animation">Erotic animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_animation" title="Independent animation">Independent animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instructional_animation" title="Instructional animation">Instructional animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_newscaster" title="Virtual newscaster">Virtual newscaster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animation_music" title="Animation music">Animation music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bouncing_ball_(music)" title="Bouncing ball (music)">Bouncing ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mousing" title="Mickey 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