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Making a sticky thread to keep a list of rigging resources at the top so we can cut down on the repetitive posts about "good rigging tutorials" that naturally pop up in rigging fourms.

Rigging Training:
3DQuakers: RIGGINGPRO for Softimage
Very good technical rigging training set. Thorough and good rigging practices. Scripting Training is also recommended for anyone looking into becoming a Character TD.

cmiVFX: Creature Creators Handbook
Extensive analysis of overall rigging concepts and review of the tools in Maya and Softimage.

Digital Tutors: Introduction to Rigging in XSI
(Very beginner type rigging, maybe not best practices but a good intro to what is available.

3DMastermind: Character in Motion
Manny Papamanos of Softimage Support's well regarded rigging series.

Softimage 7.x Certified Training: AceMastermind Thread

Rigging Tutorials:
Art of ICE Rigging:
Phil Taylor's Rabbit Rig Tutorial (RMB + Save As)
You'll probably need 7-Zip to unzip this

Face Robot
Creating and Animating a Facial Control Rig in Face Robot - Part 1


Rigging Inspiration:
Master of Rigging


FAQs
Can you use Face Robot for creatures like dogs, cats, etc?
No, Face Robot is intended for Humanoid faces only.

3DQuakers: RIGGINGPRO for Softimage
Very good technical rigging training set. Thorough and good rigging practices. Scripting Training is also recommended for anyone looking into becoming a Character TD.

This is no longer available on their site.

3DMastermind: Character in Motion
Manny Papamanos of Softimage Support's well regarded rigging series.

This is now available for free upon request by email according to Manny's website.

Thanks for these! Always love expaninding my knowledge in SI. Makes any other software easy and this makes the learning process fun.