Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Limb IK (Inverse Kinematics) is a behavior you can add to any Character Animator puppet to get more control over their arms and legs. We'll start this tutorial by showing how to rig the arms to prevent stretching and get realistic elbow bends. Then we'll move on the legs and show how to make characters squat, bend, jump, and more. Finally we'll finish with some recording tips, including building a library of replays to create a ready-to-move character at the press of a button. You can download all the puppets shown here for free on okaysamurai.com/puppets.

0:00 Intro
3:36 Arm IK
9:58 Arms & Legs IK
27:01 Recording IK

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