Rigging Tips and Tricks in Softimage

Sunder Iyer

Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Sunder has made great headway in both the interactive game design and 3D animation worlds. Throughout his career, Sunder has earned degrees in computer information science, multimedia & game design, as well as 3D character animation. He's fully devoted to providing breathtaking and out-of-the-norm experiences to as many people as possible. With a powerful skillset in Houdini and years of educational clout, Sunder aims to give understandable solutions to complex to... morepics.

Dan LeFebvre

Dan is an author at Pluralsight with a passion for helping others. Long before Dan ever officially donned his recording headset, he was a dedicated forum moderator with Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company), helping out members with problems they encountered across a wide variety of software. Since then, he joined our team and continues to help others every day with their CG challenges. From his extensive industry background, Dan has taken all of the troubleshooting knowledge that he's ... morelearned over the years and applied it for the benefit of Pluralsight members. Through numerous blog articles, help videos, and tutorials, Dan leads the charge in making the learning experience better for the members, while eliminating the experiences of headache and frustration. Even around the office, Dan is known as the all-around guru for any technical or visual computing answers.

Delano Athias

Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more Vehicles. Delano has stacked the Pluralsight training library with knowledge earned from his passionate devotion to the art of animation. He draws his inspiration from films and other forms of art that pack an emotional punch to the audience. Whether you're trying to create subtle facial animations for your demo reel or launch a mad scientist from a catapult in a feature film, Delano's got your back.

Kyle Green

Kyle was one of the first authors for Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. and has been a part of the team for over 10 years. Kyle began his career in computer graphics education as a college instructor and worked as a Digital-Tutors rendering tutor and curriculum manager since 2002. Kyle has contributed to many of the most popular projects and helped the Digital-Tutors team win awards throughout the company's history. Kyle has had the honor of having his art exhibited at the New York ... moreHall of Science for his project Alexa, a female android created in Maya. With the help of Kyle's rendering expertise, you'll never confuse reflection with refraction in front of the in-laws again.