How to Animate Characters in UE5

Learn how to use Control Rig in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) to rig and animate a character with this tutorial, which serves as a comprehensive introductory guide to Control Rig in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5). After completing this Control Rig tutorial, you will learn how to create animation sequences for any skeletal mesh using Control Rig in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5).

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📌 Chapters 📌

• 00:00 Control Rig - How does it work?

• 00:31 Create a rig control asset

• 01:15 Control rig editor interface

• 02:02 Create the root bone control

• 03:18 Constrain the root control transformation

• 04:18 Create the body offset control

• 05:15 Create the pelvis bone control

• 08:17 Create the root and pelvis bones rig

• 10:05 Create the spine and neck controls

• 11:50 Create the spine and neck bones rig

• 14:20 Create the head control

• 15:56 Mount the character's head

• 18:22 Create the left leg and foot controls

• 21:27 Mirrored rig elements in the control rig

• 24:15 Inverse kinematics: what is it?

• 25:24 Assemble the character's legs

• 30:41 Assemble the character's feet

• 35:19 Create the arm controls

• 38:29 Assemble the character's arms

• 40:31 Create the finger controls

• 46:12 Assemble the character's thumbs

• 49:19 Assemble the character's fingers

• 51:38 Animate the character in Sequencer

• 54:14 Export / Bake the animation

• 55:33 Errors coming

• 55:44 Evans.exe has stopped working