HOW TO USE BLENRIG TO ANIMATE 

THE CHARACTER IN BLENDER 2.79 AND BLENDER 2.8

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I. INSTALL BLENRIG ADDON

 I.1. INSTALL BLENRIG ADDON IN BLENDER 2.8

• Select Edit Item on the Menu → Preferences
• Select Addons Tab → Press Install

• Select BlenRig 5 for Blender 2.8 → Press Install Add-on from File…

• Tick on the Rigging: BlenRig 5 checkbox → Close the window

I.2. INSTALL BLENRIG ADDON IN BLENDER 2.79

• Select File Item on the Menu → User Preferences…
• Select Addons Tab → Press Install Add-on from File…

• Select BlenRig 5 for Blender 2.7x → Press Install Add-on from File… button

• Tick on the Rigging: BlenRig 5 checkbox → Press Save User Settings

II. USE BLENRIG TO ANIMATE CHARACTER

II.1. BLENDER 2.8

• First, in the 3D Viewport Window, press N to toggle View Properties → Select BlenRig5 Tab.
• Note: If you don’t see the content in BlenRig 5 Controls Panel, you need to restart Blender to fix this.

• Select/Deselect Layer in the Armature Layers to show/hide control group in the layer

• Click on the button (Head FK,example) to toggle the linked control (head_fk), etc

• Move the mouse on FK 1(or IK 0 ) → Press on the > button (or < button) to switch between FK control and IK control

II.2. BLENDER 2.79

• First, in the 3D View Window, press T → Select BlenRig 5 Tab.

• Select/Deselect Layer in the Armature Layers to show/hide control group in the layer

• Click on the button (Head FK,example) to toggle the linked control (head_fk), etc

• Move the mouse on FK 1(or IK 0 ) → Press on the > button (or < button) to switch between FK control and IK control

III. SPEED UP BLENDER TIP

III.1. BLENDER 2.8

• To speed up Blender while animating, you can hide Hair Particles in Viewport by selecting Face object → In the Properties window, select Particles tab → Turn off the Display Modifier in Viewport function.

• After doing that, you can’t see hair of the character in the viewport. But hair will appear when you render the character.

And in the Render Results window:

III.2. BLENDER 2.79

• To speed up Blender while animating, you can hide Hair Particles in Viewport by selecting Face object → In the Properties window, select Particles tab → Deselect the Display Modifier in Viewport function (turn off the eyes)

• After doing that, you can’t see hair of the character in the viewport. But hair will appear when you render the character.

And in the Render Results window:

Finally, I hope it useful to you.

Thank you for your support!