CloudRig

CloudRig

CloudRig is currently the primary Auto-Rigging System used at the Blender Animation Studio.

This auto-rigger started out as an “Extension” for Rigify. However since Blender 4.1 it has become a stand-alone addon.

Nevertheless, if you are familiar with Rigify, CloudRig should be easy to get started with. Similar to its sibling, CloudRig offers a “human metarigs” which you can just align to your character, press “Generate” and get a fully functioning, feature-rich animation rig.

CloudRig also attempts to be more user-friendly and offer its users various quality-of-life features.

If you’re looking to get started or even go deeper into customizing your CloudRigs, you’ll find learning resources below.

Download & Install

Blender 4.2 and later

For Blender 4.2 and later you’ll find CloudRig on the official Blender Extensions platform. That means that you can install it right from Blender by going to Edit > Preferences > Extensions, searching for CloudRig and clicking the Install button next to it.

Blender 4.1 and earlier

For Blender 4.1 and earlier, you’ll find installation instructions on this page:

CloudRigCloudRig is a free tool listed under Auto-Rigging (Rigging) in CGDive’s Blender Addon Directory. It is available from projects.blender.org.projects.blender.org

The origianal GitLab repository may be useful for getting the addon to work with older Blender versions.

Blender / CloudRig · GitLabCloudRig has moved to https://projects.blender.org/Mets/CloudRigGitLab

Official learning Resources

CloudRig Wiki

Live Rigging Playlist by the CloudRig Developer

• Playlist #1

• Playlist #2

• Another life rigging session

Training on the Blender Studio site

Note: this training is not only paid but it may also be somewhat out-of-date 😕 Still, it can be a valuable learning resource for people who are serious about learning CloudRig.

Blender Studio Rigging Tools - Blender StudioThis series shows off CloudRig, the rigging toolset used by Blender Studio.Blender Studio

Tutorials by other users

Beginner Tutorial Series by Johnny Matthews

Tutorials Series Playlist by Nosibois Animation (in French)

A CloudRig Tutorial by Danil Gryzlov (in Russian)