Auto-Rig Pro vs InstantRig
Auto-Rig Pro
lucky3d.frInstantRig
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| Figure | Auto-Rig Pro | InstantRig |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · 3D Rigging Software | 7.7 (#14) | 8.2 (#4) |
| Rig features | The maker lists a bone picker, facial setup, IK-FK snap, secondary bones, and a tool for shape key drivers. | Features include configurable fingers and toes, tails, hair, ears, and breasts, plus scalable characters and flexible, stretchy body parts. |
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In their own words
Auto-Rig Pro
Auto-Rig Pro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
InstantRig
InstantRig is a modular auto-rigging tool for Autodesk 3ds Max, intended for keyframe cartoon animation. It offers auto rigging and skinning, automatic overlapping action, and a pose manager for copying, pasting, and flipping poses. Users can configure fingers and toes and add tails, hair, ears, and breasts to rigs; characters can be resized, and body parts can be stretchy. Animation tools include IK/FK matching and sliding, soft IK, knee and elbow snapping, and customizable controllers. The maker says animations can be baked to deform bones for export to game engines, using formats supported by 3ds Max. InstantRig does not support mocap data. Once a rig is created, it can be used with native 3ds Max versions 2014 or higher without InstantRig installed on that computer. Installation instructions cover dragging the installer into the 3ds Max viewport, manual installation, and quick launch. The free plan is free and provides one license for one user; each additional user needs a separate license.