Overview of the MetaHuman Control Rig
The MetaHuman Control Rig is essentially very similar to our Robot Drone Control Rig, but with more controllers and more advanced features. Please make sure you have completed Chapter 15, Creating a Control Rig with Basic IK Controls for the Robot in UE5, and Chapter 17, Creating Three Simple Animations for the Robot in EU5 Sequencer, to understand how these controllers work in practice.
It has standard FK controls on the hips, spine, and head and IK controls on the arms and legs. However, one of the things that makes this MetaHuman Control Rig more advanced is that it can have both IK and FK on the arms and legs. You can switch between IK and FK on the arms and legs depending on your needs.
If you want to experiment with the MetaHuman Control Rig, you can view it in the main Viewport by dragging the MetaHuman's blueprint into a sequence, as we did in Figure 19.5, and then selecting one of the controllers in the TRACK window under Body...
