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RxOT, the Rx Open Tools
We develop and distribute free and open source tools to help motion pictures production.
Rx Applications
the Duduf Media Encoder is a modern, fast, versatile and easy-to-use Media Encoder.
the Rx Asset Management System, is a complete framework to help you, your team, your studio, track the production of your films and automate your workflow.
Autodesk Maya Add-ons
Krita Add-ons
the Open Cel Animation format is an open format to ease the exchange of traditional/frame-by-frame/cel animation between different applications.
Adobe After Effects Add-ons
helps you manage the effects used in your project.
runs sanity tests to help you improve your workflow.
collects system info from Adobe Apps to help debugging and can fix or uninstall RxLaboratory scripts.
enables you to group layers, and isolate the display of these groups.
is a collection of tools for exporting and importing stuff.
will soon be the new comprehensive rigging and animation tool set for Adobe After Effects.
script sends your compositions to be rendered using our almighty Duduf Media Encoder.
Blender Add-ons
will soon be a comprehensive 2D, Cut-Out rigging and animation tool set.
The Duduf Shape Key Animator, makes it easy to… animate shape keys!
makes it quick and easy to create and play better animation playblasts.
exports and imports all render settings as external presets.
We strongly believe that emancipation, free sharing and helping each other will make the world a better place for everyone.
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Watch, Read, Learn
We're sharing our knowledge and savoir-faire about motion pictures production. Here you can find docs, books, tutorials to learn, and we're also regularly teaching in several schools as well as giving lectures and holding exclusive master-classes.
We provide a comprehensive documentation for all of our tools, and even more. Because this is the 21st century, video quicktips and tutorials too.
Tutorials
Character rigging with Duik and After Effects is one thing, but one other thing is animation!
It's time to learn how to make characters move, and even better, to give them a soul and a heart, to animate them!
Après avoir appris à préparer ses personnages pour l'animation, il est temps d'apprendre à les faire bouger. Et même mieux, leur donner une âme, les animer !
will teach you everything you need to know to prepare your characters and props for the animation using Duik and After Effects.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to rig and animate the character, including the facial rig, with the brand new version of Duik: Ángela, which you’ll get before everyone else!
Books
Make yourself a great gift buying the latest guide of Duik.
Duik Bassel won’t have any secrets for you anymore, and this would be a great support to the future development of Duik!
This book contains the complete source code of Duik. It’s a manifesto for open source software. It’s a way to physically show how open source software is different from other software, to show and explain how important it is, how even this small free software may weigh to change the world. This is briefly explained in the preface by Duduf.
Alors que le marcheur descend dans la vallée, par ce sentier dont il connait la moindre pierre, le moindre sapin, il découvre qu’un chantier coupe son chemin. Après l’autoroute, le tunnel routier, le tunnel ferroviaire, voici venu le tunnel à grande vitesse.
Quicktips
Quicktips are our very short tutorials, to quickly learn specific features and useful techniques. They're all free!
Talks
Each time we organize lectures, or give any form of educational speech anywhere, we try to record everything. A lot of talks are available here on video!
We’re also always willing to come everywhere in the world to give lectures, workshops, master classes in schools, in studios, or during events. For example, Duduf, lead developer at RxLab. and artistic director at Rainbox Prod. has already been in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia, Canada, Taiwan, Mexico, Israel… to hold master classes and workshops.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you’d like to organize one of these in your school/studio/event…
Documents and Guides
All our tools are fully documented. You can find all guides on rxlab.guide and all API references on rxlab.io.
We also wrote some other useful documents, both in English and French, freely available because we think knowledge is meant to be shared.
English documents
Understanding openEXR compression methods.
Working with free software: the 100% free pipeline used at Rainbox (and other possibilities).
Understanding Colors and Color Management in the motion pictures industry.
Introduction to Fuzzy Logic for developers (and curious people)
Documents en français
Comprendre les méthodes de compression en openEXR.
Comprendre les Couleurs et Color Management dans la production audiovisuelle.
Guide pédagogique à l’usage des enseignants et étudiants.
Schools and teaching
We’re always trying to provide a comprehensive documentation for our tools, and other documents, along with nice tutorials or quick tips. But when it’s possible, the best way to share techniques and experience is by just meeting each other. Teaching, meet-ups, talks, are of great importance for us, and we’re always happy to come and meet you everywhere in the world, to share techniques and experiences.
We’re already teaching regularly in several schools in Europe, both in French or English, and have workshops or master classes in a lot of them.
Contact us if you’re interested…
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DuBlast for Blender
DuBlast is an add-on for Blender which makes it easy to create and play animation playblasts, without having to change any render or output setting.
DuGR
Group your After Effects layers!
Wizards
In 2020, Bartosz Bąk joined the animation challenge organized by Markus Magnusson, Motion Design School and Aescripts. He rigged, and animated, using Duik, these characters designed by Markus Magnusson. ▹ More details on his Behance page here!
Ovalusis – Jour n°10 – Rapport d’exploration
Rx Experimental Tools for Blender | Bluik
RxLab. is actively developing a lot of tools for Blender. We’re collecting the ones which can already be tested in this add-on, which will ultimately become Bluik, and maybe some other more official add-ons.
DuBlast for Maya
DuBlast is a plug-in for Maya which creates better playblasts than the native ones.
Kurzgesagt
RxAPI
RxAPI is a simple server used to check for updates for the tools developed at RxLab. and to publicly share our open data (i.e. usage statistics and funding information).
DuSan
Sanity tests for After Effects.
OCA
OCA is an open format to ease the exchange of traditional/frame-by-frame/cel animation between different applications.
OCA for Krita
OCA, the Open Cel Animation format is an open format to ease the exchange of traditional/frame-by-frame/cel animation between different applications.
DuSI
Collect system info from Adobe Apps and fix or uninstall RxLaboratory scripts.
Workflow d’un film d’animation 2D – Sneak Peak Duik Ángela
Production d’un film d’animation et
présentation en avant-première la nouvelle version de Duik, Ángela par Duduf, Ana Arce et Francis Launay.
DuIO
A collection of tools for exporting and importing stuff in After Effects.