Pose Space Deformer without plugins

Shoulders with all native maya nodes with some useful explanations and tutorials.

Example files and a brief walkf through:
http://www.marcogiordanotd.com/blog/maya/maya-tutorial-building-a-pose-reader-with-maya-nodes

Video and file download links:
http://vimeo.com/64958089

3 part tutorial of what si’t all doing and how to set it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gb3ZiITCmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4nYjT-rASo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Oz6dGcC3I

http://www.create3dcharacters.com/files/riggingCourse/week12_pose/poseReader2014.mb

While not as robust as a full PSD for shape interpolation, if planned cleanly this can do a lot for you.

Enjoy the links. Share the knowledge.

Cheers!,
-David