Retargeting MoCap to Custom Rigs in Maya
This series of Maya tutorials will guide you through steps for mapping motion capture data to custom rigs using a set of standard tools in Maya. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.
What you'll learn
This series of Maya tutorials will guide you through steps for mapping motion capture data to custom rigs using a set of standard tools in Maya. We'll start our exercise by first learning how to retarget animations manually. Afterwards, we will learn how a toolset can be built to significantly speed up the time it takes to go through this mapping procedure. We'll also learn troubleshooting techniques to overcome obstacles we may face without hindering our workflow. By the end of the tutorial, you'll ultimately learn how to quickly remap animations to custom rigs in order to improve your productivity. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2013.
Table of contents
- Setting up the Source Data 14m
- Mapping Our Source Data to a Custom Rig 15m
- Our Retargeting Tool 17m
- Utilizing the Retargeting Tool 8m
- Retargeting Animations with Subtle Movements 12m
- Resolving Orientation Issues Between the Source Data and a Custom Rig 4m
- Polishing Retargeted Animations 8m
- Resolving Issues with Namespaces 6m
About the author
Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more