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# 1 31-03-2012 , 11:05 AM
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Motion capture file into custom rigg - How?

Hello there,

I have my cowboy rigged, all nicely and named.
Instead of going to animate it frame by frame, eventually is what I will end up doing, I'm wondering how can I apply a motion capture FBX file into my custom made rigg. I'm new to this.

Any tips, directions or suggestions are all welcome.
Thank you.

# 2 31-03-2012 , 04:02 PM
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Take a look into HumanIK and joint labeling.


Imagination is more important than knowledge.
# 3 31-03-2012 , 04:32 PM
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Hi NextDesign,

I looked into some HumanIK tutorials online and came across a set of tutorials.
Video part 5 actually explains how to setup the HumanIK with a mocap file.
I'm following it. However, still would love to know if there's a way to add any mocap file into my existing cowboy rigg. Or everytime I want to use mocap I should use HumanIK and not build any custom rigg?
Would love to know your opinion on this.

Thank you.

Humanik Maya 2012 Part1 - YouTube


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