How to get your dang 3D character onto your gosh-darn mocap data (w/ Sam Lazarus) | Eternal Ascent

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In this livestream, Rokoko Sam is walkin' us through the (not so) painful process of character retargeting! Also known as, "how do I get my dang 3D character onto my gosh-darn mocap data!" We're covering Unreal Engine, Blender, Cinema 4D (an maybe Maya if there's time), so hopefully nobodies left out! Lets gooooooo!

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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 countdown
0:06:40 Kitbash3D announcement
0:11:12 Sam Lazarus intro
0:14:21 character retargeting overview
0:20:24 Blender retargeting (with plugins)
0:36:06 Blender control rig
0:43:06 Blender retargeting (no plugins)
0:50:26 Blender rest pose
0:56:08 Cinema 4D retargeting (no plugins)
1:04:27 Cinema 4D mocap editing
1:10:13 Maya retargeting
1:25:33 Unreal Engine retargeting (UE4 skeleton)
1:32:30 Unreal Engine mocap editing (UE4 skeleton)
1:37:23 Unreal Engine mocap editing (UE4 control rig )
1:44:13 Unreal Engine retargeting (mixamo skeleton)
1:57:35 Unreal Engine mocap editing (mixamo control rig)
2:05:43 stretch/pushup/hacky sack break
2:11:23 my UE5 w.i.p.
2:18:09 Sam's UE5 w.i.p.
2:34:20 adding a character to my scene
2:44:46 Outro

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RESOURCES:
Unreal Engine:
Retargeting in UE5:    • Unreal Mocap Masterclass | Body, Fing...  
Free Rokoko UE5 Resources: rokoko.co/3SJyVmC
UE5 Mixamo Control Rig by Gabriel Paiva: www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/GG9rw/unreal-engi…

Blender:
Retargeting in Blender:    • Ace Retargeting in Blender with this ...  
Blender Plugin: github.com/Rokoko/rokoko-studio-live-blender
AutoRigPro Control Rig Tutorial: youtube.com/live/HJpO0D0Oj0c?si=RjyJTvKqZIF25XP2
Mixamo Control Rig Add-on: substance3d.adobe.com/plugins
Animation Layers Add-on: blendermarket.com/products/an

Cinema 4D:
Retargeting in C4D:    • Cinema 4D Retargeting Workflow I The ...  

Maya:
Retargeting in Maya:    • Maya Retargeting Workflow I The Ultim...  

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All Comments (21)
  • @Charduza
    Ima start this project with 3 days left or something
  • I just finished retargeting, and man i feel like iv learned so much in this one video than in the last few months. thank you and great job!
  • @RodEllison1
    Excellent, Excellent vid! Man, its amazing that just a few years ago, this kind of animation control was so much more convoluted and complex to do, to the point that layman artists would rather just stick with default animations and not even attempt anything more complex.. Now this is so easy, and especially thanks to vids like this and awesome folks like you and Sam to share this how-to info almost making it intuitive rather than difficult. Thank you!!!
  • @vfxeriksen8694
    I really appreciated this livestream. Thank you for going over this process with Sam. It's great to see it being done live by professionals
  • @RokokoMotion
    Yahooz! Thanks so having me Clint - was a blast!!
  • Hi! Thanks a lot for this session. I was able to do the retargeting in Maya, I felt so great to be able to do it!
  • @Nagahex-mc9nx
    this is exactly what I needed as a 3d noob! thanks so much!
  • @__AbAbe
    bro i woke up at 3 in the morning with this playing on my tv
  • Can you check the link for the animation layers addon? I just spend 20 bucks for a tutorial..
  • Idk if anyones brought this up yet with unreal, but that it stops at like 118 frames and wont let you extend to 120? idk if its an issue with any body else
  • @cmysliwiec
    Hey guys, at 46:16, when he's editing the animation in Nonlinear Animation, how is he adding a keyframe after changing the pose? I seem to be missing a step here and can't figure it out... 🤔
  • @user-vm3kp5uy7z
    this video is great, only one thing is not clear to me, that is, when it edits the FK on Unreal.I did (on metahuman) "additive" but when I move does not do me anything and remains as before, that is clipping.Any suggestions?
  • Thanks for helping us out with this. The workspace is blurry and hard to read, even though your faces are crystal clear. Makes it a little hard for a beginner who doesn't know where everything is automatically.
  • @alongo4321
    I tried retargeting in blender and everything works correctly except the arms are crossed over even though they are mapped correctly. Anyone know how to fix this issue?
  • The rokoko plugin won't install for me.. keeps giving me some error about line 212 and can't import updater_ops 😮‍💨
  • @redonsejdiu7721
    Hello, Hope someone can help with a issue I'm dealing rn, So I did all the rokoko retarget onto a mixamo character rig, and it works I got this running animation going, but the problem seems to be, there is a delay for the original mocap running animation and my retargeted character running animation, in which the original mocap rig starts to move faster and the mixamo character starts to slow down. I think I havent retargeted a root from the rokoko bone list, idk if that solves it I'm kinda stuck and fairly new to blender rigging
  • @icyfoi
    I'm following along step by step in Blender but when I build the bone list, it always shows up empty. Any ideas what could be the issue?