Rokoko for Maya - motion capture application
1. What is Rokoko
Rokoko official website .
A motion library plug-in that can be used in Maya, unity and other software. Developers can purchase corresponding motion capture devices to capture the movements of characters, so as to apply the captured movements to the 3D model. In addition, for people without equipment, Rokoko also provides a large number of well-captured actions that can be used. (Here is to record how to use the official actions to bind to the character resources here)
Two, use
Rokoko Stufio (do not plan to record how to operate)
Maya 插件——rokoko-studio-live
Only versions after Maya 2020 support the installation of the rokoko-studio-live plug-
in 1.
Open Maya, click Window - Animation Editor, find the motion library and open it, and the Rokoko Motion Library window will pop up
(if you can’t find it, read ①②③ below to find it. can be skipped directly)
Download and install
①. Download the plug-in from the official website here
②. What you download here is a file with ".mel" as the suffix. Put the downloaded thing in: C:\Documents and Settings\Computer Name\My Documents\maya\7.0\scripts
③. Start Maya, and in Maya, select Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager to open the Plug-in Manager. Find the Rokoko plug-in, select "Loaded" to load the plug-in, or you can check the automatic loading and it will be automatically loaded next time you start Maya.
Then click Window in Maya - Animation Editor, find the motion library and open it, and the Rokoko Motion Library window will pop up
2. In the Rokoko Motion Library window,
the first time you open it, you may need to log in to use it. You can directly register an account on the official website to log in, and you will jump to the following window
how to use?
①. First, find an animation resource you want to add to the shopping cart. How to buy in the shopping cart by selecting checkout
②. In my library, select the animation resource just now, there will be a download icon, click download, After downloading, you need to click Import, so that the animation resources will be imported into the project.
3. Go back to the editor in the Maya project, and create a HunmanIK with the model bound to the skeleton.
Open the (Window - Animation Editor - Human IK) panel, create a character definition, and define the humanoid skeleton of your own model (how to do this is not easy to describe in words, so I won't go into details about the process here)
4. Combining the character with the imported animation bone source, the model and animation will be combined.
(The upper one in the figure is the HumanIk prepared by myself without the animation model, and the lower one is the HumanIK with animation assets)
5. Left click in HumanIk - bake - bake to the skeleton, after baking, you can delete the imported animation file. (This will get the model you want with animation)
6. If there is a small problem with the model animation, adjust it yourself. (Not to mention the final export)
3. Others
There is also an action library resource that can be used, that is Adobe's mixamo . There are also many actions that can be used in it, and they are all free. You can download them by logging in with an Adobe account, and you can download them in fbx format.
The method of applying animation to your own model is similar to that of rokoko. First, after downloading the fbx format, import the model animation, and in Maya, prepare the character that has been bound and skinned. Create HumanIK and define the corresponding points, bake to the bone. (You may encounter T-post problems)
For specific tutorials, you can refer to the video tutorials of Mr. Alex at station B.