Character Animation Rig for Editing Motion Capture Data

This clip demo's the functionality of a rig I built in Maya for editing motion capture data. The animation tools work in the same way as those of a standard hand-animation rig, but this rig allows layering changes over mocap. There are also tools for sticking hands to props and props to hands and animated blending in between.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Motion
• Capture
• Maya
• Rigging
• Character
• Animation
• Technical
• Rig
• Animator

[AdamKerow]

Hey Thanks Matt i just wanted to know how do i record a video and copy the way it moves to a rig and make the rig do the same thing on cinema 4d

[matthatter808]

You know... I can't even remember what software I used. I just googled "video capture software" and played around with a few free ones. I know FRAPS is supposed to be pretty good if you want to spend $37.

[AVTPro]

Awesome rig, I have the OptiTrack mocap, but am only cutting my teeth on all of this. Is there a tutorial for this rig? It's great to see something like this exists, I was just wondering if it was possible to combine a KF and Mocap rig. Excellent work. I really need to learn this. Thanks for your help. Maybe you can do a Gnomon or Private "full step by step". I understan MoBu can do this but would be great to do it all in maya for convenience and time.

[matthatter808]

Hey AVTPro. Thanks for the note.

I'm pretty busy with a new job right now, but I can try for a tutorial if you think it would be worth it. This rig was done in 2003... before Motionbuilder was as robust as it now is. It is a pretty complicated rig... not at all easy to set up. I think most people would prefer to just use Motionbuilder now. Let me know if you're still interested.

[matthatter808]

Don't get me wrong... I still have clients who use this type of rig in Maya. It's great to be able to create a rig that meets your exact needs... it's just not as easy as Motionbuilder.

[RockxXxOn]

can you tell me please how to get this program?



[chanakazx]

@matthatter808 Please do a tutorial....please!!!! Thanks in Advance!!!!!!!

[pklooo]

nice jop mate ... but after u finish the video how could i make this controllers lines disaper pleas replay

[josediogomafra]

@matthatter808 you can get fraps for free now :D

[cuppajoesugar]

Since you built a Tiger Woods model, did you make sure that no polygonal tearing occurs when it humps women like crazy?

[sims3luvagirl]

@AdamKerow you can also use hypercam, but you have to buy it or else you get an annoying box saying 'unregistered cam'

[joe5178]

plzz tell me which software you used for motion capturing

[joe5178]

what was the formate of model you imported from the game directory