Key-frame animation sounds clumsy while using MoCap data (.bvh or. However, the whole process of key-frame animation might need sophistic artists to animate decent characters, the final animated characters would be charming and delicate, while the whole process would be complex and clumsy.įigure2: animated avatar rendered in Maya These animated characters can be exported and used in game environment or VR scene. When we apply this logic in 3D virtual world, we can animate the 3D characters by setting the key joints and doing interpolation between the key frames. Stop motion is an animated film-making technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames is played back. All these cartoon movies mentioned above, their filming processes are based on stop-motion techniques. You might have watched the movies, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and Corpse Bride. If you want to get varied and large 3D avatar motions in a short period time or doing data augmentation without caring about the accuracy of motions, that would be a good strategy to apply this method.įirstly, let’s get to know the background of cartoon animation briefly. However, this method might not get all accurate and smooth motions. In this article, I would like to share a simple and a more effective way to animate the 3D avatars. How to use MoCap data to animate your own avatars in Maya

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