Manual steps and adjustments can be automated and reused without heavy code or scripts, including ground interactions, penetration fixes and mixing simulation and motion capture easily.Ĭheck out the examples and for Maya users new to Houdini, check out the end of this post for a few free resources to help you get up to speed. Some of the best parts are extremely fast FBX import, batch ability and easy to re-map and drive very different or custom skeletons between characters without having to conform to a specific pose or a Black Box pre-defined hierarchy or names.

KineFx is the first real public facing upgrade to both rigging technology and motion capture processing that has happened, really since MotionBuilder 1.0 came out, something that Brad and Chad were, among a small group of other artists, part of before it was even a full program.

What would it need and what are the expectations of how it work or would be used? Brad (Rigging Dojo Founding Member) was brought in to provide feedback and offer some unique viewpoints to help bridge the gap between standard workflows and a modern motion retargeting system. We are very excited to see this release of SideFX Houdini go gold (get it here).

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