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A script to import a animated joint hierarchy from a FBX file and apply a character definition tag to it as well as to the CC4D Control Rig. It will also automatically prepare the Control Rig settings for the retargeting process. This script comes with some additional character definition presets located in the asset browser contents of the CC4D Tools for joint hierarchies coming from CC4/iClone, ActorCore, Mixamo and Rokoko Studio.
select the CC4_CTRL null object inside the CC4_character root null object
click the CC4D ImportBodyMotion icon in CC4D Tools palette
select the FBX file with the animation data
the script will import the animated joint hierarchy from the FBX file with a character definition tag, prepare the Control Rig Settings for retargeting and add a character definition tag to the CC4_CTRL null object as well
to start the retargeting process set up the character definition through the character definition manager for both, the imported joint hierarchy and the CC4D Control Rig and create a character solver
you can find several character definition presets for joint hierarchies coming from CC4/iClone/AccuRig/ActorCore, Mixamo or Rokoko Studio as well as for the CC4D Control Rig in the asset browser content of the CC4D Tools
Info: The CC4D ImportMotion Tool will also work and import animation data when the CC4_CTRL null object is not selected. In this case it will simply not prepare the Control Rig for retargeting and will add no character definition tag to it.
To correctly retarget a animated joint hierarchy coming from iClone, Actor Core, Mixamo, Rokoko or other sources it will need a proper reference pose in the beginning of the sequence. This script will import a pose from a FBX file and add it at the beginning of a animated joint hierarchy with the only preference that the hierarchy structure has to be same for the animated hierarchy and the imported one.
select the root bone of a joint of a animated hierarchy in the object manager
click the CC4D ImportJointPose icon in CC4D Tools palette
select the FBX file with the pose you want to import in the file dialog
if both are hierarchies match and have the same structure and naming the pose will be added at the beginning of the squence
A script to import facial animation and automatically retarget the data to the control objects of the CC4D Face Rig.
The tool supports animation data coming from CC4/iClone, Rokoko Studio & the Moves app by Maxon
CC4, iClone & Rokoko Studio
select the face_CTRL*facialProfileName* null object inside the ðĒ MASTER_CTRL+ object
click the CC4D ImportFaceMotion icon in CC4D Tools palette
select the FBX file with the facial animation data
the script will import the CC_Base_Body mesh with the animated pose morph data and activate the retargeting on the face_CTRL*facialProfileName* null object under the RETARGETING tab
when the facial retargeting is active the control objects of the Face Rig can not be moved manually
Moves by Maxon App
load a Face Capture Object through the Moves by Maxon window that can be found under extensions
click the Create Pose Morph Button in the 'Object' Tab of the Face Capture Object
click the Bake BlendShapes under the 'Tag' Tab of the Moves Pose Morph Helper Tag on the polygon object that got created
select the Pose Morph Tag of this object and set its mode to 'Animate'
If not already in the scene copy the 'Maxon Moves Mesh' with the animated 'Pose Morph Tag' into the scene with your Control Rigged Character
select both the Maxon Moves Mesh and the face_CTRL*facialProfileName* null object inside the ðĒ MASTER_CTRL+ object while holding the Ctrl key
click the CC4D ImportFaceMotion icon in CC4D Tools palette
No file dialogue will open up as a mesh with a animated Pose Morph tag has been found within the selection
The script will connect the animated pose morphs to the retargeting setup of the CC4D Face Rig and activate it
This script will bake the postion, rotation, scale & parameters for the control objects of the CC4D Control Rig & Face Rig. Optionally it will also remove imported animation data that has been retargeted to the Rigs from the scene.
Important: The CC4D Bake tool will only bake the control objects of the CC4D Control Rig & Face Rig and only parameters that are marked with a red keyframe selection
select the CC4_CTRL null object inside the CC4_character root null object, the face_CTRL*facialProfileName* null object inside the ðĒ MASTER_CTRL+ object or the control objects you want to bake
click the CC4D Bake icon in CC4D Tools palette to open the bake dialoge
select the parameters you want to bake and if you want to remove the motionSource objects from the scene
click the Start Baking Button to beginn the baking process
once the baking is done you can close the baking dialoge
In this video I'm going to show you some manual approaches to retarget motion data coming from different sources like CC4/iClone, ActorCore, Mixamo or Rokoko to the CC4D Control Rig. I will give you some tips how to prepare the data if nescesary and how to bake everything down to the control objects of the rig. 0:00 Introduction 0:44 Character Creator 4 / iClone 10:30 ActorCore 17:05 Mixamo 23:06 Rokoko 28:57 Animation Baking
