Importing and Applying Motion

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Motion Capture: Pipeline, Applications, and Use
Importing Acclaim
Skeleton Creating a Simple
Model Importing Acclaim
Motion

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Ingredients
House of Moves
Dominatrix Plug-in
Acclaim Skeleton file (*.asf)
Simple Model
Acclaim Motion file (*.amc)

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Pre-production Issues
Acclaim data provide
a standard t-pose for
binding
Other formats require
pre-production
planning to determine
the bind pose (keep
consistent for all
capture sessions)
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Dominatrix Plug-in
Install plug-in
On MAYA 4.0 CD, go
to plug-ins folder and
install House of Moves
Dominatrix Plug-in
Load plug-in in
MAYA: Window >
Plug-in Manager

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Dominatrix Plug-in Continued

Toggle-on loaded for
dominatrix.mll and
click the close button

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Dominatrix Plug-in Continued

Run Dominatrix
In the Command Line,
type: Dominatrix and
click the Enter key

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Importing Acclaim Skeleton

In the Dominatrix
window, highlight
Acclaim Skeleton and
File > Import

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Acclaim Skeleton

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Create a Simple Model

Reference the Acclaim
Skeleton
Use NURBS Primitives
to sketch out the main
forms
Spheres and Cylinders
for one side of the body

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Name Objects
In the Channel Box,
Hypergraph or
Attribute Editor
rename the objects
(head, arm, hand,
ribcage, pelvis, leg and
foot)

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Adjust Geometry
Switch to Component
Mode
Control Vertices will
appear pink

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Adjust Geometry Continued

Use the Move tool to
adjust the Control
Vertices

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Adjust Geometry Continued

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Adjust Geometry Continued

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Adjust Geometry Continued

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Mirror Arm and Leg

Hold the Shift key and
select the arm, hand,
leg and foot
Edit > Duplicate
Enter -1 for Scale X

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Position Parts
Adjust the position of
each object to align
with the skeleton

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Add Name Prefixes

Select the duplicates
Modify > Prefix
Hierarchy Names
Enter Prefix (right)

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Binding
Switch to Animation
Menu Set
Bind the geometry to
the skeleton
Select the root node of
the skeleton
Shift-select all of the
figure geometry
Skin > Bind Skin >
Smooth Bind
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Importing Motion

Open the Dominatrix Plug-in

In Dominatrix, select Acclaim Motion
Dominatrix will ask for the ASF file
Then, select AMC file

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Adjusting Smooth Bind

Select the Ribcage
geometry
Skin > Edit Smooth
Skin > Paint Skin
Weights Tool

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Smooth Bind Continued

In the Tool Setting
Window, under the
influence section,
highlight
lshoulderjoint
Under the Paint
Weights section, click
the Flood button

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Smooth Bind Continued

In the Tool Setting
Window, under the
influence section,
highlight
rshoulderjoint
Under the Paint
Weights section, click
the Flood button

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Hide IK
Hide the Skeleton in
the Perspective View
In the Perspective
View, Show > None
Then, Show > NURBS
Surfaces

SIGGRA

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Playblast
Playblast animation
Right Mouse Hold on
Time Slider and Select
Playblast
Movie

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