"T" Stance Animation

Another tool i have recently started using for various game development and 3d asset projects is the online auto-rigger provided by maximo.
See Mixamo: Auto-rigger

It is the best automatic rigging solution i have found to date.



BEST BIT? its free for models under 10k tris.

Thats going too far. Its nice and all but it does absolutely everything for you. There is no skill in using something like that and you don't learn anything. I enjoy rigging my characters even if I have to paint weights. I like to have the freedom to build my rigs how I want them.

I watched the video and saw an import from Daz Studio check box. People can just buy a model, load it in Daz, dress it up then export to Mixamo, click a few buttons to rig and then select an animation. They can then turn around and say look what I did when in reality they did less than 5% of the work and don't understand anything that goes on behind the scenes. In a matter of minutes they have something that looks just as good and something that took others months to make.

I can see how it can be useful but it just simplifies things too far.

This is not an attack at you btw but the software itself. I'm all for taking the odd shortcut but not skipping straight to the finish.

i couldn't use that anyway unfortunately. i need to use 3ds max 2010 for a specific exporter it has and a script needed. i can't even use blender. tho the A-stance tip helped a ton. ty everyone ^^ also internet back w00t!

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Originally Posted by Drakaer

Thats going too far. Its nice and all but it does absolutely everything for you. There is no skill in using something like that and you don't learn anything. I enjoy rigging my characters even if I have to paint weights. I like to have the freedom to build my rigs how I want them.

I watched the video and saw an import from Daz Studio check box. People can just buy a model, load it in Daz, dress it up then export to Mixamo, click a few buttons to rig and then select an animation. They can then turn around and say look what I did when in reality they did less than 5% of the work and don't understand anything that goes on behind the scenes. In a matter of minutes they have something that looks just as good and something that took others months to make.

I can see how it can be useful but it just simplifies things too far.

This is not an attack at you btw but the software itself. I'm all for taking the odd shortcut but not skipping straight to the finish.

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I agree 100% with you, however i would view it as web-developers using Dreamweaver. for example i learnt html,xhtml,css,php etc without the need for dreamweaver, yet for fast deployment i employ the use of DW as a wysiwyg editor. However if someone with no knowledge of web development picks up DW and starts using it to create website....they are pretty much shooting themselves in the foot.


Basically if you know what you are doing, use shortcuts if needed, however tools are not a replacement for experience or knowledge, i personally learnt rigging/animation and 3d modeling around 2 years ago using solely 3DS Max for several game development projects, however at this stage to save time i tend to on occasion use solutions including Mixamo for humanoid assets.