Member davide445 Posted September 25, 2016 Member Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I finally got my cleaned and refined butterfly, coming from 3d-scanner and resized x7 for 3d printing. I was thinking also to experiment a short animation to be made in Unity3d. This will be the first character animation in my life. Problem is I'm not sure where to start. For humans I'll use Akeytsu for rigging, skinning and animation, but for non-human characters? Will 3d-Coat help me in any way, i.e. using Split&Joints or Pose to define various positions? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted September 25, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Hey, Davide445. If this is a sculpt mesh on the image, then you should retopo it with a deformation-friendly topology (tip: for a butterfly, use one or two retopo objects tops). If it's your first model designated for animation, I suggest looking up PolyCount forum (and also its Wiki) for nice examples of topology flow. Also, read and watch as many tutorials about rigging and animation-friendly topology as possible. Regarding rigging and animation packages, From my experience I can recommend Maya and Houdini. PS. Forget about Split&Joints. It's for creating joints on an object designated for 3D printing and it's completely irrelevant when it comes to computer animation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member davide445 Posted September 25, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) Thanks @ajz3d About rigging/animation packages I'll not use the big generalist names such as Maya, 3dsmax, Houdini or Blender for time and budget constraints. Searching for specialized, low cost and game engine friendly tools. Akeytsu IMHO is good for characters, didn't understand if is working also for non humans such as my butterfly. Didn’t find other solutions, maybe do you have any suggestion. About retopo I'm less concerned: 3DC has all what I need and dream of, I need only to learn it... Ok for split&join, Pose will be useful in any way? Edited September 25, 2016 by davide445 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted September 25, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 8 minutes ago, davide445 said: Thanks @ajz3d About rigging/animation packages I'll not use the big generalist names such as Maya, 3dsmax, Houdini or Blender for time and budget constraints. In this case Blender might be your best choice. At least it eliminates the budget constraint, but of course it still requires a lot of time to learn. As far as I know, most of the automatic rigging solutions deal with bipedal characters rigging. Hence, it might be difficult to find one in which you can rig anything. Maybe some other person could help you here. It might be worth a try to look for any winged-characters autorig plug-ins for Blender. Maybe there are some that you could use. I think even an auto-rig that deals with birds would work quite well with butterflies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member davide445 Posted September 25, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Unfortunately I'd have some sort of adversion for Blender, really didn't find myself with his UI. Will check for other solutions, thanks for the Polycount hint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted September 25, 2016 Contributor Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Just now, davide445 said: Unfortunately I'd have some sort of adversion for Blender, really didn't find myself with his UI. Haha, I fully understand you. I have the same feelings about its UI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member davide445 Posted September 26, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Received a good news from Nukeygara, the creator of Akeytsu: their sw is able to rig, skin and animate also non-human characters, so I'll be able to do anything just using 3DC for retopo and Akeytsu for animation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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