Mixamo animation in Studio?

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• Padone Posts: 4,156

  May 9 edited May 9

  You can import a mixamo animation in diffeomorphic, then save as a pose preset for daz studio.

  Alternatively, you can try to import as bvh where you can use the retargeting feature of the bvh importer. Again using blender to convert from fbx to bvh.

  p.s. I wanted to upload my bvh map from mixamo to G8 but apparently daz studio stores it in the windows registry, so it's not a file I can share.

  Post edited by Padone on May 9
• brainmuffin Posts: 1,295

  May 12

  Does this mean???

  • Export G9 from Studio to Blender via Diffeo
  • In Blender, import and apply a Mixamo animation
  • Export from Blender in BVH
  • Import into Studio as BHV
• Padone Posts: 4,156

  May 13

  No, if you use diffeomorphic then you can import the mixamo fbx and export the daz pose preset directly.

  steps:

  1. import G9
  2. import the mixamo fbx
  3. save the daz pose preset

  https://github.com/Diffeomorphic/retarget_bvh/wiki/Main_Load_And_Retarget

  https://github.com/Diffeomorphic/import_daz/wiki/Posing_Save_Pose_Preset

  If for whatever reason you don't want to use diffeomorphic then a simple process is to import the mixamo fbx in blender and save as bvh. Then you import the bvh in daz studio, on the G9 figure.
• brainmuffin Posts: 1,295

  May 16

  If for whatever reason you don't want to use diffeomorphic then a simple process is to import the mixamo fbx in blender and save as bvh. Then you import the bvh in daz studio, on the G9 figure.

  I'll use whatever works. Just trying to understand the steps.
• Dartanbeck Posts: 22,120

  May 24 edited May 24

  Here's my workflow for pre-Genesis 9 figures. For Genesis 9 I use this same method except that I export Havanalibere's Genesis 9 for Mixamo rig instead of the Genesis 2 figure.

  My Mixamo to Daz Studio Workflow

  Since a Genesis 2 FBX export works natively in Mixamo, I use that and collect the various Bone Minion products to take it from that to other generations. Works beautifully! So much so, that I have now collected the entire range of Bone Minion (all bundles)

  Here's just the video, but before we get to that on the page is a full rundown of the process

  

  Post edited by Dartanbeck on May 24
• FrankTheTank Posts: 1,565

  May 25

  all of the 2400+ Mixamo animations were converted and posted in another thread below by another user, If you use G8F / G8M you have them all right here:

  https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/701106/over-2-400-free-bespoke-bvh-animations-for-genesis-8

  its ashame mods won't pin threads like that. Every animator should have them as a resource. 

   
• brainmuffin Posts: 1,295

  May 30

  Dartanbeck said:

  Here's my workflow for pre-Genesis 9 figures. For Genesis 9 I use this same method except that I export Havanalibere's Genesis 9 for Mixamo rig instead of the Genesis 2 figure.

  My Mixamo to Daz Studio Workflow

  Since a Genesis 2 FBX export works natively in Mixamo, I use that and collect the various Bone Minion products to take it from that to other generations. Works beautifully! So much so, that I have now collected the entire range of Bone Minion (all bundles)

  Here's just the video, but before we get to that on the page is a full rundown of the process

  

  Thanks, I'll take a look....and post back when I screw it up...'cause that's what I tend to do... :-)
• brainmuffin Posts: 1,295

  June 1

  Dartanbeck said:

  Here's my workflow for pre-Genesis 9 figures. For Genesis 9 I use this same method except that I export Havanalibere's Genesis 9 for Mixamo rig instead of the Genesis 2 figure.

  I did buy the Mixamo rig previously, but it seems to be an unsupported product now. People have been posting issues on the tutorial video for more than a year and no responses HavanaLibre.
• Dartanbeck Posts: 22,120

  June 1

  Odd. I exported mine as an FBX, brought it into Mixamo, downloaded the motions, import those into DS, run 3DU's Body2Hip, save as animated DUF pose... Bam! Works like a charm!
• Dartanbeck Posts: 22,120

  June 1 edited June 1

  I think it might have been one of Jay's tutorials that I captured this from. These are the settings I used upon FBX Export from Daz Studio

  

  

  

  FBX Export.jpg

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  Post edited by Dartanbeck on June 1
• brainmuffin Posts: 1,295

  June 1

  Which version of Studio is that? Looks very different now.
• brainmuffin Posts: 1,295

  12:12AM

  Oh wait....I may have done it correctly, for once....perhaps...
  

   
• Dartanbeck Posts: 22,120

  3:21AM

    Yes! That's what I'm talkin' about!!!
  Great work! 
• Dartanbeck Posts: 22,120

  3:22AM

  brainmuffin said:

  Which version of Studio is that? Looks very different now.

  Yeah... not sure. I made that Genesis 2 Female FBX a  l o n g  time ago! Never needed to redo it.