Extend a Walk Cycle from Mixamo in Blender and 3ds Max

Hello friends, the walk cycles from Mixamo are very short. With this tutorial you will be able to extend them indefinitely in both Blender and 3ds Max.
Blender portion starts first, 3dsmax is next starting at 04:05
It can be applied to characters from Mixamo and your own custom characters.
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[@davidandrews2822]

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[@AnimazaStudios]

Lol glad you liked it David. I try to make the tutorials as clear as possible so people can follow it. Many blessings to you as well :)

[@jcpatriots19]

Super straight to the point !!! Thank you ! I'm only two months in . So tutorials can get hectic. This was simple, straight to the point and efficient and worked on my first try without having to rewind and fast forward a ton of times. awesome man thank you.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad I could help. I try to be as clear as possible.

[@daweller]

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[@sajidaparveen6345]

Really awesome tutorial. I was wondering to increase the walk cycle but it was a very difficult task for me. Happy to learn so easily.Thank you so much

[@AnimazaStudios]

Thanks for the comment Sajida. Glad I could help.

[@unexplainedoccurrences]

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[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad I could help :)

[@farhanfateifaheem9887]

Thank you so much life saver! I was so frustrated of how to make an endless walk cycle. Thank you man. So easy and simple.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad you liked it Farhan :)

[@gLittle807]

Very clear and to the point! Thanks!

[@rangevideophoto856]

I spent ages trying to figure this out myself. No wonder I couldn't get it. Thank you so much.

[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@divinelovestories]

Thank you! Only your tutorial shows how to get continuous motion in straight line. No other tutorial I watched so far did! Struggled a lot.

[@nicolasbustamante5776]

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[@sethwilson9124]

exactly what I needed! Thank you!

[@Ariana_Cortez]

I tried so many other tutorials and only yours worked for me!! :D

[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@jakwnr961]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL!

[@AnimazaStudios]

You're very welcome!

[@jitheshkuyyalil]

Thank you so much! It helped me to do a simple cyclic rotation of a wheel. Clear and easy follow.

[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@greentokyo]

So many solutions I've tried but this is the easiest one! Thank you!!

[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@bonger-_-9549]

Crazy video BRO!

[@LifeHacker8]

A like is important here. So easy and perfect tutorial. Nice one

[@AnimazaStudios]

Thanks. Glad you liked it. More tutorials coming soon.

[@M4rt1nX]

Thanks alot. just what I needed.

[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@ih4269]

This is exactly what I needed and explained so well. THANK YOU!!

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ih4269]

@@AnimazaStudios one problem, I have a group walking that I want to offset so not in lockstep. If I drag all the summary keyframes slightly to offset then my characters sort of wobble or look a bit bouncy. Any suggestions?

[@AnimazaStudios]

This applies to both 3ds Max and Blender. First import the character from mixamo. Clone it to the amount you need in the group. Then move all the keyframes two or three frames forward or backward and run the process. Do the same to the others, making sure all the keyframes are moved a few frames before or after the original starting point then run the process.

[@ih4269]

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[@gerardrivas4010]

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[@valtabohm]

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[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@KanekiSidibe]

straight to the point thanks !

[@AnimazaStudios]

You're welcome Kaneki.

[@metaltrooper8947]

Thankx big man!!

[@basaran3d]

great video mate

[@ehsrrim]

Thank you very much for the help!

[@e.e.1520]

Update: I got it working, but not for the feet and leg movements, they reach a certain point and then just keep going up and down, even when I changed their y axis to linear, so I guess I have to do those manually, still saves a lot of time by not need to do all the rest, thanks for that. I'm using 3ds max by the way.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Glad you got it working. You should try a different mixamo character to see if you get better results. Some characters work better than others.

[@markmilorov5087]

great tutorial thanks

[@user-mm5ov5pd4l]

Straight and Simple

[@AnasuyaAnimationStudio]

very helpful thanks....

[@alaaentabi7879]

Great Info , thx!

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad you like it Alaa Entabi

[@Aryan-oe4tx]

Thank you so much man 🤍

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad you liked it.

[@mbbdart]

I know how to extend walk to mixamo character on Blender but the way you show us it's more precise and save time.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad you liked the tutorial.

[@deathisnumb]

thanks a lot :D

[@Gosdatwork]

thank you sir

[@voidztar]

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[@cdmmarketingltd9507]

Hi, Great video guys! I was wondering if there's a way to extend the animation to a certain length so im able to add in other animations. Thanks guys

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Yes there is a way to do it in 3dsmax. There is a tutorial I made that can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4fOk2athaiXsJI

[@theNEWTful]

Good one....cheers

[@NickDomingoMusic]

Does this work if you want to blend two mixamo animations together? Like, the walk cycle + a walking arc left?

[@AnimazaStudios]

This is just for straight on animation. To blend mixamo animations together,, check put my other tutorial found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4fOk2athaiXsJI

[@leespooner6969]

as soon as i hit the wrench icon, the process works, but the character drops down lower at the start of the new run cycle. I have tried with 3 different mixamo run cyles

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. There might something happening on your import stage. Make sure the fbx settings are set properly. You might have to do a clean blender install or got to file-load factory settings.

[@haziqdarwisy597]

thank you

[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@hoopervfx8370]

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[@AnimazaStudios]

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[@artviz5477]

thanks help a lot

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad it helped

[@errisveliu9744]

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[@HtrolRemix]

thank u

[@aljarreaugalang2086]

help please. how to save or export the new fbx after making the changes? when I export fbx, only the original animation gets saved, not the new edits.

[@AnimazaStudios]

When you export from 3ds Max, make sure Animation and Bake Animation is selected in the output screen with the proper start and end time. In Blender, make sure Bake Animation is also selected.

[@jn9747]

Could you please do one where you have used your own custom motion capture clips? How to make the loop correct without no jitter.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Thank you for the suggestion JN. We will keep it in mind for future tutorials. In the meantime, here is a tutorial on how to deal with leg jitter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIS3gJmJeZupe80

[@7309TEO]

thank you for this, what if you have the character start in a T pose, then how to extend the whole animation without having it go in a T-pose every time before walking, thanks!

[@AnimazaStudios]

Delete the tpose keyframes before you run the process.

[@wizzex69]

hey, first of all thank you so much for such a clean solution, I'm having a trouble with Ivy walk, it seems the first 2 steps look ok but when the cyclic starts the char seems to "take smaller steps" or almost walking in place... but on a difference pace, do you have a solution for this kind of problem?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Make sure all the keyframes are selected in the diagonal line. If any of them are not selected it may lead to problems.

[@ug6168]

Hi, I'm really appreciated in your tutorial!! I could make what I want to do thanks to you, but I have one more question. How can I stop him at point what I want to stop?? I want to stop my avt after walking few seconds, but I can't find a way to do it..

[@AnimazaStudios]

The easiest way is to export the character as an FBX, then re-import him back into blender or 3dsMax and delete the keyframes you don't need. Then manually set a rest pose for the character. Hope this helps.

[@medoskill]

Is it possible to edit/change mixamo textures, that comes with a model?

[@AnimazaStudios]

You certainly can. In 3ds Max you can select the texture in the Material Editor and in Blender you go to the Shading Tab on top then select the character and the texture appears on the Material Output Window.

[@BlueForest763]

but how to stop the cyclic animation at a certain frame?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. One way is to export the character as an fbx, then re-import it. Then delete the keyframes where you need the animation to stop and manually animate the character coming to a stop.

[@greatmullan7040]

Thanks

[@sofimalite]

Thank you

[@AnimazaStudios]

Your welcome. New tutorial coming soon.

[@voodog4414]

good, but how do you start after a specific time and end at a specific time?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. You can start at a specific time, but you have to manually stop it at a specific time.

[@kevinchen2551]

Thank you very much for your tutorial. I would like to ask that I completed the skeleton walking forward in blender, but my skeleton is walking upward. I want to know what is the problem🙃

[@AnimazaStudios]

Backwards? Well make sure that the hip curve is facing the right direction. If not, then flip it in reverse by moving the bottom part of the curve up and the top one down and see if it works.

[@roberto158]

how to change dope sheet after extended animation?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Sorry but I'm not sure how to do that.

[@westernzendara2029]

This is nice tutorial I was searching but I just wanna ask you 1 question,,, can it be able to control the mixamo animation in blender ????? If yes plz kindly brief me I'm gonna appreciate

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. It depends on exactly what you are trying to achieve. You can make some minor alterations to the character's animation, but to have full control I would recommend downloading the mixamo rig. That way you can download the animation, then make any precise additions after the fact. Mixamo to rig plugin for blender can be found here: substance3d.adobe.com/plugins/mixamo-in-blender/

[@westernzendara2029]

@@AnimazaStudios thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏💪💪 lemme try it

[@LERNIK-fy4eb]

Hey, i have a problem. In graph editor in the list in the left and bottom side of the screen I have a lot of mixamorigs instead of the armature. What do I do?

[@AnimazaStudios]

It should still work whether it's labelled armature or mixamorigs. Make sure to find the mixamo hip and z location.

[@LERNIK-fy4eb]

@@AnimazaStudios thanks

[@TonyCartony]

Hello, this tutorial is a very must!! Just I am missing how to export in a proper .dae after the extension. I tried all the options, but it outputs a .dae that reimported in Blender again shows a completely messed animation... Could you make this last step? Thanks!

[@AnimazaStudios]

What I suggest is export the final animation as an fbx. This flattens and locks in the animation. Then import the fbx back into Blender, the export it as a dae file. Hope this helps.

[@TonyCartony]

@@AnimazaStudios thank you, I will try!

[@djborntrager9003]

i do like this method dont get me wrong but the problem with this is every how ever many frames your animation plays for the animation restarts so you will have a small glitch in your persons movements due to the animation starting over witch when i put this on a animation i was trying to make you can see my person stop go to his beginning pose then start walking again so his whole body glitches HOW DO YOU FIX THIS THIS IS NOT A SMOOTH TRANSITION BETEWEEN ENDING FRAMES??!!

[@AnimazaStudios]

Thank you for your comment. You wrote " person stop go to his beginning pose then start walking again ". What I believe is happening is that you are missing a step. It is very important to select the hip animation, which is a long vertical line in the curve editor, and make sure it is set to linear extrapolation in blender or linear in 3ds max. If you need something more complex in 3ds max, you can go to a tutorial I made explaining how to mix mixamo animations, found in this link: "kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4fOk2athaiXsJI"

[@bettlebug5988]

Hello Animaza, I need your help. I imported Timmy / Start Walking and followed step by step. When I get to the Armature and select the Mixamo hips everything disappears on the left where you uncheck the eye and the wrench. Please can you help?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. I have a new tutorial, updated for Blender 4.0, that can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ3IkH5shaiamac

[@Alexis-jr8ff]

Is it normal that I can no longer export from mixamo blender 3.0

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello Alexis. No it is not normal. Mixamo characters should import fine into Blender 3.0. Try setting Blender to factory settings and go File - Import - FBX.

[@joe_fabricator]

Great tutorial. I've tried this with a character "climbing a ladder". Unsuccessful. Would it still be the Hips Z that I use?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. I made a 'walking up the stairs' tutorial specifically for Blender that might be useful to you and can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7MnZRoobmtiNE

[@joe_fabricator]

@@AnimazaStudios I'll check it out, thank you.

[@_framehold]

The only problem is that model's feet are slipping a bit. any solution to overcome this problem?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. If the feet are slipping a bit then I would add manually key frames to the hip bones and move all the bones to the proper position.

[@nanopixel.studio]

This is perfect. Thank you, I've been trying to figure this out all day. How do you import this change into UE5? When I tried to export the new animation time it only gave me the original 62 frames. There is no way to extend the playback once it's over there.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Export the animation as an fbx, then re-import it back into Blender. Then re-export again as a new FBX to UE5. I know it's a roundabout process, but re-importing it into Blender first locks in the animation. Hope this helps.

[@nanopixel.studio]

@@AnimazaStudios So the first part worked but when I tried to import to UE5, it is still only giving me 62 frames BUT now I have 4 animation files. I think it has something to do with the original 62 key frames in blender. The animation continues to walk but the actual keys stop at 62. Any idea how to extend the keys in the playback view?

[@AnimazaStudios]

@@nanopixel.studio Not sure why it is defaulting at 62 frames. Is that it the original animation from Mixamo? Try importing the file, go through the animation extension process, but set the timeline to 250 frames as a test. Then export as FBX and re-import back into Blender. Make sure there are keyframes through the entire 250 frame animation and not just the first 62. If there are, export to FBX again and import into UE5. If you are still having trouble, go into Blender after the walk extension process has taken place, go into the nonlinear animation mode on the lower left, click the pushdown action, extend the active strip to 250 and export again. Hope this helps.

[@nanopixel.studio]

@@AnimazaStudios YES! That worked. One other step I did was to uncheck "Key All Bones" under the Bake animation tab. At first it didn't work, but un checking that I now have an animation with 350 frames imported into UE5. You will get 4 or 5 files that start at the original frame duration, but each one will add more time. So just choose the last one with the most frames and delete the others. You sir are the man.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad it worked. UE5 can be tricky.

[@takenbyblancship1017]

This is awesome. But how do I stop the character walking in blender

[@AnimazaStudios]

The easiest way to do it has been to export the character as an FBX from blender after the process has taken place, then re-import it and delete the keyframes you don't need.

[@eraze4137]

My Character keeps moving, but there is no walking animation, any fix?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Check the keyframes on the timeline. Make sure there are no random keyframes accidently placed.

[@Vertexvoyager]

mine keep starting at the starting point it doesnt walk continuously

[@AnimazaStudios]

Make sure all the keyframes are selected when you run the process.

[@decofamhochimayneandstln3564]

I'm trying to send to keyshot but it says the coordinates are to large

[@AnimazaStudios]

Try using the keyshot plugin to transfer from Blender or 3ds Max to keyshot

[@naufalziz7369]

how to apply it ? i want to combine with other animation

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. You can check out my tutorial about combining mixamo animations in 3ds Max here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4fOk2athaiXsJI

[@PhotoSlash]

when i save as fbx and i try to reopen it the walking stops at same time while timeline goes forward, how to solve?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Check out this tutorial that was uploaded a few days ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joa4lKRsp6qLgsU

[@PhotoSlash]

@@AnimazaStudios thank you! I managed to make it work by saving it as a alembic 🔥

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad it worked.

[@spearcy]

Yep, this is the one that makes it work. And it only took 2:22 to get there. 👍

[@AnimazaStudios]

Glad it worked :)

[@addixie]

Hi I followed all the process carefully but somehow it doesn't work, it doesn't stop in walking motion,yes, but it stays in one location, would appreciate any advice

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. In Blender It all comes down to the z location controlling the hips. Make sure it is selected, and only it, and click linear extrapolation and unclick the wrench.

[@addixie]

I figured out that if the animation is a continuous movement like walking or running it works, but if it's something like stop walking, then it doesn't work, let me know if I'm correct, thanks for the response by the way sir@@AnimazaStudios

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Yes you are absoluetly correct.

[@CorrosiveWeBecame]

For some reason the walk cycle continued but would not continue in a straight line. just stopped in place but the walk cycle contiuned. how to fix?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Make sure in the graph editor all the proper curves are selected. If you miss one it can effect the whole animation. Also try extending the timeline before you start the process. Often the walk cycle ends when the timeline ends.

[@CorrosiveWeBecame]

@@AnimazaStudios is there a way to STOP the cycle from looping forever, i only need to extend the aninamtion for a few seconds

[@AnimazaStudios]

@@CorrosiveWeBecame There are several ways. You can export the character as an FBX after you applied the process (it loops only until the end of the timeline). Then re-import and delete the key frames you don't need. Another way, which is more complicated, is duplicate the character, then copy and paste the keyframes from one into the other in the curve editor, then manually extend the keyframes in the timeline. You have to make sure the z axis line that controls the forward movement is manually extended so that the character dos not snap back to the origin point. Good luck.

[@e.e.1520]

It did not work, the animation goes all wonky afterwards.

[@Vertexvoyager]

mine walks forever but every so often it looks like it glitches in between each repeated cycles do you know how i could fix this issue?

[@AnimazaStudios]

Make sure all the curves are selected by zooming all the way out in the graph editor. If one of the curves isn't selected, it might lead to glitches.

[@Vertexvoyager]

@@AnimazaStudios yes i pressed a to select all but its glitching everytime it starts

[@AnimazaStudios]

@@Vertexvoyager Try resetting Blender to factory settings under File - Defaults - Load Factory Settings. If not try downloading the latest version of Blender.

[@Vertexvoyager]

@@AnimazaStudios thanks 😊 what I did was just take the first few frames and cut it out until it was the same as the last now it works thanks again though

[@AnimazaStudios]

@@Vertexvoyager Excellent. Thank you for sharing the solution.

[@9words40]

if its not loopable its not goodable

[@AnimazaStudios]

It's loopable and extends as far as the timeline does in Blender and forever in 3ds Max.

[@benjaminbalisnomo]

I pressed shift+e and nothing happened

[@AnimazaStudios]

Press Shift E in the graph editor view. If you do it in the perspective view nothing happens.

[@benjaminbalisnomo]

@@AnimazaStudios Thank you

[@lovelylonerboy7156]

When I export to fbx the animation stops

[@AnimazaStudios]

When you export from 3ds max, make sure animation is selected on the export panel.

[@lovelylonerboy7156]

@@AnimazaStudios I’m exporting from blender and I check the animation box

[@AnimazaStudios]

@@lovelylonerboy7156 Make sure the entire character is selected, not just the bones, and that your timeline is extended. If your timeline is short it may not work, so set your timeline to 30 seconds long or more.

[@lovelylonerboy7156]

@@AnimazaStudios yes I got it. I just had to save the blender file first

[@AnimazaStudios]

@@lovelylonerboy7156 Excellent solution. Thanks

[@thechillman]

No matter how I do this, it doesn't work - he usually ends up being shot into space!

[@AnimazaStudios]

I'm assuming you are having trouble with Blender. Try resetting to factory settings. If the import of the character is fine but after you run the tutorial the character is being shot into space, make sure that the Z location line is completely highlighted and hit Shift-E. You have to zoom out a lot to see the complete line to make sure it is completely highlighted. If even one small spot isn't highlighted it could throw it off.

[@LoveChaudhary2003]

*_*_*_ Aye please tell me how to stop walking I am walking from last 3 business days_*

[@AnimazaStudios]

Unfortunately, this type of process is meant for the character to walk forever. What I suggest is to rig the character with CAT rig in Max and use the procedural tools in CAT to create and stop a walk cycle. Same in Blender.

[@marcbrain]

doesnt work

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Try this tutorial that is updated for Blender 4.0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ3IkH5shaiamacsi=KGiHtGDrejJoTjMD

[@jjglaser]

makes is not perfect. the feet slide.

[@AnimazaStudios]

Hello. Try lowering or increasing the speed of the animation in the timeline by dragging the keyfranes. Works both in 3dsmax and blender.