Rokoko Guide: Easiest Motion Capture Animation Workflow for Blender!

In this video, Sam will walk through the new Rokoko Plugin for Blender and show you how easy it is to retarget motion capture and character animation data. The plugin is free and allows you to easily, quickly, and accurately retarget your motion data onto your own characters. This has really transformed the way you can work with motion data in Blender and we think this is currently the best workflow out there.
Download the plug-in here: rokoko.io/39Z7RaT
Motion Capture asset from MorroMotion on the Rokoko Motion Library
See a written blog post here: www.rokoko.com/en/explore/blo...
---
Learn more about Rokoko and stay updated:
Reach us at [e-mail] or the chat on www.rokoko.com
Official Facebook Page: / hellorokoko
IG: / hellorokoko
Twitter: / hellorokoko
LinkedIn: / rokoko

[@Mendelevius]

One thing this video does NOT tell you is when you edit the animation pose to fit your model skeleton. You have to make SURE you have "Current" selected under the "Use Pose" path directly above Retarget Animation. If you do not do this it will not retarget properlly.

[@kazjema]

Thank you! Your comment have helped me a lot

[@PRODOS]

Brilliant work, ROKOKO! I can hardly wait to try out this add-on! Amazing! Thank you.

[@wondernexus3d482]

Did you manage to buy one in the end?

[@themightyflog]

You guys are getting more and more awesome and you definetly have some of the best advertisement. :) wow!

[@WoodyDevs]

This is killer. Thanks guys. This is a really thoughtful addon. I had been using a different retarget addon - but this seams a lot smoother.

[@RokokoMotion]

Thanks, we hope it's helpful!

[@virtual_intel]

By far the best mocap solution I've seen for Blender. Mixamo is dope too, but those aren't our own movements.

[@ukmonk]

this add on is fantastic!! thank you!! helps so much!!

[@joshuaporter4277]

I got try it out 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 thank you guys I love y’all for this 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿😀😀😀😀 we need it

[@planet-xr]

Great job with the plugin. This definitely makes life lot easier!

[@RokokoMotion]

Yes! That's exactly what we are hoping!

[@TravisDavids]

Pure magic, thanks for sharing this!

[@Bxu021]

Wow, this is going to be very useful

[@Vicvaporup]

amazing work! thank you so much

[@MikeTaylor-uw5zy]

Great to see Rokoko giving Blender this love!!! Be cool to see a video using this work flow with the Action Editor to create a library of action strips from different sources and then blend between them in the NLA. With facial performance and lip sync coming out of another stand alone ap as an adjustable layer on top? :)

[@RokokoMotion]

That sounds like a good workflow for combining animations, we'll look into it - we'll definitely put out a video on our workflow for blending and combining animations soon!

[@Larre500]

Indeed. May have to use this program to start creating dances and AO animations for Second Life and OpenSim platforms. Will be awesome. Hope we can do Bento anims with this as well. 🙂

[@LightAaronD]

This is awesome. Just what I needed. One question, if the A-pose model still has problems even after I make the motion capture bone into an A-pose, how should I go with debugging this.

[@timmyg6749]

Yusssss!!! Thank you so much :)

[@PotentStudios]

This is epic!

[@armandomatandalasse7641]

Very nice plugin.

[@JimmyGunawan]

Is there a way to retarget and assign multiple animations into the same timelilne..

[@ukmonk]

ok the add on is awesome but a quick question please! if i am using mo cap that is in treadmill mode exported to blender then its easy to rotate around the pivot point but if the mo cap data is using locomotion and say for e.g my character is doing a fight combo moving forwards about 10 feet and i want to adjust his rotation slightly so he is facing 20 degrees left, as the pivot point is back at the OG starting point, i cannot turn the character on a dime, i.e a tight turn, it makes a big wide arc as the pivot point is 10 feet behind him. i tried attaching an empty to the armature for control, and although position is fine, rotation is way off. so does anyone have an idea how to pivot/rotate for center of a characters body in locomotion mode or is it just best to use treadmill to avoid this problem please?

[@ioda006]

Wow this is awesome

[@RokokoMotion]

We are really glad that you liked our video :)

[@realog7692]

Have a question Do i need a motion detector tools or i can use only a simple camera(phone is 48mp)?

[@iamvartist]

I have two questoins please. 1) I am learning quill and adobe medium to do my sculpting. Do you have an idea of a low budget motion capture way that I could use do do motion capture. 2) And then i can do the motion captuer in blender itself?

[@thecutfilms6928]

Masterpiece

[@rodrigorazzyel1]

Do I need any equipment to use this plugin or can I capture the movements with my DSLR capera?

[@JRBEditor]

that last part helped a bunch thanks

[@RokokoMotion]

Awesome to hear, thank you! :)

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Are you okay with it if i separate that retargeting panel into its own panel. I dont have anything of Rokoko but find that retarget super nice. I just want my GUI to be clean and not show unneeded stuff

[@josueb3844]

Is there a video explaining how to save my own characters I make to then be able to export and share to different projects and files how you did

[@laurentsrey8711]

thats so ccol. Any plans to develop rentals options in the futur ?

[@JMacc213]

On mine, it doesn't have the "Retargeting" feature. Did I miss something?... Running version 1.1.1

[@FPChris]

Does this work with the gloves to get the fingers animating?

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Why do animated FBX files load faster with your plugin? Are you using some separate or so?

[@SgtMajor82]

Beautiful...

[@mssburr]

Does Rokoko work with Xbox 360 on a windows 10 PC for body capture?

[@letsdrawforfun338]

hi there I am using Softimage . How can i get the same results for Softimage ? Thanks

[@cj5787]

awesome

[@Satoru_Haruto]

i need help im can't export my fbx file to the choosen location

[@user-po6gu7py1z]

Does this workflow change if your characters aren’t in t pose?

[@ricktheobserver8113]

Can I ask why when your model moving, the suit (clothes) is not bending or touching the skin and break exposing the skin like my model does, I'm new :D

[@aRandomTalkingMushroom]

Hey, i have a question; this program gives error 225 for me; it has a error where it says it is a virus, help please

[@paulduplessis6113]

Helpfull!

[@Enzait]

I've got a question regarding 2:29. Retargeting works great and the animation plays on the targeted bones as intended. But when I delete the original bones the animation disappears and hasn't copied over. Any way to fix this?

[@Enzait]

Noticed that when I retarget it creates a new copy of the bones together, I'm at lost

[@nomanovayoutube768]

hi guys, how i can download plugin? link dont work

[@robo1540]

did the plugin link break?

[@AlineSantos-sl6jj]

Tenho uma duvida, ficarei muito feliz se caso me ajudar. Como faz o download do esqueleto captando todos os movimentos? por exemplo da cabeça. quadril, peitoral etc? na rokoko tem como gerar um mocap apartir de um video qualquer que eu enviar, ele captura o movimento e lhe entrega o esqueleto fazendo a dança do video. porem ele nao pega todos os movimentos em si do video sempre fica com o pescoço, cabeça e quadril duro, fica como se fosse um robô dançando, gostaria de saber como eu faço para melhorar isso e fazer com que meu personagem fizer um movimento real a do video

[@jeffg4686]

fyi, the download link in the description is broken. I was able to get off github, but just wanted to let you know in case others try to use the link Rokoko looks pretty sick. very affordable suit for Mocap.

[@ebs6286]

Hello. how if we want to combine two different animation in one character using Rokoko. Could you help please?

[@RokokoMotion]

Hi! You can retarget multiple animation on one character in Blender for example. New action will be created each time you retarget. It should be similar to other programs. Rokoko is used only to record and edit mocap data.

[@mastanarts]

I want to have mixamo animation added to my rigify rig, so that I could have custom animations during mixamo animation. is that possible ?

[@bowserlm]

I'd like to know about this too.

[@laillaE]

This is great, is there any chance you can make this plugin for cinema 4d?

[@RokokoMotion]

We will definitely launch a real-time plugin for C4D at some point, but we don’t have it at this moment. However, we have a bunch of tutorials showing the workflow there. For example, this one showing how to use the retarget tag to switch mocap animations easily between characters: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIqqg6dvprt5pcU

[@alexalam379]

not working in mine case it is destroying the armature in 2 parts

[@1andDONEson]

My arms didn't appear correctly because my models don't have shoulder bones. I deleted them and works perfectly now...

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

I missed that little detail last time LOGIN. My most powerful machine for animation is an off line machine. I don't want the internet and all the risks that come with having an online machine to do work on my projects. I guess I'll have to use my slow laptop to do setups then transfer the files. What a pain.

[@noob_warrior072]

is it all free for all?

[@mikazuki059]

Hi, I tried this and it works great! But when I try to import the mesh/armature/animations into Unreal Engine, for some reason, the animation fails to import with an error: Specified Skeleton do not match fbx imported skeleton. Cannot import animations with this skeleton. Which seems odd because its exactly the same skeleton, and the animation was working just fine in blender.

[@RokokoMotion]

Heyo! This sounds like an issue within Unreal though it is a little unclear exactly how to address it (there's a few different takes when you Google the error). I recommend asking our Discord community, as we have a dedicated Unreal Engine channel where they might be able to help you out: discord.gg/rokoko

[@mikazuki059]

@@RokokoMotion Thanks for the response. I found out that it works in version 5. I thought I could transfer it to my EA project after importing in version 5, but EA version wont recognize them. I really REALLY don't want to re-make my entire environment again in version 5. Why does UE version compatibility have to be such a nightmare

[@RomboutVersluijs]

PS isnt it better to use copy/paste pose for getting those arms in the exact same angle?

[@RokokoMotion]

Possibly, we'll definitely try that! I'm not sure if that will work because you need to match the mocap animation to the rest pose of the actual geometry, not the skeleton of the geometry.

[@RandomRotation]

WOW!

[@ArtPomelo]

Thats awesome! Have you guys also thought about ik correctors or something? Maybe trying it with rigify?

[@RokokoMotion]

Yes, but we'll actually be doing that inside of Rokoko Studio. On the roadmap for late this year :)

[@Meteorcentric]

@@RokokoMotion ditto on wanting this. I am very impressed by the plugin, saved me a ton of time, but I'd like to work with the rigify generated rig after applying the motion.

[@Meteorcentric]

I'm getting pretty close with the generated rig. Looks like it's a matter of making sure the bonelist is accurate before Retargeting. If anyone has a .json of the Rebuild Bone List that works with a default Rigify Generated Rig (Human Basic) I'd appreciate it.

[@_cloaking1627]

I am using a recorded rokoko animation and a base model off mixamo in a t pose. When I try this plugin for retargeting it gets everything except the hips. The tutorial hints at being able to add a custom bone but doesn't show how? Has anyone been able to add the hips or run into this issue?

[@RobinBervini]

Same issue here! Found a solution?

[@_cloaking1627]

@@RobinBervini I use c4d r23 to retarget now %10000 times better

[@EpsilonStudios174]

when I tried to sign with my old rokoko account it appears an error in the code. i need a solution for this PROBLEM PLEASE!!!

[@RokokoMotion]

Hi! Did you try to reach out to our customer support? I am sure they'll help you in no time. You can send an e-mail to [e-mail]

[@CGGeek]

Okayy this is dope. Hit me up Rokoko! maybe we can work together on something.

[@shubhamthakare295]

Fact that you made a click bait for so called "free mocap " about rad doesn't qualify you for this 😡. You Wasted so much of my time man.

[@shubhamthakare295]

Free trial is different from free

[@shubhamthakare295]

That's why most your viewers don't sub you

[@rajarajanmanoharan]

@REBEL SCUM that’s very true. He’s more of a show off.

[@_khooman_chronicles_]

So, creating an account in Rokoko is free?

[@32bart10]

Will this work with Rigify instead of mixamo?

[@RokokoMotion]

Hi Zak! You can surely try it out and if you will have further questions you can contact: [e-mail]

[@_punchez]

Rokoko addon not working at the moment please help

[@RokokoMotion]

Hey! Which add-on are you referring to? We recommend that you reach to our Support Team at [e-mail]! If you just share what is not working, they will can support you with a solution :)

[@ImranBinAbdulKhalique]

will this work for rigify rigs too?

[@RokokoMotion]

We haven't tested it yet, but it should as it should work with any bone system - let us know if you run into any issues!

[@memezilla5639]

Plugin is not working in blender 2.93

[@albakaz2345]

Hello, I want to buy Rokoko Full Performance Capture. I'm on Blender software. But you don't offer a video from A to Z on the use of Rokoko material + import + use on blender. Is there a way to make this kind of explanatory video for noobs like me :D?

[@RokokoMotion]

Hey there! We have an entire playlist available covering the Blender workflow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZWbdpaobJV0arM There are also other creators like Blender Secrets or Royal Skies to name a few with great Blender tutorials with our mocap :)

[@albakaz2345]

@@RokokoMotion ok ok thx :D

[@CinematographyDatabase]

Okaaay

[@blenderblender792]

Can I use this to import a BVH animation to my Mixamo generated rig?

[@RokokoMotion]

If you have an existing BVH animation running in Blender then you can retarget the rotations onto a different rig, yes 🤓

[@blenderblender792]

@@RokokoMotion Oh yeah! You just need to rename the bone list. Got it! Thanks.

[@abstruseoni]

I'm suddenly getting a "traceback" error when I try to install Rokoko. i.imgur.com/VpA7I8L.png Any idea what this means or how to fix it?

[@RokokoMotion]

Hi! For fast resolution, you should write our Support Team via email at [e-mail]

[@abstruseoni]

@@RokokoMotion I actually loaded the factory settings, which removed my add-ons. Afterward I tried to add Rokoko again, but got that same error. Then I restarted blender, and suddenly Rokoko is working.. weird.

[@mostafamostafa-fi7kr]

this was not worked whit my own bvh file

[@RokokoMotion]

If you are experiencing issues, you can always check out our Help&Community page, ask our users in our Facebook Group here facebook.com/groups/252832679299596 , or reach out to our Support Team at [e-mail].

[@mirko2611]

Any plans for a C4D plugin?? Please?? :D

[@RokokoMotion]

Yes! Already in the works :) Out late this year as it looks now

[@elidelia2653]

Link to plugin appears wrong

[@RokokoMotion]

Hey! Thanks for your comment! Try this link (www.rokoko.com/integrations/blender).

[@curtiswindover4564]

aw man it did not work for me. My poor character looks like he's been through a shredder. Maybe because he's not a single mesh? I have such a headache trying to learn this stuff.

[@emileravenet]

duplicate target bone entries found, anyone?

[@prod.Travypatty]

when are you gonna update plugin for 3.4?

[@RokokoMotion]

It should be working now - you may just need to go and re-download the plugin from the Github page.

[@_punchez]

It’s still not working

[@buda3d2007]

The blender link is broken I think.

[@RokokoMotion]

Hey! Thanks for letting us know. Try this link -www.rokoko.com/integrations/blender 😊

[@CasasYLaPistola]

When I install the addon in blender 2.83 it gives me an error, why should it?

[@don3241]

yeah, I'm getting the same thing. several errors actually. I'm on a mac.. would that matter? tried on 2.81 and 2.83.. same error(s)

[@MrDarkblader1]

It's not yet compatible with Mac, but it should work soon

[@PrepYT]

@@MrDarkblader1 been a year and still not compatible 😔

[@MrDarkblader1]

@@PrepYT It should definitely work with mac on the latest version. What version of mac are you using?

[@PrepYT]

@@MrDarkblader1 i got it working I had to keep the file compressed. Im using m1 mac. But thanks!

[@wepeople100]

This isn't working for me. I'm getting a deformed character and the animation itself gets wonky... could anyone give me some help?

[@Mendelevius]

Im having issues as well. I put the animation in pose mode, make the skeleton the same pose, retarget and arms are still crossed must be a simple fix. Its obvious the retarget isnt seeing the change in pose.

[@RokokoMotion]

Hi! For this kind of questions, please reach out to our Support Team at [e-mail]. They will surely help you in no time!

[@Ronyal]

Le soy un like porque Rokoko se puede utilizar en Blender. Salu2

[@HandlebarOrionX]

I downloaded the plugin and installed it, but even after multiple resets it still isn't showing up as of this comment

[@RokokoMotion]

Hi! We're sorry to hear that - have you followed the step-by-step guide on installing it? support.rokoko.com/hc/en-us/articles/4410463492241-Getting-Started-Installing-the-Blender-plugin In case you're still experiencing issues, please reach out to [e-mail] :)

[@HandlebarOrionX]

@@RokokoMotion Turns out all I has to do was update Blrndrr to the latest edition of 3.4 and now it works!

[@AndramagamA]

Rigify plugin please. And thankU soo much. This plugin its amazing

[@RokokoMotion]

Thanks!

[@chengfengRecord]

Can't login account in blender？？？？ I have registered on the website

[@okiadrinputra]

Ya me too

[@markssali7528]

me too

[@trolik9113]

I am sure this won't get answered, but I will ask anyways: My initial thought with this as well as the new AI assisted mo-cap workflow you guys have created is that you theoretically could use this retargeting addon for UE5 Metahumans. Has anyone here tried a workflow like that? I imagine that this retargeting addon would not work for MH skeletons, which means that they would have to be re-rigged with a regular skeleton from Rigify in Blender, then reimported into UE5 with that differentiating skeleton. With that, you would lose lots of customization in terms of facial animation since UE5 skeletons are rather extensive. Regardless, anyone tried that yet? ^

[@RokokoMotion]

You can absolutely get this all working with Metahumans - either by retargeting in Unreal using the standard workflow, or by livestreaming into the Metahuman - no re-rigging required! Just need to create the bonemaps for the retargeting :)

[@user-wi7gl1gm7p]

Hello, I recently used the rokoko plug-in, but I have been encountering the problem of left and right hands being opposite. I adjusted the a-pose but couldn't solve it. I hope I can send you my blender files. If possible, can I have an email address? Thank you very much for your video! !

[@RokokoMotion]

Huh - that's no good! Sorry you're encountering that issue. I would try posting on the Rokoko discord, the only other thing I would make sure to check is that the auto bone mapping in the plugin is correctly identifying each hand - sometimes the auto bone mapper can get messed up and confuse bones with each other, in which case you can use the drop down menu to manually make sure the bones of the mocap and character match. I hope that helps!

[@ILikeAmazingThings]

Mh not sure, this tears apart my model. Even applied a fresh Rigify rig.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

I tried it once more tonight and the bone comparison is a bit off. I got tons of empty bones and it also added wrong bones. It would bones which have a prefix while the actually bone is in there. The rig is like 98% the same in terms of bone naming. I see you using a dict to loop over. BUt i dont see any code which actually check the bones from the sources and compares it to the target. I know this other addon which also seems to work nice, that one can even make adjustments on top it. But i cant get that one to work. Though i think that adjustment feature is really nice. My first try using your addon got a super weird pose because the differences in the models. Not sure your addon can do this one. Ther source has much shorter legs and arms. But i see you addon also seems to be copying bone position, which makes it look super weird, at least in my case This is that other addon github.com/Mwni/blender-animation-retargeting

[@marcustownsend1134]

simulation

[@damitj9920]

Doesnt work

[@damitj9920]

Try with the mixamo animation .. doesnt work..

[@DenwarTheoriginal]

Login to use the plugin 🤮

[@alexalam379]

not working in mine case it is destroying the armature in 2 parts