Using Custom Characters with Cinema 4D r23 Mocap Data

[@vectorstain]

Thank you sir, was upgrading from R19 and the subtle details were appreciated.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Yea the character stuff added has been nice

[@LoganPinney]

Wicked!!! Just what i was looking for!! Thanks for sharing this Winbush! That presentaion Marta did for Maxon showcasing her mocap skills was so cool!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Hope it helps my friend 🤙🏾

[@creativehighwaydesign2850]

Winbush !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Duuuude you saved my life with this one bro. man ive been watching and doing rigging tutorials hour after hour running into all kinds of problems man. I followed your tutorial and had SUCCESS IN 15 MINS !!!!!!! I like to consider myself a good designer but dude without amazing guys like you doing this stuff i wouldnt be S^%$ lol seriously man ive learned a lot from you bro and i GREATLY appreciate what you do brother THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was stressing man i cant tell you how thankful i am bro

[@JonathanWinbush]

So glad this helped you out man. Wish you found it sooner lol. I hate when I search all day trying to figure something out then boom that one video shows in you less that 5 minutes 😂

[@creativehighwaydesign2850]

@@JonathanWinbush duuuse tell me about it !!! And I I saw your video thumbnail a million times but I thought it was just in how to put something in Mixamo so I never clicked then finally I was desperate so I started clicking everything and then I clicked this and heavens gates opened hahahahaahah thank you my friend!!

[@Godmil]

Great tutorial! One wee tip, I never use subtract on the weight tool. There is too high a chance of having verts with no bones connected to them then they will just stay in place and not move with the model. I always use Add with the bones I know should be effecting it and then Smooth to blend it in a little (usually dropping the strength to about 30% on all of them).

[@JonathanWinbush]

Great tip I'll try that one out next time thanks! 🤙🏿

[@MirkoMancini]

Nice one, excellent tutorial, as usual, thanks!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you Mirko!

[@christopherpoterson2244]

That's real. dope..! Great tutorial...

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you brother 👊🏿

[@jonjones4972]

wow. amazing tut, brother. Thank you.

[@JonathanWinbush]

You're welcome dude 🤙🏾

Great Tut, THX! Would be nice to continue this technique and be able to import to Unreal Engine. I am following your tutorials, they are really one of the best, simple and very useful!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you man I'll look into that but thats a great logical next step I wonder if I can take take this rig into ue4

@@JonathanWinbush Yes I feel the same, it seems hard. There is a video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqrJaZdrfrSGh8U) about UE4 compatible rig transfer plugin, I will try to experiment with it. For now I used your method and successfully transferred mocap data to my custom mesh easy, but was not able to bake or export this animation and bring it to UE4. Hope you will find the way and publish it! :)

[@JonathanWinbush]

So are you looking for use the character in Unreal as a controllable character? I did this tutorial the other day just rigging the character with Mixamo then taking it over it's pretty simple kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaDQpJVpntl0f9E

[@Red-Tel]

Thank you for the tutorial! But I have a question about how to use Actor Core's motion in Cinema 4D? I'm trying retargeting with Mixamo's character and use Actor Core's motion. The problem is that after retargeting, the Mixamo's character's first key is always in T pose, so the result is very weird. But the weirdest thing is, if I use the r23's "Motion Capture" content, the result is great. (Just like your video's 09:48) I would appreciate it if you have any idea of that. Thank you very much.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Hi, I'm not particularly sure I haven't used the Actor core stuff yet

[@vytasrauckis6703]

Excellent tut!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks 🤙🏾

[@N3.1Kryuk]

Hi! Thank yoг for the great tut. Please could you do a quick tip for blending the motions or explain. thx

[@JonathanWinbush]

For blending the C4D included data or your own?

[@N3.1Kryuk]

@@JonathanWinbush Thank you for answer! For included C4D data 🙏

[@saidbouriqui192]

Cool! Very interesting watching the process.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks 🤙🏾

[@emircanmesin6936]

Thank youuu this was so helpful

[@JonathanWinbush]

Your welcome 🤙🏿

[@basilbecerril7783]

Master of masters

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you boss 🙏🏿

[@midnight_na]

This is over my knowledge but R23 does good work and you! Thanks for a detailed instruction!

[@JonathanWinbush]

No problem JC thank you 🤙🏿

[@plakookokou1426]

Super Coollll Job! Bravo!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you man 🤙🏾

[@svetlanaafanasieva6830]

You have very nice tutorials.. Thanks. Do you know if it is possible to get live capturing from camcorder with cinema-4D (I mean live actor on green screen) ? Like on UE-4 ...

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks, currently there's no green screen keyer in Cinema 4d you'd have to key the footage using something like after effects then bring it into Cinema 4d with alpha

[@infojaviernova]

Es un tutorial realmente esclarecedor, muy bien explicado y que abre la mente a muchas posibilidades. Muchas gracias y sigue así, eres una máquina. Saludos otra vez desde España :) It is a really enlightening tutorial, very well explained and that opens the mind to many possibilities. Thank you very much and keep it up, you are a machine. Greetings again from Spain :)

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you so much glad this is helping open you up to new possibilities! 🤙🏾

[@FeedingWolves]

Amazing tutorial! Doing this right now! Only thing I keep noticing is one of the hands keeps coming out weird looking in mixamo.

[@JonathanWinbush]

You might have to look at the joints and see if they are being affected by unwanted joints I send send you EJs tutorial if you want a good deep dive into it

[@FeedingWolves]

@@JonathanWinbush yes please!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

@@FeedingWolves kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWebhp9snd-pmMU

[@cepwin]

Cool! Very interesting watching the process. Now I’m going to have to see EJs talk as well.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Yea EJs talk is really good on weight painting

[@SkyShazad]

Another Aweome Video My Dude

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you my dude 🤙🏿

[@redshift3696]

wow :) Thanks my friend!

[@JonathanWinbush]

You got it!

[@TheGrrson]

I had no idea the Project Asset Inspector even existed. Thanks!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Oh yea its a must know in c4d for sure 🤙🏾

[@beMOTIONdESIGN]

I always stay fresh! ;o) Great tutorial, buddy!

[@JonathanWinbush]

But you gotta stay fresh and stay creative 🤙🏾

[@rob7ho]

Thanks this is great! Can you use A pose character models or do they need to be in T pose? Or there's no difference?

[@JonathanWinbush]

I think the C4D animations are all setup with T-Pose but if you rig your character with Mixamo you can take your A-Posed character into Mixamo and export a T-Posed one

[@rob7ho]

@@JonathanWinbush Thanks! keep up the good tutorials

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks brother I appreciate it Happy new year 🤙🏾

[@ravilucid1071]

your tutorials are great!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you Ravi 🤙🏾!

[@ravilucid1071]

@@JonathanWinbush just curious is winbush your real name my brother

[@JonathanWinbush]

Lol its my last name yea

[@kaiandree]

Cool!! Thank you!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

No problem thank you 🤙🏾

[@unityinfusionmedia9102]

Insane mate looks cool and gives me hope with my limited system

[@JonathanWinbush]

I know they plan on expanding the library too so more to come

[@LoganVFX]

Hi! Thx for the tuto, i just want to tell u that i ve issues with model/textures export, they aren't exporting in .fbx so i had to export in .obj even if it hasn't textures.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks for the tip!

[@sweakley1]

That was great. i was wondering how to do that

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks! 🤙🏿

[@AlexanderYossifov]

Extremely useful tut! Thank you. Is it possible to combine several C4D Mocaps (not mixamo ones) into 1 animation sequence for the same character? How? Do I need to make separate characters and use Motion clip or there is an easier way? I want to achieve this simple (not for me) example: 1x Climbing stairs-start + 3x Climbing stairs - middle + 1x Climbing stairs-end

[@JonathanWinbush]

In my experience for any kind of mocap animations to combine them I've had the best success making them motion capture clips

[@philippeheritier9364]

Thx for the nice tut. I can add to this, if its a walking animation. Add a parent constraint to your character, otherwise it will stay in place. 1. Select your character. 2. ctrl select your motion clip. 3. add parent constrain, in "Character, Constraint" But, there is a problem when i import an animation from Mixamo with the exact same T-posed character. Arms not following animation...

[@JonathanWinbush]

if you're bringing it in from mixamo you shouldn't have to retarget the character just make it a motion clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3m0YZesabt_qbs

[@Kasradesign]

Good guide! Tnx.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Your welcome!

[@deswzc4091]

Very informative, thank you!

[@JonathanWinbush]

No problem glad you dig it 👊🏾

[@kineticvideoproductions9676]

Good tutorial. However, you seem to have a lot of foot slip. I'm getting a lot of foot slip too. Is there any way to clean that up?

[@JonathanWinbush]

Yea you can go in and hand keyframe any joint you need to if needed

[@kineticvideoproductions9676]

@@JonathanWinbush Hey thanks for the reply. I did just come up with a workflow using the Constraint Tag that works really well. Hand keyframing is usually the last thing I want to try.

[@axelfernandohuezo8847]

How to use the mocap librery with Chacracter Rig Builder from Cimena 4D? This works with Mixamo rig only?

[@JonathanWinbush]

That i'm not sure I use Mixamo just because it makes the process simplier for me

[@avaantgarbdesign8396]

Is there a way to transfer an uploaded daz character from mixamo, to the default daz character? I want to transfer mocap data to my daz character that has all the pose morphs from daz. The skeletons are slightly different. Any help would be super appreciated

[@JonathanWinbush]

I've never used Daz before but is there not a plugin for Mixamo rigs I thought?

[@avaantgarbdesign8396]

@@JonathanWinbush im trying to transfer a mixamo characters rig to a daz rig that doesn't have the same bone structure /hierarchy as the daz charachter. The daz character has a lot of pose morphs when exported out of daz, so I want to link the mixamo animation to it while still retaining the morphs. Essentially just trying to link a mixamo rig to a rig that is different from mixamo. Any help or advice would be great! I love your channel winbush!

[@eat3dhonduras287]

Awesome!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thank you 🤙🏾

[@tranhuy3102]

why is my r23 not showing the app's built-in motion capture

[@JonathanWinbush]

I'm not sure how you setup your cinema 4d

[@bacharnahshon]

SO COOL!!!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks 👊🏾

[@danlee3579]

Hey Im having trouble getting my textures to transfer from iclone to cinema 4d can you please help

[@JonathanWinbush]

That's not even what I'm showing here??

[@saidbouriqui192]

thank you very much all the best

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks for watching. Lot of cool moves there in cinema 4d to use now.

[@drewjackson3858]

Great video as always. Never have to put you on 1.5 speed. Just got S24 and the Mayafication of Cinema continues. I think this is a good thing but the big problem in all of this is the animation layers or lack thereof. Have you gotten them to work for you. And they don't have override layers, at least what I can tell. Can't get rid of my autodesk habit even with my thousand dollar a year Cinema habit, unfortunately.

[@JonathanWinbush]

Hmm I'm not sure what you mean by the animation layers do you have an example?

[@drewjackson3858]

@@JonathanWinbush I actually don't think cinema has what I was talking about now. In Maya and Motionbuilder, as I'm sure you know, you can layer keyframes and either add or override previous animation. I distinctly remember reading that cinema had it's own animation layersr. Or it could be one of my delusions. I started with Cinema, went to Maya and Motionbuilder, and now I'm making the transition back so I'm a bit of a noob here. You're a great resource for my denoobification.

[@Chillfolio]

Thank you :)

[@JonathanWinbush]

Your welcome 🤙🏾

[@Chillfolio]

@@JonathanWinbush Man, you helped me out so many times already! Glad to have you in the community :)

[@JonathanWinbush]

100% appreciate you letting me know and glad my tutorials are helping you out 🤙🏾 Feel free to join in our convos on discord as as well

[@Chillfolio]

@@JonathanWinbush Sure, you have an invite? :)

[@JonathanWinbush]

@@Chillfolio discord.gg/XDuetTN

[@3dinovo2]

Very Goody !!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Thanks!

[@evesattler1570]

Isn't ist much more easy to just use the animation clip system for that?

[@JonathanWinbush]

Use the motion clip for what? This is setting up your character to be able to use the built-in Cinema 4D motion captures

[@evesattler1570]

@@JonathanWinbush Ah I thought they were already usable with the mixamo rig and would just need to be applied But is it possible to combine this character solver with motion clips? e.g. for a chain of mocap clips?

[@JonathanWinbush]

@@evesattler1570 hmm that I haven't tried because I do a lot of my own mocap but would be interesting to find out

[@evesattler1570]

@@JonathanWinbush Thanks for your reply :) You do use a Rokoko suit for that right? I have also ordered one and was searching if I could use the new character definition tag in that workflow, but you would say that is not necessary? Do you do the retargeting already in Rokoko Studio?

[@JonathanWinbush]

@@evesattler1570 oh yea I have a bunch of my Rokoko workflows on my channel here but this is the easiest way I've found to use Rokoko with C4D kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaepmH-nZZukgLc

[@sherzodsattorov8957]

please show me how to add a face rig in to the mixamo rig!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JonathanWinbush]

Im not even sure how to do it i just use character Creator 3 for that

[@sherzodsattorov8957]

@@JonathanWinbush thank you for your feedback

[@JonathanWinbush]

100% You should look into character creator or daz both can do facial rigs with the iPhone

[@giovaderiso]

doesn't happen the same to me

[@giovaderiso]

there isn't motion capture in deafult preset

[@JonathanWinbush]

@@giovaderiso what version are you using

[@giovaderiso]

@@JonathanWinbush Cinema 4D r23

[@markelliot2994]

Great tutorial--when I try to upload to mixamo it goes to 4% and back to 0%---then times out---i have 200mb connection to the net? any thots?ty

[@JonathanWinbush]

Mixamo can be weird. Sometimes if your poly count is high it wont take it. I try to keep the size limit to around 100mb too

[@markelliot2994]

@@JonathanWinbush ah very good thank you so much...thanks for taking time to respond, I know your busy!

[@Dawood.k]

Who is ej ?

[@JonathanWinbush]

What?

[@kaiandree]

E J Hassenfratz I guess

[@JonathanWinbush]

@@kaiandree yup yup

[@danlee3579]

I know that's not what you are showing I just thought you could help.

[@JonathanWinbush]

I'm usually sending my characters from Iclone to Unreal Engine I dont use C4D for that particular step in my case

[@danlee3579]

@@JonathanWinbush ok thanks

[@aftereffects00]

Too bad.. that free model is gone... no more in that web..

[@JonathanWinbush]

Yea his account is closed