Animated FBX Camera From XSI Into Nuke

[lordjim]

Anyone know how to get a camera fbx file from xsi to nuke whilst keeping the animation? I'm using the latest versions of both...

[fxnurbs]

It should be straight forward and work. I am using maya but once you exported the cam in fbx it doesn't matter anymore.
i would see few mistakes you could have done :

• forgetting to hit the bake animation when you export (nuke need a key on each frame)
• You animated a group on top of the cam and only exported the cam
• you didn't choose the take in nuke (mostly this error is yours so i explain)
    when you import your fbx file in nuke, under the path there is an area call take name. by default it will stay on perp wich is the nuke cam. usualy you will have a take001 or something and under this area 'node name" where you will find the name of your imported cam. Have a look at that.

cheers
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[viper-0711-2]

Hello fxnurbs, I tried to import from maya to nuke camera with animation following the nuke's user guide and the problem is that the take name pulldown menu has the default take which means no animation but I cant change that, its the only option. I have export my camera from maya with baked animation. What do you thing is the problem? 

[fxnurbs]

You should be able to change the default take by clicking on it or the node name, it could stay the default take if the camera is the right one.
If none of that is giving you the animation and you have checked that none of what i said on the previous message is wrong, i would check the version of maya you are using (maybe an old one even if i am sure it wouldn't make a diffrence)

have you got keyframes on a group on top of the cam ? that wouldn't be baked without crerating a new cam parented....

otherwise i don't see, it is a pretty straight forward process and i have pointed the area where mistakes can be done

[lordjim]

Yeah I can get a camera from maya to nuke no problem but it seems to be an error specific to xsi as it doesn't even carry over it's baked animation to maya. I've managed to get aroung it by using a script to export the camera keys which I apply to the nuke camera as a chan file.

My process - export camera from xsi as fbx (with animation turned on - otherwise the camera's focal length value etc does not get stored in the file). This stores the first frame off all the values.

Then export the camera curves as a cc (camera curve) file.

In nuke I create a camera and read in the fbx. Turn off read from file and import cc file as animation (nuke looks for a .chan by default so remember to change it to look for any extension).

Hope this helps anyone who shared my problem.