Transfer Animation From Basic To Advanced Rig

[rituparna-roy]

hi guys,
here i m back with a new query.
the problem i m facing this time is regarding de transfer of animation from a basic rig to an advanced one.
my basic rig consists of simple joint setup with basic ctrls(spine,legs & arms) in it.
i have added some xtra features like squashy strtchy thing & some more deformation attr in de advanced one.
i m interested to know which will b de best option to transfer animation from one to other.
i have tried with de options like ................
exporting clip from a character set
anim export & import
replace referencing

according to this char setup,replace referencing doesnt work at all although i m not very sure with de reason
exporting clip as well as anim export, cause to scale de joints from their default value.the joints that r controlled by multiply divide node.

so pls let me know if u hav a better solution to help me out with this problem

[drblacksnake]

this kind of touch-ups are VERY hierarchically-dependant. also You should be sure that both source and destination characters are identically mapped.
anyway it is hard to heal the wounded ones remotely. if You want some useful input, then post MA.

[sontaran]

I've been doing something similar. ie: I've been updating and adding features to my rig and using file referencing to get my rig into the scene that I've put all the animation on. I've had no problems with it but as drBlacksnake mentioned, you need to make sure that your animation controls' names and their heirarchy remain the same wherever possible. This is not the case if you are having to remove a handle or ad a new one.

you should not rename your controller handles, and if you remove a handle then the animation curves to that handle cannot be remapped to another automatically. You might need to copy paste teh entire animation curve fro mold to new handles. reference both the old and new rigs in the same scene and go frm there.

Best method is to keep the naming and heirarchy constant, then replacing the reference works well.

Hope this helps

[drblacksnake]

QUOTE(Sontaran @ 05/21/06, 05:44 PM) [snapback]237831[/snapback]
if you remove a handle then the animation curves to that handle cannot be remapped to another automatically. You might need to copy paste teh entire animation curve fro mold to new handles. reference both the old and new rigs in the same scene and go frm there.

actually there is a characterMapper but thats a tedious work to remap if You have a rig with more than 100 channels, so better avoid changing names and hierarchy as much as You can.