Filtering Out Separate Motions from a MotionPlus File (New for 5.5)

MotionPlus files contain character and accessory-related animations. When you want to re-use them, you can reuse and combine animations to a group of characters, or choose to separate and apply different parts of the animation.

Merging Data from Different MotionPlus File

  1. Here we have two characters; one is sitting and talking.
    The other one is running but mute.
  2. Export the first character's entire motion range (body motions, voices and facial expressions) as a MotionPlus file.
    Please refer to the Body Motion and Facial Expressions section for more information.

    Note:

    • It is highly recommended that you utilize the Collect Clip method to generate MotionPlus files instead of clicking the Add button under the Content Manager in the Animation >> Motion-plus mode, because if you do so, the character-related motions from the entire project will be added into the library with lots of redundant and unnecessary data inside of it.
    • The Collect Clip method ensures that you extract the precise range of the character's motions and facial expressions.
  3. Select the second character (in this case, the chimpanzee).
  4. Switch to Animation >> Motion-Plus. In the Modify panel, click the Merge button and select the MotionPlus file exported in the previous step.
  5. You will be prompted with the filter dialogue box below. Activate the Facial Animation box to ensure that only the voice, lip-synching keys and the facial expressions in the MotionPlus are extracted and applied to the character.

    Note:

    • If you click the Import button to load the desired MotionPlus file, then you will not see this filter panel because the Import feature is meant to replace the currently applied motions and facial expressions.
  6. You will see that only the first character's facial animations are applied to the character while the original body motions are kept.

    Note:

    • You must Split the target motion group of the character before proceeding with merging the partial motions from any MotionPlus file. If you don't do this, any data in tracks you didn't select will be replaced with empty data.