I want to share my overall Daz to Blender workflow. Moving Genesis 8 Characters to Blender 3.0 and applying animations from Mixamo, BVH motion capture files, or other sources.

This workflow does involve a paid addon, Auto Rig Pro, from the Blender Market. However, the saving in time spent posing and cleanup is well worth the price tag.

Diffeomorphic Daz Importer: http://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/p/d...

Daz to Blender Bridge: https://www.daz3d.com/daz-to-blender-...

Mixamo Motion Capture files: https://www.mixamo.com/#/

Auto Rig Pro: https://blendermarket.com/products/au...

Note: It seems you will need the full version to use the Remap or Retarget tool.

00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Daz Importer vs. Daz to Blender Bridge
03:53 - Prepare Genesis 8 Character for retargeting with T-Pose
06:13 - How Daz Twist Bones pose (no pun intended) an issue
08:05 - Daz Importer motion capture options
09:10 - Import Mixamo FBX (Source)
09:40 - Resizing Armature
10:30 - Initial setup with Auto Rig Pro
11:50 - Auto Rig Pro bone matching
15:40 - Auto Rig Pro retargeting
16:30 - Retargeting results
17:40 - Cleanup with Blender NLA (Non-Linear Animation)

This workflow is much smoother than my previous one, which involved sending a Daz Character from Daz Studio to either Character Creator 3 or 3DXChange and on toward iClone. First, the animation is applied to a character in iClone and saved as a motion. Next, that motion is applied to a Genesis 8 character in 3DXchange and exported as a BVH file. That file is then used in Daz Studio and saved as a Pose Preset. Finally, the character file is transferred to Blender, where the Pose Preset is applied. It sounds like a lot, doesn't it?

In the new workflow, the character is importer to Blender and put in a T-Pose. The animated armature is imported as well. The bones are matched up and retargeted all through Auto Rig Pro. Much of the animation cleanup happens in the Blender NLA.

This workflow also preserves changes to skin textures in Daz Studio.


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