json1109 / blender-retarget

Retarget animation in Blender

Character Animation in Blender

Done as part of a RnD project under Prof. Parag Chaudhari, IIT Bombay.

Most of the code has been cloned from this repository.

Directory structure

The Blender specific code is present in the folder blender/

• file_selector.py: Custom Blender plug-in for choosing a video file and extracting 3D human pose
• fbx_output.py: Converting the tracking output into an fbx file with animation
• add-ons/rokoko: Main add-on for retargetting the pose from one source armature to any target armature

Installation

1. Install Blender from dmg
2. Alias python and pip to Blender’s python and installed pip
3. Install site-packages from requirements.txt (If can’t find OpenGL error, follow this link)
4. Open the script blenderfile_selector.py in Blender and run it to install the plugin in the object sidebar
5. Install Rokoko plugin from the zip file in blender/add-ons folder
6. Choose gender
7. Choose a video file