Automatic rigging and animation of 3D characters
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Baran, Ilya; Popovic, Jovan
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Animating an articulated 3D character currently requires manual rigging to specify its internal skeletal structure and to define how the input motion deforms its surface. We present a method for animating characters automatically. Given a static character mesh and a generic skeleton, our method adapts the skeleton to the character and attaches it to the surface, allowing skeletal motion data to animate the character. Because a single skeleton can be used with a wide range of characters, our method, in conjunction with a library of motions for a few skeletons, enables a user-friendly animation system for novices and children. Our prototype implementation, called Pinocchio, typically takes under a minute to rig a character on a modern midrange PC.
Date issued
2007-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryJournal
ACM Transactions on Graphics
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Citation
Ilya Baran and Jovan Popovic. 2007. Automatic rigging and animation of 3D characters. ACM Trans. Graph. 26, 3, Article 72 (July 2007).
Version: Author's final manuscript
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07300301