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Automatic rigging and animation of 3D characters

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Jovan PopovićAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Volume 26, Issue 3

Pages 72 - es

https://doi.org/10.1145/1276377.1276467

Published: 29 July 2007 Publication History

Abstract

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.

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ACM Transactions on Graphics Volume 26, Issue 3

July 2007

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DOI:10.1145/1276377

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