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Hi, thanks for the purchase! to your first question: yes, simple set up the rig in cascadeur with the same character/skeleton coming from CC4 which you use in C4D to add the control rig. Then you can easily retarget the animation coming from cascadeur to the Control Rig with 'CC4_Joints_definition' preset. To your second question: yes, as long as the retargeting is active you can not move any of the controllers. to modify the animation you have to bake it down to the control objects. ua-cam.com/video/qPfElOc8SeQ/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=754

okay thank you. I'll try that out and get back to you here

No the CC4D Tools and Riggs are specific tools for characters exported from Character Creator 4 or AccuRig and therefore the Motion Tools and retargeting setups will only work for those specific riggs

Hi! what exactly do you want to know? how to retarget / import animation data from cascadeur to the CC4D Control Rig?

if you use the same CC4 or AccuRig skeleton to animate in cascadeur which you are using for your control rigged characte then you can simply retarget the animation output from cascadeur using the CC4_Joint_definition preset for the C4D Character Definition Manager

Hi! you could 'convert' your animation after baking into a C4D MotionClip using the Motion System. Then you can create animation layer and animate 'on top' of your original animation. I have not yet made a guide on this as I do not have a fully stable workflow for that as the Motion System in C4D can be tricky but it is possible

Hi, Yes! you can just download the new version through the gumroad library

okay thank you. I'll try that out and get back to you here

Hi, you mean when you export your character from CC4 or C4D? When you export from C4D make sure to only export the characters original joint hierarchy and its geometry. The Rig Setups and controllers will not transfer over.

@@CC4DTools I export from Cinema 4D, but if I want the same morph targs as in C4D in Blender, what should I do? the customer asked me for the same controllers I have in the cinema, do you have a solution? Thank you

@@stefanobertelli2530 Unfortunatly that won't be possible as both applications work completly different in terms of rigging logic. What you can export from C4D is the character with its original skeleton and geometry (this also includes the facial pose morphs). But if you want to use a CC4 character in blender I recommend to use the amazing CC4 pipeline tools for blender. The CC4D Tools are meant to be used and work in C4D only

Hi, You mean the moCap animations in the C4D asset browser? Yes it works! Let me know if you have any trouble

Hi the option to retarget facial animation from other sources like Maxon Moves or Rokoko is not yet implemented. But I'm already working on it. It will be possible with the next update

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Hi, you mean to export animation from iClone and retarget it to the control rig? yes this should work! What issues do you have? Feel free to drop me a description/capture of your problem to cc4dtools@gmail.com

@@CC4DToolsThanks for the quick reply, I will do so tomorrow morning after tinkering around with it for a bit more;)

Yes, I'm already aware of that and I'm preparing a fixed version. It should be out not later than tomorrow

@@CC4DTools Thank you for support. Additionally Is there a way to switch existing rigging data to a new version?

@@bigifts you're welcome! you mean how to update a already ctrl rigged character with a new version of the rig? well, if you directly animated on your rigged character: no. You would have to create a new version of your rigged character and copy/transfer the animations over to the new version. But another way would be to save your rigged character as a separate .c4d file and create a xRef of it in your animation scene. This way you can simply load the a new version of your rigged character and maintain the animations.

Hi, I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Do you mean how to adjust a mixamo animation after transfering it to the Control Rig? After baking down the animation you could modify the animation through the timeline by reducing the keyframes and adjusting your f-curves. Or you convert the animation into a C4D motionclip and add additional animations on a relative animation layer. Feel free to drop me a line at cc4dtools@gmail.com if you have any other questions

If your humanoid character has a facial profile with the corresponding morphs inside CC they will be exported with the fbx and you can apply the face rig in C4D. But to transfer animations from CC or iClone they should be exported on a CC3+ character, even if your actual character is a humanoid.

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Thanks! One way would be to clean up your tracks using the C4D key reducer through the timeline to have less keyframes and than start modifying your animation. Another way would be to use the C4D motion clip system and modify the animation through animation layers. I will make a video on using the CC4D ctrl rig with the motion clip system soon.

@@CC4DTools Thanks, it can help us so much!

Yes please I'm also wondering the same thing!

No, when you create your characters with character creator the character will already have proper weights. When you use AccuRig then some manual weight paint clean up may be nescessary as the weights will be auto generated.

any luck on this buddy? :)

Hi, yes they do

Hi^^ @tomcoben Thanks! Yes the face rig is relying on the control rig and can not be applied without it

Thanks for the input and I'm glad you got it to work! I wasn't aware of this as I never have used the instaLOD function. I will have a look into it

Hi Adam not yet with the current version but with the next major update I will add a 'import'BodyMotion' tool as well as a 'importFaceMotion' tool to transfer facial animation coming from iClone to the controls of the rig

@@CC4DTools Wonderful! Dare I ask when such an update might appear? ;)

@@kromekatdotcom Sure! the base functionality is already there but it needs a bit more testing and refinement. I can't give you a exact date but I hope to publish it within the next month

@@CC4DToolsI'd be more than happy to give the pre-release version a test for this purpose, as it's a functionality I need ASAP. I purchased the released version last night.

@@CC4DTools Hey there might I ask when this might be available! this is game changing thank you :)

Hi there, yes it can work with data from move.ai easily following the process in the video above. The bone extraction in the character definition manager even works almost out of the box. here is a quick basic test with animation data from move.ai: drive.google.com/file/d/1kkqjGuppSurVUXw8ssO60fR6sscUAj11/view?usp=sharing

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Not yet but it will be with the next update of the tools

Hi you can reach me directly here cc4dtools@gmail.com. Yes I already noticed the bug on the reset parameter tag on the master control. I will provide a new version of the control rig where this is fixed in the next days

@@CC4DTools Thank you, that is great to know. I’ll keep a look out for the update and will reach out with any future questions. Appreciate it

hmm not sure but would be interesting to have a look at the FBX file

@@CC4DTools yeah honestly not sure what’s wrong with it, would you be able to test it out?

do you mean the maxon move app? yes, once the animation import/baking features are done I will also provide a setup for that. here is a quick proof of concept from last year: drive.google.com/file/d/1Lo1-eRrekTyf9t1LvUU-rsj-JedZdN8o/view?usp=sharing

@@CC4DTools Wow, that is exactly what I'm talking about. You really have thought of everything man! So excited for future updates!Thanks!