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Changing Facial Expressions (part 2)
October 10, 2020I previously wrote a post on Changing Facial Expressions where I went through the basics of how to control facial expressions in Unity. Since then ...
Generating iFacialMocap Blend Shapes in Unity for VRoid Characters
October 4, 2020I have been exploring iFacialMocap, an iOS app that uses the iPhone "ARKit" library to convert facial expressions into a series of movements. These can ...
Speech Bubbles in Unity
September 14, 2020One of the projects I plan to undertake is to create a cartoon series using "web stories", a format for browsing through visual content on ...
Copying BlendShapes in Unity with a Script
September 7, 2020My goal is to create characters in VRoid Studio and then use them in an animated video created in Unity. A part of this challenge ...
Unity Locomotion Package Trials and Tribulations
August 23, 2020Runevision developed a locomotion system for use with Unity. It deals with issues such as walking over sloped or uneven surfaces, making sure the feet ...
Using Animation Clips with VRoid Characters in Unity
August 16, 2020In this post I describe my current plans for animation of VRoid Studio characters in Unity (using animation clips). I might change my mind on ...
Changing Facial Expressions
August 10, 2020VRoid characters in Unity include "Blendshapes" (called "Shape Keys" in Blender) that morph the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth on the face to create different expressions. ...
Controlling VRoid Eyes in Unity
August 8, 2020The eyes are an important part of acting. They convey a lot of emotion, from their shape to what they are looking at. It is ...
Making VRoid Characters Blink in Unity
July 29, 2020By default, characters loaded into Unity using UniVRM do not blink. You can animate blinking yourself using animation clips, but UniVRM also provides a script ...
VRoid Studio and Unity Posts
July 29, 2020This post provides a list of my blog posts related to VRoid Studio and Unity for creating animations (movies, short cartoons, etc). I will come ...
Making Characters Move in Unity
July 28, 2020A common requirement is to have characters move around a scene. There are different ways of achieving this with different degrees of complexity. As I ...
Timelines and Cameras in Unity
July 27, 2020In this post I summarize the Unity terminology related to Cinemachine timelines and cameras. Cinemachine is a package for Unity design to create cutscenes or ...
VRoid Studio Characters and Animation in Unity
July 26, 20203D models are created by external applications and then loaded into Unity as assets. Characters, furniture, buildings etc are all models. VRoid Studio can export ...
Unity Basic Terminology
July 25, 2020There are a few foundational concepts that are worth understanding in Unity. These concepts are used in a variety of ways, as will be shown ...
Installing VRoid Studio and Unity
July 21, 2020In this post I give an overview of how to install VRoid Studio and Unity. Both products have installation instructions that I recommend you read ...
Setting the scene: VRoid + Unity for animated cartoons
July 20, 2020"I wonder how hard it would be to use VRoid Studio and Unity to create an animated movie?" I am starting this series of blog ...
Project Wookie - A Beginner YouTube Playlist
October 22, 2018I have been creating a series of Live Streams on put into a playlist called "Project Wookie" on my Behind the Scenes channel on YouTube. ...
MIDI and Adobe Character Animator
September 28, 2018In this post I collecting notes related to experiments with MIDI control of Character Animator in case useful to anyone else. I am still working ...
Music Videos in Character Animator (part 3)
August 30, 2018I have previously shared two videos on YouTube on some ideas for syncing animation with a music track in Adobe Character Animator. But there as ...
Comics via Adobe Character Animator and Indesign
August 21, 2018After hitting some delays with volunteer voice actors, I decided to have a go at turning my animation into a comic. No voice actors required! ...
Timing Music with Character Animator movements
August 8, 2018I just did a YouTube video of some ways to get more precise recordings of hand positions etc. Hopefully contains some useful tips. (This page ...
Dangles and Physics (Collisions) Don't Mix
August 2, 2018This is just a pointer to a post I did in the forums, so I can find it again later: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2520232. Basically the physics collision ...
Extending Artwork and Fixing the Origin
August 2, 2018This is a pointer to a forum post I did, so I can find it again later. It talks about the need to fix the ...
Adobe Character Animator Behaviors
July 8, 2018This post is for intermediate Adobe Character Animator users. It goes into “behaviors” in greater depth than may be first clear from reading the user ...