The Unreal Live Link plug-in makes it possible to stream object, lights, camera, animation and timecode data from Maya to Unreal in real time.
This video is Part 2 of 2 videos explaining the basics of using the plugin to stream data between Maya and Unreal. In this video we will cover the following topics
- Initial Setup
- Establish a Live Connection Maya and Unreal
- Using the Skeletal Mesh Preview Controller
- Enabling chracters to update live in your scene
- Creating the Animation Blueprint & Live Link Pose
- Changing the Skeletal Mesh
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction & Setup
02:42 Connecting the Preview Controller in Unreals Asset Editor
04:11 Enable characters to update live in the Unreal scene/viewport
06:48 Changing the Skeletal Mesh
08:26 Setting the Unreal character to receive Miximo mocap in Maya
10:58 Establish the Live Link Connection and stream mocap from Maya
17:31 Summary and Outro
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https://youtu.be/5iTbnk5Zmak
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👋 ASEETS USED IN THIS VIDEO 👋
Amazon Lumberyard Bistro, Open Research Content Archive (ORCA)
The Bistro day I used came from this version remastered by Morgan McGuire
https://github.com/jvm-graphics-labs/awesome-3d-meshes/tree/master/McGuire
The original version of the Bistro environment can also be downloaded from Nvidia's Open Research Content Archive (ORCA) here: https://developer.nvidia.com/orca/amazon-lumberyard-bistro
Amazon Lumberyard Bistro, Open Research Content Archive (ORCA) is available to use under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License.
Scanned 3D People Pack for Unreal
https://unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/9c3fab270dfe468a9a920da0c10fa2ad
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