| Release Notes [SMPL_maya_plugin_v1.0.2 - Nov 9, 2015] | |
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| Overview: | |
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| This release includes bug fixes in the plugin code and related data files. | |
| It also updates the plugin for more user-friendly control. | |
| Bug Fixes: | |
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| - Shape and Pose blend shapes are both created as one blend shape node inside the FBX files. | |
| These were two separate nodes in previous version, which is not compatible with some animation | |
| software. | |
| - The shape blend shapes for subjects of different body shapes now retain the values for the shape. | |
| The 10 shape blend shapes were reset to 0 in previous version of sample animation files (e.g. | |
| 'v1_f_lbs_10_207_0_mosh_cmu_0511.fbx', etc.). These should be 0 only for the basic model (i.e. | |
| v1_f_lbs_10_207_0.fbx and v1_m_lbs_10_207_0.fbx). | |
| - Fixed error in 'Recompute Skeleton' function. The previous version of the plugin and data file | |
| ('joints_mat_v1.0.0.pkl') used female joint-regressor to create joint positions for both male | |
| and female models. The plugin and data file have been updated to correctly recompute skeleton | |
| for both male and female models. | |
| - Versioning for all files is now consistent with the plugin version. Version-numbers for files | |
| associated with the Maya plugin will update with the plugin version. | |
| New Features: | |
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| - Set Mesh to Bind-Pose: Plugin now provides a button to automatically set the model to a | |
| T-pose (the bind-pose) position before recomputing the Skeleton. | |
| - Human-readable joints: joints are now named according to the joint position in the body | |
| instead of being named by numbers. | |
| - Shape and Pose blend shape names are now shortened to 'Shape###' and 'Pose###' for easier | |
| control | |
| - Set Keyframes: Plugin now shows checkboxes next to 'Apply Pose Blendshapes' buttons. The user | |
| can now choose to apply pose blendshapes with or without setting keyframes for the pose blendshapes. | |
| Etymology: | |
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| Model: male or female mesh object in the FBX file | |
| Shape Blend Shapes: set of 10 blend shapes attached to each model that help change the body shape | |
| of the model realistically. | |
| Pose Blend Shapes: set of 207 blend shapes attached to each model that deform with animation to | |
| fix lbs-skinning problems and to create more realistic mesh deformations at joints. | |
| License: | |
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| Copyright 2015 Naureen Mahmood and the Max Planck Gesellschaft. All rights reserved. | |
| This software is provided for research purposes only. | |
| By using this software you agree to the terms of the SMPL Model license here http://smpl.is.tue.mpg.de/license | |
| For comments or questions, please email us at: smpl@tuebingen.mpg.de | |