Set up a Motion Clip with Maximo
Mixamo is an online service for automatically rigging characters and preparing and downloading Motion Clips. It is currently free for anyone with an Adobe ID. By uploading an Anima compatible character you can use Mixamo’s motion clips out of the box, with no need to convert them in 3ds Max or Cinema 4d. To do this:
1. Go to your Mixamo account, or sign up if you don’t already have one.
2. You can use any character, we will choose the default XBOT dummy in this example.
3. Go to Animations and choose a motion clip you’d like to import into Anima. In this example, we’ll choose “Female Sexy Walk”.
4. A sidebar will open showing a preview of the selected motion clip on your character.
5. Uncheck the “In Place” checkbox at the bottom because Anima needs to detect the translation in the hips. We also recommend setting the Trim range to the maximum (-50 <-> 150) to have more room inside Anima to detect the loops.
6. Make adjustments to the Overdrive or the Arm-Space parameters as needed and when you’re happy with it, click DOWNLOAD.
7. From the Download, Settings choose FBX as the Format and Without Skin, as we only want the motion clip.
8. Finally, click Download and you will get an FBX file that can be imported directly into Anima!
