Questions About Modeling for Animation
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Hi guys,
I am wondering what's the correct (or, the industry standard) workflow when modeling for animation. Especially for animation involves both low poly and high poly version, cloth and hair simulation.
I usually model my character under 10K polys, and make Xgen hair in the same file. Then I create a new scene to rig it by referencing the model file. When I am ready to anime I create another scene and reference the rig file. For simulation I cache out the character and create a new scene for cloth sim, and export that cloth sim cahce back to the animation scene and do the hair simulation (because I don't know how to cache the hair simulation..)
Am I referencing my file too many times? I think I am not doing this in the right way...I would be more than happy to see any suggestions. Thank you!
I am wondering what's the correct (or, the industry standard) workflow when modeling for animation. Especially for animation involves both low poly and high poly version, cloth and hair simulation.
I usually model my character under 10K polys, and make Xgen hair in the same file. Then I create a new scene to rig it by referencing the model file. When I am ready to anime I create another scene and reference the rig file. For simulation I cache out the character and create a new scene for cloth sim, and export that cloth sim cahce back to the animation scene and do the hair simulation (because I don't know how to cache the hair simulation..)
Am I referencing my file too many times? I think I am not doing this in the right way...I would be more than happy to see any suggestions. Thank you!
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We have the geo file referenced into the rig file. And reference the rig file into the shot.
xGen hair is created on a scalp geo and imported into the shot. A more complex way is to work with xgen delta files.
But you wont go that route without a good TD.