ml deformer for blender on the works?

[JohnVanDerBurg]

Hi

The ML Deformers are independent of the software used. For example we have been using it in combination with Maya and Houdini. But you can also use Blender.

Our random pose generator is only for Maya though. But with the Local mode of the Neural Morph Model in 5.1+ you do not need to use random data per se. Or you can generate random data in Blender using a custom script (or another plugin) and export that.

I have also written some more information in the following thread:

Experimenting with Daz characters and the ML Deformer

I’ve been experimenting with a workflow for getting Daz characters into UE5.1 and using the ML Deformer, without having to deal with all Daz’s corrective morphs and pose drivers. So far the results have been pretty good. [6] [7] I know it’s all still experimental and so there’s very little documentation around, but I would love to hear from an expert (perhaps a dev) about the use cases for the different training models and deformer graphs. Is one model/graph better for some use cases comp…