Hi,
Is there a way of triggering Morph targets in sequencer?
I have some facial blend shapes that I would like to trigger when playing the shots in the sequencer, is there a good way to do this?
Could I potentially trigger a blend using Blueprints?
If not, can I bake my blends in Maya and then trigger them using an event in the sequencer?
Any advice gratefully received.
Best Regards,
-Janek-
atm Iâm just setting my morph targets in a blueprint, and exposing a float to sequencer (âexpose to cinematicsâ, I think).
It isnât the most user friendly way to control morphs, since a basic implementation would have you exposing floats for each morphtarget, and updating each tick (and you canât see them in sequencer, only PIE)
However, I already had a morphing system setup that controls multiple targets from a single float, etc. So it wasnât as much a problem for me. It depends what you are going for.
I hope they add a simple âmorph target trackâ to sequencer though, itâd be so much more straightforward.
Vote here: https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/UE-36126
If you donât need actual control over the morph in the sequencer track, and just want a predefined morph sequence to fire, this might be of interest (using the event track)
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/442903/using-morph-target-in-sequencer-with-blueprint-eve.html
Hi. I also hope they add a simple âmorph target trackâ to sequencer though. Any updates to 4.24 version about this issue with morphs target in the sequencer? Kristiano, it will be very great if you record the tutorials about this. Because with my knowledge for this moment not enough to understand all you wrote
I managed to apply morph targets in the sequencer as animation blends (drag drop in the timeline sort of thing).
I created a dedicated morph target animation in my 3D program (say, morph blinking at 100% keyed for one frame at the first frame with no other animation) and when I import that I make sure the morph target animation uses âLocal Spaceâ in the characters Animation>Asset Details>Additive Settings>Additive Anim Type pulldown (otherwise the bone animation will also be applied in sequencer, even if itâs the T/A pose). After this (if I recall), I could drag this animation into the sequencer on a different track, or even the same track as other bone animations, with full access to transition etc.
Update : If Local Space doesnât work, try Mesh Space. I have found that this works and I can combine skeleton animation and Blend shapes (even multiple if needed).
Itâs not ideal And there are some limitations, I would also like access to morph targets track in sequencer, but we do what we can 
Hope this helps!
Thanks for fast reply! It will be a nice to see a tutorial about this method!
By the way I am not totally sure about the question, but if the intention is to trigger the shapes separately, I am not sure. But if you import the Blend Shapes with the animation during import (click that checkbox) they will automatically play with the animation. So just using Blend shapes with animation (which is what you would usually be doing with cinematics) is very straight forward.
anyone looking for this in 2021 - you can enable the âcontrol rigâ plugin and it will let you animate morph targets in sequencer
After using ControlRig the other animation is disabled⌠any ideas why?
Hello there, how exactly do you do that with the control rig plugin ?
To explain further- you create a new control in Control Rig, set the X translate minimum and maximum to the range of your morph (usually 0-1), then plug in the X translation of the control into a set curve value node that has the name of the morph you want to adjust in Sequencer:
You will also need to track the character control rig IN sequencer before the morph controls will be available to key frame
I am using UE 5.1 and the Get Control Transform is a bit different.
I donât know what to set in the control parameter (purple).
At that point (Control Rig) you might as well just use a blueprint instead of the skeletal mesh directly 
The easiest way to control your Morph targets is by creating a curve in an animation asset:
Alternatively, you can just create an Event Trigger track and then call it in the Sequencer code. Then you can control the value directly in sequencer and itâs easier to leave it on after you turn it on.
