With GDC in full swing we thought it a good time to go through some of the recent features of our Red9 ProPack pipeline. ProPack is available in both nodelocked and floating studio license, supporting multiple projects with full Perforce backend support.
ProPack continues to grow from strength to strength, we've been working really hard with some key clients recently on some major new features and we're hearing from more and more studios looking for solid solutions for their animation needs. We can generally take a client from having no rig or pipeline to fully setup within a matter of weeks and that also includes facial rigs and data!
ART Rig Support:
Firstly the latest build of ProPack includes full integration for the Unreal ART Rig, allowing you to hook ProPack systems directly to the rig as if it were a native Red9 Puppet. This is a big advantage to anybody wanting a complex workflow over and above the base systems of the Unreal Art Toolkit.
ART Rig - Read More
Animation ReDirector:
The Re-Director has always been a big part of the ProPack but in the latest builds this is now an interactive tool, allowing for instant feedback and re-pathing of your complex animation data.
Animation ReDirector - Read More
Rig Manager:
This bridges the gap between any external Maya rigs and our ProPack metadata systems, allowing for fast binding to the underlying node setups and exposing all the tools with a few clicks. This is particularly powerful when bound to facial rigs as it also then exposes all of our imageplane and camera management specifically aimed at facial animators.
Rig Manager - Read More
Red9 PuppetRig:
Our PuppetRig continues to develop along with the toolsets that manage it. This latest version includes a new iterative FK>IK spine fitting system, designed to resolve the issue of poorly fitting ik spline fit to fk data. The iterative fit works a little like a secondary ik solver, trying to best fit the systems.
Red9 PuppetRig updates - Read More
Dynamic Timecode:
Finally we'd like to introduce you to our dynamic timecode systems, designed to allow for seamless syncing of data from performance capture to final sequence, managing body, facial and audio data inside Maya, none destructive and fully integrated into the entire ProPack pipeline. This system was built alongside CloudImperium games to help them handle their massive moCap needs..
Dynamic Timecode - Read More
More to come including our powerful custom exporter systems aimed at taming your outputs to engine!
For more information don't forget to contact us!!
Red9 StudioTools have been born out of frustration at Autodesks reluctancy to add some of these core features and workflows into Maya itself. Why OpenSource, well I want to give something back to the industry as I feel damn sorry for studios without the benefit of a large R&D department to craft pipelines around them. The Studio Pack is designed to speed up a modern animation pipeline. All comments and suggestions are welcomed. For more info mail me :)
