Unreal Engine & Autodesk Maya: Paragon Animation Retarget Process
How to retarget animation from Unreal (UE5/UE4) to Maya and back to Unreal using the free Paragon assets in the Unreal Engine Marketplace.
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Timestamps
00:03 Paragon Source/Unreal Engine/Autodesk Maya
00:15 UE5 Paragon Retarget INCORRECT Animation
00:35 Right click on Unreal Project to select engine version (4.26)
01:05 Right click UE4_Mannequin_Skeleton - Create - Create Rig
01:25 Open Kwang_Skeleton - Choose under Set up Rig - Select Rig - UE4_Mannequin_SkeletonRig that we created
01:55 Choose Paragon Animation (Ability_RMB_NoSword) - Right Click - Retarget Anim Assets - Duplicate Anim Assets and Retarget
02:09 Uncheck Show Only Compatible Skeletons - Select Skeleton (UE4_Mannequin_Skeleton) - Retarget
02:25 Right click created retargeted mannequin animation - Asset Actions - Export - choose desired folder (AnimationRiggingTools/MayaTools/) - this is included in the zip provided in our courses
03:25 Launch Maya select the A.R.T. 1.0 menu - Add Character for Animation - Select Mannequin (or your custom created character rig)
04:05 Select import motion from GUI - import exported fbx animation from Unreal
05:40 Adjust animation in Maya as desired
07:25 Select export motion from GUI - export adjusted animation from Maya - set desired frame range - name fbx
08:07 Inside Unreal (4.26) - open desired animation to change - press reimport animation button - select exported fbx from Maya
09:12 Right click on Unreal Project to select engine version (5.00)
09:42 UE5 Paragon Retarget CORRECT Animation
Unreal Rigging Tools Install Instructions
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*** All Class Creative's Animation courses include ART v1 zip Mannequin rig/mesh
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