Hello, yes you can define facial tissue with AdonisFX. We actually have a specialized solver that was successfully used in production to simulate faces. This solver is called SimShape and you can learn more about it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DRXyyZ_PHPg.html
Hi, the workflow that we are exposing in this video is a way of adding dynamism, sliding, and wrinkles to your animated skin using simulation by using one single simulation layer. For that it is only required to use as target mesh the raw skinning file like you're mentioning and a cutout simulated mesh that has no animation applied to (frozen) and that will attach to the target mesh. However, your confusion might be coming from you expecting to simulate the skin on top of a simulated fascia layer. That is also completely doable if you want to simulate more complex cases for which you first simulate muscles with AdnMuscles, you simulate fascia on top using AdnSkin with multi-targets and then you simulate the rest of the layers (fat, skin, etc) with AdnSkin. We hope this helped you and we invite you to also check-out our video about simulating fascia. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WgBVK825zS0.html
Hi! Thanks a lot for your interest in Shift. Please send us an email to shift.support@inbibo.co.uk and our team will get back to you with more information :)
Brilliant! Just what is needed. I would love this to be implemented on multiple muscle object creations, too. At the moment, we need to set up muscles individually, which takes time. Thanks!
Thanks a lot! We are glad to hear this new feature is working for you! Please send us an email to adonis.support@inbibo.co.uk elaborating on your comment/suggestion. Our team is always happy to hear about the user experience and learn how we can keep improving Adonis 😊
Thank you for your continued support! My students at Puppeteer Lounge are so excited and having fun using this awesome tool-set! Keep it up :) BTW I hope the slow paint weight operation is fixed with this iteration, that's my only gripe but rest is SOLID, so much faster that ZIVA VFX that I previously used!!!
Thanks a lot for your kind words and teaching your students how to get the most out of AdonisFX! About the performance of the paint weight operation, 1.2.0 does not address anything major related to paint tool performance. However, we are constantly improving all aspects of AdonisFX so we would love to hear more about your experience via adonis.support@inbibo.co.uk Our team will be happy to answer any of your questions!
Hi there, we unfortunately do not provide the asset, only the AdonisFX software itself. In the future we may look into having a ready to use asset available through our website.
This looks great! I can't see any examples in your videos or documentation of how you affect the character model with the muscles? Am I missing it somewhere? Is it just standard Maya skinning with the muscles as influences and use geometry/use components on?
Hello, once you have your muscles set up, you can then follow the next steps: * apply the fascia on top of the muscles: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4_UdZwXbXzo.html * apply the fat on top of the fascia: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C2azl6Na3kU.html * apply the resulting simulation on top of the animated character: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xP4G1LC14oo.html We are constantly working on new and more complete tutorials, so follow us on Linkedin and RU-vid to get the latest updates.
Hello, it is possible to apply our facial simulation solution (SimShape) using Alembic GeoCaches. If you only want a simple simulation without skull collisions and muscles activations, simply apply the solver on the geocache and paint the maps to apply the simulations on the parts of the head that you are most interested in. If you want the simulation to collide and slide on the skull, you will need a geocache fo the animated skull too. Findally, if you want to apply muscles dynamics using Adonis muscle patches, you will also need to get an Alembic GeoCache for the head with only the facial expressions and no body animation. If you have further questions on how to take advantage of your AdonisFX license, contact the AdonisFX support team at: adonis.support@inbibo.co.uk
Love what you all are doing with AdonisFX, is there any sort of forum or Discord server that you have for people to talk about, recieve help, etc.. for your products?
Hi there, we have been having discussions to create a community forum for users to collaborate. Stay tuned, we are hoping to release news of this in the near future!
Hi @kumada180 thanks for the suggestion! We are planning to release Tutorials soon for simulating fascia and how to configure skin merge.. Soon after we will create a tutorial for simulating muscles, fascia and skin all combined. These should be coming in the near future!
I have downloaded the Houdini version to try it out and there seems to be no documentation for it. The "tutorials" seem to be just the video above that is low resolution and flashes quickly through a setup that can't be replicated without an explanation of what geometry or locators it is using and how to activate the nodes. Are there downloadable demo materials for the solver? Currently I can't really do much with the plugin to get it working as per the flash through video
I can supply plenty of feedback on how to improve the functionality of the current nodes if you like. Is there a forum or discord server for discussion/input on the plugin?
Hi there, we do have a variety of workflows/Tutorials for AdonisFX in Houdini, you can access an open repository here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G_P-okXAY1CISkoQCP2UBoEZLvTlde1L We would absolutely love your feedback on the product, it's professional users who will help us to keep advancing AdonisFX. If you could write any feedback or issues you are having to adonis.support@inbibo.co.uk it really would be greatly appreciated. We are looking to open a forum/server for open discussions on AdonisFX very soon.
@@inbibo thanks for the reply. I just had a quick look at the repository and will send some feedback to the @support email. My first request is access to the skeleton and muscle geo from the demo videos and a Houdini .hip scene so the setup can be replicated and then modified
So far I haven't been impressed with the videos shown for Adonis...the quality of the simulation seems to be failry low when compared to Ziva / Houdini solvers, the muscles almost feel like a spring system more than a fem system, I hope I am wrong now that Ziva is gone, but i guess only time will tell
Hello, thanks for taking the time to write your opinions here. We hope that the updates delivered with AdonisFX 1.1 and more coming in 1.2 will get the results closer and closer to your requirements.
@@inbibo Thank you for your reply, I didn't mean to sound rude on my previous comments, I just have high hopes for this and I would hate to be disappointed, so far all of the videos have been pretty vague when it comes to the actual solver quality that's why, It could be great if you guys could show what this solver is capable of in a more in deep detailed video. not so much about this or that tool, but about the simulation quality so is easier to see and judge and know what to expect. Thanks again for your reply and keep it up
Super tool definetely gonna test it to our animation pipeline. We're very glad what does andonisfx can do here but but can you define more specific fatpatterns such as breasts and bellys? Maybe in case you need more cartoon based characters with jelly and volume/sag compression effects?
Hi there, thanks for the kind words! This is most certainly on our roadmap, we are working on a fat solver to provide the ability to simulate and contol fat patterns. This will be released in the future so keep your eyes peeled for updates
Definitely interested in this tool but if I may offer some advice on your videos, /please/ don’t flash colors rapidly like that. It’s very very hard on the eyes.
Hi, this is not only a great suggestion, but something we are already changing in our future released videos. We realize that for some people it could be distressing.
Hi there, currently, AdnSkin solver computes interactions against one single target geometry. However, we are working to extend this functionality to support multiple targets which would allow you to connect as many geometries as you want to work as external colliders. An update for this should be available soon
@@inbibo thats amazing im really hoping this new features arrives soon ! Thanks a lot for the quick responses , keep up the awesome work you guys are doing !
Hey im looking forward to get started with this amazing tool but im concerned since there isnt a lot of information or documentary about how everything behave , so would it be a problem to ask the support instead for more information while working?
Hi, thanks for the kind words and absolutely you can get in touch with our support team if you need any help of have any technical questions. Our support email is adonis.support@inbibo.co.uk
Hi there, our initial plans have been to release AdonisFX for Maya and Houdini, however in the future we will open a poll to understand what other software to integrate Adonis into, thanks for your suggestion!
Hi, we are working to constantly increase the quality of current solvers and deliver new features and solvers to increase the breadth and quality of the results achievable with AdonisFX. Version 1.1 brings a lot of improvements that will hopefuly align better with your requirements.
i am looking forward to taht as well.. From what i saw so far i am not sure if AdonisFX have what we expect from it. Like fascia, fat and skin solvers... Not sure if it works as Ziva at all. I woul like to see muscles attached to bones and not to joints.. .sliding constraints, fascia and fat simulations on top of muscles... But maybe i am wrong.
@@vojislavpavkovs9124 and @theanonymous2581 we are working on creating a sample scene and tutorial to show how to bring everything together. About bones attachments, they are already in the works as other features that users are requesting.
@@inbibo great to hear that! Now with Ziva out of the picture CFX really need solid solution. Looking firward to see more. Also connection with houdini is really strong and interesting concept.
Hi! We have released AdonisFX 1.1 a few days ago and this comes with better controls for fascia simulation and the ability to attach muscles to geometries! Check the latest videos and tutorials we have posted on our RU-vid and Linkedin channels to learn more about it.
Hey! We've been working hard on Shift and are starting to generate more content ramping up for v1 release! You can check out our latest teaser video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oonBxDlBqM4.html
Love it ! It would be great if there are some tutorials from scratch to build a setup (muscles attachments, skin fat simulation) with adonis ! It's a game changer with metahuman ! thank you guys for your work ! i will work with Adonis on my characters in a few weeks, when I finish them !
Thanks for your question, we are currently supporting Maya and Houdini. We are planning further integration in other software and Unreal Engine is most definitely on our radar!
I am buying this the very moment it's released for Houdini. This looks a million times better and far more intuitive than Ziva VFX. Thank you so much for making it!
Thats music to our ears, thank you so much!! You'll be able to purchase / download a free trial very soon. We will be releasing it for Maya initially, but the Houdini version is getting closer to release. Updates are coming on YT and Linked in soon.
We are initially planning to release Adonis for Maya and Houdini, however in the future we will open a poll to understand what other software to integrate Adonis into, thanks for your suggestion!
