C++Velocity Skinning
Velocity Skinning is a simple technics to add exagerated deformation triggered by skeletal velocity on top of standard skinning animation.
The technic is:
- Real-time and can be implemented as a single pass vertex shader
- Works "out-of-the-box" on existing skinning data in reusing skinning weights
- Allows non-linear-time editing from instantaneous pose and velocity information
- Works "out-of-the-box" on existing skinning data in reusing skinning weights
- Allows non-linear-time editing from instantaneous pose and velocity information
Interactive Online Demos
Demo 1
A JavaScript+WebGL implementation of the Velocity Skinning algorithm running in your browser. Load your own FBX character and interact with it immediately !
FBX examples: [Manga model], [Cesium Man]
> Go to Demo 1
Demo 2
A pre-set 3D scene in JavaScript where the parameters of the squashy and floppy effect can be interactively tuned through the control panel in your browser.
> Go to Demo 2
> Go to Demo 2
Article
Velocity Skinning for Real-time Stylized Skeletal Animation.
Eurographics, Computer Graphics Forum vol.40, n.2
2021
Article associated to the Replicability Stamp [github]
Abstract: Secondary animation effects are essential for liveliness. We propose a simple, real-time solution for adding them on top of standard skinning, enabling artist-driven stylization of skeletal motion. Our method takes a standard skeleton animation as input, along with a skin mesh and rig weights. It then derives per-vertex deformations from the different linear and angular velocities along the skeletal hierarchy. We highlight two specific applications of this general framework, namely the cartoonlike "squashy" and "floppy" effects, achieved from specific combinations of velocity terms. As our results show, combining these effects enables to mimic, enhance and stylize physical-looking behaviours within a standard animation pipeline, for arbitrary skinned characters. Interactive on CPU, our method allows for GPU implementation, yielding real-time performances even on large meshes. Animator control is supported through a simple interface toolkit, enabling to refine the desired type and magnitude of deformation at relevant vertices by simply painting weights. The resulting rigged character automatically responds to new skeletal animation, without further input.
This paper received the Honorable Mention of the Gunter Enderle Award of Eurographics 2021.
Videos
General presentation of Velocity Skinning
Showcase with an animator
Open Source Codes
Algorithm:
Precomputation:
Compute ã from a
Compute initial centroid cj for each joint
Run Time:
For all vertices at position p:
For all joint j at position pj:
(uj,wj) <- (linear,angular) velocity of j
d_drag = drag_linear(uj) + drag_linear(wj, p, pj)
d_stretch = stretch_linear(uj, cj) + stretch_angular(wj, p, pj, cj)
d = d_drag + d_stretch
p = p + ã * d