Import Animation

Import a body animation from an FBX or NPZ file and retarget it onto the FK controls of your control rig. The source skeleton is detected automatically, and the result is a regular Blender Action you can keyframe over.

Import a Body Animation

Select the rig instance and make sure its control rig has been generated.
Open the Animation panel.
Under Body FK Animation, click Import.
Choose an .fbx or .npz file.
Confirm. The animation lands on the control rig's FK controls as a new Action.

Select the control rig and enter Pose Mode to play it back.

Import Options

Option	Default	Effect
Source Frame Rate	`30`	Rate assumed for formats that don't declare one, such as NPZ. Ignored when the file does.
Match Frame Rate	On	Re-times the source samples onto the current scene frame rate.
Round Sub-frames	On	Rounds re-timed samples to whole scene frames.
Prefix Instance Name	On	Prefixes the Action name with the rig instance name, avoiding collisions between characters.
Prefix Component Name	Off	Prefixes the Action name with `body`.
Replace Existing	On	Overwrites an Action of the same name. When off, the import is cancelled instead.

Supported Animation Templates

The source skeleton in your file is matched against these templates automatically:

Template	Typical source
MetaHuman	MetaHuman body animation from Unreal Engine
UE5 Mannequin (Manny/Quinn)	Unreal Engine 5 Manny and Quinn
UE4 Mannequin	Unreal Engine 4 mannequin
Mixamo	Adobe Mixamo clips
Reallusion Character Creator	Character Creator ⅘ and AccuRig
Rokoko	Rokoko Studio suit capture
Xsens	Xsens suit capture
SOMA	SOMA generated motion

Note

The addon has its own source skeleton detection algorithm that will choose the right retargeting steps for you if the animation you are importing is supported.

Face Board Animation

The Face Board section of the same panel has its own Import button. You can import your Face Board animations the you exported from MetaHuman Animator in a single click.

Tip

Check out this video on how to do this.