Today we are bringing long-awaited features that should facilitate the work of 3D artists in akeytsu.
You’ll now be able to animate a biped 3D model without any rigging knowledge in less than a minute. On top of that you can now import audio tracks to synchronize your animations with.
Meanwhile we’ve also made significant improvements to our FBX importer/exporter in terms of interoperability.
Read more about our release highlights on our website. Changelist follows.
Note: This release is only available for PC for now. macOS update will be made available shortly
Summary: Major release
Features
- Added Audio layer support* (Beta) See Mixer Wiki for more info.
- Added Auto Rig module* (Beta) See Rig Atelier Wiki for more info.
Enhancements
- FBX Importer* Multilayer UVs and Colors are now correctly imported Fixed loss of empty layers Pendings issues with PreRotation pivot modifiers still prevent us to preserve layers
- FBX Exporter* Spline/Linear/Stepped interpolated curves are now correctly exported Unbaked exports now correctly performs in the below cases: - Animation with a unique additive layer - Animation with a unique override layer (with opacity < 1) - Animation with a joint not keyed on base layer but keyed in an Override Layer with opacity 0 - Animation layer “Muted” info is now exported
- Global tooltip update*
- Files are now auto-saved in case of crash
Bug fixes
- [Rendering] Animation ghosts now correctly displayed around loop key
- [Rendering] Fixed “black” models If an imported Mesh has no material, a default grey material is now used If errors are detected on imported Texture properties, grey colors are now used
- [Multiscreen] akeytsu now opens on the screen where mouse is when opening the app
- [Picker] Drag and Drop of a controller at the end of the list now works correctly
- [Mirroring] _R/_L in a character name has no bad effect anymore
- [Performance] When Akeytsu is in background task, it now lets more processor power to other applications
- [macOS] Restored anti-aliasing [Autosave] Fixed: Autosave sometimes tried to write a file with a corrupted name
- [Breakdown Pose Editor] Fixed: Double clicking on slider led to a crash
Note: Looker (aim-at controller) could not be shipped for this release pending more work on global constraint solving
*Inspired by community feedback