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18  Chapter 1: Character Skeletons
Group sCale
At this point, you may want to reevaluate the character’s scale. It should still be close
enough. It’s dicult to state whether you should scale the character in its default pose or
its rst frame of animation. If the rst frame is a crouching or lying-down position, then you
have to go with the default skeletal pose.
You don’t want to go immediately to the default skeletal pose, because it isn’t a true
representation of the actor—it’s rigid and unnatural. If you have control over the motion-
capture session, it’s ideal to have the actor pose in the same position as your CG character to
obtain a suitable default skeletal pose.
Figure1.21
Scale the
motion-capture
group to match the
size ofJack.
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