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Fixamo 2 pairs its animation-combining workflow with a free Rokoko add-on for retargeting to any character, and documentation plus tutorials are provided.
Fixamo 2 is a Blender add-on built around working with Mixamo and mocap animations. After importing an FBX, you click Fix one animation at a time; the add-on auto-renames each animation to avoid conflicts and removes positional motion while keeping the Y motion, so jumps and flips stay intact and the position can be keyframed in later. From there, animations are combined by copying frames from one clip and pasting them onto another in the timeline, without using the NLA editor.
The add-on includes a physics button to add gravity as passive or active with a single click, a weight paint button that jumps into and out of weight painting mode for a selected object, and a solidify option for adding objects or solidifying a model. Edited, combined or newly created animations can be saved and exported to FBX for later use. Animations can be retargeted to any character using the free Rokoko add-on.
Fixamo 2 is XPS, FBX and OBJ compatible. A tutorial video is available, with further tutorials on the developer's YouTube channel.
Fixamo 2 is best for blender users assembling and editing Mixamo or mocap animations through copy-and-paste rather than the NLA editor.
Fixamo 2 is completely free to download and use.
Fixamo 2 lists support for Blender 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.93, 2.92, 2.91 and 2.9, covering a wide span of releases across the 2.9 and 3.x series. The product page also notes a Blender 4.0 update. If you are on a specific build, check the developer's page to confirm the exact version is covered before installing, since the listed range reflects what was published with the add-on.
Fixamo 2 installs through Blender's add-on preferences. Open Preferences, go to the Add-ons section, choose Install, then locate the fixamo.zip file and install it. To get started, you gather some Mixamo or mocap animations and a character, then import and click Fix one at a time. A tutorial video is available, and the developer's YouTube channel hosts further tutorials covering the workflow from import through combining and saving animations.
Fixamo 2 lets you retarget your animation to any character using the free Rokoko add-on. Within Fixamo itself, you import Mixamo or mocap animations, click Fix one at a time, then copy and paste frames in the timeline to combine clips onto a single character. The retargeting step to another character relies on Rokoko, so you would install that separately. Custom animation clips can be saved and exported to FBX for later use once edited.
Fixamo 2 is listed as free in this catalog and is distributed under a Creative Commons license. Licensing terms can change, so check the developer's page for the current details before you rely on it in a project. The add-on works with XPS, FBX and OBJ files and lets you save and export your custom animations to FBX, so exported results remain available for reuse across your work.
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