Retarget Pose

Related Official Documentation

Unreal Engine Documentation on Retarget Pose

(include useful references on creating and editing pose, importing and exporting poses, etc)

Why you should care about retarget pose?

The retarget pose of the two characters should match closely, the more aligned the two poses, the more accurate the retargeting results is going to be.

A-Pose vs T-Pose

A-Pose VS T-Pose

Advantages of T-Pose

• You can make use of Mixamo’s Auto Rigger to create T-Pose (save time ✔)
• If you have to create the pose manually, it will be easier to align the limbs and fingers horizontally and vertically (using the front, side and top view and the grids to help you) (save time ✔)

For Rabbit Heart Characters

Both A-Pose and T-Pose will be provided for all Rabbit Heart characters. You can find the retarget poses in the folder CharacterName > RetargetPoses.

Example:

Retarget Poses Folder

T-Pose Variations:

T-Pose Variations

(Summary) When to use A-Pose or T-Pose?

• UE4 animations: Use provided UE4 A-Pose
• UE5 animations: Use provided UE5 A-Pose
• Mixamo & Mixamo Rigged Characters: Use provided T-Pose (Straight version)
• Other Animations: Use provided T-Pose, pick the T-Pose variation that looks the best

Import Retarget Pose in Retargeter

You can import those pose asset in the IK Retargeter.

Import Pose Asset

Retargeting in Unreal Engine 5.6

Video Walkthrough

The following video demonstrates the technique using the character ShaoLei, but it can also be applied to other characters.

How to create T-Pose with Mixamo’s Auto-Rigger

Video Walkthrough

In this section of the retargeting demo video (jump to 16:47), you can see the process of uploading a character* to Mixamo website to rig and set it to TPose.

*Paragon’s Belica in this case

Mixamo Auto-Rigger Steps