Collada Import/Export plugin for After effects

Collada Import/Export Plugin for After Effects

Daz Studio 3 exported to Lightwave via After Effects plugin.

This animation demonstrates how the plugin can be used as a go between for collada files that are not compatible with Lightwave. In this case a Daz Studio collada export was read into After Effects and then exported for use in Lightwave. This Lightwave preview render shows the straight import from Daz Studio on the left and on the right is the indirect import through After Effects. The process makes the skeleton compatible by adding extra joints to solve the rotation order issue that plagues Lightwave.

Rough outline of the process:

export a collada file from Daz Studio
import the file to after effects with scale=1 and 60fps frame rate
export the file
- No - scale on export
- No - include zero value transform nodes
- Yes - export marked nulls as joints
import the file to Lightwave with scale=0.01
import the original collada file from Daz with no scale to get the geometry

September 16, 2009