All language subtitles for CustomMetahuman_5.1_v2.mp4

In this chapter, we will prepare
our character model for clothes creation.

In our pipeline,

we need two versions of the character.

The first one is just the character
mesh in A-Pose, which can be used

as the avatar in Marvelous Designer
or as the base model in Blender, 3D Coat,

ZBrush, or whatever software
you are working with.

Second, when we are done
with creating and texturing the clothes mesh,

we will need the rigged character.

The body rig will be needed to rig
the clothes to the metahuman skeleton

or for animation purposes
in Marvelous Designer.

Let's open up our Unreal Engine project
and export the character.

There are two ways of exporting
the metahuman character.

We can either export it separately
by finding the body and head meshes.

So select your metahuman,

click on the body component,

find the skeletal mesh in the content
browser and export it as a FBX.

Always make sure
to deselect all additional export options.

We don't need the LODs, morph targets
or anything else.

Then find the head and export it as well.

The second way to export
the character is via the sequencer,

which will export the whole mesh,
including body and head.

This comes in handy
if you want to export character animation

for clothes simulation in Marvelous Designer as well.

Okay, let's add a level sequence

and drop our character into the sequence.

Before exporting,

we have to make sure that all transforms
are set to zero.

Otherwise these transforms will be exported as well,

which means your character
will be offset from the world origin

when you import it in Blender.

After resetting the transforms,

just right click on the blueprint
in the sequencer and export it.

Now open up Blender and import the FBX.

We now have the separated body and head meshes

with their respective rigs.

Let's move them into a new collection
and name it "Hero_Rig".

This will be our model for rigging later.

Now let's duplicate the collection

and name it "Hero_Avatar".

As the name suggests, this will be
our static mesh for draping our clothes.

I will delete the skeletons
as we don't need those.

Sometimes when you break a relationship

between mesh and rig,
the mesh gets scaled up or down.

So let's adjust the scale of the meshes
by setting it to 0.01.

Let's check if the scale is the same as our rigged model.

Yes, it is.

Now I delete the null objects,

and join body and head
together by pressing Ctrl+J.

We have everything ready to go now
and can begin making clothes.

In the next chapter, I will walk you
through the Marvelous Designer workflow.

If you don't use Marvelous Designer,
you can go directly to Chapter 5.3,

where we will create a simple
clothes outfit in Blender.