Plus, it’s free, and the characters it generates are licensed for use in commercial projects.įuse is available now for Windows and Mac OS X. Like Autodesk’s Project Pinocchio, you have to be realistic about the results you can expect: you’re unlikely to want to use the characters for anything other than previz-quality work without refining them by hand.īut as a quick way to get something useable, it looks like a winner. Texturing is handled dynamically via Allegorithmic’s Substances, with a choice of 25 base Substances, adjustable through slider controls.Īll of the options are for standard human characters, although there is a zombie head.Ĭharacters may be exported in OBJ format with diffuse, normal and specular maps, or rigged via Mixamo’s online service and downloaded in FBX, Collada or BVH format. There is a similar range of clothing and shoe meshes.

Users assemble characters by mixing and matching from a library of pre-built male and female body parts, including 12 torsos, arms and legs, and 18 heads. Mixamo has released Fuse, a free standalone application designed to create custom 3D characters for animation.

Adobe fuse or charactor creator 3