Now officially compatible with Blender 2.80

blend files, then re-exported to other DCC applications in any of the formats that Blender supports, including FBX, Collada and OBJ. Once generated, characters can be posed in the software, or have polygonal hair or clothing fitted to them.įinished characters can be exported as. The meshes are anatomically detailed, including eyebrows, teeth, tongues, eyelashes and gums, and fully rigged, including finger and facial rigs, with a simulated muscle armature. Like its predecessor, MB-Lab generates highly customisable human characters for use in CG projects, including the options to control gender, physique and ethnic origin.

The online documentation describes the original code as “still only fully understood by Manuel Bastioni himself”, making the new fork both a matter of adding new features and figuring out how old ones work.Ĭreate customisable, fully rigged CG characters for Blender and other DCC software Led by lighting artist Ted ‘animate1978’ Gocek, the MB-Lab project is a community fork of popular Blender-based CG character generator Manuel Bastioni Lab, which was unexpectedly discontinued last November. The software, in development since last December, is a community fork of the popular, but now discontinued, Manuel Bastioni Lab.įeatures in the release include a new GUI in line with that of Blender 2.80 itself, a new tongue shader and improvements to the eye and iris shaders, and FACS support in the facial rig generated by the software.Ī community-led efford to continue Manuel Bastioni Lab

The development team behind MB-Lab has released MB-Lab 1.7.5, the first stable build of the promising open-source 3D character generation tool for Blender 2.80. Scroll down for news of the 1.7.8 update.

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