ZIVA VFX is a Maya plug-in with an offline FEM anatomy simulator that lets you create lifelike characters at scale. Available for studios, indie creators, and render farms, operating on Windows or Linux OS.


Ziva VFX v1.6 marks the release of the industry's fastest, most scalable creature workflow. One of the largest Ziva releases to date, Ziva VFX 1.6 features the highly-anticipated Ziva Anatomy Transfer (ZAT) functionality. These new transfer and warping tools empower users to rapidly generate entire populations of anatomical creatures, all at hero-character fidelity; tackling speed and scalability head-on.

With ZAT, users can transfer the anatomical geometry from one Ziva character to a secondary creature model. Instantly, the geometry will be warped/re-shaped to fit the mesh of the second, third, tenth, or hundredth additional character. Paired with Ziva's new transfer tools, artists can even carry over all of the Ziva rig settings to the secondary creature, to automatically generate a simulation-ready rig. The new ZAT tools include:

New Ziva Anatomy Transfer (ZAT) deformers for transferring creature geometry from a source creature onto a new creature.
New Python scripts that wrap common zBuilder functionality to transfer Ziva rigs from (parts of a) source creature onto a new creature.
New "Ziva Transfer" menu for faster access to ZAT features.
New option in the "Ziva Menu" for erasing all Ziva rigs in a selected Ziva solver, or from the entire Maya scene.

To implore Ziva VFX users to get started faster with ZAT, all Ziva VFX 1.6 paid customers receive a complimentary, simulation-ready copy of Zeke the Lion, Ziva's flagship quadruped. Zeke has undergone extensive iterations and revisions over the course of the past two years. The asset is complete with over 132 individual muscle tissues and an optimized fat/skin layer with approximately 880,000 collision points. This asset will be provided along with a high-fidelity cheetah model known as Lila the Cheetah. Users will be able to manipulate, warp, and replicate the high-quality Zeke passes and transfer them to Lila. These assets will help users practice and perfect the warping workflow so they can achieve film-quality characters faster.

Operating System:
Windows� 10, Windows� 8 / 8.1, Windows� 7 / Linux

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