Archive republication: This article was originally published on 19 February 2021. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.
Garment Refitting
A Pixar research paper presented a method for adapting clothing to different digital character body shapes.
Relaxation and Rebinding
The method alternated between garment relaxation and rebinding optimisation. During relaxation, the garment conformed to the target body. The rebinding stage reset the distance between the fitted garment and the body according to a user-defined density value.
Research Paper
The paper and accompanying material remain available through Pixar’s research library. The technique should be evaluated against the paper’s assumptions and tested for collision, cloth density and deformation quality before production use.
Garment Refitting for Digital Characters
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