Retarget a UE4 animation to a Mixamo character

Retargeting a UE4 Animation to a Mixamo Character is very simple, and uses the standard UE4 workflow. You can read more about the UE4 retargeting system here:

• Animation Retargeting
• Animation Retargeting (for Different Skeletons)

The UE4 Mixamo Animation Retargeting plugin automatically performs all the configurations needed by UE4.

Video Tutorial

This video tutorial shows, after having applied the plugin, how to retarget a UE4 animation to a Mixamo character.

How to - step by step

To retarget an Unreal Engine 4 animation (including any Root Motion animation) to a Mixamo character:

• if not already done, run the plugin's Retarget Mixamo Skeleton Asset action on the target Mixamo skeleton following the documentation;
• right click on the UE4 animation;

• run the Retarget Anim Assets > Duplicate Anim Assets and Retarget contextual action;

  

• in the dialog that opens, select the target Mixamo Skeleton you're interested to;

  

• press the Retarget button.

Done :) You'll find the new retargeted animation in your Content Browser.

Root Motion animations

Thanks to the plugin, a Root Bone is added to the Mixamo assets, allowing you to retarget any existing UE4 Root Motion animation to any Mixamo character.

If interested, read more on how to convert a Mixamo animation into a Root Motion animation using the UE4 Mixamo Animation Retargeting plugin.