License:

To learn about SMPL, please visit our website: http://smpl.is.tue.mpg You can find the SMPL paper at: http://files.is.tue.mpg.de/black/papers/SMPL2015.pdf

Visit our downloads page to download some sample animation files (FBX), and python code: http://smpl.is.tue.mpg/downloads

For comments or questions, please email us at: [email protected]

System Requirements:

Operating system: OSX, Linux

Python Dependencies:

• Numpy & Scipy [http://www.scipy.org/scipylib/download.html]
• Chumpy [https://github.com/mattloper/chumpy]
• OpenCV [http://opencv.org/downloads.html]

Getting Started:

1. Extract the Code:

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Extract the 'smpl.zip' file to your home directory (or any other location you wish)

2. Set the PYTHONPATH:

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We need to update the PYTHONPATH environment variable so that the system knows how to find the SMPL code. Add the following lines to your ~/.bash_profile file (create it if it doesn't exist; Linux users might have ~/.bashrc file instead), replacing ~/smpl with the location where you extracted the smpl.zip file:

SMPL_LOCATION=~/smpl
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$SMPL_LOCATION

Open a new terminal window to check if the python path has been updated by typing the following:

echo $PYTHONPATH

3. Run the Hello World scripts:

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In the new Terminal window, navigate to the smpl/smpl_webuser/hello_world directory. You can run the hello world scripts now by typing the following:

python hello_smpl.py

OR

python render_smpl.py

Note: Both of these scripts will require the dependencies listed above. The scripts are provided as a sample to help you get started.