<s>
MB-Lab	B-Application
(	O
previously	O
ManuelbastioniLAB	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
Blender	B-Application
for	O
the	O
parametric	O
3D	O
modeling	O
of	O
photorealistic	O
humanoid	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bastioni	O
withdrew	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
continued	O
as	O
a	O
community	O
project	O
under	O
the	O
MB-Lab	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
is	O
completely	O
integrated	O
in	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
self-explanatory	O
and	O
intuitive	O
and	O
when	O
possible	O
the	O
features	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
one	O
click	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
laboratory	O
in	O
constant	O
evolution	O
and	O
includes	O
both	O
consolidated	O
algorithms	O
as	O
the	O
3D	O
morphing	O
and	O
experimental	O
technologies	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
fuzzy	B-General_Concept
mathematics	I-General_Concept
used	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
relations	O
between	O
human	O
parameters	O
,	O
the	O
non-linear	O
interpolation	O
used	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
age	O
,	O
mass	O
and	O
tone	O
,	O
the	O
auto-modelling	O
engine	O
based	O
on	O
body	O
proportions	O
and	O
the	O
expert	B-Application
system	I-Application
used	O
to	O
recognize	O
the	O
bones	O
in	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
skeletons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
works	O
on	O
all	O
the	O
platforms	O
supported	O
by	O
Blender	B-Application
:	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
distributed	O
in	O
the	O
package	O
is	O
stored	O
using	O
the	O
standard	O
json	B-General_Concept
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ManuelbastioniLAB	B-Application
is	O
completely	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
released	O
under	O
standard	O
licenses	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
:	O
All	O
files	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
are	O
released	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
3	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
:	O
All	O
data	O
files	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
ManuelbastioniLAB	B-Application
package	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
GNU	B-Application
Affero	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
characters	O
generated	O
with	O
ManuelbastioniLAB	B-Application
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Affero	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
as	O
derivative	O
of	O
AGPL	O
'd	O
data	O
,	O
meshes	O
,	O
textures	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	B-General_Concept
loops	I-General_Concept
designed	O
for	O
deformation	O
during	O
poses	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ManuelbastioniLAB	B-Application
supports	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
common	O
human	O
phenotypes	O
to	O
the	O
extent	O
of	O
volumetric	O
modelling	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
MakeHuman	B-Language
has	O
similar	O
characteristics	O
to	O
MB-Lab	B-Application
,	O
the	O
former	O
is	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
application	O
and	O
requires	O
export	O
and	O
import	O
to	O
Blender	B-Application
which	O
is	O
not	O
necessary	O
with	O
MB-Lab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
discontinued	O
abruptly	O
by	O
Bastioni	O
,	O
after	O
release	O
1.6.1a	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
Blender	B-Application
2.80	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
will	O
use	O
Blender	B-Application
as	O
artist	O
,	O
since	O
Blender	B-Application
and	O
its	O
community	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
my	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
repository	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Bastioni	O
's	O
last	O
version	O
(	O
1.6.1a	O
)	O
,	O
aiming	O
at	O
Blender	B-Application
2.80	O
compatibility	O
,	O
was	O
opened	O
on	O
GitHub	O
with	O
the	O
project	O
name	O
MB-Lab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
community	O
based	O
versions	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	O
supporting	O
Blender	B-Application
2.79	O
and	O
2.80	O
.	O
</s>
