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Subject: questions about motion capture any other programs beside iclone use it?

Radar_Foxbat opened this issue on Aug 04, 2012 · 7 posts

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Radar_Foxbat ( ) posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 12:27 PM · edited Thu, 23 January 2025 at 1:20 AM

several questions what hardware is needed and were to get it? iclone doesn't really say they want you to buy their plug in.

Does any other program have it available or is there a stand alone that will work with all of them? looks like it could be an easy way to do some animation and make it smoother than manipulating your object. I'd like to try it if it's not too expensive. I have all the main programs Maya 3dstudio, Lightwave all daz poser etc and others thanks

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nemirc ( ) posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 1:24 PM

There are a lot of different mocap solutions out there, from the not-so-expensive ones to the really expensive ones. I am not familiar with mocap in iClone, so I can't give you any details about it.

If you ask me, I'd totally recommend iPi Desktop Motion Capture, which I reviewed here. It offers very good results and doesn't require expensive hardware (you just need a few Playstation Eye cameras). You can get your own studio for a few hundreds using iPi DMP. More robust solutions from other vendors can cost thousands upon thousands of dollars.

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Radar_Foxbat ( ) posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 1:44 PM

thanks I'll look into it I just read a a forum on reallusion in iclone mocap a lot of very dissatisfied customers after spending arournd 500 on hardware an software. it doesn't look like it really works just very basic probalby could do a lot more just doing it the old fashion way. I'm just looking to do simple animation right now anyway a debate scene with several people around a table. figured I could make the movements a lot easier and more flexible with multiple characters interacting at once with something like this than doing each one mechanically. for a 30 minute talk. I could listen to the naration and have each person movement react to what is saying differently. but again it's not a 2 billion dollar production more like a couple hundred. I am interested to see wha tit can and can't do. thanks.

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Xerxes0002 ( ) posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 2:29 PM

If you have an Xbox with Kinetic there are some solutions from free (google Kinetic for motion capture) to more professional iPi Desktop. Then they have the bigger solutions (again iPi Desktop). I think Nemirc cover it in the review. There are some facial motion capture systems coming out inexpensively as well.

FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sat, 04 August 2012 at 5:20 PM

I have a feeling that someone said Blender can do it... and perhaps DazStudio. But I think it just means they can take in bvh files, not actually create the files in the first place, for that you need a person and a mocap suit and lots of cameras... and software like Mixamo... possibly... I think. We were supposed to do it at uni, but it never happened, so I don't really know.

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