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How to Map Optical Mocap using MotionBuilder Actor

By Mocappy 6 Comments

In this tutorial I will show you how you can use MotionBuilder’s Actor asset to re-target optical motion capture data onto your character. Once the Actor is set up in this way it can be used to retarget optical data directly to your character either in real-time during a shoot for pre-viz purposes or after the… 

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Quick Start Guide to Motion Capture

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In this post I hope to provide you with a very broad overview of the motion capture processes from beginning to end. I’ve tired to cover many of thing you will need to think about at each stage of the process in the order I usually approach a new project. Hopefully this will help you understand the work… 

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What is Motion Capture?

By Mocappy 3 Comments

So what is Motion Capture, Performance Capture or Mocap? In it’s simplest form it is the recording of the motion of an object by a computer using a series of sensors. As a process it is the planning, recording and integration of that data – It’s the people in Lycra suits covered in shiny ping-pong… 

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