how can i do for animal mocap some suggestion

woshishuine114 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:27 pm **Posts:** 15

vmaslov · **Posted:** Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:12 am

Do you want to suggest something useful or do you need help in animal mocap?
iPi Motion Capture is intended only for human mocap.

Greenlaw · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:28 pm

Vmaslov, what do you mean? I capture motions for cats all the time.

Well, okay, nevermind. :p

G.

vmaslov · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:38 pm

I've first read you as "of cats". ROFL

woshishuine114 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:27 pm **Posts:** 15

really,cat ？？ mocap？？？you lie,the result may be very bad，or the cat motion like human，some example please，thanks

woshishuine114 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:27 pm **Posts:** 15

I mean all the animal mocap ，not just only cat ，and c3d file form can do this ，ipi could support this form ，I believe，thanks

Greenlaw · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:35 pm

Sure, just click here: https://vimeo.com/68543424

Also, the link below for some early 'cat' mocap done with iPi Desktop Motion Capture. :D

G.

Greenlaw · **Posted:** Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:48 pm

Okay, all kitten aside--um, I mean kidding aside--you'll need a system that can use specialized rigs based on the animal you're attempting to record. This system may also need special software that understands how the animal should move.

When I was with Rhythm and Hues, I saw video from a mocap session for horses that was used in the movie Chronicles of Narnia. I think they used an optical system and they recorded in what appeared to be an indoor horse arena. Our department got to work with the data on a different project and I thought the motions were really quite beautiful. Anyway, I don't know much about the proprietary tools or how they did it but I imagine it required a lot of custom coding and equipment, not to mention a great deal of expense.

Anyway, the point is, iPi Mocap Studio is specifically designed for human bodies. For animal mocap, you'll need to find software that's specially designed for recording animal motions and retargeting to animal rigs--Mocap Studio does not do this.

Now, you could try imitating the performance of an animal in iPi Mocap Studio, mainly an animal that can walk on its hind legs. You might get something satisfactory for apes, bears, or big foots and other bipedal creatures. If you're clever with your rig, you can even capture dinosaurs and dragons. Naturally, this isn't true 'animal' motion capture but it's probably the best you can expect with this software. IMO, you'd be much better off animating animals by hand based on reference video, or investing in an existing library of animal motion capture.

G.

woshishuine114 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:27 pm **Posts:** 15

the cat motion like human，animal mocap？？？？，yes or no ？？？？^_^

woshishuine114 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:27 pm **Posts:** 15

ipi will do all kinds of animation ，dogs horse.....will very easy ，if ipi support c3d file form or trc ，stable c3d files

how can i do for animal mocap some suggestion

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