![]() Content Exhibition - Content Store & Marketplace.Reallusion Monthly Freebie (Redirect Forum).Bring Your Architecture to Life (2010.11).Physics Toolbox Invention Contest (2012.03).Create a Poster for any Blockbuster Movie (2014.03).Let's Battle - Battle Animation Contest (2014.06).Game Character Animation Contest (2015.04).Showcase Your Armor Knight Competition (2019.09).iClone Lip Sync Animation Contest (2021.07).My email is mike at kelleytown dot com (but make sure you spell my last name, Kelley, correctly - a LOT of folks leave out that final "e"). But the first step would be to email me to tell me exactly what you are trying to get help with so I can even see if I have that knowledge. You can always call me but I do not give out my number on a forum, obviously. But, again, I'd be glad to help you out just as I help out anyone I can if we can work out the time/meeting thingee (I have used Skype on very limited occasions). Which is only to say I am retired and no longer work for pay unless the project is overwhelmingly interesting to me. However - and I want to say this in the nicest way possible so please don't take ANY offense from this - you can't afford me. I have a small amount of interest in trying to do some mocap with my PN suit for it, but haven't as of yet. I'd be glad to help you in any way if I can (I also have Cartoon Animator, as I bought it for my granddaughter, and I have the mocap plugins for it as well, but the only ones I've used so far have been the Live Face ones, just to show her what she can do). But it's up to you - at the very least I would advise you to try without it as you can always buy it later (as I did, only to find out it was a mistake). Too much awareness kills a good performance and I can always tell when this has happened during a capture from anyone). As a dancer I learned to control my movements in a mirror, but doing an actual show I would NEVER watch myself. It's no coincidence that NO professional mocap artist watches themselves perform during their performance, but merely just "acts". As a director I can always tell a bad performance. What I do nowadays is just map out the scene on my floor and work accordingly, watching in a mirror if need be (which leads me to the last observation - if you are truly "acting" you shouldn't be looking at yourself anyway, but just acting. Far, FAR easier to place it afterwards than to try and figure out which way is which and getting it moving properly. Second (and perhaps most important) - it's VERY difficult to get the character to line up properly in your scene. It used to drive me crazy to see my movements so far behind what I was doing until I started capturing with a dummy figure and greatly cutdown scene. First and foremost problem is that detailed characters or a scene with a large amount of data will slow down the capture tremendously and no "real time" will be observed. So running the plugin is a secondary step and one that introduces complications. First of all, be aware you will ALWAYS be running the Noitom software - either you run it in the background and it "feeds" iClone, or you just run it standalone, but either way it's always the main program to capture/transfer the motions. This is only my opinion (and others here disagree) but there are a couple of issues with using the iClone plugin and the PN suit. As long as you have 3DX you are good to go).Īlienware Aurora R12, Win 10, i9-119000KF, 3.5GHz CPU, 128GB RAM, RTX 3090 (24GB), Samsung 960 Pro 4TB M-2 SSD, TB+ Disk space Mike " ex-genius" Kelley ![]() With the new discounted price it's kind of a no-brainer (note that I do not use - although I bought - nor recommend the iClone plugin. ![]() If you DO intend on VERY fast stuff (like Bruce Lee) you need to check out the higher priced suit or perhaps other options. I have version 2.0 - there is an even better, more expensive version (albeit without the hands) and supposedly it tracks faster motions (like karate and such) better but since this old man can't do that stuff it isn't a factor. There is a LOT you need to know (so if you get one, let me know and I'll point you towards some videos) but once you've got it mastered it takes only five minutes to get the suit on and be up and recording perfect motions. ![]() I actually have two suits and they both work perfectly. I've been through the Kinect to iPisoft to PN suit route (with some other stops along the way - some costing a LOT of money) and the PN suit has, for me, been the answer (disclaimer: I have never used or even considered the Rokoko - it might be great). ![]()
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