Blender and Motion Capture

Blender and Motion Capture, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.75, with 27 lectures, based on 104 reviews, and has 730 subscribers.

You will learn about Use Motion Capture data in Blender to create character animations This course is ideal for individuals who are Intermediate Blender artists who would like to incorporate motion capture animations into their workflow. It is particularly useful for Intermediate Blender artists who would like to incorporate motion capture animations into their workflow.

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Summary

Title: Blender and Motion Capture

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.75

Number of Lectures: 27

Number of Published Lectures: 27

Number of Curriculum Items: 27

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 27

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Use Motion Capture data in Blender to create character animations

Who Should Attend

Intermediate Blender artists who would like to incorporate motion capture animations into their workflow.

Target Audiences

Intermediate Blender artists who would like to incorporate motion capture animations into their workflow.

Using motion capture data in Blender is a great way to create amazing animations, and it has never been easier to get started. In this course you’ll learn how to create, import, and configure motion capture data to be used in Blender.

To do this we will need a character, so we’ll use Character Creator 3 to quickly create a character to be used for this process. You can also just download the finished character, or use a character of your own.

We will then import the character into Blender and set-up the rig using a Blender add-on called Auto-Rig Pro. It has some great tools to retarget the motion capture data to the character, and to adjust the character to get good looking animation.

Next we’ll use the Perception Neuron motion capture suit to create character animations. It’s a relatively low-cost system that allows you to get some really nice motion capture for your characters. But in a lecture at the end of the course, I’ll also show you how to use a pre-made motion capture file downloaded from the Mixamo website.

In the next section you’ll learn how to import the motion capture file and retarget it to your Blender character. We’ll talk about how to create a Bones List preset file and how to use Auto-Rig Pro’s Interactive Tweak tool to adjust the rig for better animation. And we will do a bit of Weight Painting to fix any deformation issues.

Finally, you’ll learn how to bring your animated character into an existing scene and render out the final animation to a video file.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Creating a Character in Character Creator 3

Lecture 1: Creating a Character in CC3

Lecture 2: Modifying the Character's Face

Lecture 3: Bringing the CC3 Character into Blender

Chapter 3: Character Set-up in Blender

Lecture 1: Removing the CC3 Rig

Lecture 2: Deleting the Hidden Faces

Lecture 3: Adjusting the Materials

Chapter 4: Using Auto Rig Pro in Blender

Lecture 1: Creating the Reference Bones

Lecture 2: Placing the Joints

Lecture 3: Generating the Rig and Binding the Character

Lecture 4: Setting up the Eyes

Lecture 5: Parenting the Teeth and Binding the Tongue

Lecture 6: Adjusting the Shirt and Parenting the Hat

Chapter 5: The Perception Neuron Motion Capture Suit

Lecture 1: Putting on the Motion Capture Suit

Lecture 2: Connecting the Suit in Axis Neuron

Lecture 3: Calibrating the Suit

Lecture 4: Recording Motion and Exporting a Take

Chapter 6: Using the Motion Capture File in Blender

Lecture 1: Importing the Motion Capture File

Lecture 2: Building the Bones List

Lecture 3: Retargeting and Interactive Tweaks

Lecture 4: Fixing Deformation Problems

Lecture 5: Placing and Parenting a Prop

Chapter 7: Using the Character in a Scene

Lecture 1: Bringing the Character into an Existing Scene

Lecture 2: Animating the Camera in Blender

Lecture 3: Rendering the Animation

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Retargeting Mixamo Animations

Lecture 2: Conclusion

Instructors

Darrin Lile
Blender Foundation Certified Trainer

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5 stars: 79 votes

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