With Cartoon Animator 5.3 we got this exciting new feature called Puppet Stage. With it we can trigger pre-defined motions by way of keyboard hotkeys. This is very simple to implement with single objects and characters, but not quite as intuitive when multiple objects come into play. Here’s how to do it. For my simple …
When I import a mocap clip from Rokoko Studio into iClone, it’s usually not coming in aligned to the world centre. It’ll still work, but in target applications it would be helpful to have the pivot point where my character is, and the rotation aligned to where s/he’s facing. Thankfully iClone has us covered in …
The other day I had some rotoscoped footage we wanted to enhance with Topaz Video. The transfer went well, but sadly Topaz Video is very pernickety when it comes to retaining alpha or opacity. Although it’s apparently a feature, I’ve never been able to make it work reliably. Hence I thought I’ll use the original …
Extending a short part of a motion into a longer segment can be tough. Say you had a few steps recorded and you needed the character to walk like this for several seconds, while retaining forward motion and rock solid foot tracking. Thankfully iClone is the perfect tool to get the job done. Of course …
The GASP Project is designed with easy extensibility in mind. This means it’s a tad harder to figure out how to amend the project at first, but in this article I’ll show you what to do and where to add your values so your own pawn comes up in the menu. What we’ll need is: …