Re: Motion capture libraries for XSI default rigs

Date : Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:48:09 -0700
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : "Thiago Costa" <thiagocosta3d(at)gmail.com>
Subject : Re: Motion capture libraries for XSI default rigs
Hey Amaan,

I've been using the e-motek lib on MOTOR for quick tests, its pretty nice but you need to convert their UMF file into BVH using this converter:
http://www.e-motek.com/entertainment/stockmoves/converts/umf2soft.zip

They have another converter but it's not working for me.

good luck!

Thiago Costa
nervo.tv

On 05/10/2007, Amaan Akram <xsilist(at)warpedspace.org> wrote:
Thanks Cristobal and Philipp for the suggestions. These seem pretty
cool. just gotta hook them up to the rig now.

cheers!
Amaan

Philipp Oeser wrote:
> What about those?
> (As far as I understand they free to use, should also have some
> audience stuff there...)
>
> http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/
> http://mocapdata.com/
>
> Philipp
>
> cristobal infante schrieb:
>> What about http://www.e-motek.com/
>>
>> They offer plenty of free samples
>>
>> Best,
>> Cristobal
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf
>> Of Amaan Akram
>> Sent: 05 October 2007 11:30
>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> Subject: Motion capture libraries for XSI default rigs
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We've been using the sample mocap libs in NetView that come with XSI to
>> drive the MoCap rig model to do some very basic crowd scenes. They work
>> great, but we now need more libraries with variations on the same kind
>> of action (say, cheering) to do bigger cg crowds. Can someone please
>> recommend a good yet reasonably priced place from where we can get mocap
>> data that translates across to XSI with the least amount of effort?
>>
>> any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
>>
>> many thanks,
>> Amaan
>> Men From Mars
>>
>>
>>
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