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Do you know any free or cheap markerless (or non-realtime) motion capture software?
I really need one.
P.S. Maybe also something like VisualMarker.

Mick,
Hey there I have researched this for a couple of years now and continue to do so as you know things change so quickly and it is almost impossible to keep up.
I have come up empty handed each time.
There was a software called DGeeMe, it had the BVH export and was free but did not work correctly.
The company the produces the software has changed the name of the software and has removed the BVH export function.
I have email them and they are working on putting back in.
Here is a direct link to the new software http://video4coach.com/index.php?option ... =3&lang=en
Maybe if you email them or if enough of us email them about this they will step up the progress.
It never hurts to try.
What animation software are you using?

Hi Mick, have a look at

http://www.ipisoft.com"

their iPi Studio™ 30 days Trial Version can be downloaded for free - it reads that it has export funktion, switched off after the testperiod, but I didn't test it myself. The Basic/Standard markerless motion capture system is not really cheap, but they're going to lounge a Express Version for only 1 cam soon (also supporting Microsoft Kinect camera). Maybe that this is more affordable?

HTH
-BM.

Mick,
Here are a few more links for you I believe in sharing the wealth of knowledge.
http://www.innovision-systems.com/Produ ... Traq.html

http://www.simi.com/en/downloads/index ... urn false;

I have VisualMarker and it is a joke to say the least, you are better off doing rotoscoping than to use that software.

I was one of the early beta testers for IPI Desktop and used it for about 6 months.
While it does work there is alot of cleanup to do on the motion file to make it usable.
Also you need some pretty good Cameras.

If you can find a copy of DGeeMe and have a DV Cam then this will work for you.
I use it from time to time to do some basic 2D captures.
There is also ZignTrack for doing facial movements, I have it and it bar far is the best software out there for this type of capture.

THANK YOU ALL for your answers!!!
I'll search those links as soon as possible.
Currently I am using trueSpace and Cinema 4D R11.5 and I need a motion capture software to make human movements in an easier way.

P.S. I'm going to e-mail the DGeeMe support straight away.

Mick,
Let me know if there are any specific motion you need or for that matter what motions you do need and I can either send you my copies or create them here and send them to you.

OK.
Thank you VERY much!! Really!!!
I tried to look for DGeeMe, but I can't find it eniwhere.

Hi Mick, you're welcome.

If you didn't already know, it also might be useful to have a look at prerecorded motions, which are available for free in the links below. Aside the Carnegie-Mellon Mocap-Set you can find at cgspeed.com already converted motion-packs in several formats and also bvh-converters & according links if required for your needs.

Carnegie-Mellon Graphics Lab Motion Capture Database (over 2500 human motions)
http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/"

You can find some conversions of the database and other links here:
http://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/c ... on-capture"

Also remember mrbones offered mocaps for a purchase
http://www.truebones.com/"

HTH
-BM.

OK.
I've seen those sites but i can't find the way to download the Carnegie-Mellon Mocap-Set.
Also True Bones is really full of mocap data, but at the moment they are to expensive for me.

Hi, as far as I remember the Carnegie-Mellon Set is not available as a complete Set, but as single topics. At the http:\\mocap.cs.cmu.edu site Scroll down to the blue underlined links (sorry no links here!)

(( There are 2605 trials in 6 categories and 23 subcategories.

Human Interaction
two subjects

Interaction with Environment
playground, uneven terrain, ...

Locomotion
running, walking, ...

Physical Activities & Sports
basketball, dance, ...

Situations & Scenarios
common behaviors and expressions, pantomime, ...

Test Motions ))

and choose what you're interested in, click on the blue underlined textlinks or numbers and then in the charts choose the according format for your needs and download it with a click.

At the cgspeed.com site you can choose out of 4-conversion-format-options. Choose one (click on it) and you get linked to the next page with the download-zip-file-links at the bottom of the page.

Yeah!! I've found them.
Thanks. Do you know if they can be used for commercial purposes?

Mick,
I can send you motion files that you can you commercially.
Or I can create them for you for FREE.........
I am here to help...

OK.
What types of animations do you currently have (for example human walk, run, jump etc.)?

Mick,
I dont think there is enough space here to type all the various motions I have.
The majority of the ones I have are ones that I created for animations I have done in the past.
If you can tell me how many frames or length in time you need and what the motion is that you need I will be happy to quickly create it.
If its a basic walk cycle with a hip or arm or head variation you need I can create those in a 30 frame set and then you can simply repeat the action and change the position of the character.
What software package are you using to animate in?

I'm using trueSpace 7.6 and Cinema 4D.
At the moment I only need walk, jump and fall animations and 30 frames are perfect.
If you have o can produce any vehicle driving or riding animations it would be super.
Thanks a lot.

If you have a webcam , then you could probably use Vladimirs plugin package to control and create your own bvh custom moves , theres some example videos of how to use the package, http://www.siprogs.sk/p/iOptDetectorsPage" .

With the bvh CGSpeed have a ready converted set https://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/ ... on-capture" or sets in other formats and flavors. They also have other tools on thier main page.

regards
Paul

Hmm. Really interesting.
But can it do real mocap?
If so it would really be very useful.

Mick wrote:Yeah!! I've found them.
Thanks. Do you know if they can be used for commercial purposes?

here you find the conditions for usage:
https://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/ ... ly-release"

for your convenience here an excerpt:

USAGE RIGHTS:

CMU places no restrictions on the use of the original dataset, and I
(Bruce) place no additional restrictions on the use of this particular
BVH conversion. If you do use it for something, I'd be interested to
hear what you're using it for, so feel free to drop me an email.

Here's the relevant paragraph from mocap.cs.cmu.edu:

Use this data! This data is free for use in research and commercial
projects worldwide. If you publish results obtained using this data,
we would appreciate it if you would send the citation to your
published paper to jkh+mocap@cs.cmu.edu, and also would add this text
to your acknowledgments section: "The data used in this project was
obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu. The database was created with funding
from NSF EIA-0196217."

Ah. OK.
I didn't see them.
Thanks.

Save time and money with Truebones motions in BVH format

http://www.truebones.com"