Cascadeur - AI-Assisted Keyframe Animation Software

[@FrosteryGaming]

AI should be assisting artists and animators, not replacing them. And this tool is really amazing at assisting

[@jasonhemphill6980]

Nahhhh replace em.

[@tukos7370]

exactly. this is a tool that helps artist that isn't harming their livelihood.

[@pauluswinata5550]

@@jasonhemphill6980 ur lazy af if you say ai should replace em

[@Ez-se2dl]

Not really

[@scottwarner9856]

@@tukos7370 Except any tool that speeds up the production capacity of a single human being this much leads to lower pay for equivalent work. Now one person will be expected to do the animation work of multiple people.

[@mikejernil]

It's great to see how far the software has come!

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Insert angry Twitter user

[@alan112223]

indeed!

[@PaladinHD]

This software is a game changer, criminally underrated

[@georgenyvlt]

YES! EXACTLY!

[@DJalm007]

Ok, I've tested this software for like 3 hours. It's a complete game changer... Hats off guys.

[@Charlie-tt2tf]

OOOOK let me get this straight you guys made an ai that assists us in animation based on physics which is already pretty cool IT EVEN HELPS WITH POSES AND IT'S FREE?!?!? we need more people like you guys in the community this is awesome!

[@abundantharmony]

Nothing is free.

[@ocris2]

​@@abundantharmonyI just saw it on the website and the pro plan costs 30 dollars, absurdly cheap and I'm Brazilian and I multiply each dollar by 5 of my local currency and I still found it cheap, I'll test it and if I like it I'll certainly sign the pro plan because I can do a lot with it, on a professional level

[@georgenyvlt]

@@ckorp666 300 frames is soooo enough for my work!

[@ArthuruhtrA]

@@ocris2 mano eu tbm sou, e ja comprei vale muito a pena!!!!!

[@Sir.Malachi]

@@ocris2 so did you end up buying it? how is it been so far I'm curious because im thinking about buying it

[@uh-ooooh]

This is exactly how AI SHOULD be used for creativity. To assist, NOT replace

[@FrostbiteDigital]

@@johnlime1469 Yes because animators LOVE wasting precious hours on clean up and inbetweening by staring at the graph editor and having to fix EVERY KEY FRAME, (when Cascadeur can do that for you, therefore you can spend those precious hours on other tasks that require it) right? You actually genuinely believe people enjoy monotonous tasks do you? There is nothing wrong with this software. IT'S ASSISTING ANIMATORS! NOT REPLACING THEM!!

[@SandunLabs]

@@FrostbiteDigital It will replace animators one day. Not every one. like 500 from 1000 :), So other 500 have to find some way of living.

[@FrostbiteDigital]

@@SandunLabs No it won't. That's not how this software works. The developers didn't make Cascadeur to replace animators, they made it to assist them in streamlining the workflow

[@PrabhuRPR]

This is that one perfect tool for me to up my projects. As someone who is greatly limited by the lack of animating skill, this is a boon. I will heartedly support this at any given time.

[@FrostbitexP]

Quite frankly, if you dont know what good animation looks like. This tool wont help you create good animations. I doubt its really AI, but more like math that creates stuff like drag, overshoot, etc for you. But you still need to identify what good animation looks like. Figure out how to create good poses, silhouettes, convey emotion, weight, etc. Based on what I see here, the software doesnt do a great job at that. So just practice. Tools like this seem more geared towards helping animators work faster rather than better imo. (Because a lot of the animations in the video are not very good from a professional standpoint and needs refinement by a trained eye, but its just clearly a quick demonstration) To me, this is almost like how some artist draw over 3D models initially to create their drawings. But they dont follow it perfectly, because theyre skilled enough to create something that looks even better/more appealing

[@georgenyvlt]

I just simply can not wrap my head around, how you made my life meaningful again with this incredibly powerful tool! And it's FREE! Thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!!

[@Cyynapse]

holy shit. AI software that actually seems useful to artists instead of thieves. this seems really useful!

[@deandresnago2796]

Not true just like any other ai it uses data collected from somewhere to create the physics, problem 1000s and 1000s of peoples data and body scans, same thing,

[@behrampatel4872]

Every once in a while the industry gets a game changer tool. Cascadeur is one of them and it's going places. Cheers, b

[@anything_x]

Cascadeur needs stronger marketing! People need to know about it!

[@Omili]

I had no idea you offer free versio for hobbyists/learning. Absolutely gonna check this one out.

[@MelloCello7]

This is something that I dreamed of making, the application for the gaming industry and non interactive media alike is going to be revolutionary

[@googleyoutubechannel8554]

Using ml models to reduce all the manual futzing with rigging and animating 3d objects seemed like such a good fit for what ML is good at, I was hoping at least a few teams were giving it a go... and yes, well done Cascadeur! Best of luck and looking forward to see how this product develops.

[@coreyaruecker]

Looks like I don’t need mocap solutions. These movements look real!

[@YourHyness]

One step closer to allowing me to make animated shorts! Always wanted to but it’s been quite the challenge to learn it traditionally

[@Parth5d]

been interested in cascadeur for quite some time seems like the perfect time to get my hands on it

[@X3MAntics]

This is an absolute game changer.

[@SeenSiro]

I have been following Cascadeur since it was first introduced a few years ago. I haven't tried it my self yet but the improvements I see here is magnificent. It makes 3d animation much easier especially with the video reference animation

[@slamm2808]

Fantastic work! Love this programm used it for a few projects and it helped so much and it speeds up our production by a ton!

[@RyanAnimations-uo8jt]

Yes this is amazing. Great work guys.

[@aminproduct]

Love the new tool help artist to complete work , before breaking back spine.

[@artworthi]

wowowowo!! i love this!! thank you for sharing. As a non-animator who never used animation app of any kind, having this as a baseline moving forward will definitely shape my perception as to who I'd immediately suggest to family, friends, and coworkers. Keep it up!

[@Sssseytha]

What the heck!!! how did i never heard of this before 🤯🤯🤯

[@Arthr0]

It became really advanced. If there is a plugin to directly connect to blender, it would be better

[@NinjaFlibble]

A plugin for Maya would also be tremendously helpful

[@ArikaStack]

I feel like the barrier just got lowered to get into animation. This is exactly what I want to see, because there are people out there with amazing ideas, but no resources, no animation degree, but a vision. Being able to see their visions will make the world a much better place imo.

[@Ignash]

Simple plugin where it could transfer the animation from the software to the other DCC: Blender, Cinema, Maya, etc, would be awesome addition to this.

[@RelaxRelapse720]

Ran across this today and it looks great! I'm hopeful to see a MacOS version running by the end of the year.

[@Milan23_]

Woow this is groundbreaking, going to trt this software!

[@googlyer]

Thank you i love it! so excited for your future 🤗

[@faithfultennysonidama6904]

This is perfect. Pls I need some basic tutorials to get started

[@dienaoai]

Love ! "Thank you for sharing very useful information, I appreciate it."

[@MysterixInfinity]

Been using this since the first release ❤

[@SolSeeker941]

jesus christ, this is insane. WHAT IVE ALWAYS WANTED

[@mi_um]

This is mindblowing!!!

[@itsMBWAAA]

bless you, Cascadeur

[@Lpd_n]

Looks so cool!!. I'm trying to learn procedural animation with IK, maths, physics and all of that. Such an interesting area! 👌

[@Orangesnake221]

Simply amazing!

[@rajabwali3373]

I'm still learning how to rig but I'm itching to use this now.

[@natecoley160]

really hope you'll release cascadeur on mac soon

[@HeyArno1d]

Вы ребята делаете будущее, спасибо)

[@USBEN.]

Would love this as a plugin for Blender.

[@HarryClipz]

That would be dope if they (Blender) implemented that in their software or Cascadeur created a plugin. Might give them some feedback ideas to do so

[@DaStuntChannel]

Would be absolutely amazing

[@Kiran.KillStreak]

Superb . will try it .

[@sylarraven9204]

BEST animation software

[@joelsanjay922]

Absolutely love this

[@yaoling_XR]

Hope I can preview changes in Unity in real time in the future, now I have to export from Cascadeur and import to Unity to see whether the animation is correct.

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

That is really cool!

[@cezanneali]

soo good!!

[@mosog8829]

Great job guys

[@HarryClipz]

Hope you guys can make a Blender plugin for this. That would be dope. As a animator (beginner) it would shave some hours off my workflow tremendously.

[@kordaling]

a Blender dev will come up with a similar tool soon enough, but as a senior animator, i think these type of 'smart tools' are nice for the blocking stage, but you lose control over your animation, wich is a huge trade off. And most of all, as a beginner you must learn these principles first if you want to improve.

[@HarryClipz]

@@kordaling I am still learning and thank you for the feedback. Funny thing is i started blocking before i actually known that it was a real thing in animation i just applied my ability from drawing (i can draw really good and from memory) to animation to splining later.

[@kordaling]

@@HarryClipz Keep practicing using the softwares and your drawing skills will 'translate' into 3d animation. Especially for the keyposes as you said.

[@HarryClipz]

@@kordaling Thank you Vincent, and i will.

[@studioromanski]

not trying to hate but as a beginner you should learn the basics (secondary anim, overshoot, and so on) before relying on AI too much. i know its tempting

[@YayaYayoty]

Really ambitious to master animating skills using Cascadeur!

[@DanielMescoloto]

it can't be THAT easy, I still can believe it xD

[@WCCXtra]

I feel the same way. Hope to try it out for myself, eventually.

[@rikomamadesu]

mind blown.

[@IVthdaKing]

As long as this stays a tool I'm good

[@SwpAndrei]

hmmm , looks good !

[@FPChris]

I was posing the mannequins in Gravity Sketch using passthrough on the Quest 3 at 100% room scale. It’s amazing. You guys should seriously look into adding a VR option.

[@patatica]

love it!!

[@s1mmons.cr3]

Would we be able to use our own models from blender or maya with this AI posing software? This is going to change animation forever! I’m excited to see what people create with this

[@HarryClipz]

There’s a tutorial on how to do that on KZbin, just search for it

[@edyabin]

Yes, of course, you can use your models

[@degibocu]

nice danny grahan tricking style reference

[@leeoiou7295]

underrated software

[@ericrobinson2114]

Crazy I already have some ideas in mind that correspond to my artist statement.

[@davidjmc4398]

it's like blender again, free and amazing software

[@starverzdesign2632]

It's true.. it's the best morph movement.... It doesn't matter what software you use.. in the end audience just want to see a final result...

[@agyab3d]

wow would like to use in the future

[@Zharkan16]

This is awesome.

[@MrJumbledUp]

greates software of all time thank you for the dev's this software made my work like 500% easiyer, thank you again

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I'm excited to have this speed up my workflow so much.

[@Full_Zeb]

Wow that's cool

[@hyper-pronab]

CONGRATULATION ANIMATORS !! ----- we are about to get jobless ----

[@makkon06]

okay I feel like I have to ask this now. what is the training data used to train the autoposing feature? was it properly licensed and/or your own in-house training data? I don't mean to imply or assume that it wasn't, but using unlicensed/stolen training data seems to be the industry norm for functionally every ML-aided application. would be amazing if you all were the exception and built it ethically, it's been the biggest question in the back of my mind that I've been afraid to ask for fear of the answer.

[@De8n]

Internal training data. If I remember correctly they used animations and poses from their past games.

[@makkon06]

@@De8n that's a massive relief, thank you! if that's true, then I'm going to give this a try. been wanting to give 3d animation another go for years

[@edyabin]

We used data from our Shadow Fight games

[@016Rafa]

@@OverbiteGames legally yes but not morally

[@thedarkmatterplanet]

@@016Rafa Not even legally. ​ @Overbite Games is full of it. They (stable diffusion and others, NOT the company that created this) had to structure the corporate entities as if they were laundering money. The reason they were "legally" allowed to scrape data is because it was for "research". But.. somehow that protected work got processed and used to create an AI model within a daughter company.. So sick of the "it's just algorithms" BS. The same logic doesn't work when applied elsewhere. "It's just a series of motions, not aggravated assault". Kris Kashtanova's copyright on the AI produced images in his comic have been cancelled, rightfully so. It's not "painfully obvious where this is going to land legally"

[@spaeseas.viz7]

this is insane

[@theriddleman7648]

Having a tool like this in the realm of 2D animation would undoubtedly be a tremendous asset for animators, as it would greatly facilitate the process of filling in the in-between frames.

[@melonshop8888]

THERES A LOT TO LEARN. THANKS.

[@_fudgepop01]

If I was drinking something I would’ve done a spit take when I heard “for free” - that’s awesome!

[@Nyubug]

Man I wish there was a Mac release.. hopefully the trello road map is correct and we'll be getting it relatively soon..

[@mrtegs]

please add finger controls soon. and physical collision

[@JavaScripting64]

Very cool

[@mikhaillavrov8275]

As soon as they start to produce MUCH more functional and operational tutorials(they may be small, BUT WITHOUT MISSING CRUCIAL STEPS), IMHO only then there will be a mass success of his product. As of right now I can see only advertisement movies(it just shows "IT CAN BE DONE"), but no clear instructions on how to reach similar results.

[@edyabin]

Something like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXi4nYBrf7qChsU

[@TeltStory]

this sounds like a bot

[@puggyclock]

This is what we need. not the intresting but useless dalle or stable diffusion, (even tho i still admire it.) this will be an amazing tool for aspiring animators!

[@enes.ozdemir]

Wow great :D

[@kiilee5963]

The only reason why I like this is because you get to at least give the A.I the "idea" instead of just simply typing some script or something.

[@STARU2U]

lol it looks nice! I'll try it

[@abody3D344]

I can only say thank you.

[@themurphy7507]

Holly shite, this is good, this is fcking good. Thank you.

[@RelyXero]

im excited.

[@adelmo83]

Greats software but Where is the controls for face?, to future add this?, it is important for cinematics!!

[@THUGan]

Балдёж !

[@dannys_85]

Perfect ibwill dry it.🎉

[@j1gm1]

this looks promissing, game changer even

[@obaolade1232]

this is mind blowing

[@jacobjeleniewski8694]

i must admit i love making shit in blender but animating is so daunting ive been too intimated to just do it more this will be a great tool

[@super_1036]

You had me at free

[@shibafundamentado1837]

That crazy non stop exponential advancedment eh?emphasis on non stop.

[@viciousvndta]

YESS!

[@otarikokojevs]

Fantastic.👌 But hey, what's going on with Mac Os version, this year, next year?

[@blackivy011]

Really cool! This is not as powerful as mocap though right?

[@zn10999]

Can't wait for MacOS version to drop 🔥

[@LucesTunes]

do you know when mac version is coming out? I cant find any date

[@zn10999]

@@LucesTunes there is no specific date, on their website it says coming soon, that’s all what we know.

[@arunachalpradesh399]

one important features is missing, that is video to animation conversion with AI. this feature is becoming popular , and dont need to tweak from scratch

[@ShotgunChaoZ]

I'm not sure how to animate the fingers, the RIG of the hands doesn't appear even though I have it in the skeleton

[@ChancioGames]

wow.. and for free? the power of AI is becoming truly amazing albeit a tad terrifying