Cascadeur - Is This the Future of Animation

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[@mastermill79]

"I don't want ai to be the artist, I want ai to help the artist." - Grant Abbit 2023 I agree 100%.

[@randomsimpson]

Absolutely. I want an AI ASSISTANT. But once it becomes the ARTIST, I guess I might as well be doing something else....

[@marcosrivas5622]

patetico

[@Redcloudsrocks]

except we all know the AI will become the artist, it already has, a lot of artists like doing the boring time consuming things

[@gurimisenpai2358]

​@@RedcloudsrocksSimply, don't use it. Thats it. I would hate having to do pattern work on character designs. Someone like Cell from DBZ is hellish to draw cause of all his spots. Wouldn't use it to make me a character design or try and mimic the rhytmn of a pose. AI needs to be a tool. Besides, we all want an AI bucket tool that has a seamless fill.

[@IWillYeah]

As a game programmer I very much want ai to be the artist 😆

[@ElkayLive]

"I don't want ai to be the artist I want ai to help the artist" we must protect this man at all costs.

[@AASteve_Plasma]

To be fair, protect all the people that has the same mind as him

[@kingkaza]

"b b but what about the time and detail of every tiny frame"

[@xpodx]

Ai art is fucking amazing

[@eitkoml]

Large corporations will use AI to replace as much human labor as possible, not just the stuff that humans don't want to do.

[@xpodx]

@@eitkoml maybe replace everything so we won't have to work then

[@insquared1868]

I agree 100%, AI should be a workflow booster and not a copyright infringing generator

[@ATLAS-cy4xi]

Ai has always been used that way until recently

[@nitroneonicman]

If you have ever looked at someone else's art and been inspired then your art is copyright infringement to the same extent AI art is.

[@ATLAS-cy4xi]

@@nitroneonicman lmao that’s a wild thing to say

[@Inmagy-Arts]

@@nitroneonicman That is a really dumb argument. Only just by the fact that a human is not a machine, they are different and should be treated in a different legal framework. Humans don't have the same capacities or resources. Humans pay dearly with the most valuable resource that a living being have to acquire those skills, yeah TIME. And even though the learning model of AI is based on human learning it is a "Model". Humans don't process information the same way as a machine does even if AI is based on human learning. why? because it is only a model adopted to a different system. So no. totally different and dumb arguments like that is why artist are so angry. The moment you compare a human to a machine learning model. You are dehumanizing those artist. When Artist uploaded images to the internet, they were uploaded to be consumed by humans. Every artist understood that people were going to use their art to study and most people would even feel proud that they are good enough that their art inspires and motivates people. Even a lot of artist dedicate themselves to share their knowledge, for free or paid it doesn't matter, because that artist understood what it takes to acquire those skills, so artist really don't consider that copyright infringement because that was what was one the purpose of it, for the art to be appreciated and to inspire others. But what artist did not expect was that their work was going to be used by corporations to feed machine learning algorithms without their consent, that was not why artist uploaded they images. As stated they were uploaded to be consumed for humans.

[@Ghost_Text]

​@@nitroneonicmancopyright is about protecting actualized expression and whats commited not the ideas themselves.

[@Jham3D]

If there is any beauty in AI becoming capable of anything it is that artists can choose to spend their time doing exactly what they want in their workflows.

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

Unless your work value will drop significantly because AI helps others to work faster like you. Basically makes the scene extremely over saturated with 'noise'. Not to mention how it will affect the traditional art and culture. Easily made art will take a big chunk just like contemporary pop music, when all artists sounds a same but nobody cares about uniqueness anymore. The problem with AI is deeper than many think.

[@Freefork]

@@rettenthetetlen8759 I think you should reconsider by comparing AI to photography. People thought photography would hurt art for the same reasons(oversaturation due to ease, no uniqueness, etc). However, photography only gave us new types of art without undermining the old. Same with video games being disconnected from real world crimes, sound films introducing new films while silent films can still be made, etc. AI is only here to help. You gain nothing from doing a tiring, one note, braindead task that anyone can do after watching a five minute tutorial. Art should be about creativity, not searching for semicolons in code or fiddling with in-betweens LOL.

[@Inmagy-Arts]

@@Freefork And I think you should reconsider too. I don't think it is the same and should not be compared. They are different and should be treated differently. AI is a new technology it is disruptive and we still don't know the full implications it will have. You said that art should be about creativity, but what if that "Creativity" is 95% guided. yes, you give the idea and you make decisions on the end result. But with so little involvement I personally have a hard time calling that my own "Art". Heck it can even be called art, they say it is the the observer what is art and what is not. But I would be ashamed to call it mine with so little involvement. Yeah, it should be used to help with repetitive monotone task like stated in the video and by you, although calling it braindead is disrespectful. But it has also been introduced to replace or at least reduce the use of Laboral force in the industry, because that is how capitalism works. It will help sure. But AI is a tool that has so much more possibilities and if it can be used to cause harm it will cause harm. The cat is out of the bag, and nothing can be done about it now. but regulation is necessary. This isn't like a Camera man... not at all.

[@rettenthetetlen8759]

@@Freefork you're delusional if you believe people care about how the art created. The final result looking good enough for the audience is enough. Many people will ride this gravy train and taking advantage. In the end the real benefit if AI will be minimal. Because of those who not following your rules, still can pose with fake feathers. It's already happening, and it's disgusting.

[@mrcrobart]

@@Freeforkstop comparing it to photography please x)

[@TeachingMrBrown]

I have followed this tool since beta and it is truly a wonderful tool and makes the animation and rigging workflow so much faster. One big thing to note is that it's AI assisted, not generative. It helps position the rig, but you still need to know the fundamentals and how to time your scene. Love the video Grant! Thanks for sharing.

[@grabbitt]

Thats a good point which you've put across better than i did in the video :)

[@TeachingMrBrown]

@grabbitt that means a ton to me! Thank you! Your work has inspired me and my students for years. I recently used your Well tutorial as the base for a project my students are working on. I hope you check it out. It's under my education user with the same name. Thanks for everything you do!

[@l4dfanatic11]

i do 2D animation and 'timing' in general is the thing i struggle with the most...well that and keeping the head moving with the body in a way that looks..."fluid"

[@samy7342]

Yup. It really makes wonky animation and has akward results so you really need to know how to animate first to make it work propertly.

[@life4trinity]

@@l4dfanatic11Timing is very difficult, it takes a lot of skill to make it look right.

[@Hmm-fh8rg]

We don't want AI to be the artists/animators but sadly a lot of companies want that :)

[@buffestshrek157]

I also want that

[@h3llboyyy407]

nope it's not the companies it's the people looking to make a quick buck online

[@outrider8569]

@@h3llboyyy407 it's both. Almost any company is all too eager to pay people less/get the process done cheaper/faster. And people by the same logic do the same but companies are worse

[@user-tp5vv3kg7h]

If they can get the same result for faster and cheaper what is wrong with that? Isn't it the artists that are greedy by demanding a paycheck (which consumers pay for btw) for something that can be done 10x faster by a machine? I don't think AI will completely take over artists, but it's clear that games will come out faster and be a lot cheaper once AI is implemented, and yes some people will lose their job.

[@anondude4684]

Well honestly, if they want their robot exploidable workers so bad, I think we should let them. And we as a community should start making our own jobs and our own content and series, just look at the massive boom that is glitch right now, if we had more indie studios like that (with proper treatment and payment to their workers of course) I think animation and art in general could have an even brighter future (like sure it'll be a rough journey and sure some tears will drop but the result will be worth it)

[@Carlimations]

Your comment about, "I want AI to assist the artist, not replace them" is dead on. Too many of these people using AI to "assist their art" but are making things well beyond their own capabilities but still taking all the credit for the work. It's obnoxious. This definitely feels like it hits the sweet spot and tweening has been a thing for 2d animators for a long time. Let me be in control and help clean up what I'm doing.

[@user-tp5vv3kg7h]

That's like someone who travelled the world by boat complaining that the people who went by plane got there faster without doing any work. A 2D animator could say that you don't own the work as a 3D animator because you didn't draw any of the frames and the in-betweens were half-generated by Maya. People were already using AnimBot or other tools that make the process faster.

[@GravityBlood]

@@user-tp5vv3kg7h ridiculous comparisons

[@Carlimations]

@@user-tp5vv3kg7h it's more like someone taking a taxi from the beginning of a marathon race to the end and claiming they're the best marathon runner, they deserve praise for their "hard work", and should be sponsored by Nike instead of the people "too stupid to use a car and just ran with their legs like luddites"

[@ryujisama]

I was a bit disheartened and skeptical at first, considering the title, but it feels like this is the type of tool I was hoping more people would develop with AI in mind. Where AI is assisting the artist, rather than taking over for the artist. I'm no animator, but this may be something worth looking into, as I've wanted to get into it.

[@Mente_Fugaz]

Exactly.. An actual tool that doesn't need to exploit the billions of works of artists without consent or compensation to work, trying to replicate them and displace them from their own markets... THIS IS PROGRESS, not the massive theft that genAI is

[@zrATT_]

Have you gotten into it?

[@YankeeDoodle-hr9dv]

I'm pretty sure the AI part of Cascadeur is quite "embellished" (marketed as such because of the AI craze), it's mostly if not only physics based. But it's still very cool. And yes obviously if you want good results you have to be good at animation, so to anyone that is serious about animating, you should definitely learn it the "proper" way first.

[@HalfgildWynac]

Partially, yes. However, as far as I remember from their talk 3 years ago, the company also implemented machine learning based on ~1500 their own animations to teach their system posing and how the "finished" animations should look.

[@demian5631]

If you go back and watch some of the old Euphoria engine demos, you'll really start to see how similar it and Cascadeur really are.

[@thecat8411]

Auto Posing tool is powered by machine learning. That's why it works only with humanoid rigs. Other things like Auto Physics works based on conventional algorithms, not AI.

[@litjellyfish]

@@demian5631I actually feel they are very different in approach. For me it’s more human IK wirg better posing and rig management. And a little of physics in pose balancing, air based trajectory adjustment and classic secondary motion physics. So more or less - a smarter rig and that is why it works pretty good for an animator While the endormorphic stuff was more lets physics take over limb placement and motion depending on surface etc. and that is why I’d was terrible to work with and really did not translate well into a real workflow and well that’s why the product died and ended up as a silly stumble right in the app clumsy ninja :)

[@litjellyfish]

@@HalfgildWynacyes. So basically it’s both a more smarter rig in the way it translates motion. And also this rig handles a bit of secondary animation into the chains. And as you say the machine learning actually helps you achieve the poses you most likely want = the real world poses often set by human motion.

[@CMonster0125]

When this software came out (and all the lovely cherry-picked demos), the owner of the studio I do freelance for announced that he was intending to lay off most of the animation staff now that "the computer can do all the animation". It took several meetings and hands-on demonstrations to prove that animators were not only still needed, but that Cascadeur was like a pencil, it's a tool that the artist uses, not the artist itself. His next announcement was that deadlines would get shortened as the computer was now doing most of the work. More meetings. I enjoy using Cascadeur on a base posing level from time to time, but I always have to go back in for all the fine details to give the character personality and end up re-animating some of the base work and this usually means the same scene takes a little longer to complete. The software is helpful, and as it gets better, will do more, but still not able to replace the artist (yet).

[@Exsulator2]

Oh thank god, I still have work (yet)

[@DaveBjornRapp]

I swear to God that executives exist to make everybody miserable... except themselves and the share holders, of course.

[@pixels_per_minute]

I like what Cascadeur is doing with AI, because it's physics based interpolation, not a 1:1 replacement for animators. It's also been in development for many, many years. Long before this whole AI craze was a thing. And some of the games it's been used for have some amazing animations. Vector 1&2, the Shadow Fight series. All great games.

[@joynigam4151]

0:43 You single handedly spoke for the entirety of artists. Love to hear that Grant.

[@thenerdsherpa540]

"I dont want AI to be the artist, I want AI to help the artist"..... from your lips to the AI developers ears!!!

[@ashdang23]

I don’t care about this, just please hurry up and get better AI so I can create my own dream come true/game. too many shit games and movies

[@lip3gate]

@@ashdang23 > too many shit games and movies > hurry up and get better AI so I can create my own dream come true/game ... Oh no

[@ashdang23]

@lip3gate what is “oh no” sounds great

[@MegaMiley]

Started using it last week as well and I love it already! Totally new to animating in general but I was able to make a sitting down/standing up animation for a booth at a diner in less than a day and it looks decent and non-staggered like it would if I were to try and do it in Blender or even in-engine

[@fergadelics]

I’ve been using Cascadeur for about 6 months. I know it’s helping with so many things but it feels like its the just way animating a character should be. Btw - The assistive hands is exclusive to pro and that’s pretty awesome. Also, Someone also made a round trip addon for Blender!

[@BobJones-cd9mt]

Animator here. What this is doing is filling in between keyframes. The hardest part of animation is controlling what's happening in this space. I have had a quick look at the programme and haven't used it enough yet to make any real comment. From that I will say that setting the key frames in this programme would be slower than the one I use. What is speeding the process up in this programme is the AI filling the in between frames as I stated earlier because its doing the physics for you. What it can not do is predict physics for a heavy weapon or a light weapon as in how the animation should look and 'feel' and change pace. You can turn off the physics feature, Which is good.

[@Endorvien]

Fellow animator here. Yeah I was going to say this doesn't look too too impressive. It just seems like it uses AI to help determine the interpolation curves for in-betweens. Which is something most animators struggle with when first learning how to use. You definitely have less control this way, but it would speed things up a lot. What you said about the "weight" of weapons and such is very true, some of those quick examples he should still feel flat even after he used the auto physics feature. Definitely excited to mess around with this to get concepts rolling slightly faster though.

[@Exsulator2]

As an animator, it's to some degree undeniable that skill is still important, but this tool might seriously increase efficiency, which will ultimately lead to fewer jobs, or just way more projects.

[@Raven-lg7td]

So whats the best software for beginners?

[@AmuhAje]

This got me SUPER HYPED UP! Thanks, Grant!!!

[@fernando3061]

Your beginning ideas on how AI should help artists is exactly how I feel, well said.

[@mezzanine510]

Really cool stuff, I'm going to give this software a shot. What I really like about this is what you mentioned, you get to jump into the creative part of the process a lot more easily.

[@luis96xd]

Wow, this is so amazing! The 3D modeling and animation really amazes me, it's a difficult job, and this tool will boost this process in a comfortable way, I want to learn more about this and use it in projects, I just downloaded the software, thanks for the video and thanks for sharing! 😄

[@derethreborn910]

Love the software! Being a beginner in animation, this tool alone has sped up my animations many fold. I just wish there were more tutorials on using it!

[@Mnkylord]

So very glad you put this video out, because I'm very much in the same camp you are. There's been a lot of mental friction between me and diving into proper animation because there's such a huge amount of time investment required to learn the ins and outs of rigging, optimizing topology, and learning how to keyframe and position elements in a way that looks natural. It's a whole discipline unto itself, and it's pretty daunting at times. Imma head over to Cascadeur and check it out right now. Anything that will reduce that little bit of creative friction helps. Thank you!

[@bjornmeh7771]

This is incredible, looking forward to trying this out!

[@Cryptic0013]

Appreciate you shouting this out. Very much agree with you about what AI's place in the art world should be, and it's good to give recognition to companies who are trying to fill the gaps where it will be beneficial to humans. My hope is that, once the trend cools and the novelty's worn off, this kind of software will become more prevalent than the "generative" ones, so assistive tools can become to visual artists and animators what search engines and spellcheck are to writers.

[@lukecresante]

That was a great start to the video emphasizing AI and its role. For the generalist, there are some really tedious parts like UV wrapping and texturing. All too often I hear animation added to that list and reasonably so, it is super difficult. Cascadeur really is an impressive tool and seems like the in between for those wanting key frame with a lot of speed or extra stylization that mocap can be tough with.

[@ElGamerHUDless]

I love your videos! Everything is perfect, from your teaching to your peaceful voice.

[@grabbitt]

Thank you! 😊

[@superchromatical]

The more specificity and control you take away from yourself, the less opportunities you have to grow and master your craft. And the real power of animation doesn't lie in the keyframes, its in the specificity of the timing. Love the tutorials tho, cheers ✌

[@Kanoog]

FACTS: Just like Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop have tools that help the artist but they don't create the design.

[@PVTParts-eu3zl]

Well, imo, I feel like timing doesn't matter if the keyframes are badly stagged or posed. Great keyframes can be spaced out in a lot of ways and will still look good, while bad keys will always look bad no matter the spacing or timing. E.g you can rotoscope a video in 6s and the keys would still make the animation flow well despite the spacing and timing being clunky due to the spacing being quite solid

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

I sure hope you draw with pencil every frame of animation

[@SilasoftheLamb]

Wow! I will check this out! Anything to speed up the process!

[@BestMods168]

great video Grant. This software looks really good considering that not everyone has a keen eye on the details of movements nor is everyone able to animate fluidly.

[@0rdyin]

Cascadeur is such a great tool for quick animation clean ups.. it's AI doesn't replaces the animators - it helps to pose the characters and adds secondary motions to animation to make it organic, it can also simulate muscle deformation similar to ZiVa dynamics..

[@joyof3D]

As an animator, this tool seems pretty cool. Since I focus on stylized animations, I would be hesitant to rely too heavily on this tool. I'd probably only use it to possibly smooth out the animation at the very end (kinda feels like it's the "subdivision surface modifier" of animation) OR I'd use it as reference while animating to understand what the weight of the motion maybe should feel like. I think, for anyone learning or practicing animation, relying too heavily on this tool will make your animations a bit same-same. Similar to mocap stuff, you'll lose out on some of the necessary, electric energy you need in animation. But that's coming from someone who hasn't tried this yet. That being said, if you are a fairly seasoned or practiced animator making realistic animations or dozens of game animations, this seems like a really good tool. For someone studying animation, it can be a really good study tool provided they use it wisely. Like I said, I think the more you rely on it and the less you rely on your own critical thinking and animation skills, the more you'll cheat yourself out of a rewarding end product. Definitely needs to be used as support wheels and not the actual bicycle wheels.

[@mitchalegron4977]

Thank you, I will check this out.

[@samueltan8512]

nice. Hope future game is more detail and come out faster 😊

[@GreyTsaki]

I'm so bad at making natural feeling animations and being an indie game developer I can see this tool really helping me in the near future!

[@chrislumino2890]

Thank you soo much sir!!! Awesome video!!!

[@unitynocode]

Love to try it !

[@mrcrobart]

OK, THIS is a GOOD use of AI ! :)

[@hamzahgamedev]

As a solo game dev, working on an open world game, I will definitely be incorporating this tool in my pipeline. Seems very user friendly and intuitive.(I find blender's UI a nightmare). Thanks for the vid Grant, very well explained.!

[@KirzTWO]

blender is a nightmare for me too 🙏🙏😭😭

[@itsMBWAAA]

Man Cascadeur should really get you as a sponsored tutorial maker or something lol. I've played around with it for a while but I'm very much a beginner at animation and there arnet many good tuts for it out there

[@elfideorubio1308]

Now we just need a general animation keyframing course from you and we are set ;)

[@grabbitt]

Just released one 🙂

[@sarahm2005]

Thanks for this, I downloaded it right away and it's looking good 😊. I specially liked the origin of it, Vector and Shadow fighte were some of my favorite mobile games and it was interesting to know that they made this!

[@rkneegordon6316]

It’s a great tool, that could give so many animators the ability to start an independent studio, an produce their own ideas.

[@malachi3067]

Polymath Oracle is the first animation I have ever seen completely made using AI before any of these new AI animation base tools have been released. I am interested to see how the creators at mcspilly utilize these amazing new tools

[@FuzzyImages]

See as an indie artist who has been wanting to break into animation for years this would be great. Like I can do key poses and some inbetweens but I am in no way a patient (or mentally focused) enough person to manage a full on animation. It's great to finally see AI being put to good use for us single person studios who have stories they want to tell. Hopeful I can find something like this that can work in 2D.would be such a game changer for some one like me.

[@thebubblegummonsters640]

This looks great. I was thinking the exact same thing as you the other day after spending eight hours retopologizing a mesh and thinking why is AI able to create artwork so easily but it can't do the jobs I hate. Hopefully more tools like this will come out.

[@beyondcinema]

Dropping quote bombs bro!! hell yeah!! "I don't want ai to be the artist, I want ai to help the artist."

[@AllHailLordMegatron]

This is perfect! Combined with mixamo auto rigging this takes out all the time consuming tasks that I was never even into to begin with, I like to solely focus on modeling and then be able to take it elsewhere for it to be rigged and animated,I have no interest in being an animator since I do this as a hobby but this makes posing and animating my characters so much easier and gives me more freedom compared to relying on what mixamo's library has

[@Lordo-kt6fu]

Finally, AI that actually lets the artist do the work!

[@MKTheDev]

This might finally get me into animation.

[@9EtherSupremeFist]

This is great.. I am also looking forward to seeing how Blender will incorporate similar AI animation into their software..

[@celeb-news]

It looks promising, I must set up a time to try it.

[@CaffeineInjected]

Thanks grant. As always significant content that us artists appreciate 😀

[@PVTParts-eu3zl]

As someone who used to work here and there as an animator in 3D (now fully shifted to 2D), I can see this helping beginners get into animation! However, I think that higher skilled animators would most likely overlook it just because they can do what the AI is doing in not much longer of a time period and will still need to polish it up in the graph editor in the end. Still, it's quite impressive for it's current state!

[@ArtRiku]

Exactly BUT if a begginer animator uses this, he will be a begginer forever.

[@MichaelLuckhardt]

truth :(@@ArtRiku

[@Exsulator2]

I mean... you wish... but I think honestly time is the only factor that determines skill, and if a beginner spends lots of time with this animating to their best ability, they will become good in time. And whatever parts they couldn't do without this software... erm, well they have the software, so who cares. It's the evolution of software, and it's always been like this.@@ArtRiku

[@Raven-lg7td]

So whats the best software for beginners?

[@PVTParts-eu3zl]

@@Raven-lg7td probably Blender, it used to be so unintuitive but a power tool. With recent changes though, it’s probably 10x better

[@Rakunx]

I would’ve loved to see how Monty Oum would’ve used these. Dude was a machine with 3D animation. Great video!

[@zdenekburian1366]

2023: AI wants to be the artist 2024: the artist rebels and pushes back 2025: AI agrees to help the artist 2026: Working side by side with the artist, AI learns the ultimate human tricks and subleties 2027: AI totally replaces the artist

[@vsochi234]

In all seriousness, it does sound as something utopian, ability to get whatever film, animation or any over piece of art at will is intriguing

[@OleksiyAntonkin]

Am I the only one who's considering this scenario possible now and worried about it happening one day?

[@TragicGFuel]

@@OleksiyAntonkin that's the best case scenario! You can think of something and it will generate it! You wouldn't have to rely on a third party artist to make something you envisioned!

[@xdevantx5870]

@@OleksiyAntonkin This is exactly what happened with industrial globalization. Just replace AI with China, Mexico, ect.

[@CubeDeveloper_Games]

incredible stuff! I have never delved into 3D game development as of now, I do have quite a bit of experience when it comes to making 2D games and eventually I wanna try my hand at something in 3D, and I will be using this tool religiously :D

[@grabbitt]

You need to add the textures again when exporting generally

[@victorwachanga8570]

thanks for introducing this

[@noriega211]

Great video❤ and a great opinion on how AI should be focusing on improving animation for artists ❤

[@karimshp01]

This is amazing, Thanks for sharing!

[@MedoHamdani]

Thank you, finally we can see some useful A.I application are coming up

[@sabieanbuddiesrandomness9142]

I normally hate everything to do with ai(in recent events due to how unethical it has been) but this is awesome, this is a glimpse into what ai always should have been used for

[@Not_A_Friend0777]

Finally! some animation are really hard to do but not really rewarding and time consuming, I hope AI will definitely help and bring some good stuff to animation both 3D and 2D.

[@jaefrmbk2k]

looks great. build it we will come

[@afrotron]

I checked it out a while ago and I've being keeping an eye on the development too. I'll stick to Blender and Maya for animation for now.

[@TheKevphil]

Yep, this is great! I wonder if it imports from DAZ? Also, I 100% agree with you about auto-retopologizing: It seems like that would be a no-brainer for an AI solution. And UV mapping, as well. I hope some clever programmers out there are hard at work on them. :)

[@luisbaez8105]

thank for the video bro 👍🏻

[@blackcitadel9]

I've been playing about with Cascadeur. It's fun

[@nic-ori]

👍Thanks.

[@phantomapprentice6749]

I did try it for a little , the autoposing only works up to a point and won't really help you with the more niche poses but the autophysics is excellent.

[@Goddisz]

Downloading now and start learn Cascadeur

[@nook2726]

I feel like you have the perfect idea of what AI should actually be used for... We shouldn't let it do EVERYTHING for us but instead allow us to focus on what matters most!

[@asdfghjkl-jk6mu]

you can't stop technological progress. somebody will develop that ai. and you will get replaced along with everybody else.

[@nook2726]

I have developed romantic feelings for your mother. Me becoming your father is just as inevitable of me being replaced.@@asdfghjkl-jk6mu

[@_REcon_]

I haven't master SFM to start with this Cascadeur 💀 very informative video, thanks a lot!

[@bagboybrown]

This is actually pretty sweet! :D

[@wellhellotherekyle]

Looks awesome. Do you think this would work well on bipedal models that are more stylized? Take one of the little bean guys from Fall Guys for example.

[@grabbitt]

I think so!

[@LTRX_]

Not planning to become an animator yet in the near future, but I can see its potential for pose references for sketches and paintings.

[@tako-sensei6072]

I think that having AI do the in betweens would help all of us to get so much more done.

[@Anakin-wb8sl]

I am definitely willing to give the free version a try. I have always sucked at animating anything so this is worth a try.

[@munkiboy3219]

Very interesting video, I hope sometime in the near future Grant will be giving some beginner tutorials for using Cascadeur, His Blender tutorials on KZbin and his downloadable courses have helped me immensely as a complete novice.

[@svendkorsgaard9599]

I remember when I heard of cascedeur about two years ago, the concept immediately caught my attention. I always thought that Physics should be implemented to help create realistic animations, which is what Cascedeur has done. Of course it will be more realistic when we implement real world Physics into the programs. Bravo Cascedeur!

[@Voxen712]

this is really cool! i wonder how its made, an algorithm working with center of gravity in some way? what would it do with a 4 legged character, or even something with 6 limbs like a western dragon? super intriguing. I didnt quite understand if it helps with just making poses or also generating inbetweens though.

[@LarnrothSDergan]

Okay, for once this where I want AI to be in and this? This is a good start.

[@FishzWorld]

Agree, tool I would like to invest.

[@renobledukajah9867]

as an animator, this really shorten my time to animate and i could spent my time polishing the details. especially making cycle like walking, running, skipping, etc. make the AI do the groundwork then let the Animators do the rest. if it introduced in my studio, i'll have a Andor and K2SO bromance

[@TorQueMoD]

I'm not an animator, but I played with Cascadeur and man, it's a ton of fun!

[@HarryUnderwoodMedia]

Not an animator, but I am interested in what this can do as an infill/inpainting tool, but for 3D motion and physics. I’m also interested in how text-to-3D will improve and maybe intersect with this.

[@Vohtwomax]

um, this is wild. As someone who is looking at potentially making a video game, this seems like an invaluable tool

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

This is remarkable :)

[@asphyx667]

горжусь, что когда то работал с создателями каскадера, Евгений Дябин легенда!

[@TailsClock]

This is great! It takes me back to my animating days in 2010 when people thought I was a great animator after I learned how to "tween". Then when I explained it they thought it was stupid and bad... Petty idiots will always equate effort to quality. The experts know better, but they're not the ones typically commenting on your work. I always knew AI was going to do exactly what we'd already been using computers to do. To massively save time doing the boring stuff. To allow single people to create an entire movie or game. All stuff that's only become possible recently, more so than people realise... Well, I guess there were some solo games back in the day, but you could really tell it was a single person for those, typically had no real art. And now the indie devs are going to be more powerful than ever. Huge studios are terrified and for good reason... And the people who enjoy movies and games are also terrified but without any sane reason. I wish the common person could show some consideration for animators and artists, and support AI technology like this. AI can never replace people. No-one is TRYING to replace people with AI. Working with AI is like opening a package with a pair of scissors. Even though non-package openers can only see scissors as something dangerous. We all find it easier to open a package with them and we want to use the scissors. But all we hear is how people want scissors banned, because the scissors will take our jobs... Seriously it sounds EXACTLY this stupid when people protest AI to protect artists, when artists are all the ones who WANT the AI.

[@FlashDazz]

0:43 this line is awesome

[@dractneogg]

This was a bit reassuring. I'm a junior animator and the concern with Ai recently has been if I spent all this time studying for nothing. Seeing Ai used in this way though really shows that the human touch, at least animation, might always be needed. This just reminds of old school Disney animation where you had the big shot Animators, and then you had the Inbetweeners. Very cool to see and I'd love to look into more myself

[@nitrork]

As a fellow animator let me just say; You chose a life of suffering, but the silver lining is that you have far more job security in this phase of production than any other skill, which is far more compartmentalized, and easily replaced, as we've seen with things like concept art. Animation will never truly be replaced because it encompasses too many different skillsets and phases that cannot be easily quantified as It's both highly technical (literal), AND creative (subjective) all at the same time. AI can produce objectively 'good' animation, or motion that is based in reality; hell it will likely very soon be able to stylize animation as well- but to the point of making very specific and deliberate decisions about the *design* of motion as it pertains to specific styles and themes is something that is years and years away if ever fully achievable as you mentioned.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

If you draw in Cal arts style, you will be replaced

[@marklighter3056]

You should've gone into IT like everyone else. Buy you choose to be poor. Skill issue 😊

[@dractneogg]

@@marklighter3056 Way to start both our days by being an asshole. Eitherway, with the crappy upbringing I had compared to my life now, I'm sorry but I will never be poor again. I hope soon you'll be happy with your life too instead of acting like this.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@@marklighter3056 clearly a bot with a Ukrainian flag in their bio. Ukraine lost btw. Skill issue

[@smutti0404]

Is the dude animated? The beard makes him look like, the Monkey king! Love the video👍

[@UsernameNotTaken2]

I actually get a bit of a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to AI nowdays- but that line of 'I don't want AI to be the artist, I want AI to help the artist' is totally what I am hoping for AI- a tool and not a replacement.

[@Exsulator2]

Yeah you worded it perfectly. It leaves a bad taste, it feels like every month I go to youtube, I find new signs that AI will kick out humans from their jobs. Now I understand and accept that the evolution of tech has always been merciless to those whose jobs can be replaced by new technology, but it's the sheer speed of the evolution nowadays that scares me. It's not long since I got my education... how many years left till all I learned is obsolete? Till I must pivot to stay relevant? Can I keep up at an older age? Should I just quit being a software user, and try to become a software CREATOR as a programmer instead lmao

[@samjohanes5363]

Well spoken 👏🏼... Quick question though, does it work with C4D or is it a stand alone program?

[@grabbitt]

its stand alone

[@thesmugwhale9824]

Literally your first minute articulated what Ive been trying to say PERFECTLY

[@doghous3]

hmm, if one could import mocap - maybe it would speed up clean up? Amongst other things. Worth taking a look, I say. Thanks for putting this out there.

[@shlokbhakta2893]

If you like the tool, I would strongly recommend getting the $300 year license as after a year it seems to turn into a perpetual license (you won’t get updates or support but the current pro features you had will still be there)

[@marcdraco2189]

Here TAKE MY MONEY! This is exactly what I need - and 300 frames is still more than 10 seconds of video which is more than enough for short CGI shots.

[@alexba838]

I've been using it for a long time. This is a very cool program from Russian developers

[@TacoBear_Studios]

I totally agree with you Grant. The more tedious processes of game development Is also a stumbling block for me as well, it's like standing at the base of a mountain and looking up. Hopefully AI can be truly used as a tool to help creators not hindering or take jobs away from us.. Going to be checking out this software as well.

[@reinantewhisper9333]

The Basic Free license isn't 100% free. For example the new setup for hands only is available for the rest of the payment licenses.