How to Create Animations in Cascadeur Quickly using Reference Video to Capture Frames!

[@habibsoufi]

nice ! this is pure gold , thanks brother.

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

Glad you like it!

[@PureAnimationToolkit]

Thank you for your helpful video.

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

You're very welcome! I'm glad that it was helpful for you.

[@calmpassenger]

remarkable job. thanks please help for floating foot when we mocap

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

I've had several comments about the foot slide issue and I will be addressing it in an upcoming video. Thank you for your compliment!

[@24vencedores11]

I really love this workflow

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

Thank you. It's basic but it can produce a good animation with a bit of tweaking as needed.

[@24vencedores11]

@@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc I have several DAZ STUDIO POSE SERIES. can we import and use inside cascadeur for animation?

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

You should be able to, but I haven't tried it yet. Just go to File and Import FBX/DAE then choose Animation and choose the pose asset from your Daz content folder. A pose is just a single frame of an animation so I don't see why it wouldn't work. You may have to export your pose as an FBX first. I would be interested in your results!

[@Bsbsbss6192]

Play this video at 1.5x 😅

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

👌

[@ruudygh]

1x is good because it make me falls asleep easily.

[@LIFEisShort4016]

HI while importing refrence video this msg showup "Coudn't create frame directory" how to fixed this?

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

You need to create a folder for your reference frames and then select that folder when prompted during the import process. I normally choose a secondary drive because this folder can consume drive space unless you empty it regularly.

[@LIFEisShort4016]

@@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc got it, thank you !love your channel

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

Glad I could help!

[@monkeysee_monkeydoo]

the mocap button is missing ... any help pls

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

Normally, it should be located in the right side of the bar menu. It will prompt you to download MOCAP when you use it for the first time. If it's missing, I can only suggest downloading Cascaduer once again or contact support. Hope that helps!

[@menggambarsenyum]

what is frame path ? image sequences ?

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

What I call the "frames path" is merely the folder that the frames of your reference video will be stored locally on your computer. It it usually created automatically after you choose your reference video. There is an option to change the frames path in the LOAD VIDEO file selection window. I prefer to store the images on an external drive because you have to manually delete them, and they can chew up some gigs. I like to leave plenty of space on my OS drive. I don't recall using the term "image sequence", although I can't say that I've looked at the video in quite some time, so I most likely did. However, it may have been the same frames that are stored when you import a reference video into Cascaduer. I'm sure you understand that videos are created by a sequence of images. I guess for now, it's a drawback of using mocap in Cascaduer as it requires every frame to be available for proper adjustment of the model. I hope that helps!

[@ruudygh]

y not let it mocap the entire range?

[@BrokenArrowSoftware-fd2nc]

You can if you want, but you have less control over how Cascadeur creates the animation. When I created this video, Cascadeur 's mocap feature was still in alpha phase. Since then, they have released a new version and mocap has improved. Whichever way works better for you is always the best way.