Unreal Engine 5.5 Frame Mancer 2025.2.0 MH Animator Using Any Video!

[@TheDarkestAgeUnreal]

Genius! This is lowering the barrier of entry for performance capture in UE! This unlocks AAA facial animation with any camera, instead of needing an iPhone 12. Incredible work, and very clever solution!

[@xlipdev]

Great thanks for the kind words ^^ I hope Epic Games integrates that kind of approach and makes it possible for everyone ^^

[@Chillopedia]

amazing tool thanks

[@xlipdev]

Happy to hear you like it ^^

[@burtsfilms]

This is just great! Thanks for that Tutorial!!

[@xlipdev]

Thanks a lot for sharing kind thoughts 🤗 I tried my best to explain ^^

[@cjytber9857]

I’ve been waiting for the exciting moment you announced on January 7th, but due to the time difference, I only saw it today. And oh my goodness! Bro, you’re really a genius! I’m going to try this out and see if it works on characters other than MetaHuman. In fact, I’ve already switched to using CC4 for character creation. Anyway, thank you so much! The world is a better place because of people like you!

[@xlipdev]

Idk what to say 🥺 Great thanks for the kind words ❤I'm just a guy who loves developing some interesting stuff it is nice to see it helps many people ^^ I see some people were using existing metahuman animations on custom CC4 characters so it means yea this plugin can be used with them as well, please also let me know about how it goes 🤗

[@Andriy-e4b]

It turned out amazing! Good tutorial!

[@xlipdev]

Great to hear that ^^

[@MotuDaaduBhai]

Wonderful update! 👏

[@xlipdev]

Great to hear that mate how is your project going with that custom HMC? ^^

[@MotuDaaduBhai]

@@xlipdev It's functional on my part. I'm just making sure the public can use it without any hassle on their system. I'm just worried about the pricing. Your pricing is unbeatable, man! 😜

[@xlipdev]

@@MotuDaaduBhai That's great! ^^ That's what I love about development.. there are always better ways and implementations for the same things to suit different needs. Ahhh, I'm sorry about the pricing 😅but I'm sure you’ll come up with something better👍

[@MotuDaaduBhai]

@ Healthy competition is always better. I get new ideas from your one and maybe, maybe you will find something interesting when I launch. Btw I did purchase your v2 on the release day. It’s really fast!

[@xlipdev]

@@MotuDaaduBhai Great thanks for the support man ❤happy to hear you like it I hate slow apps too ^^ aand thats nicee now I'm excited 😁please let me know when it is ready I will definitely get it and try 👍

[@marshallnooby]

Amazing

[@xlipdev]

Happy to hear you like it ^^

[@marshallnooby]

@@xlipdev I was planning to buy an iPhone but this video changed my mind 😅

[@xlipdev]

@@marshallnooby Personally, I hate being dependent on a single brand's products. That was the reason I wanted to do something different 😅I also see almost no difference in performance results between Apple devices. Plus, with the generated depth frames, you can even animate some movie clips, which is impossible with an iPhone😆

[@marshallnooby]

@@xlipdev oh good idea/trick. I'd definitely try it😀 BTW, on Monday I'll buy this plugin after unlocking my Mastercard. My card was blocked. What a luck😅

[@xlipdev]

​@@marshallnooby No need to rush my friend I'm working on my custom website which will support crypto transactions. Hopefully, I will publish it next month, so anyone will be able to get it with crypto coins. I didn’t like this only card payments either 🤣

[@TheDigiVault]

I'll have to try this. Looks really interesting.

[@xlipdev]

So happy to hear you find it interesting ^^

[@deygus]

Hey Brother, such a fantastic update!

[@xlipdev]

Happy to hear you like it brother ^^ I'll compare it once again with the iPhone's famous depth camera and show you what the iPhone can't do 😎

[@thejetshowlive]

Well DONE!

[@xlipdev]

Great to hear you like it 🤗

[@איתייוסף-נ3מ]

nice work!

[@xlipdev]

Thanks a lot ^^

[@LeatherP]

Quentin Tarantino : "niubi!!!!!!!!!!"

[@xlipdev]

Now that's a badge of honor 😁

[@cettura]

Best plugin in 2025

[@asdfhjsdf4523]

That's true, but it's only been a week

[@xlipdev]

Hey I tried to compile with 5.3 engine version, but unfortunately, seems like there is a big difference between 5.3-5.4 engines, It would require a lot of work😓 Probably I wont be able to support Unreal Engine 5.3

[@cettura]

@@xlipdev dont worry, i ll buy it anyway :) Love your effort, i dont need to buy an iphone now haha💪

[@FX_AnimationStudios]

very nice!! do you think this workds with unreal CC4 Based characters directly?

[@xlipdev]

Great thanks! I'm happy to hear you like it ^^ I've never used CC4 personally, but afaik CC4 uses a similar skeleton hierarchy and morph targets as UE MetaHuman. My plugin helps you create accurate depth maps from your video, which can then be turned into depth footage and processed through the UE MetaHuman pipeline. So, if you're able to use any MetaHuman animation with CC4, it means you should be able to use the performance output/result with CC4 as well 👍

[@RobertKleinSk]

perfect video, nice changes. What about 1 hour performance? Will it work? Will it generate 100k files?

[@xlipdev]

Nice to hear you like it ^^ I haven’t tested with such long performances, but technically, it should work to generate depth frames (though I’m not sure how MetaHuman performance processing handles this scenario). The plugin runs the specified parallel process count and completes all the batches within them first, then starts another set of processes, freeing up CPU/RAM resources. This approach should allow for processing an unlimited number of frames, as long as you have enough storage space for the corresponding EXR/depth frame files. But it might be a great idea to add an option for processing a specific part of the video, at least for depth map generation 🤔

[@KingsAdvice]

Hi man. I recently purchased your Android plugin designed for facial animations, and initially, everything seemed to be working well. However, when I attempted to integrate these facial animations with my existing body animations, I encountered a problem. Individually, both the facial and body animations function flawlessly. But once combined, the neck stops moving completely, while the facial elements like the eyes and mouth continue to animate properly. This isn't the typical issue of a floating face that requires a quick attachment fix; it's specifically related to your plugin, as the neck movement is affected. I tried following the tutorials you provided in the comments, hoping for a solution, but they didn't resolve the issue. Over the past two days, I've invested roughly 24 hours trying to address this problem without any success. Please help with a fix as I cannot do the project with having to choose between body or face animations as there's no neck movement. Thank you

[@xlipdev]

Hi, thanks for the support ^^ I believe this issue is related to UE 5.5 with the official Metahuman plugin, since my plugin doesn't touch any control rig or animation keyframe details. Probably, Epic Games tried to avoid head and body misalignment during the baking process (or it might even be related to skeletal mesh changes in 5.5 Metahumans I'm not entirely sure yet). Most likely, it will be okay with the 5.4 engine. (I assume you tried to export animation sequence from performance asset) I suggest checking control rig details; I believe there should be a check or additional option for neck movements, maybe in the animation blueprint or control rig itself. I will also dig into it and share a solution for this case. But for now, exporting the level sequence for the facial animation and applying your body animation with an additive layer should work🤔

[@KingsAdvice]

@xlipdev Thank you for the reply. I will try the additive layer method you've suggested and look forward to any suggestions you give. I understand you've also said this problem doesn't happen unreal engine 5.4. So I will test your plugin thereto and update. Looking forward to all your future updates and let me know if there's better ways to message you instead of in public, unless this is alright for you. You are doing wonderful and I'm wishing you the best

[@sagerfxstudio8215]

its so amazing ..... But how can adjust the Body Because when face have a movement the body also have a little movement. How can fix it ?

[@xlipdev]

Glad you like it ^^ Good point! This is related to control rig and animation processing more likely, for 5.4 you can check this video to understand how to proceed further kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJzFZXd7pL-ShLs For 5.5, there have been some changes regarding face/body alignment with control rigs that confused me, and I haven’t fully explored it yet. However, I believe there are videos out there, maybe this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onqQi4p3fsh_iKc can help

[@inteligenciafutura]

I am very interested in purchasing the product, but is it easy to install?

[@xlipdev]

Thanks happy to hear that you are interested ^^ It is basically copying and pasting the folder😄I can guide you if you need any help 👍

[@inteligenciafutura]

@xlipdev how much does it cost?

[@xlipdev]

@@inteligenciafutura It is set to "pay what you want" with minimum 19,99$

[@inteligenciafutura]

@xlipdev If it is within my budget, when I get paid this month I will buy it.

[@xlipdev]

​@@inteligenciafutura No worries ^^ Feel free to message me on Discord or any social media whenever you need. I’ll be happy to guide or help with it

[@SorenaSepehri]

Can I buy this plugin with Crypto ?

[@xlipdev]

Good point! Currently ko-fi platform doesn't support crypto transactions so you can't 🥲But I'm planning to distribute from my website later on hopefully next month so you will be able to get it from there as well with crypto

[@SorenaSepehri]

@@xlipdev that's great.👌👍

[@DrLeo-m4i]

If your pc can run a real engine it’s already enough or does this software require more power?

[@xlipdev]

The plugin generates depth frames locally on the computer, so it does require additional CPU and RAM resources 👍 However, you have full control over the resources allocated by adjusting the Batch Size and Parallel Process Count before processing all frames 👍

[@DrLeo-m4i]

@xlipdev Ok but I also want to know if I pay the $20 is for life or every update I have to pay $20

[@xlipdev]

@@DrLeo-m4i No need to buy it again! Once you get the plugin, you’ll get access to all future updates. When a new version is released, you can use the existing link to download the new versions/content 👍

[@DrLeo-m4i]

@@xlipdev Frankly it’s cool, and I congratulate you for the time you give but if possible try to make it more accessible to the large number, I’m not saying to make it free but at least more accessible, me for example I’m in Togo and 20$ here is a fortune 😅 but I’ll do my best to get it as soon as possible Thank you

[@xlipdev]

​@@DrLeo-m4i Great to hear you like it ^^ Lowering the price wouldn’t be fair to the current users at this point, but offering separate pricing for each version at a lower cost could be an option I believe if there’s enough demand for it 🤔