Motion Capture advice

[MikeFreeman Straaf]

I been thinking about getting into motion capture, and I am want some advice on what I should do to get some good results.

The animations I was thinking of doing are full body combat animations, this includes rolling around, punching, kicking, grappling, throwing and falling. I will be using a grappling dummy and a crash mat. So I need something that wont break after a slam or rubbing against a limb.

Possibly using two people animaitons too.

Give me numbers and suggestions, I have a full time job and I am experinced using Qav and Endorphin for a number of years now, I would prefer I am able to take that animation into Endorphin to interact with objects (Which I am sure is possible).

[Medhue Simoni]

I'm really not sure what kind of advice you want. Are you asking what system to use? Are you asking how to edit the raw motion capture? Every program is a bit different, and each generally have their own solutions for different aspects. At this point in time, there are literally hundreds of ways to make a motion capture animation. What do I use? Well, for most of my work, I like to use the IPIsoft Desktop mocap system, and export that as a bvh. I then import that bvh into blender, and use the Avastar add on to transfer the bvh data onto the Avastar rig. Here, I can save the animation in the blend file, and use it on any other avastar rig in the scene. So, in Blender, using Avastar, I could easily set up 2 avatars, facing each other, and switching the animations between them.

[Sassy Romano]

ipisoft have just changed their pricing model to subscription for v3 which has upset a lot of users but may work for the OP.

Depending on timescale, have a look on Kickstarter, there are a number of very low cost sensor based suits coming.  The ones I ordered for two actors have been somewhat delayed but there are others too.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1663270989/project-perception-neuron

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/controlvr/control-vr-motion-capture-for-vr-animation-and-mor

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yeitechnology/priovr-suit-up-game-on

ipisoft with cameras is here:-

http://ipisoft.com/

and an alternate:-

http://brekel.com/

Other than that, what Medhui said, more detail needed really.