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Cgspeed.com is maintained by Bruce Hahne, a hobbyist animator who lives in the San Francisco bay area.  He can be reached at hahne at io dot com.

Motion Capture

This page contains links and information about Motion Capture software and datasets.

BVH conversions of the 2500-motion Carnegie-Mellon motion capture dataset:
1. 3dsMax-friendly version (released May 2009)
2. MotionBuilder-friendly version  (released July 2008)

3. Poser-friendly version from mojodallas.blogspot.com
4. Various formats (.dae, .fbx, .max, .mb, .vns)
from TrailersPark(.vns format is for iClone)

Tutorials on how to use the BVH conversions:
1. Using the 3dsMax-friendly version in 3dsMax by B. Hahne
2. Using the MotionBuilder-friendly version in Daz Studio, via Animeeple conversion by mcasual:
    - Video 1
    - Video 2
    - Video 3

Other motion capture datasets:
BVH and related files from the Ohio State University ACCAD Open Motion Project
www.mocapdata.com
stockmoves.e-motek.com
mocapclub.com
Some Blender .blend motion files from centralsource.com


Utilities:
VIPbase's free AMC to BVH conversion utility
BVhacker from davedub.co.uk


This web page is also reachable via http://tinyurl.com/d6vead