To get a feel for the motion capture software I decided to book the motion capture room and follow the tutorial. I set up blade and calibrated the camera's with the wand making sure all the cameras where capturing enough data. This was an important stage as all the cameras needed to be able to pick up the markers on the motion capture suite. If the cameras where not calibrated properly then the cameras would not be able to pick up the markers on the suite properly.
Once the cameras where calibrated I got the motion capture suite on and positioned the markers on the suite. This is another important stage, making sure the markers are in the correct place is important as this determines how the movement is captured. If the markers are not placed correctly then the software will build the motion capture data incorrectly and your character my end up walking funny or the markers may not be picked up at all.
Here is an example of how the markers should look once on the suite.
Here is an example of the motion capture data.
This is as far as I got with this session. There are some improvements I need to make in order to successfully get the data into motion builder. There is a cluster of markers that go on the back of the suite that I didn't correctly stick on. so blade couldn't detract the cluster.
Once the cameras where calibrated I got the motion capture suite on and positioned the markers on the suite. This is another important stage, making sure the markers are in the correct place is important as this determines how the movement is captured. If the markers are not placed correctly then the software will build the motion capture data incorrectly and your character my end up walking funny or the markers may not be picked up at all.
Here is an example of how the markers should look once on the suite.
Here is an example of the motion capture data.
This is as far as I got with this session. There are some improvements I need to make in order to successfully get the data into motion builder. There is a cluster of markers that go on the back of the suite that I didn't correctly stick on. so blade couldn't detract the cluster.

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