Motion LIVE Interface

A

Take Name

  • Sets the name of the current recording.
  • Click the Motion Live Settings button to adjust recording settings.
    • Auto-save MotionPlus after recording: Automatically saves motion-captured facial expressions, body movements, and hand gestures to a MotionPlus file with timecode included.
      The save directory for the MotionPlus file can be customized
    • Remote Trigger: Set the port to match the source capture device for preview or recording.

B

Gear List

  1. Load Gear List: Load the saved Json file.
    Please refer to the Saving and Loading Gear Settings section for more information.
  2. Save Gear List: Save the settings in the list as a file (*.json).
  3. Add Gear: Click this button to add more standalone motion-capture software (for face, body and hands) that are already mounted on the local machine or other machine on the intranet.
  4. Delete Gear: Delete the gear software no longer in use or no longer installed.
  5. Connection: If the gear is installed on another PC of your intranet, type in the IP and Port where the gear software is installed in this field.
  6. Actors: Shows the number of the actors that are detected by the gear in the list.
  7. TCFPS (Timecode Frames-Per-Second): Determines the frame rate for capture devices.
    You can manually enter the desired value.
  8. Gear Status: This circle shows the connection status between the gear and Motion LIVE plugin.

    When the gear is successfully connected to the plugin, it shows a green circle. If it shows a hollow circle, then the connection is broken.

    The gear is Not connected.

    The gear is connected


    You can click on the hollow circle to try to re-connect to the gear.

C

Character List

  1. Click to select the target character for receiving motion-captured data.
  2. The boxes in the Face, Body and Hand columns are used to temporarily mask out the data from the motion-captured devices.
  3. Click this icon to determine from which devices you want the character to receive the motion-captured data.
  4. When the gear devices are offline or not connected successfully to the character, the icon will show a hollow circle on it. Check out the connection to make sure every settings are correctly done.

D

Detail Settings

  • Start with Motion Director: Captures facial expressions during a Motion Director session.
  • Full-Frame Recording (Timecode): Guarantees frame-accurate recording without frame drops, regardless of system performance. This preserves synchronization between body animation and facial performances in the final output.

E

Timecode Settings

If the Timecode plugin is purchased and installed, this section appears to capture clips with integrated timecode..

F

Preview / Record

Click the Preview button or Record button and follow the instructions to start previewing or recording.

G

Puppeteering Settings

Use the panel and the checkboxes to do further settings or record the makes or non-masked stream data transferred from the motion-captured devices.

Please click the space area in the cells of the Face, Body or Hand column in the Character List to toggle this panel to different modes.