MoCap Animation in After Effects with Kinect -- Part 1: Getting Started
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Use the free Processing app KinectToPin to capture Kinect skeletal tracking data for use with the After Effects puppet tool.
Part 1: Getting Started: • MoCap Animation in After Effects with Kine...
Part 2: Motion Capture with KinectToPin: • MoCap Animation in After Effects with Kine...
Part 3: Creating the Puppet Template: • MoCap Animation in After Effects with Kine...
Part 4: Rigging the Digital Puppet: • MoCap Animation in After Effects with Kine...
Required software:
OpenNI + PrimeSense Sensor Module: http://www.openni.org/Downloads.aspx
OSCeleton: https://github.com/Sensebloom/OSCeleton
SimpleOpenNI: http://code.google.com/p/simple-openni/
Processing: http://processing.org/
KinectToPin: https://github.com/N1ckFG/KinectToPin
After Effects CS3+ (CS5+ to use tutorial files)
Special Mac note: works in Snow Leopard, may not work in Lion.
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