HOW I MAKE SIMPLE 3D ANIMATIONS: iClone 7 + Motion LIVE Plug-in
Here is how I make simple animations in iClone 7. iClone 7 lets you make animations very quickly without having to know much about animation. no experience required. I bring my sound track and I animate the characters with default animation presets. then I work on the lip sync, then cameras and that's it... you render your video for youtube or maybe a cut scene for your games.
Download iClone 7 here:
https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/
Motion LIVE Plug-in for iClone is a full body motion capture platform that connects motion data streams from multiple industry leading mocap devices, to simultaneously animate 3D character faces, hands and bodies. Motion LIVE is ready to animate fully-rigged 3D characters from Character Creator, Daz Studio, Hivewire or from any other industry standard sources. Motion LIVE’s unprecedented easy workflow saves time and budget for virtual production, performance capture, live tv show, and web broadcasting. Motion LIVE's UI Overview
Users can connect their motion capture hardware (Gear) to iClone through Motion LIVE by using a specific "Profile" for their chosen hardware. (Required software: iClone, Motion LIVE, Gear Profile) Additionally, users can choose to export their animations as FBX or BVH through the 3DXchange Pipeline.