Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode

Wow, here’s a 3D motion capture video processing that requires no markers.

I might want to use it for golf swing analysis…

Special effects based on the 3D movements of real actors were once the domain of film-makers with hundreds of millions of dollars to spare. But digital motion capture could soon be within reach of low-budget film makers thanks to new software that records movement without using markers.

Studios making computer games and movies typically capture motion using highly visible markers placed across the body of an actor wearing a tight, dark suit, to help a camera track their movements. The technique was used heavily in Paramount’s film Beowulf, released last year.

[via hight3ch - newscientist]

I had previously worked with Pro Tools at college and knew my way around it, so it seemed the logical step to work with it again so I could hit the ground running. I managed to get myself Pro Tools LE 5.3.1 and the Digi 001 hardware to run on a PC that I bought off of eBay for around $500, and by Christmas 2002 I had edited my first scene. Working with Pro Tools, I used only the basic Audio Suite tools, and I was limited to working on a single computer screen, so the edit window and the QuickTime movie had to share space. Soon after I started, I tested my mixes through a couple of different speakers via DVD. I know the general consensus is that films these days are way too loud and would have greater impact if they were more dynamic, but even so, I tried to match the roaring Hollywood spectaculars buckling under the weight of their own noisiness.
Freak Out: The Perils and Pitfalls of Low Budget Audio for an Indie Film