<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Avi,<br><br></div> The type of animation demonstrated in "Line Dance" is more under motion capture technology. At my school we did something similar with a green screen and then had the student actors do their piece. The motion was then transferred to a background made in Blender. The final piece was then rendered into a movie format. We used Blender, FinalCut Pro, Photoshop, and for Mocap, ipisoftware. <br>
<br></div>Peter Romero<br></div>Media Arts Technology<br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:00 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bf-education-request@blender.org" target="_blank">bf-education-request@blender.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:12:49 +0100<br>
From: Ivano Arrighetta <<a href="mailto:thc-03_berserk@hotmail.it">thc-03_berserk@hotmail.it</a>><br>
Subject: [Bf-education] Open Source Software MultiMedia<br>
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:32:40 +0100<br>
From: Piotr Arlukowicz <<a href="mailto:piotao@gmail.com">piotao@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Open Source Software MultiMedia<br>
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Hi,<br>
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in reply to one of comments on the site you (or somebody) wrote: "it?s a<br>
blog in which someone will write tutorials". Do you really think there will<br>
be people who deliver their time and effort and make tutorials on your<br>
site? Just like that?<br>
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Or, is it a site dedicated to have a content with given wide topics - all<br>
seem to have their own communities, like Inkscape, GIMP, Blender, etc.<br>
Honestly, I don't see much of the future for such a site. OK, maybe, if you<br>
force some innocent students to make a content first :)<br>
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 21:27:50 -0500<br>
From: avi dey <<a href="mailto:adtwinonline@gmail.com">adtwinonline@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [Bf-education] Dance Animation Using Blender Plus Featured<br>
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To: <a href="mailto:Bf-education@blender.org">Bf-education@blender.org</a><br>
Cc: Zach Kurth-Nelson <<a href="mailto:zach.kurthnelson@gmail.com">zach.kurthnelson@gmail.com</a>>, Carol Gaylor<br>
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December 05, 2013<br>
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*Dance Animation Using Blender Plus Featured Video Projects*<br>
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Current Topic: I am now looking deeper into Dance 3D Animation Popular<br>
Tool. There is one such tool stands out based on my brief search today<br>
as to what is popular among dance animation.<br>
<br>
One of the most successful companies in 3D Dance Animation music video<br>
games is Ubisoft . T<br>
<br>
heir Just Dance 3D Game Series uses the Dance Animation Software Engine so<br>
called *3D Gesture Recognition Middleware by a company located in Belgium<br>
. Their popular 3D tool is called SoftKinetic iisu*<br>
<br>
Below is a sample of what Softkinetic issu powered a most popular dance<br>
animation game that I just found in utube.<br>
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Jailhouse Rock by Ubisoft (Elvis Presley Classic)<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiy7n0PbxbA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiy7n0PbxbA</a><br>
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Question: The "Learning Curve" for doing something like this using blender<br>
3D is likely far more difficult than getting access to Softkinetic IISU.<br>
<br>
This is the topic I hope to be able to discuss in a forum for those who<br>
have a serious interest in non-commercial heritage music that are still<br>
popular in countries like Poland, Canada and the "Cowboy Rock" From Texas,<br>
USA, that has a link to heritage and cultures that grew up in America in<br>
the last 200 years.<br>
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Comments anyone ?<br>
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Avi Dey<br>
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Dance Animation Using Blender<br>
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 18:59:54 -0800 (PST)<br>
From: Marcelo V <<a href="mailto:mv_email@yahoo.com">mv_email@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Bf-education] Dance Animation Using Blender Plus<br>
Featured Video Projects<br>
To: avi dey <<a href="mailto:adtwinonline@gmail.com">adtwinonline@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Bf-education@blender.org">Bf-education@blender.org</a>"<br>
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Dear Avi,<br>
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I did not make any research about the subject but I will comment the video based on my observations.<br>
I may be completely wrong but let me proceed anyways:<br>
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The dancers are not 3D models. They are real people with dancing with a green screen on background.<br>
The image is being mixed and filters for increasing saturation and contrast.<br>
<br>
Each dancer wears a glove with pre-selected/known colors where the position are being tracked. The SW processing the image compare the hands position against a pattern in the time domain to give a rate (Good/Bad/etc). I would even bet that if you only place the hands in the right place you may get a "Good" from your virtual instructor even without following the dance.<br>
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I do not see any relation of this image processing with Blender. Blender could be used for modeling better virtual instructor but this would be done in development time, not in real time.<br>
<br>
Anyways... I do not see any way Blender could be used to implement this in real time.<br>
Suggestion... take a look at OpenCV and other libraries to help you with image processing and a game engine tool or even OpenGL to perform what you need in real time.<br>
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Have fun,<br>
Marcelo<br>
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From: avi dey <<a href="mailto:adtwinonline@gmail.com">adtwinonline@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:Bf-education@blender.org">Bf-education@blender.org</a><br>
Cc: Piotr Arlukowicz <<a href="mailto:piotao@gmail.com">piotao@gmail.com</a>>; Marcelo V <<a href="mailto:mv_email@yahoo.com">mv_email@yahoo.com</a>>; Zach Kurth-Nelson <<a href="mailto:zach.kurthnelson@gmail.com">zach.kurthnelson@gmail.com</a>>; Carol Gaylor <<a href="mailto:cgaylor@sgia.org">cgaylor@sgia.org</a>><br>
Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:27:50 PM<br>
Subject: Dance Animation Using Blender Plus Featured Video Projects<br>
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?<br>
December 05, 2013<br>
?<br>
Dance Animation Using Blender Plus Featured Video Projects<br>
?<br>
Current Topic:? I am now looking deeper into Dance 3D Animation Popular Tool.? There is one such tool stands out? based on my brief search today<br>
as to what is popular among dance animation.<br>
?<br>
One of the most successful companies in 3D Dance Animation music video games is? Ubisoft .?? T<br>
?<br>
heir? Just Dance 3D Game Series uses the Dance Animation Software Engine so called 3D Gesture Recognition Middleware by a company located in Belgium .? Their popular 3D tool is called? SoftKinetic iisu<br>
?<br>
Below is a sample of what Softkinetic issu powered a most popular dance animation game that I just found in utube.<br>
?<br>
Jailhouse Rock by Ubisoft? (Elvis Presley Classic)<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiy7n0PbxbA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiy7n0PbxbA</a><br>
?<br>
Question:? The "Learning Curve" for doing something like this using blender 3D is likely far more difficult than getting access to Softkinetic IISU.<br>
?<br>
This is the topic I hope to be able to discuss in a forum for those who have a serious interest in non-commercial heritage music that are still popular in countries like Poland, Canada and? the "Cowboy Rock" >From Texas, USA, that has a link to heritage and cultures that grew up in America in the last 200 years.<br>
?<br>
Comments anyone ?<br>
?<br>
Avi Dey<br>
?<br>
Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.<br>
<br>
Thomas Carlyle<br>
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Previous? Topic:<br>
?<br>
Blender Guru<br>
Dance Animation? Using Blender<br>
<a href="http://www.blenderguru.com/27-inspiring-blender-animations-that-will-make-your-jaw-drop/" target="_blank">http://www.blenderguru.com/27-inspiring-blender-animations-that-will-make-your-jaw-drop/</a><br>
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26. HapiLoli<br>
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