Cascadeur

AutoPosing

Move control points and let the AI position the rest of the body automatically, resulting in the most natural pose. Intelligent controllers for fingers speed up hand gestures.

Create natural poses faster with AI assistance.

AutoPhysics & Secondary Motion

Achieve realistic motion with AutoPhysics, which suggests animation on a green double. Adjust sliders to add shake, bounce, and overlap for secondary motion.

Add lifelike physics and secondary motion to animations.

Quick Rigging Tool

Drag-and-drop joints to generate a rig automatically. One-click rig standard skeletons from Daz3d, Character Creator, Mixamo, Unreal Engine, Metahuman, Player.me, etc.

Rig models easily and quickly.

Animation Unbaking

Turns any baked animation into an editable one by automatically selecting keyframes and interpolation intervals with desired precision.

Edit baked animations with ease.

Video Mocap & Retargeting

Use Video Mocap along with Animation Unbaking and Fulcrum Motion Cleaning to clean up and edit animation. Copy/paste retargeting transfers animations between characters with two clicks.

Turn videos into clean animations and retarget between characters.

File Format Support

Works with .FBX, .DAE, and .USD files, making it simple to integrate into almost any animation workflow.

Integrate seamlessly with other programs.

• AI-Assisted Keyframe AnimationCascadeur is a standalone 3D software that lets you create keyframe animation, as well as clean up and edit any imported ones. Thanks to its AI-assisted and physics tools you can dramatically speed up the animation process and get high quality results.
• Easy Rigging and RetargetingDrag-and-drop joints of your character with the Quick Rigging Tool to generate the rig automatically. One-click rig standard skeletons from Daz3d, Character Creator, Mixamo, Unreal Engine, Metahuman, Player.me, etc. Copy/paste retargeting transfers animations between characters with only two clicks, working for any humanoid characters of different proportions regardless of skeletal structure.
• AutoPosing and AutoPhysicsAutoPosing is a smart rig powered by neural networks that helps you create poses easier and faster. AutoPhysics allows you to achieve realistic and natural motion, while altering your animation as little as possible. Control fingers with intelligent AutoPosing controllers.
• File CompatibilityCascadeur works with .FBX, .DAE and .USD files making it simple to integrate into almost any animation workflow.

• Video Mocap WorkflowUse Video Mocap along with Animation Unbaking and Fulcrum Motion Cleaning to clean up and edit the animation to get a high quality result. This feature requires combining multiple tools and may not be fully automated.
• Animation UnbakingAnimation Unbaking turns any baked animation, where each frame is keyframe, into an editable one. It automatically selects the keyframes and interpolation intervals with the desired precision, but the result may require manual refinement depending on the complexity of the animation.
• Secondary Motion SlidersAdjust the slider to shake, bounce and overlap body parts to make your animation come alive. This is useful for idles and action moves, but the effect is controlled by a slider and may need careful tuning to avoid unnatural motion.

Keyframe Animation Creation

Cascadeur is a standalone 3D software that lets you create keyframe animation from scratch. Its AI-assisted and physics tools dramatically speed up the animation process while delivering high-quality results, making it ideal for animators working on games or films.

Cleaning and Editing Imported Animations

Cascadeur allows you to clean up and edit any imported animation. With Animation Unbaking, you can turn baked animations into editable ones, automatically selecting keyframes and interpolation intervals with desired precision, making it easy to refine mocap data or animations from other sources.

Video Mocap Post-Processing

Use Video Mocap along with Animation Unbaking and Fulcrum Motion Cleaning to clean up and edit video-captured animations. This workflow helps you achieve high-quality results from raw video data, making it suitable for VFX, VR, and interactive experiences.

Retargeting Animations Between Characters

Cascadeur's Copy/Paste Retargeting lets you transfer animations between characters with only two clicks. It works for any humanoid characters of different proportions regardless of their skeletal structure, streamlining workflows across multiple DCCs.

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