Luis Cepeda: Since we are a new mocap studio, we needed to show the possibilities of our facilities and the interoperability of capturing body, face and hands at the same time, as well as both fast and subtle movements including facial expressions.

Here, Quitasueño’s studio director Luis Cepeda shares with befores & afters how the demo was made, including his thoughts on setting up the pipeline with user-friendly real-time tools which meant the production could be achieved as efficiently as possible.ī&a: Tell me about the idea behind re-creating the ‘I am your father’ sequence-what was behind that choice and what did you make the piece for? The re-creation of this Star Wars moment would take advantage of the use of motion capture (body, facial tracking and finger tracking), motion capture clean-up, real-time asset development, royalty free assets, virtual cinematography techniques and final photorealistic rendering of digital humans. In order to demo their new wares, Quitasueño decided to make a fun short video that replicates the famous ‘I am your father’ scene from The Empire Strikes Back. Here’s how Quitasueño Studio crafted the scene with motion capture and real-time tools.Ĭaribbean-based outfit Quitasueño Studio recently opened a new motion capture volume, for which it implemented tools such as Reallusion’s iClone and Character Creator, as well as solutions from Unreal Engine, Vicon, Faceware and Rokoko, to offer capture services.

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