
That data was then cleaned up using Autodesk’s MotionBuilder, with final animation and lighting completed with Autodesk’s Softimage. After cleaning up the mesh, they composited the still photos onto the model to create a default rig.įrom there they brought the employees back in, and filmed them using the higher resolution 6 Sony Eye camera set-up, this time acting like they were in the crowd at a big arena event – clapping, standing, talking, cheering, etc. Soles explained that they began the process by using the iPi Motion Capture’s two Kinect camera set up to body scan their 100 or so employees, while simultaneously taking high res still images of their faces. Those paces included a specialized workflow perfectly tailored to the needs of the scene. “We had been experimenting with iPi Motion Capture and knew going into the project that we would use it for some of the crowd duplication and we definitely put the software through its paces,” Jordan Soles, Rodeo FX’s Chief Technology Officer, says. But none proved more challenging than a key scene set at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – aided immeasurably by iPi Soft’s markerless motion capture solution iPi Motion Capture. MOSCOW, RUSSIA – The summer blockbuster “Now You See Me”, which has grossed more than $350 million USD worldwide since Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE (NYSE: LGF) company, released the film in the US, features several complex visual effects sequences created by Montreal-based studio Rodeo FX.
