Zign Track / A:M Track

Specifications

Here you will find specifications for Zign Track and A:M Track. Note that A:M Track is the cheaper version of Zign Track with limited posibilites. The A:M Track version is only compatible with Animation: Master, while Zign Track can be used with most common 3D animation applications.

Facial motion capture
Zign Track captures 3D facial motion with just one camera. The actor needs to put marker dots on his/her face. This dots can be little stickers or make-up. Almost any camera can be used with Zign Track. The accuracy/quality depends on the quality of the camera. A higher resolution means more accurate movements, more FPS allows faster movements to be tracked.

2D motion tracking
A secondairy feature of Zign Track is 2D motion tracking. With the 2D tracking function the user can track up to 256 points in a video file. You can choose between several algorithms to suite the kind of object you are tracking. The tracked motion can be exported as a BVH file with moving bones. What you can do with this tracking data depends entirely on your imagination. 2D tracking is not supported in A:M Track.

Compatibility
The BVH and TRC files created with Zign Track can be used by any 3D animation application with BVH or TRC support that allows to make custom constraints. Some 3D applications for this are Animation: Master, Blender and Motion Builder. In some other applications (e.g. 3DS Max, Maya) the motion capture data can be imported using scripts or plugins.
The A:M action files are special for Animation: Master and allow you to apply your motion capture to your 3D models with a few mouse clicks. These action files are compatible with Hash´s Aimation: Master V13 and higher.
The Poser pz2 files are compatible with Smith Micro´s Poser and Poser Pro. Poser 4 is the minimum required version. These pz2 files that contain the facial morphs and head rotation can be applied to any Poser character that contains similar facial morphs. Just match the morphs names in Zign Track to make it work. The motion capture data can be accessed directly from Poser´s library panel and applied to your model with a click of the mouse.
You can find example motion capture files on the download page.

Zign Track / A:M Track 1.4 specifications:

Supported Operating systems	Windows XP, Windows Vista
Supported video formats	24 bit color AVI, max. 2 GB. CODECS are not supplied and must be installed. DV-AVI is not supported yet.
Required disk space for installation	6 MB
Motion export formats	Biovision BVH* TRC Marker data* Poser pose PZ2* - compatible with Poser 4 and higher A:M Action - compatible with Animation: Master V13 and higher
RAM needed	512 MB minimum, 1 GB or more recommended.
Required processor	1 Ghz Pentium or Athlon processor, or better.
Video adapter / monitor	Minimum 1024 x 768, 24 or 32 bit color. Minimum 128 MB video memory.
Recommended camera	Minimum resolution 640 x 480, 25 FPS. PAL or NTSC is normal.

* Not supported in A:M Track

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