Mocap Animator

At Side, we partner with some of the world's leading developers and publishers to solve complex production challenges and help bring exceptional games to life. From concept through live operations, our co-development teams work as trusted extensions of our clients' studios, contributing expertise across design, engineering, art, audio, QA, and production.

Data Cleaning & Tracking 

• Identify, label, and track raw point-cloud data from studio shoots, manually fixing marker swaps or mislabeled tracking points. 

• Reconstruct missing data points caused by actor occlusions (e.g., when a limb is hidden from cameras) using interpolation, smoothing algorithms, or reference footage. 

• Remove jitter, spikes, and artifacts from raw tracking curves while preserving the subtle nuances and weight of the original performance. 

Skeletal Solving & Retargeting 

• Solve processed marker data onto 3D character rigs, ensuring the performance translates accurately despite proportional differences between the actor and the 3D model. 

• Correct structural clipping, stabilize feet to eliminate floor-sliding, and fix basic posture/interaction anomalies. 

• Sync cleaned data with reference video to ensure the digital character perfectly retains the actor's emotional intent, timing, and weight distribution. 

Pipeline & Organization 

• Meet strict production deadlines to ensure a steady stream of clean data is handed off to the character animation and cinematic layout teams. 

• Fix all structural issues introduced during retargeting, including hand/foot sliding, floor penetration, clipping (limbs passing through clothing/body), and unnatural joint stretching. 

• Apply traditional keyframe animation layers to amplify poses, sharpen timing, fix off-balance center-of-gravity issues, and push the performance to match stylized or cinematic art directions. 

• Adjust animation curves to ensure flawless contact and interaction with virtual props, weapons, vehicles, and uneven terrain geometry.