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DeepMotion
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI motion capture and 3D animation from video/text; well-known tool.

268K visits/mo41K saves
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Cascadeur
✓ verifiedFreemium

3D keyframe animation tool with AI posing and physics; strong for game and character work, with free, indie and pro licenses.

225K visits/mo2.7K saves
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3DPEA
✓ verifiedFree

Free online tool that converts PNG images into 3D-printable STL models, part of 3DPEA's wider file-conversion suite.

174K visits/mo
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Movmi AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI motion-capture tool that extracts 3D human animation from ordinary video, with text-to-pose and AI render features.

1.6K visits/mo
Pricing
Freemium: Free
Starter: $9
Professional: $39
Studio: $83

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Free: $0/mo (3 credits)
Basic: $4.99/week (unlimited capture, limited PoseAI)
Pro: $14.99/mo (unlimited capture, priority support)
Creator: $29.99/mo (teams, all features)
Core features
  • AI-powered motion capture
  • Real-time body tracking
  • Video to 3D animation conversion
  • Text to 3D animation conversion
  • AI AutoPosing for faster natural poses
  • AutoPhysics for realistic motion
  • Quick rigging and standard-skeleton support
  • Animation unbaking to make baked clips editable
  • Video motion capture and secondary motion
  • FBX/DAE/USD compatibility
  • PNG-to-STL conversion via pixel height mapping
  • Standard and extrude (with color) conversion modes
  • Controls for size, resolution, border and thickness
  • Color merging, smoothing and transparency handling
  • Supports many other image and 3D format conversions
  • No file storage; runs in the browser on any OS
  • Motion capture from 2D video
  • Text-to-3D-pose generation
  • AI render with generated backgrounds
  • Multi-person capture
  • Mixamo character integration
  • FBX export
Use cases
  • Creating 3D animations for game characters
  • Generating animations for augmented reality applications
  • Producing animations for virtual reality experiences
  • Animating MetaHumans with video
  • Creating digital human motion from text
  • Animate game and film characters
  • Clean up and edit motion-capture data
  • Retarget animations between characters
  • Turning logos or images into 3D-printable models
  • Creating custom reliefs and lithophane-style prints
  • Prototyping simple 3D objects from 2D artwork
  • Converting between assorted image and 3D formats
  • Animating characters from video
  • Generating poses for 3D scenes
  • Creating game-ready animation
  • Team collaboration on mocap projects
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