Creating professional 3D animation used to mean booking time in a motion capture studio, wearing a suit covered in sensors, and spending hours cleaning up complex data. Autodesk Flow Studio changes all of that.

With just a simple phone video, Flow Studio uses AI to transform real-life motion into fully editable animation data. There’s no need for expensive equipment or a controlled studio environment; just record, process, and you’re ready to bring your motion into your favorite 3D tools like Maya or Blender.

From Phone Footage to Animation Data

Flow Studio is designed for simplicity without sacrificing professional quality. You can take everyday footage, whether it’s an actor performing, a dancer moving, or even someone acting out creature motions, and convert it into animation data ready for production. This means more time spent on creativity and less time worrying about technical barriers.

Watch Flow Studio in Action

See how Autodesk Flow Studio captures motion from a simple phone video and turns it into fully editable animation that you can export to Maya or Blender.

Working with Maya

For Maya users, Flow Studio exports animations in a format that works seamlessly with HumanIK, Maya’s powerful rigging and retargeting system. Once imported, you can map your captured motion to your character rig, tweak poses, adjust timing, and refine performance details until the animation feels exactly right.

Working with Blender

If Blender is your tool of choice, the exported animation data can be brought straight into your project. Once inside Blender, you can attach the motion to your rigged model and start adding layers of artistic detail, be it secondary motion, exaggerated movements, or stylistic flourishes.

Adding Your Creative Touch

The beauty of Flow Studio is that it handles the heavy lifting of motion capture so you can focus on the fun part: customization. Whether it’s cleaning up keyframes, enhancing certain gestures, or pushing the performance beyond realism for stylized effects, you retain full creative control.

A Game-Changer for Animators

For independent creators, small studios, or even larger teams looking to speed up production, Flow Studio’s approach to motion capture is a game-changer. By removing the need for specialized gear and long setup times, it opens the door to more experimentation, faster turnaround, and lower costs, all while delivering professional-quality results.

Bringing It All Together

With Autodesk Flow Studio, a simple phone video can become your gateway to professional 3D animation in Maya or Blender. This approach gives you the efficiency to move quickly, the flexibility to adapt your workflow, and the creative freedom to shape animations exactly the way you imagine them without the usual cost and complexity of traditional motion capture.

Ready to Animate Without Limits?

Autodesk Flow Studio makes professional 3D animation more accessible than ever. By removing the cost and complexity of traditional motion capture, it empowers you to focus on what truly matters: your creative vision. Whether you’re working on a short film, game project, or personal animation experiment, your phone and Flow Studio can take you from idea to finished scene faster than you thought possible.

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