Motion Capture ability adquired!

Here's the first motion capture made with the new system!
I only have 3 cameras (no big room yet) and its working already.
This is a raw output of course, it'll require some hand smoothing and adding hand poses but that takes a tiny fraction of the time that usually takes to animate any new movements.
To give you guys an idea, I captured around 30 seconds of motion in the morning and had it processed and ready to export by mid afternoon.
Great thanks to all the donators.
I couldnt have done it without your support.
Now to summon some sexy moving power models...
Muhahahah!

Cosmic News!

And good ones too!
We have managed to buy the mocap software and it seems to work quite well!
I had to use part of the budget for the cameras to get it but I tested it with the one camera I got and does a quite nice job despite the lack of movement range. Im quite sure it'll rock with the other 3 cameras. For that reason Im leaving the donate button active so I can raise funds to get the other 3 cameras, tripods, active usb cables, etc.
I'll post the first captured sequence as soon as I can.
In the animation front we've made a lot of progress on completing our newest clip:
Cosmic Guardians! (Part 1).
We're making the voice work (We'll use 2 voice actresses! Gasp!) and we've got some planetary mayhem effects already done!
This clip will take us trough the adventures of Kathy Aier. The survivor astronaut on humanity's first (disastrous) contact. She (naturally) gets Ultracharged and becomes a galactic goddess.
The plot will have a couple of twists along the way too. I hope we can develop a nice series from this one.
Here I leave you guys a couple of screen caps so you can preview it.
A very special thanks to everyone who donated!
We couldnt do it withouth our fans support.
Thanks again and enjoy!!!

UltraCharged's Motion Capture Studio

Hello there folks!
I have great news and a request to make.

In partnership with a well known supergirl´s live action studio we have begun the instalation of a motion capture studio in USA. We are currently setting up the hardware for the first tests of the software and we'll keep you guys informed of the progress. The software we'll be using is iPisoft´s MoCap with 4 high speed cameras.
We are very satisfied with the manufacturer's support and we're very confident that we'll be soon recording our own realistic motions for our animations. As you may imagine, hand-made animation takes a lot more time and effort to make than motion capturing. This process will allow us to make much longer clips in less time, with the extra advantage of the movement realism.
So... Whats the catch? The initial setup is expensive and we cannot afford it on our own for now. I have secured the funds for most of the required hardware from the success of our last couple of products but the software itself is another thing.
Due to this Im adding a Paypal's donation button to this blog and the other sites. We need to raise 600 dollars to buy the software.
Im very thanksfull for your continued support and I have no doubt that we'll soon reach our goal. We'll be posting the results of the software tests as soon as we have them.
Thanks again!

CDR

Total donated:

U$S 500,00

Mission acomplished!!!

Oh! Also...
New Picture Pack at the store!
Its the first part of a multipart comicbook by FemForteFan.
14 comic pages for only 2 dollars.
Go check it out!

Migthy Ayla

Price: U$S 2.00

14 JPG Images at 2127 x 2768 pixels

Summer time picture pack!

Swimsuit Edition

Price: U$S 2.50

36 JPG Images at 1920 x 1080 pixels

Hello there powerfans!
Today Im releasing a new picture pack:
Swimsuit edition.
Featuring 2 beachgirls doing several nice power feats.
I havent named them yet because I wanted to hear some suggestions and posible story lines from all of you. Its allways nice to have the fans speak up their mind.
Ok!
Check them out and let me know what you think!

CDR

Unstoppable Part 2 is ready!!!

Hello there folks!
Guess what?!
Our next clip is ready!

We have reached (and crossed) the 5 minutes limit and the voice actress delivered perfectly.
I look forward to work with her again and hopefully a few others more.
I hope that you all enjoy it and I await your feedback and requests for the upcoming clips and picture packs.

Unstoppable Part 2

Price: U$S 8.50

67Mb Flash Video (FLV)

Aproximate duration: 5m 20s

Hello there people!
Im just writing this to let you all know that Im still around and well, working hard on the next animation.
The Migthy Teena animation has been postponed due to the projects requirements but Unstoppable Part 2 has taken its place.
I've found an AMAZING voice actress to bring Rachel to life and she has provided us with quite a few awesome lines that Im looking forward to include in this animation.
Here, have some preview screen caps. :)
I hope you enjoy them...
Talk to you soon.

The Crystal Peak Phenomena

Hello there!
I'd like to announce the first picture pack product for the store:
The Crystal Peak Phenomena
In this first picture pack of the series we learn how Alice Caerwyn went from normal security officer to Megapowered city guardian.
Her power up is the unexpected result of the attack of a misterious superpowered villain to her working place...
I wont say anything else to avoid ruining the surprise :D
The picture pack consist of 45 images at 1920 x 1080 pixels of ultracharged action and its offered at the webstore for U$S 3.50
All the people that donated for the Poser Pro 2010 will get it for free. If you donated but havent recieved the email with it yet, please drop me a line trough my email or comments and I'll send it to you.
I hope you all enjoy it very much.
See you soon!!!

CDR (aka Sparks)