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  "label": "No longer available"
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  "copies_real_faces_or_voices": null,
  "limits": null
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  "available_on": [],
  "hosts_models": [],
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  "for_task_label": "A 3D object or scene, a character ready to animate",
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    "slug": "3d-ai-studio",
    "name": "3D AI Studio",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/3d-ai-studio.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "autodesk-flow-studio",
    "name": "Autodesk Flow Studio",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/autodesk-flow-studio.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "cascadeur",
    "name": "Cascadeur",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/cascadeur.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "deepmotion",
    "name": "DeepMotion Animate 3D",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/deepmotion.json"
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   {
    "slug": "keenface",
    "name": "KeenFace",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/keenface.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "kiri-engine",
    "name": "KIRI Engine",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/kiri-engine.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "meshy",
    "name": "Meshy",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/meshy.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "move-ai",
    "name": "Move AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/move-ai.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "plask",
    "name": "Plask",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/plask.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "scenario",
    "name": "Scenario",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/scenario.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "sloyd",
    "name": "Sloyd",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/sloyd.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "tripo",
    "name": "Tripo AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/tripo.json"
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Platform shut down; was online, with cloud, on-premises or hybrid options for business."
  },
  {
   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Terms not read; service is shut down."
  },
  {
   "field": "lifecycle",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": null
  },
  {
   "field": "made_by",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/impressum",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "Impressum: registered in Tübingen, Germany. Now part of Epic Games."
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   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
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   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
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   "field": "pricing",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "No pricing on the site; online platforms shut down."
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  {
   "field": "tasks",
   "url": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Main product was markerless motion capture from a single camera into 3D animation (FBX, GLB). No task id for motion capture; closest fit chosen."
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  "page": "https://plainly.guide/tools/meshcapade/",
  "website": "https://www.meshcapade.com/",
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   "fr": "https://plainly.guide/fr/tools/meshcapade/"
  }
 },
 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
}