Cascadeur Loop Animation

Updated: 2026-05*

1. What This Page Covers

How to build a loopable animation in Cascadeur. Using a jump animation as the worked example, we set up key poses and inbetween interpolation to produce a loop.

Reference tutorial

2. Cascadeur Setup

Save the project
Load CASCY from Home

3. Jump Animation (video 0:52–2:05)

Important: In this exercise we do not use Physics Assistant. The loop is built from key poses and interpolation alone.

3.1 Idle pose (frame 0)

This is just practice, so you can use CASCY’s default pose as-is.

3.2 Crouched pose (frame 15)

Operating tip: If your view starts behaving like a rubber-band selection mode, clicking another application briefly tends to clear it (apparent bug). Use double-click for select-all where applicable.

Key adjustments:

Lower the pelvis
Round the back
Lower the head, tuck the chin
Rotate the inside of each hand toward the body (rotate the wrist in local coordinates)
Tuck the elbows

If the feet come off the ground, lock the toe tips with R.

Hand-built version:

Optional: hand animation

Close the hands into fists
Enable AutoPosing: Finger, then move the index finger in local coordinates (adjust the thumb separately)
Copy/paste for fingers does not work in AutoPosing Mode (fingers fall out of the selection); use Box Controller Mode
AI interpolation is unreliable for fingers — use Bezier manually

References:

3.3 Jump pose (frame 35)

Copy/paste the frame 0 pose to frame 33.

Selecting all controllers

AutoPosing Mode sometimes can’t select-all at frame 0 (reason unclear)
Workaround: double-click the Pelvis to select all controllers
Alternative: switch to Point Controller Mode, Cmd + A to select all, then copy/paste

After pasting, the controllers are fixed; release with Shift + Z. Direction controllers are not released — release them manually if needed.

Use the center of gravity to lift the character into the air. Two Viewport mode is helpful here.

3.4 Mirror the keys (set up the loop)

Copy frame 0 → 65
Copy frame 15 → 45

This produces the loop structure: idle → crouch → jump → crouch → idle.

3.5 Inbetween

Detailed interpolation operations are covered in class
Target around 120 frames total

Unresolved: The sudden belly compression after the jump is still under investigation.

3.6 Applying to Blender

The workflow for exporting the FBX and applying it in Blender is covered on a separate page.

4. (Conceptual Aid) How a Loop Works

The essence of a loop is “the first and last frame have the same pose AND the same velocity”.

Make the first and last key poses identical (just copy)
Structure the middle so the first half and second half mirror each other in timing — this gives a smooth, natural loop almost for free
Match the velocity vectors at takeoff and landing to eliminate discontinuity

Next Steps

Cascadeur Acrobatic Backflip — single-shot acrobatic move
Cascadeur Advanced Techniques — weapons, parkour, pair animation
Cascadeur Retargeting to Blender via mixamo

Cascadeur Basics Cascadeur Acrobatic Backflip