Cascadeur

Cascadeur is a standalone desktop 3D keyframe animation tool for hobbyists, professional animators, studios, and educators who need faster character animation with direct control.

Key capabilities include:

• AI-assisted AutoPosing for humanoids, fingers, and quadrupeds, helping artists block natural poses quickly by moving a few control points.
• Physics-based tools (including AutoPhysics) to preview physically plausible motion and tune secondary motion like shaking, bouncing, and overlap.
• Rigging and animation editing utilities, including quick drag-and-drop joint rigging, animation unbaking (convert baked, per-frame keys into editable keyframes), inbetweening, and retargeting between characters with different proportions and skeletal structures.
• Workflow integration via import and export support, including FBX, DAE, and USD, plus export to CASC, FBX, DAE, USD, and GLTF depending on plan.

Pricing: Freemium. Free (non-commercial, CASC export only), Indie ($8/month or $19/month billed annually; revenue under $100k/year; converts to perpetual after 1 year), Pro ($33/month or $49/month billed annually; converts to perpetual after 1 year), Teams ($33/user/month or $49/user/month billed annually), plus a custom Academic License for schools and universities.

What makes it notable is the combination of AI-assisted posing and physics-guided animation editing in a standalone app, aimed at producing realistic body mechanics while still keeping keyframes fully editable and compatible with common DCC and game-engine pipelines.