Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
In class demonstration
For next week have your final animation storyboard completed. We only have 4 more weeks left in the semester!
Review of material and concepts covered:
Modeling with splines (lathe, extrude, sweep, and loft)
Editing objects in point mode and polygon mode
Setting up a light
Setting up cameras
Rendering as still and as animation
PLA point level animation and Key Framing
Textures
Emitters
Monday, November 7, 2011
Character Rig video 15
Video 15 cuts out about half way through. I think I figured out what he did though. I believe all he does is creates a control spline for the head pivot.
-create a diamond shape using the linear spline tool to match his shape
-center axis of spline
-axis snap center of spline to head pivot
-move spline up to be under the head along the jawline
-axis snap the axis of the spline to the head pivot
-name the spline "sc_head01"
-parent this under "bn_neck01"
-parent "bn_head01" under "sc_head01"
My video doesn't have audio, but I hope it helps! Ask me questions if this post isn't clear!
-create a diamond shape using the linear spline tool to match his shape
-center axis of spline
-axis snap center of spline to head pivot
-move spline up to be under the head along the jawline
-axis snap the axis of the spline to the head pivot
-name the spline "sc_head01"
-parent this under "bn_neck01"
-parent "bn_head01" under "sc_head01"
My video doesn't have audio, but I hope it helps! Ask me questions if this post isn't clear!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Character Rig Differences
Here are a few differences/problems I've encountered in the character rig tutorial...
There is no Freeze Transformation in our 11.5 version.
You have to reset your layout every time you open Cinema. There is probably a way around this, but I don't know what it is. For the snapping menu the hot key is "P". For the Structure window just grab the entire Structure drop down menu. I kept having problems with the Axis Snapping not working. Make sure you have both Axis Snapping and 3D Snapping selected.
My video 8 cuts out at the end... I'm assuming he just says to Add Keyframe Selection, and then rambles about the contents of the next video.
The Mirror Tool options in 11.5 look different but most of them are there. All of the foot and the knee control mirrored, but the joints for the knee and thigh and the pole pivot did not. To get these to mirror, I also mirrored the thigh, shin, and ankle under the body. I'm adding a picture for this because I feel like this mirror thing is unclear.
I've just finished video 9. I hope this helps!
There is no Freeze Transformation in our 11.5 version.
You have to reset your layout every time you open Cinema. There is probably a way around this, but I don't know what it is. For the snapping menu the hot key is "P". For the Structure window just grab the entire Structure drop down menu. I kept having problems with the Axis Snapping not working. Make sure you have both Axis Snapping and 3D Snapping selected.
My video 8 cuts out at the end... I'm assuming he just says to Add Keyframe Selection, and then rambles about the contents of the next video.
The Mirror Tool options in 11.5 look different but most of them are there. All of the foot and the knee control mirrored, but the joints for the knee and thigh and the pole pivot did not. To get these to mirror, I also mirrored the thigh, shin, and ankle under the body. I'm adding a picture for this because I feel like this mirror thing is unclear.
I've just finished video 9. I hope this helps!
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