Saturday, October 3, 2009

Maya Render Command

Maya Render Command:

start->run
type cmd
press enter key

Render.exe -s 1 -e 100 -cam persp MyAnim_01.mb
-s option is the start frame
-e option is the end frame
-cam is the camera to render
you need to tell it also your animation file that you want rendered at the end of the command

For Lab 1:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2008\bin\Render.exe

Graphic All For Daily Builds Blender

Blender Daily Builds:
http://www.graphicall.org/builds/

Saturday, August 22, 2009

New Requirement For Real Time Games 60 FPS


http://www.hardwired.hu/img/wg/1/3/hwnews_4106.jpg

Saturday, April 18, 2009

XVid Codec For Training Videos

You will need to install this codec in order to watch the training videos.

You will need XVid to watch the Videos:
http://download.divxmovies.com/XviD-1.0.3-20122004.exe

Monday, April 6, 2009

Cheap USB Hard Drive

Cheap USB 400 GB Western Digial 2.5 Hard Drive Free Shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136340

Twilight 22 Contribution


Here is one of the contributions that my team has done on our game project given freely to the community for the Blender Game Engine:
SSAO, Sun Rays, and More

Blender 3rd Person Game Template:
3rd Person Template

Monday, March 9, 2009

Blender Scripts

Here is a huge list of very helpful additional tools for Blender.
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:Py/Scripts/Catalog

Squash Stretch Ball Rig

Here is a good learning bouncing ball animation rig for Blender.


http://www.blendernation.com/2008/05/04/squashstretch-ball-rig/

Anime Characters and Rigs In Blender

Here is one female anime character:

Its all in Japanese but here is the direct link to the file. Also this is for non-commercial use only.
Maid San Enhanced: I actually took this character and made it a lot better. Still this character needs lots more work however its probably more than good enough for your own needs and for learning. This character is for commercial and non-commercial use alike.

Shape Key Transfer Demo 01

Blender Beer Rig

For your amusement here is a professional beer rig in Blender.




















http://www.kajimba.com/index.php?entry=entry081015-224445

Generi Rig

This rig is famous among the 10 second animation club contests.



David Walden Procedural Rigging Tools

David Walden makes excellent procedural rigging tools open to everyone for free just like you would see in a film or game company production.

http://www.davidwalden.com/mel.htm

Make Human Project

These character meshes have perfect topology and will work best for character animation. Not to mention that this program allows you to create many different looking characters. For right now download the 0.9.1 because version 1.0 is not done yet but we can start using it around the middle of this course I will let you know when its ready to be used.


















http://www.makehuman.org/blog/index.php