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[tiger]

Hello Guys I haven't been here in quite a while because I am Very busy on many Projects one of which I am Posting here.
The Video Below is my PART1 "Munchy And The Battle For Earth" Video. It is a huge improvement from the other Munchy Video That I posted like a year ago.

I hope you Guys Enjoy it and Post your Own Videos here to share with me!
Have Fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQxC9isc1rA&feature=plcp

[titi_son]

Great movie 

[ProfEclipse]

Fantastic !

[tiger]

Thanks Guys! Your the best.
Now if you guys have ever made any clips I would like to see them.
So Post them here And I'll watch!

[wciow]

Nice video 

I've worked alot with Blender and know you must have put in ALOT of effort to make this animation. My hat, Sir, is off to you 

[tiger]

Thanks Dude.

[tiger]

So do any of you guys do animations in blender? if so post your work here.

[GunChleoc]

Obviously a lot of love went into that video!

I had a go at Blender once, but found it very difficult. I found an online tutorial on how to model a dolphin and had some fun with that. With the help of a bazillion other tutorials just to find out how to handle the interface!

I didn't really manage to animate it though, all I did was take a few stills for a little puzzle game. Some of you probably recognise the game mechanics from the crypt in 7th Guest http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/stuth/geamannan/leumadair/

[tiger]

Nice stuff. Although I can not read whatever language that is...

[GunChleoc]

I wouldn't expect you to. It's Scottish Gaelic

Glad you like it. Could do with some texturing, but I didn't find any free textures at the time and wasn't inclined to try and make my own, because I wanted to get the game up and running.

[tiger]

Well if you ever need textures google is always a good source.

[tiger]

Here is another Video I am Working on!



Feedback Please!

[ProfEclipse]

Good, tiger ! Keep up your good work !
I'd like to hear and see more !

[tiger]

Great! Will do! (I know I always say it but) If you have any videos you want to share please post them here.

[tiger]

Progress may be going slow because I'm working on...

1-Munchy and the battle for earth
2-Minecraft cartoon series
3-Agent tim

and these are just my video projects....

[tiger]

Here is the second episode. It took so long to make cause I wasn't working on it during the week only the weekends.



Feedback please. (or a like on you tube)

[ProfEclipse]

Very nice !! You're doing as a expert !
About this episode : No need to say more. It's great !
I'm suprised, why can you make these trailers & films? Vectors, meshes, models, textures, animations, colors, actions, collision, splashs, sounds, musics, stories, X Y Z positions etc... !??

 I'm in very beginner stage and I need your advices.... Help !
Mesh is the most difficult problem. Second : Texture searching & flitering problem.
Third : Actions and animations.
Fourth : Color blending & physics, collision.
Fifth : Events, time sorting scheduling.

My intention is make a short story about "The Adventure of A Fairy"  but now (???) 'reduced' to make a real character. I think it's....????

And, where can I find necessary textures to make any person ? And tricks ? (Don't in short you answer 'by google'. I don't need them ?!!???)

And finally, remark your episodes : so good +1
Double thumbs up !!!!

[tiger]

Well dude! that's a lot of encouraging input! Thanks a bunch I will continue to create Episodes.

As for modelling help:
1st (what version of blender are you using? for starters 2.49 is best)
You need help on modelling a basic mesh right? well what is it you want to make? I would start with something basic.

For texturing there are many places to look.
Here are a few websites, if you need something else try doing a Google Image search.
http://www.mayang.com/textures/
http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://freestocktextures.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/06/100-beautiful-free-textures/
There are many ways to unwrap a texture onto an object. (I can make a tutorial if you need)

For particle effects tell me what you want and I will whip up a quick video tutorial for you if I know how to do what you want Or I can try to explain it here on the forums.

For a good Storyline you must just sit down and think up one (maybe get a friend to critique it).

For music I use http://www.jamendo.com/en

For sounds I use my own recordings and some sounds from http://www.freesound.org/ (if you have sound requests you can't find, tell me, I might be able to record them for you)

Camera motion can also help with setting up a scene.

Hope some of this can help.
PS. if you do create something post it here and I'll tell you what I think! 

[GunChleoc]

A bunch of good tutorials:

http://www.blenderguru.com/
http://cgcookie.com/blender/

This is the tutorial I followed to make my dolphin: http://www.blendernation.com/tutorials/blender-3d-beginner-tutorial-dolphin/

@Tiger: great video! One small thing though: the elevator doors look as if they move forward as well while opening and closing. You should think about giving them some thickness as well.

[tiger]

@Tiger: great video! One small thing though: the elevator doors look as if they move forward as well while opening and closing. You should think about giving them some thickness as well.

Good idea. Although I'm not sure if you will be able to the the elevator doors again.

[tiger]

Here is another Quick video I whipped up.
This one may be hard to understand if you haven't played minecraft.



Feedback is welcome

[ProfEclipse]

Sorry, Tiger.
Excuse me.

Now I started learning Blender now.
I was too busy, so I did not have any time to look at Blender.
As a Blender starter, I don't know the first thing I have to do with Blender. In short, my intention is :
I want to make a simple bottle or a can (Maybe it's too hard?)
Or simply I only want to apply a or multiple textures to a Blender object.

I also want to learn more how to select objects, resize, rotate a object etc... by the mouse. And some common and popular hotkeys, camera, selection menus, and view modes, rendering....

Ok,the first lesson...that's enough !! Actually I want to learn more, but maybe making a simple object by Blender requires lots of time, and I have to practise myself more, and more... I love making my own movies and character models for my own Glest mod and show everybody any my own product that I've finished. I learn Blender through the help, remarks, suggestions... from others and my mistakes. Help me please (Hope all goes well...)

[GunChleoc]

When you get started with Blender, you have to learn a bunch of hotkeys and how all the different views work in the program, so you can actually select, move and edit meshes. This does take a while to get used to and memorise. The best way to go is to take it slow, follow a few tutorials and play around with what you've learned. You also need 3 mouse buttons.

It took me a full week to make my dolphin, and that was a week I was off sick with nothing else to do. I relied heavily on tutorials and googling for stuff.

A few months later, I can't remember the hotkeys anymore and would have to start learning Blender again from scratch. It is difficult to master, but very rewarding when you do

[tiger]

For Blender 2.49

A - unselect all objects (or vertices).
B - Press it then click and drag over objects (or vertices) you want to select.
Left Click - Moves the position of the cursor.
Right Click - selects the object you are hovering over.
TAB - enters edit mode.
Z - toggles between solid and wire-frame mode.
I - Press "I" then LocRotScale to enter a frame in the action editor.
SPACE BAR - press it to add objects (space add mesh "object")
NUM 7 - front view
NUM 3 - Side view
NUM 8 - Raise the Camera
NUM 2 - Lower the Camera
ALT R - Reset the rotation on a object
ALT G - Clear the Location of an object.
E - In edit mode select the vertices you want to extrude and press "E"

These are some simple keys in blender 2.49b

[ProfEclipse]

@tiger
What the version of Blender are you using? (2.49... or 2.64????)
I don't know where I can find & download Blender 2.49. It seems died.
Do you still have Blender 2.49 or a Blender link? If so, share with me, and any your help would be greatly appreciated.

I tried a search to compare between 2.49 and 2.64. Blender 2.64 has a modern and comfortable workspace, also it has been taken lots of new features and optimizations. And Blender 2.49? Best for starters, but I doubt is there any problem when I want to switch away from 2.49 to 2.64 or higher???

I should choose 2.49 (The best place to start) or v2.64 (The strongest version)?? And I have a more doubt is rendering with Blender is a little slow. I downloaded a *.Blend example and I see 'It took about 58 minutes with 100% CPU usage to complete its rendering with a lovely movie output!' And you? How long did it take when you had told the program to render your movies?