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| Anim8or Tutorials: |
| These tutorials are designed to show you how to use Anim8or, whether you are a beginner or an experienced 3D animator. You will find that many techniques are similar to those used in other programs. But 3d animation is an inherently complex endeavor. And minor differences between different programs can be a source of frustration. I hope that these tutorials may be of some use to you. |
| I strongly suggest that you work through the Eggplant tutorial, especially if you are new Cs is designed to introduce you to the concepts of 3D modeling, and especially to how Anim8or modeling works. For an introduction to animation, you should do the A Simple Walk tutorial. |
| At the bottom of this page is a list of links
to other sites with Anim8or tutorials/ |
| How to Make An Eggplant | |
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I've had
several request to describe how I made the "eggplant" at SIGGRAPH that
was made into a real
world statue. Well, it's done with a simple variation on the
block
method which starts with a cube and extrudes and warps its faces.
Click here to learn more. Also see the flash animated version of this tutorial below in the "Links to Other Sites" area. |
| Modeling a Hand | |
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This model of a hand was also built using the block modeling method. Take a look at the tutorial to see how you can make one yourself. |
| A Simple Walk | |
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This is an example of how to make a simple walk cycle. There are three parts, in case you want to skip around. It shows how to design a basic character, animate a walk cycle for it, and finally make a short .avi movie of it walking. It's not too fancy, but it shows how to use several parts of Anim8or. Click here to see how. |
| Tutorials by Anim8or Users: | ||||||||
Here are
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| Shadows | |
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This tutorial by Laszlo Korosi shows how to add shadows to your projects. Shadows increase the realism dramatically, Click here to learn more. |
| Springs and Coils | |
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Learn to make springs and coils and other curly things. Lloyd Shoenbach's latest contribution shows how to use Anim8or to make them all. Click here and see for yourself. |
| Tires and Jet Engines | |
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This tutorial shows how to make tires, dragster tires, and simple jet engines. It was written by Duane McCollough who has a web sit at www.npwt.net/~duanem/. Click here to learn how. |
| Reflections | |
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Want to learn how to make images with reflections? These notes by Lloyd Shoenbach show how to use Anim8or and Paint Shop Pro to create reflections on flat surfaces. Click here to learn how. |
| Toon Rendering Notes | |
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Want a quick way to make your models into toons? Check out this simple technique here described by the very talented jeb. It's based on an idea by donkeyslayer. |
| Animated Writing Notes | |
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Have you ever wanted to animate a pencil writing a message? Then take a look here at this inventive scheme devised by jeb. |
| Focal Blur | |
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Laszlo Korosi has another tutorial showing how to make a focal blur effect using Anim8or and Paint Shop Professional. It's not true focal blur, but it's quite effective and uses Anim8or in some clever ways. Click here to learn more. |
| Focal Blur
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Steve McQueen also has
written
a tutorial showing how to make a focal blur effect using Anim8or and
Paint
Shop Professional. It uses the Render Depth Channel feature that was
added
in v0.85. Click here
to learn more. |
| Boolean Subtraction |
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Laszlo Korosi wrote another great tutorial on Boolean subtraction. You can use one object to carve out a section of another with this useful technique. |
| Morph Targets |
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VBSmiles wrote this tutorial on using morph targets to make a flag wave in the breeze. If you want to learn how they work this is the place to go. |
| Links to Anim8or Tutorials: |
| These are links to Anim8or tutorials on other web sites. If you know of any others that you think I should include here, let me know. |
| Eyeball Tutorial | |
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This detailed tutorial shows you how model and animate a realistic human eye with Anim8or. It was written by Andrew F. (headwax) |
| Shadow Tutorial | |
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This tutorial shows you how to use the various kinds of shadows that Anim8or offers. It was written by Adam M. (Hihosilver) |
| Modeling a Sword | |
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Adam M. (Hihosilver) also wrote this tutorial on modeling a sword. |
| Box Modeling a Bird Head | |
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This
tutorial shows how to model a bird head using Box Modeling. It
shows how to add new edges
and merge vertices.
This tutorial was written by Elias Marzan. They are from his web site which has many other Anim8or related items. |
| Simple Texture Mapping | |
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Learn how to make a custom texture that fits your models using Paint Shop Pro in this tutorial. Another tutorial by Elias. |
| Poser4 Morph Targets | |
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Steve Shanks from Poser World has a tutorial on making morph targets for Poser 4 figures with Anim8or and UVmaper, an excellent free program written bhttp://www.geocities.com/elimar48/tutorials.htmly Steve Cox. (Wow, that's a lot of Steves!) |