Poser has been around for a long time. Through the years, the software has been used to produce many different types of character animations. From simple illustration poses to broadcast animation, Poser continues to be a great, cost-effective solution for animators and non-animators to design character elements quickly and easily. The robust new software shows that Smith Micro is dedicated to continuing this newly acquired product line.
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DAZ Studio provides some excellent utilities in version 2 of the base software. Previously, the company offered some bridging tools to help users (albeit PC users) incorporate their materials into the software. In the latest upgrade, version 2.0 is offered to PC users, but I hope a Mac version is soon to follow.
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In this video, host Chad Perkins covers the autokey function as well as the move tool to control the jaw, the rotate tool, and the time configuration dialog. He shows the fruits of the previous videos to detail how the animation of the Werewolf looks, the arms, the head, the legs, everything.
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In this video, instructor Chad Perkins covers Bones and in the clip, he shows you how to make and rig and animate an arm, bowling. Once you apply a Bones system to your objects, you want enough mesh so when your object deforms, everything looks smooth under the Bones. Perkins then shows you how to create Bones using the Bones Systems. The cool thing about Bones, he says, is everything is linked together in a natural way.
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This week, FXhome announced the release of a new plugin for gun muzzle flashes. This plugin gives all of those compositors access to those flicks of light and flares of fire that issue from the barrel of a gun (even if it's an alien Ray Gun).
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In this video, host Chad Perkins discusses parenting in this chapter. He talks about parenting, an essential part of animation, and how it applies to objects. He shows how to link objects, which creates a parent child relationship, The way it works, when the chidren move, they move independently, but when the parent moves, the children follow.
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The FreeAgent Pro from Seagate is an external hard disk storage solution (320GB, 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB configurations) that makes it easy for Windows users to backup their data. It is housed in a black enclosure with a metal like paint finish, and the kicker is the Orange light that glows on the unit, letting you know that it is on.
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We've all been at a loss this time of year, Mother's Day is one of those holiday's where we need to up the ante and be the perfect husband, son or daughter. There's always the standard, flowers, but somehow I've always questioned why we should spend $50 or more on something that will be tossed in the trash in a week.
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Elgato, makers of eyetv 3, have come out with another way to convert your video files. The turbo.264 is a quick and easy way to convert your videos to H.264(mp4) files. You can play the resulting files on several players. Most importantly, this Mac software is a perfect way to get your video to your iTunes list for export to you iPhone or iPod (and Apple TV or Sony PSP). This week, Michael Smith took delivery of his elgato turbo system and immediately went to work unboxing the package. Here is his walkthrough.
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As a sinus sufferer, I don't like earbuds either for my music player or as a mobile phone headset. You continually feel as if you should be blowing your nose, every sound echoes around inside your skull and when you speak, because you cannot hear yourself properly, you tend to shout; the more you shout, the more it rattles around your head.
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DAZ Studio provides some excellent utilities in version 2 of the base software. Previously, the company offered some bridging tools to help users (albeit PC users) incorporate their materials into the software. In the latest upgrade, version 2.0 is offered to PC users, but I hope a Mac version is soon to follow.
Read More
In this video, host Chad Perkins covers the autokey function as well as the move tool to control the jaw, the rotate tool, and the time configuration dialog. He shows the fruits of the previous videos to detail how the animation of the Werewolf looks, the arms, the head, the legs, everything.
Read More
In this video, instructor Chad Perkins covers Bones and in the clip, he shows you how to make and rig and animate an arm, bowling. Once you apply a Bones system to your objects, you want enough mesh so when your object deforms, everything looks smooth under the Bones. Perkins then shows you how to create Bones using the Bones Systems. The cool thing about Bones, he says, is everything is linked together in a natural way.
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This week, FXhome announced the release of a new plugin for gun muzzle flashes. This plugin gives all of those compositors access to those flicks of light and flares of fire that issue from the barrel of a gun (even if it's an alien Ray Gun).
Read More
In this video, host Chad Perkins discusses parenting in this chapter. He talks about parenting, an essential part of animation, and how it applies to objects. He shows how to link objects, which creates a parent child relationship, The way it works, when the chidren move, they move independently, but when the parent moves, the children follow.
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