Labs

Step by Step 3D Graphics To Flash

This month I decided to make a screen cast of a project and post it here to share with others the steps I took and some of the things that I learned. The end result (the flash movie at bottom) is nothing spectacular but the things that I learned in the process of doing it made it worth the effort. I hope that you will find some aspect of it of value as well.

If you have any questions and comments please let me know!

Blender Render Simple Man – Part 9

In this final video I link the code to the graphics and create a simple application that lets the user control the man as he walks left and right on the stage.

Blender Render Simple Man – Part 8

In this video I render the walking man from the other side. This will allow me to animate him walking both left and right in the game. I then take all of the outputted .png files and stitch them together using the montage ImageMagick command line program.

Blender Model Simple Man – Part 7

In this video I make some minor animation tweaks to the model, position the camera and lights and then render the animation out. I then quickly show the files that Blender created.

Blender Model Simple Man – Part 6

Continuing on from the previous video I animate a simple walk cycle in blender.

Blender Model Simple Man – Part 5

This short video shows how to name the different bones in an armature. I then link the mesh of the body to the bones in the armature. This will allow me to animate the figure in part six.

Blender Model Simple Man – Part 4

In this Blender video I add two armatures to the model. One for the lower body to control the legs the other one to control the arms.

Blender Model Simple Man – Part 3

Continuing on with the modelling process in this video, the first thing I do is a little house keeping. Naming all of the objects that make up the man may or may not help me down the line but it isn’t going to hurt. After everything is named I apply some colours which will help in the final animation rendering to tell the different body parts from each other.

Blender Model Simple Man – Part 2

In this video I continue modelling the arms, hands, neck and a head of my little man.