New Animation 2004-01-12 - By Dennis Borruso
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for your response.
Yes, I used motion studio for this, an excellent plug in :).
Thanks for the valuable advice, definitely some good tips for my next go at
it.
Animation Master had a more robust feature set for animating than ts or
motion studio, but unfortunately those features did not work for me half the
time. I saw a peak preview of motion studio 2 though and they seem to be
catching up. I liked the modeling in A:M but it was too far outside the
mainstream and hard to share models with other packages. So far I am very
happy with trueSpace and think I will be sticking with it.
Thanks,
Dennis Borruso
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Dave Angelini" <dpangelini@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TSML] New Animation
> Dennis,
>
> If this is your first animation, then I look forward to more work from
you.
> Did you use Motion Studio for this?
> Overall, I am really impressed given that this is your first character
> animation....a rather ambitious start for someone new to the game.
>
> As you asked for comments, here are some general tips/hints/etc.
>
> 1) In general, anything that is asymmetric (not-symmetrical) looks more
> realistic. Therefore, very slightly what the left and right parts of the
> body are doing. When the left hand movements look exactly like the right
> hand movements, then you have a very mechanical motion. But should there
be
> slight variations, then it would look more real.
>
> 2) For the same reason that you want asymmetrical movements, you also want
> to avoid animation cycles. Therefore, variations between consecutive
> animation cycles would be advised. For example, when you create the first
> walk cycle, copy it twice but vary each of the two copies slightly. Now
you
> have a 3 step walk cycle which can be copied but it will be harder to
notice
> the cyclical patterns than a 1 step walk cycle.
>
> 3) Again, harping on the theme that variation is a good thing, the floor
> texture needs some variation to it. Not all the floor planks should be
the
> exact same shade or length. You could easily overcome this with a custom
> specularity map which will vary the shininess of each plank (this will
work
> particularly if the floor is a procedural color and bump shader).
>
> 4) The camera moves could be a bit smoother. I usually block out my scene
> first and if it is a 150 scene animation, then I plan out where I want my
> camera using a few keyframes in a quick 15 frame animation. Then going
into
> the KFE, I expand it out to 150 frames which has a tendency to smooth out
> tS's automatic ease-in/ease-out characteristics around key-frames (you
could
> modify this in the KFE itself, but that has other consequences with the
> motion curves).
>
> 5) The boning and skinning work seems pretty good, but there are some
> extreme limb motions which produce uncharacteristic wrinkling. You may
want
> to selectively sub-divide the joint areas one layer more than the rest of
> the mesh prior to skinning that mesh to the bones.
>
> Overall though, it is an impressive first start. From you resume, I
noticed
> that you had also used Animation Master. If you have experience with both
> Motion Studio and Animation Master, I would be great to hear what you
think
> of the two (pros and cons of each).
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
>
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: Dennis Borruso
> To: truespace@(protected)
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 4:40 AM
> Subject: [TSML] New Animation
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have been lurking on the list now for some months. I am pretty new to
> trueSpace, but have been learning 3D for a few years now.
>
> Anyway, I just completed my first animation in trueSpace and would love to
> get some feedback. I am not going to rework this one anymore but any tips
> for future animations would be appreciated.
>
> Here's the link:
>
> www.3dfrog.com/characters/movies/dancingfool.wmv
>
> You'll need Windows Media Player 9 to view. The file size is 4.5 mb.
>
> Also, if you have the time, check out my web site:
>
> www.3dfrog.com
>
> Take Care,
> Dennis B
>
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