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how do you make blender animations? – evdude

evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007	I made blender animations before, just boxes moving, but I need to know how to make parts of meshes move. help? ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6 [This message has been edited by evdude (edited March 27, 2007).]
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	Yes, help in this area would be nice (although i admit i haven't tried yet or even bothered to read up on this subject...). ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007	What! that was no help! ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006	sorry for being no help... i'm hoping to tap into whatever you get ------------------ Visit my portfolio (and check out my projects): http://Jestermax.googlepages.com/
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005	Hello there. Blender wiki seems like a good source of information: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Animation_Basics I hope the tutorials are good! ------------------ Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. [VoHW] (Help needed) [Blog] - Truedisciple (mp3)
HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004	This tutorial (specifically number 4) is the one that really helped me learn how to do good animation in Blender. Also, the excellent Blender Basics 2nd Edition was an aid to me as well.
steveth45 Member Posts: 536 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: 08-10-2005	quote: Originally posted by evdude: I made blender animations before, just boxes moving, but I need to know how to make parts of meshes move. You need to create some joints (aka bones, nodes), and attach the different parts of the mesh to different joints. In the animation window, you can move the joints around and set different key frames in the animation. I haven't done this myself with Blender, but I believe this is the standard procedure. ------------------ +---------+ \|steveth45\| +---------+
evdude Member Posts: 135 From: Earth Orbit Registered: 03-14-2007	I've been busy with other stuff(C++, Pygame, etc) and I'm going to try those tutorials now. ------------------ "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your way's, acknowledge him and he will direct your path" proverbs 3:5-6
Cohort X Member Posts: 126 From: The Great Pacific Northwest Registered: 09-16-2006	Aside from using bones you can create shapes as morph targets. Useful for doing things like facial animations. While I'm not a big fan of the noob2pro tutorial ...here is the part that shows you how to do that. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Advanced_Tutorials/Advanced_Animation/Guided_tour/Mesh/Shape/Sync