Hi everyone

i suggest a dedicated thread to showcase purely animations (so d 2d/3d art thread can be devoted to still renders alone)

wot say y'all?

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just to kickstart it, both r clips from way back.
both clients snuck into d night (nigerians...lol)

neva got to polish d animation totally.

ppl, pls lets share clips n tips.

Nice OKX. It's been a while. ..

Mr okx Pls upload a 3gp format so i can download

@ macsiegel
bro, d aim is to assess clips n share tips not provide free downloads..lol

any decent phone can view n save d video tho.
Post ur addy if u still have issues.

@zpixel
yah, been a bit. Hope ur still repping for abj?
Has d forum restarted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve7baW8ld2M&list=UUjgP4LV-qoKp40tIWTE2iEQ&index=4&feature=plcp

one of my first animations re-rendered this last year for dynamix awards 2011,created 2010

nice animation but no visual effects

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cool job

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@macslegal
thanx...both clips neva got to d post processin stage, dats y there r no fx. D sound too was minimal just to establish timing.

Nice clip, wots ur preferred software(s)

cmon folks....more clips pls.

@okx 3ds max

@mac
ok. I have a diff workflow.
Modeling in Maya
Character animation in Motionbuilder (for bipeds)
Facial animation in Maya (lately i have been using Face Gen to generate morphable faces, when d specific looks of d xter isnt important. It saves me days work)
Rendering in Maya
Post in Combustion and sew it up in Premiere.

D main challenge we face is finding good sound engineers. I guess dats y nollywood sounds like it does...lol

will dig up n post a few more files

cool, i av motion bulider but av neva used it for production, tell me bout motion builder and face gen,

OKX: @mac
ok. I have a diff workflow.
Modeling in Maya
Character animation in Motionbuilder (for bipeds)
Facial animation in Maya (lately i have been using Face Gen to generate morphable faces, when d specific looks of d xter isnt important. It saves me days work)
Rendering in Maya
Post in Combustion and sew it up in Premiere.

D main challenge we face is finding good sound engineers. I guess dats y nollywood sounds like it does...lol

will dig up n post a few more files

cool, i av motion bulider but av neva used it for production, tell me bout motion builder and face gen

@mac
Well, FaceGen Modeller lets u quickly create faces with various morph targets for d major speech phenomes. U can load orthographic views of your reference pic and let it create d textured model (based on ur ref pics).

U can then tweak d final output as desired. It helps me cut time when theres deadline pressure. U may google it if u like.

Motionbuilder is a powerful tool dat lets u animate xters and playback d animation in real time. I like it cos it helps me animate intuitively witout needing to constantly playblast (as i would in Maya)

when im done i plot d animation to my skeleton and take it back to my 3d app n apply to my model n render.

u gatta xplore it.

Ok av u got any tutorial for that?

OKX: @mac
Well, FaceGen Modeller lets u quickly create faces with various morph targets for d major speech phenomes. U can load orthographic views of your reference pic and let it create d textured model (based on ur ref pics).

U can then tweak d final output as desired. It helps me cut time when theres deadline pressure. U may google it if u like.

Motionbuilder is a powerful tool dat lets u animate xters and playback d animation in real time. I like it cos it helps me animate intuitively witout needing to constantly playblast (as i would in Maya)

when im done i plot d animation to my skeleton and take it back to my 3d app n apply to my model n render.

u gatta xplore it.

@mac
well i used d help files, but there r tons of stuff online.
google "motionbuilder tutorials", there r also a couple on digital tutors site, even on youtube.

goodluck

What do u use for lip sync

OKX: @mac
well i used d help files, but there r tons of stuff online.
google "motionbuilder tutorials", there r also a couple on digital tutors site, even on youtube.

goodluck

lol. No shortcuts there.
I do it d old fashioned way in Maya.

FaceGen creates morph targets/blend shapes for d major speech phenomes (thereby simplifying d process) but other than dat, i create d blendshapes in Maya and animate there. Atleast for human xters.

Motionbuilder has a setup where u can characterise n map different morph targets to specific speech phenomes dat d software recognises. After dat u can load ur audio file and it drives d animation. Motionbuilder will assess d audio n apply d relevant target.
I dnt use it often tho, cos it takes me too long to set up n almost always needs a lotta tweaking.

Hope dat answers u.....long post

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