Tos87: i can not click on it to open.....guess you need to send it again.

sorry haven't quite figured out how to attach links here. in the mean time, perhaps you can copy and past the link on your browser (start copying
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Tos87:
Shimish n ladanski thanks.
Shimish whatsup with that your animation you are working on.....is there a way we can view it at list know is from one of us it will serve as a moral booster. what do u think?

I intend to eventually. just trying to sort out some logistics first.
in the mean time, here is one I did several years ago

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfoRSPLZUy0&gl=NG&hl=en&guid=&client=mv-google

@ Tos87, as far as I'm concerned ladanski hit the nail on the head. although I won't advice jumping into nodes until u know the logic behind them just like ladanski

Tos87:
@shimish....thanks alot, i have taken note of that.....i did one animated design today,...it took like 6hrs to complete the 45layers during rendering process....thank God for the steady power. @shimish,..u know what, i started wondering how long it took you to complete that you 11mins animation cos when mine of 45layers just finished in a sec.but i am having problem saving it. that also happens each time i composite any image. i find it difficult to save even when i add the file output node i still cant find it in my save loc. do ypu have any solution to dis..i did google it but the answer i got was not satisfying.@bluemag...Nice work bluemag

could u elaborate a little more on what u mean, cos I'm not sure I follow. what is the name of the output node u used? if it is not "composite" then u won't have any rendered output. also, what do u mean by 45layers?

Lol. sorry bout that

@Tos87 u can improve your render look by first changing the material specularity shader of your character to zero so eliminate the shine of its surface (unless u r OK with the shine) secondly u can use a point light or sun light with ray trace enabled for shadows. lastly, on the world settings enable ambient occlusion and environmental lighting ( which u can set to white or sky colour/texture)

@Bluemagnificent, nice work. did you use camera tracking for your scene?

@ Tos87 here are some screen shots from books of how its done. you can either draw them or use real life photographs of the character or person u want to model. use a program like Corel or photoshop place them together so that the features of the front and side views align. on the tab found on the right hand side of the 3d view, there is an option to load background image, which u can use to bring in ur image as a wall paper. if u can't find the tab, press N to switch it on.

@Tos87 yeah that's what I mean.

@Toss87 yes I model my characters myself. been modeling for a long time now. would be glad to be of assistance. do u know that blender has its own in built full rig?

I learned through tutorials and forums like this. but nothing beats trial and error. YouTube is a gold mine for tutorials. I use internet download manager to download videos from there. but most importantly, don't be a "tutorial zombie" try and figure out y certain steps were taken by branching off a bit to see the result. also check out blenderguru.com

@jjk24, yeah it will work with mirror modifier.
@ Tos87 sorry don't have any useful Info about the graphic card thing, cos my laptop came with it. I like your renders. maybe if u tell me exactly what u r trying to achieve with the cloth stuff, I could give u a few helpful tips.

here is what u do. in edit mode, select the faces u want, go to the material panel. make sure u r still in edit mode, click on the + sign on the right side of the material button. this adds another blank material channel. click on add new, select the material colour u want, then click on the assign button right under the material. when u do this, the selected faces inherit the new material.
I hope this helps.

here is a screenshot from an 11 minute animated short I just finished using blender

@Tos87, trust me, u can do without cloth simulation for now. there r many ways of cheating your way out. try studying the Captain Scarlet animated series; u will realize that no cloth simulation was used on any of the characters. their clothes are just meshes sharing the same armature with the character. if I were you, I would focus more on texturing to create folds on clothes. I'm using a 64 bit HP elite book workstation with 2gig nvidia quadro dedicated graphic card and 16gig ram, but yet I use cloth simulation only when it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

ever since blender evolved to 2.50 most tutorials will still be usable the newer versions just have higher and updated features, as a result, u can still use the 2010 document u have. how ever, depending on ur Internet access, I would recommend YouTube. u will find recent video tutorials on almost any topic

I would have suggested you go for 2.69 instead, but its up to you

Hi. Blender is a really great software. Ive been using it since 2007. Unfortunatly, i havnt met people here in nigeria who have embraced it (execpt those i trained) here are a few samples of my work. U can see some more on my online portfolio at- iosun.daportfolio.com (though i havent ubdated my work there in years)