GameDevKicks.com - Stories tagged with Animation

Blender versus trueSpace, creating models for XNA

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:20:20 GMT

royalexander has posted a nice article on his blog about the differences of Blender and trueSpace for XNA model creation.

Genetica 3.0 Open Beta Begins

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:01:05 GMT

Spiral Graphics has opened the beta test of Genetica 3.0 to the public. Genetica 3.0 is the highly anticipated new version of Spiral Graphics' seamless texture, HDRI, and animation editor. Open beta testers will be downloading the Studio edition of Genetica. In addition to the other features, Genetica 3.0 Studio offers powerful animation capability for the creation of texture and effect animations. Animations will automatically loop and be seamlessly repeatable. Spiral Graphics is currently offering significant savings through an Early Bird Discount for artists who purchase Genetica 3.0 before the end of its open beta. The open beta period marks the final testing phase before Genetica 3.0 is released in approximately a month's time.

DEXSOFT-GAMES.COM released FREE model pack for indie developers

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:35 GMT

In order to support Indie game developers we released Barrels model pack for FREE. 14 low poly barrels and crates models, textures range from 512 to 1024 px size, ready to use in your 3D work. This pack supports the following model file formats: * » 3DS MAX (3DS) * » Blitz-Basic (B3D) * » Torque Engine (DTS) * » Lightwave (LWO) * » Milkshape (MS3D) * » Wavefront (OBJ) * » 3D-Gamestudio (MDL) Enjoy DEXSOFT Team

Blender 3D - Modelling an X-Wing Fighter

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:13:47 GMT

Here are a couple of Video tutorials that take you through the process of modelling an X-Wing Fighter.

Planting the Spores of Procedural Animation?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:53 GMT

Dave Mark looks into the subject of animation, whether procedural, parametric or physically-based.

XRef and A Workflow

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:01:44 GMT

An article giving a working guideline to a safe and effective XRef Work Flow for 3DS Max. Excerpt, 'it was time to share some of the Pro's and Con's of the XRef system and my current Workflow. I hope to cover a multitude of topics such as, XRef Materials, XRef Meshes, XRef Groups of Meshes, XRef and the DTS Exporter.'

Luxology Reveals Free Modo Version 302 Update

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:43:55 GMT

San Mateo-based Luxology has announced Modo 302, the most recent version of its 3D content creation software, which adds new natural lighting capabilities, additional layered Photoshop file support, an animation Track View, new modeling tools and other enhancements. The update is free to current users of Modo 301. Luxology adds it is also making available the first version of the Modo File I/O SDK, which allows developers to import or export data directly from Modo.

Self-Paced Online Blender Course

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:10:53 GMT

I came across this great resource today, "Blender 3D Design Online Course". This site has a huge collection of Tutorials and Guides to get you started with Blender 3d. If you are starting to use the Blender 3D application, or are having trouble with one or two of the functions check out the site.

Introduction to Blender 3D

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:45:49 GMT

Mykres has came across a small collection of Videos that may assist those people in getting used to the interface. These videos could also be used to the first timer getting used to it for the first time.

3D Studio Max - Repetitive Animation Tutorial

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:10:00 GMT

Didik has created a great small tutorial on Repetitive Animation in 3D Studio Max. He uses an example of how to show rotor rotation of Apache helicopter model to make it look like the chopper is actually flying/hovering/etc.