Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 We are playing around with Character Studio in 3dsmax. We created a Biped, and made him move around, ect... now we would like to test out some bodies on him (or even better, her) but I can't find any free ones to test out. Anyone have links for a free body model. I am new to Character Studio, so I am just trying to figure it out right now, and not wanting to spend any money yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Hansen Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Hi travis, you could try 3d cafes free stuff. they have human (and othe figures) there. you might be able to rig one of those, if you 're just looking for practice. cynthia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 sweet . i used the low polygon 3d sample. thanks. http://www.phase22.com/temp/wire.wmv http://www.phase22.com/temp/render.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 She trying out for a post at the Ministry of Silly Walks? What happened with her shadows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 actually it is a dude with a hair scarf of sorts on... http://www.lowpolygon3d.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F6340984&rnd=8855030&rrc=N&affl=&cip=63.76.70.76&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=108&cat=Free+Samples&catstr=HOME:Free+Samples i don't know if you have used chaacter studio, but it is really easy. you just tell it where the feet should go, and the model is alreaad progra,ed with a biped skeleton, and moves it i a walking fashion, complete with arm swing. the leg crossover is a bit of a problem if you look closely, and yes, there was odd shadow breakdon around the feet, but still pretty cool. you can also tell it to just walk or run at a normal pace, and it will place the footsteps for you, and the character will move at the proper speed. ya, the shadows broke down around the feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 more fun.... http://www.phase22.com/temp/multi.wmv . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipjor Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 have you tried attaching any of the motion capture files to the figures, you'll get a more realistic movement, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 have you tried attaching any of the motion capture files to the figures, you'll get a more realistic movement, not yet. are you saying you don't like my dope dance moves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipjor Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 no i like your new clog style dance.... 3DS ships with free dance style motion capture files like breakdancing, etc.. it's really fun.... also it looks like your leg geomerty is intersecting, i think there is a setting in CS to avoid this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 It looks like he's squatting down a bit. Shouldn't the legs be a bit more straight? Perhaps I'm wonng, but he looks like he's just had some kind of really uncomfortable alien examination in a place we'd all rather not talk about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 haha crzay homeless... that's not even dancing! but it sure is fun!!!! especially the last few steps of the animation.. look I take GIAAANNT steps... look at my knees! ow ow ! ,;-p nisus ps: do you got an example that will stick the viewers attention to the building instead of making them think about hospital insurance? ;-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 haha... last animation is fun too! *ow dear... I shit my pants!* nisus --> the body should turn left/right too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 CHG, Really cool thread . You gotta look into importing Mocap and realistic movement cycles...takes all the fun out of animating LOL..However the results are painlessly awsome hehehe. WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Where can you find mocap files? I would love to really say I can animate well but I can't. I too like the 3d people and I would like to go this way but I am not good at this yet and a way to make it a bit more painless would be great. I don't mind learning it but when I want/need the result for a project I don't have the time to experament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 11, 2005 Author Share Posted June 11, 2005 It looks like he's squatting down a bit. Shouldn't the legs be a bit more straight? Perhaps I'm wonng, but he looks like he's just had some kind of really uncomfortable alien examination in a place we'd all rather not talk about... Ya, I was just playing around, and setting footsteps without paying much attention to where he was going. ps: do you got an example that will stick the viewers attention to the building instead of making them think about hospital insurance? ;-p haven't used them in an actual project yet. i wanted to mess around with them after seeing them in a max 7 demo seminar. i can't remember the name of the studios whose work it was, i will post a link to their work later. i have it written down at the office. CHG, Really cool thread . You gotta look into importing Mocap and realistic movement cycles...takes all the fun out of animating LOL..However the results are painlessly awsome hehehe. WDA that is the next step. the standard walking is pretty rigid, and doesn't flow smooth enough, but it is still fun to mess around with. Where can you find mocap files? I would love to really say I can animate well but I can't. I too like the 3d people and I would like to go this way but I am not good at this yet and a way to make it a bit more painless would be great. I don't mind learning it but when I want/need the result for a project I don't have the time to experament. i think the low poly site had some sample motion capture files, but i am not sure. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Where can you find mocap files? I would love to really say I can animate well but I can't. I too like the 3d people and I would like to go this way but I am not good at this yet and a way to make it a bit more painless would be great. I don't mind learning it but when I want/need the result for a project I don't have the time to experament. You can look for Motion Builder files in FBX format, compatible with max. You still need to know how to animate and understand f-curves fairly well to work the bugs out of blending clips and fixing cycles, they aren't always perfect It is easier than getting down and dirty into say, a hand moving at x feet/sec key framing figuring the natural in and out curves.... and it stills looks like c3po picking up a coffe cup..... arrrg Wish I had 60-80k to buy a Mocap rig or the up to 1k/hour to use someone elses LOL Yea I'm dreamin'...big time WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipjor Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 There are a bunch of motion capture files on the samples and partners CD that shipped with 3DS7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 http://www.urbansimulations.com is the company whose demo reals were shown during the Max demo seminar. Check out their demo real, and also check out the 'caixanova vigo'. It is under architecture - peliculas - 02 caixanova vigo. The womne walking into the scene from the left is really working it. Kind of entertaining knowing it is character studio with motion capture applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Jacobs Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Travis, I just purchased a set of the lowpolygon3d animatable people and some bip motions to go along with them. When you imported your lowpoly person into max, did the biped come in at a smaller scale? When I import, all the lowpoly meshes come in at normal size, but the bipeds come in about 1" tall which really throws off their movements. If I try to scale the biped up in figure mode to match the hight of the mesh, the mesh person also scales up! It gets even worse. If I try to load a bip file the mesh distorts and stretches during playback. Man it's ugly! I can't seem to get things to work. What's going on? Any tips are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Jacobs Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Never mind. I just figured it out. I changed my System Unit Scale to meters and, voila, it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axyzdesign Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 http://www.axyz-design.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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