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Modeling and Animation

Modeling and Animation. A brief overview. Amanda Chaffin. Modeling. CB Model Pro – Free! Easy to model High poly count Cannot import (so save the project) Texturing is weird Non-standard axis Painting is limited. Modeling Con’t. Milkshape – Free 30 day trial! Low poly

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Modeling and Animation

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  1. Modeling and Animation A brief overview. Amanda Chaffin

  2. Modeling CB Model Pro – • Free! • Easy to model • High poly count • Cannot import (so save the project) • Texturing is weird • Non-standard axis • Painting is limited

  3. Modeling Con’t Milkshape – • Free 30 day trial! • Low poly • Crashes a lot (save often) • Allows triangle manipulations • Handles animation construction • Exports to DirectX

  4. UV Mapping UVMapper – • Free! • Simplistic interface • Creates map of model • Paint model • Import back into modeler program

  5. Bones and Meshes Bones (joints) – • Must have for animation • Easy to set up Meshes – • Vertices, not faces • Rename joints (make life easier) • Assign vertices to joints • Test and correct as often as you save!

  6. Set keyframe Select joint(s) Rotate joint(s) Set keyframe Move to next Milkshape interpolates for you 2 3 1 Animations

  7. XNA Setup • http://www.codeplex.com/ • Download .zip files for the installation Add • Reference to Xclna.Xna.Animationx86 • Content pipeline reference to Xclna.Xna.Animation.Content.dll • Content files and XML to the project

  8. DirectX(JT) Ignore Geometry, check on options, matrix, interpolations, leave all else alone Export to DirectX

  9. Add your Model • Add models, textures to XNA project • Change model properties (very important) • Change code to new model name • Run game

  10. The Wonders of XML • Animations go into the XML file • Milkshape - single animation sequence • XML file allows for multiple animations per file by associating a name with a series (or set) of keyframes

  11. Tutorials • http://www.josh.ch/joshch/tutorials/milkshape,welcome.html • http://webpages.uncc.edu/~empowell/stuff/UVMAppertutorial.pdf • http://www.codeplex.com/animationcomponents

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