Comments on: Firefox Flicks: Blender Animations

By: Salvador

Salvador — Mon, 29 May 2006 18:36:54 +0000

I downloaded the files of this production, and I realizad that, when you entrer edit mode in the fox blender file, the is just ahalf of the tail and there also is no right leg, but when I exit edit mode and there are those parts and also they are rigged. Hod do you can do that??

Thanks for reading and any comment is apreciated.

Signs Salvador

By: Groo

Groo — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:32:00 +0000

Crouch: You know… it's the obvious work-arounds that always evade me. :) That's an excellent solution and I'm almost embarassed that I didn't think about it. Thanks for the tip (and the blend). It (and likely many derivatives) be in my bag of tricks for future projects.

By: Crouch

Crouch — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:07:14 +0000

Groo: I know that you can't keyframe the camera's scale, but there is an easy work-around in Python.

Here is a quick example blend-file: http://www.boomspeed.com/crouch/changeortho.blend
If you don't understand something in it, just tell me, because I put this together in 5 minutes.

Bart.

PS: I'll probably remove the blend-file in a week or two, because I only have 1MB of space at that account.

By: Groo

Groo — Sun, 28 May 2006 09:28:54 +0000

da: The reason we had to approximate the ortho camera is pretty simple. Basically, you cannot keyframe the scale of the ortho camera. Moving the camera (in orthographic mode) toward or away from an object has no effect. The only way to do change the size of your subject is by adjusting the camera's scale. Unfortunately, since that is not currently keyframable, the only other option is to max out the lens size on the regular camera and pull it really far away from the subject. It's not perfect, but it comes pretty close. And since it was our only real option (didn't have time to code the ability to keyframe the ortho cam… maybe I'll try and do it now, though), it had to be so.

Thanks for the question!

By: Henrymop

Henrymop — Sun, 28 May 2006 06:57:25 +0000

These are very good animations and must of taken quite a lot of work to do.

Off-topic:

When you go to the main Firefox flicks homepage, you know the girl who has a putple shirt and has her head over the cubical wall? Man, she's pretty!

By: da

da — Sun, 28 May 2006 00:02:04 +0000

just wondering why they didn't use the orthographic camera option rather than "approximating" it with a maxxed out lens?

By: magicmyshu

magicmyshu — Sat, 27 May 2006 21:37:21 +0000

I really love that animation, it is good if you learned a lot of valuble things from your experience. I feel as though the actual composition was a strong point – so I would advise you to use what you have learned in order to tweak it and make it better.

By: Vassilios Boucer

Vassilios Boucer — Sat, 27 May 2006 19:14:49 +0000

This 2 Firefox Projects looks Really Amazing!Great Done!
Blender Rocks Again and Again!!
Thanks for Sharing The Production Blend files…etc.!
And Infos and Tutorials about How made this!
The Orange Fox Looks Really nice!!
Thanks!