The CG Masters have just released a great tutorial on the basics of blender armatures. If you are new to animation or need to run over the some of the fundamental concepts, watch this!
CG Masters writes:
In this tutorial we go through a rapid fire, crash course overview, of Blender's armature system, the bones they are comprised of and all the little tricks and buttons avaiable when making a skeleton rig for your character.
For more great tutorials and information head over the CG Masters Website!
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Awesome - thanks for this! The whole armatures thing in Blender confuses the snot outta me ... this should help!
Great video. Wasn't slow and I learned a thing or two. I'd like to see more crash courses like this. It's probably useless for the newbie but as a seasoned user its good to be able to get the information quickly and succinctly rather than sitting through 40min where I learn how to navigate the viewport for the 100th time.
When will there be a .b3d export script created for 2.5? I would love to start using B2.5 but I need to be able to export in b3d and only 2.49 has the addon? Also Will 2.5 be backward compatible? will I ever be able to open 2.49 files into 2.5?
thanks
Yeah, thanks a lot! Really fast and dense course for the beginners. I hope to see more on this theme.
@richard
.b3d
as in blitz 3d? Do people still use that? It's like direct x 7!?
That was helpful.
I've been using Blender for years but always dread using armatures! For anyone who wants to understand those weird Euler XYZ combinations and quaternions, take a look at Blenderart magazine issue 31, where a Clever Person explains it all...
Didn't know about CGMaster previously. Looks like it will be another great Blender learning resource.
I cannot remember the shortcuts. I prefer to start learning with menus.
Nice refresher here, and points for pronouncing "Euler" right :)
Great concise video. Thanks.