(UPDATED Jun 28, 2021 to reflect my greater understanding.) Just a quick blog of my initial experiences and understanding of the new sequences support. I signed up for the open beta and downloaded the “Cinematic Studio Sample” from the asset store. I just read the 2021.2 beta blog and it looks like it is being … More The New Unity Sequences Support for Cinemachine
I subscribe to MasterClass.com and a new lesson series from James Cameron was just released (yes *the* James Cameron) where one of the lessons talked about focal lens. (I also came across a great YouTube channel with some great videos on tricks of the trade for movie making from StudioBinder including some of these points … More Designing Scene Shots with Lens Settings in Unity
I am trying to create a comic series using 3D VRoid characters. So far it has been more learning than creating content. I have slowly been fleshing out my cast of characters in VRoid Studio and creating locations in Unity leveraging purchased assets. I have explored blend shapes using AR Kit for facial expressions. I … More What is the fastest way to create an animation clip or pose on a budget?
If you have watched Suvidriel’s YouTube channel you will know you can have multiple textures for your VRoid character face, clothes, etc using tiling. This allows you to add a blush to the cheeks, tears around the eyes, etc. This blog describes some quick tips for doing this more efficiently in Adobe Photoshop. Here is … More Tiling for Expressions with VRoid Characters
This post includes an update on my plans to do expressions with VRoid characters for the purpose of creating short animated video clips using Unity and VRoid Studio characters. Note: The main value of this post may be the summary list of blendshapes and how they move parts of the face below. The tables can … More Example Expressions from Blendshapes with VRoid Studio, HANA_Tool, and Unity
I am having a go at a 3D animated comic series. I am getting closer, getting the ground work out of the way (e.g. https://twitter.com/xordinary99/status/1344592878509572096?s=21). But wow, how hard it is to create a good result! Since this is a hobby, I take lots of short cuts to save time and use free tools as … More Creating your own animation teaches greater appreciation for the experts!
Yesterday I wrote a blog post on a list of low end motion capture tools. Today I thought I would share my opinions and (limited) experiences of the different options. My goal is to create short animated cartoon sequences, not be a VTuber, so my requirements may different from what most people are after. To … More First Experiences with Low End Motion Capture Tools
VRoid gives you a lot of flexibility over many things of a character, but arm thickness is not one of them. You can control the muscular/plumpness of the chest somewhat, but there are no controls on the arms. This can look a bit strange when the rest of the body is of larger dimensions, but … More Unity Blendshapes to add Muscles to VRoid Characters
I wanted to have a character ride an electric scooter. I am not going to worry initially about mounting and dismounting, but I do want the character to have the hands on the handlebars as the scooter turns left and right as it moves. Later I would want to scooter to follow a target, but … More Riding a Scooter in Unity with VRoid Characters
Some expressions involve changing the face structure (a smile is created by a blend shape) while others involve changing the texture of the face (like blushing). The following describes my current plans to fade between textures for blushing and other expressions that work by changing the texture of a material. Multiple Textures In order to … More Animating VRoid Facial Texture Changes in Unity
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