Video

61 Followers

The Life plug in for Daz 3d adds lifelike finishing touches to your work.
http://www.daz3d.com/i/shop/itemdetails/?item=11171

I am a 3d animator using … more »

The Life plug in for Daz 3d adds lifelike finishing touches to your work.
http://www.daz3d.com/i/shop/itemdetails/?item=11171

I am a 3d animator using Daz3d, so I was delighted to discover what "Life" could do for me.

Basically, it generates loops with an optional random variation to any of the main animation parameters (translate, rotate, scale etc).

Used on a human model you can easily get the character to blink (no cut and paste needed it will repeat for the whole lenght of your animation if you want, or turn their head, laugh, talk, dance, etc.

The size parameter can be changed too, good for ghosts, or making bushes sway in the wind.

The way it works is that you demo the animation within the plugin (no keyframes or daz animation is altered, then you record onto the Daz timeline when you are happy (a bit like baking into the timline like animator 2 does).

I see the life plug in as something to be used after you've put in your animate building blocks, and perhaps used animator to edit them. Life then literally breathes life into the animation by ensuring that the chracter keeps moving, even if subtley.

From episode 3 of scififunk - the online movie being uploaded in episodes onto youtube - I will be incorporating life.

Steve Payne
http://www.scififunk.com « Less