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Snowy · 18-01-2003, 04:50 AM

Well, firstly congratulations. Nice website. I downloaded the scene files to the Ocean tutorial and was greatly impressed by the visual quality. Well done. I wont download the movie file as I'm on a cruddy dial-up account. (No access to broadband) but if this is the level of quality, I'm sure the tuts are equally of a high standard.
I've been using Lightwave for some years now, mainly flying logos for TV commercials and so on but I have never explored the greater potential of Lightwave as a Character Animation tool. Here's a suggestion for a tut I'd like to see maybe in the future, using IK and Weight Maps to string up a simple puppet and allow users to play around with their character. Also Endomorphs and Lip Sync using Morph Mixer and so on. There are heaps of tuts scattered willy-nilly throughout the internet by no central source that focuses on Lightwave Character animation and rigging specifically. Now with new tools like Auto Character Setup 4 made available, I think the future for Lightwave character animators is looking rosey. Anyone have good links or thoughts on this topic?
Just an idea.

18-01-2003, 04:50 AM	#1
Snowy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: - Posts: 1	Character Animation Well, firstly congratulations. Nice website. I downloaded the scene files to the Ocean tutorial and was greatly impressed by the visual quality. Well done. I wont download the movie file as I'm on a cruddy dial-up account. (No access to broadband) but if this is the level of quality, I'm sure the tuts are equally of a high standard. I've been using Lightwave for some years now, mainly flying logos for TV commercials and so on but I have never explored the greater potential of Lightwave as a Character Animation tool. Here's a suggestion for a tut I'd like to see maybe in the future, using IK and Weight Maps to string up a simple puppet and allow users to play around with their character. Also Endomorphs and Lip Sync using Morph Mixer and so on. There are heaps of tuts scattered willy-nilly throughout the internet by no central source that focuses on Lightwave Character animation and rigging specifically. Now with new tools like Auto Character Setup 4 made available, I think the future for Lightwave character animators is looking rosey. Anyone have good links or thoughts on this topic? Just an idea.