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aluseus GOD
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 19:36 Edited at: 8th Mar 2008 19:38
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Does anyone know of a decent 3d modeling program that I could use to make some low-poly models/worlds and then texture them? (and possibly animate them) By low-poly I mean similar to the low-quality of maybe the N64.

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Ok I read the rules ight after this was posted and read the part about not asking for 3d modeling programs sorry, but searches just haven't been working for me, sry.

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Pet A Mizzle
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 19:36
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How did this get accepted?

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 19:53
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Well, for someone your age I would recommend Wings 3D or Milkshape. If you're feeling REALLY smart, try Blender.

Modelled and rendered in Blender. Free software ftw.
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 19:56
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Yes Blender is really good, but could get confusing. xD

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 21:02
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If you're gonna use Blender, buy 'The Essential Blender' book. I got it and now I can actually make stuff!

Don't even think about reading my posts...
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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:00
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Blender is only confusing if you rush in headlong and don't read any tutorials first.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:06
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Well come give me some great tutorials and i'll be on my way then. xD

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:15
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Very well:

Blender: Noob to Pro

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:22 Edited at: 8th Mar 2008 22:28
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Here is a wonderful Blender site containing tutorials on low poly modeling of people:

http://www.montagestudio.org/video_tutorials/


Here is an entire and FREE university program covering the essential basics of Blender work from simple mesh manipulation to animation:

http://www.gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html

BUT, I also maintain that Blender is not easy to learn for someone who's never used a modeler before, even with tutorials. This is because it is a rival for huge and expensive commercial applications and there is a great deal about it to learn AND to keep in your head.

After a month and a half of putting several hours per day's study into Blender I still am at least a couple of weeks away from trusting myself to work with Blender without having to keep it's instruction manual open on the monitor. It is a FEATURE RICH application.

I would recommend something like Wings 3d and/or Fragmotion to to a total 3d newbie.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:26
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*Copies and pastes websites into new tab and doesn't return for days.*

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:31
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That's a great attitude Pet a Mizzle! Really the only way to LEARN Blender is to immerse yourself in a series of tutorials.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:57 Edited at: 8th Mar 2008 22:58
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Yea...It took me a month or two to get somewhat proficient with Blender, then again it was one of the first 'good' 3d modelling programs I had used, so a lot of that was developing technique. If you apply yourself well, you'll be making some awesome models in no time

Also, that Noob-to-Pro wikibook is incomplete, at least it was when I read it. I would suggest reading through most of that to learn the basics, then checking out the Blender User Manual for more advanced stuff.

There are over 100 billion galaxies in our observable universe.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 22:59
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So.... Many... Tutorials..... IE Tabs becoming too small to click... Must open another window.... LAG! Dx

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venge, I'm clad you pointed that out. The Noob to Pro Wiki is going to be a great resource some day, but your are correct, it is too incomplete at this point to be a great deal of help; well for me anyway. I find the Blender User Manual more useful for my needs.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 23:12
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Can I do both I allready started the Wiki one. xD

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Of course you can. The thing about tutorials is that we all think differently and absorb information differently. For instance, the Tufts university stuff worked perfectly for me BECAUSE there were separate video tutorial segments that explained individual and important Blender functions and techniques and then a PDF file that I could keep open while I did the exercise that was meant to get me comfortable with all this new information. But I can see where that would NOT work well for other newbies to Blender.

Some people want ONLY video tutorials. Some people want ONLY PDF files and some people want a mix of both. The important thing is to find a tutorial that you are comfortable with, do whatever is required, and then find another and another and another and keep going until you feel comfortable with and knowledgeable about Blender for whatever reason you decided to study it in the first place.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 23:23
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Is this Tuffs stuff free? I'd like a taste of everything to see what i'd like.

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Yes, it's the second URL I gave you. Here it is again:

http://www.gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html

It is a complete Blender course designed to give a total newbie to the application a good feel for everything from basic to moderately advanced mesh work and several different animation and materials and texturing work. I don't know what inspired this professor to create a completely free course but that's what he did. It took me a month to work my way through all the videos and pdf file lessons.

Now I am doing some stuff entirely on my own AND messing some of it up, naturally, and picking and choosing among all the other blender tutorials available on the internet.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 23:37
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I see... can you like tell me where the start of is, the very beggining, cause it looks confusing TBH. xD Thank you so much!

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Posted: 8th Mar 2008 23:49 Edited at: 8th Mar 2008 23:50
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You bet! Here is the URL for lessons One through Five:

http://gryllus.net/Blender/LearningUnits1_5.html

Here is the URL for lessons Six through Ten
http://gryllus.net/Blender/LearningUnits6_10.html

Here is the URL for lessons Eleven through THIRTEEN. It is SUPPOSED to be for lessons eleven through fifteen, but the professor hasn’t completed and posted the last two lessons yet.
http://gryllus.net/Blender/LearningUnits11_15.html

Oh, and as you’ll see when you open up Learning Unit One you will find a vertical listing of video tutorials and below that you will find two PDF files and the zip files containing the textures that you will add to your completed projects.

This means that Learning Unit One ACTUALLY contains a BUNCH of videos and TWO pdf files worth of information. The other learning Units are structured the same way. THERE is a huge amount of information included in this course. ENJOY!

WHOOPS! I forgot that Learning Unit One has only ONE PDF file instead of TWO. I believe that all the other learning units have at least two PDF files attached

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Thanks! Now I have pletny of Information to get started!

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