BLENDER TUTORIALS:
• TracksCreator-v3-Manual.pdf
• Tracks-Creator-v3.blend
• The Tracks Creator in action : Demo movie Mpeg2 - 38.775 MB.
This tutorial in PDF format shows how to create tracks and prints in grass, sand, soil, mud or snow. A special setup named Tracks-Creator-v3.blend is provided, allowing to create in few clicks various kinds of animated tracks.
It is usable to cut the grass on the path of a lawn mower as well as creating wheels tracks after a car or even a running predator in high weeds or sand.
• HowtoMowTheLawn.pdf
• Lawn-Mower-Pack.blend
• Tracks-Creator.zip
The Lawn-Mower-Pack.blend file comes with a complete scene with some bonus like a lawn mower and an animated crow ! All needed textures are packed in the file. This scene willallow you to study the method to mow thelawn with (a) Blender !
The Tracks-Creator.zip file includes various kinds of usable textures and some images provided as examples, as well as the former version of the Tracks-Creator-v3.blend .
• A short movie is available at the bottom of this page, showing one of the possible effects
The Tracks-Creator-v3 is a new version of Tracks-Creator. It has been improved and various kinds of tracks have been : human foot prints (with and without shoes), animals prints (cat, Velociraptor...), and vehicles tracks (tyre tracks, caterpillar tracks). These animated tracks will be usable on sand, soil, snow, mud and grass ! You will also find an animated dotted line and an airplane to be used over a world map in your travel films or adventure movies (like Indiana Jones !).
• Roto&PaintingSetutp&Tut.pdf
• Roto&Paint-Setup.blend
This tutorial in PDF format shows how to do Rotoscoping and Garbage/Matte Painting in Blender v.2.48a.
The provided setup allows to render an alpha mask combining both Rotoscoping and Paint Matte. An example file is included.
• VolumetricCloudsTutorial.pdf
• VolumetricClouds_v01.blend
• DotFiller.py
This tutorial in PDF format shows how to create natural looking volumetric clouds in Blender v.2.48a.
An example blend file is provided, as well as a useful Python script written by David Bertin, aka GFA-MAD.
• Cloud - Demo movie 1- DivX.avi
• Cloud - Demo movie 1- QuickTimeH264.mov
• Cloud - Demo movie 2 - DivX.avi
• Cloud - Demo movie 2 - QuickTimeH264.mov
• Cars Animation Tutorial.pdf
• Cars_Autodrive.blend
This tutorial in PDF format shows how to animate cars automatically. An example blend file is provided.
• Displacement_Tutorial.html
This tutorial shows how to create foot prints in sand, mud or snow, using Displacement Mapping. The method covers Still pictures as well as animations. Video example and textures are availables.
• winch_tutorial.pdf
• Winch demo movie
How to use the Curve Deform function to model a rope winding around a winch drum.
A short demo movie is available in WMV format - 20s - 3.715 MB.
• example_avk_rvk.html
This is not exactly a tutorial, but could open your eyes on the amazing possibilities offered by
some underestimated tools of Blender, named Absolute Vertex Keys and Relative Vertex Keys.
• Mirage effect tutorial - Heat effect - HTML page
• Downloadable PDF version
This is a tutorial, about how to make a "mirage effect" simulating hot air over the ground.
This is a short movie showing the effect.
DivX6 - 400x300 - 5 seconds - 1.901 MB.
• Desert_Heat_03_DivX6.avi
• example_crowd_animation_tutorial.html
Crowd Animation tutorial.
• blender_layout_sheet.pdf
• blender_animation_sheet.pdf
• blender_rendering_sheet.pdf
• blender_objects_data_sheet.pdf
• storyboard_sheet.pdf
• storyboard_sheet_2p.pdf
A simple list of paper tools to improve the workflow of animators.
