How to Make My Own 3D Animations
3D animation (also known as CGI animation) is one of the most popular filmmaking genres. Many of the most successful movies of the last few years have been 3D. In addition, many people are using 3D software to produce their own animated shorts that they then place on sites like YouTube, either for fun or to serve as a demo video. If you would like to make your own 3D animations, you can use the freeware program Daz Studio to do it.
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Instructions
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Download and install Daz Studio to your computers hard drive. Then go to Daz3D or Renderosity to get the figures and props you will need for your animation. They have both for sale and free models you can download. Install the models to the Daz Studio libraries.
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Open Daz Studio. Now go to the "Libraries" panel on the left and browse to the figure you want to use. Drag it into the scene. Now browse to any clothing items you want to add to the figure and drag them in as well (remembering that each of the clothing items you select have to be designed for the figure you selected).
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Browse through the "Libraries" again and select the props and other items you want in the scene. Drag them into the scene, and use the 3D positioning tool to place them where you want them. Add and position whatever lights you want in the scene.
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Select the main figure again. Then go to the "Power Pose" utility on the right. You will see a 2D chart of the various body parts of the figure. If you select one of these, you can use the mouse to move the body part. With the first frame selected in the timeline, position the figure like you want it. Then select a later frame and reposition the figure. If you play the preview animation you will see that Daz Studio has created all the motion for the figure in the frames between the two you modified (this is called tweening).
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Click on "Render" and in the panel that opens select "Make Movie." Choose the frames you want to render and the location and file type you want to save to. Then hit "Render." Depending on the complexity of the scene and your system, this might take some time.
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