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Animated walk cycles

For anyone who is not a full-time rigger or animator, but has tried to create a simple walk cycle, you'll no doubt remember all the time and effort you put in, only to have your character walk like a zombie. Well,  a fellow MODOnaut, Michael Gass, has created this animated walk-cycle script for ACS rigs that will help you out immensely. Even if it's not perfect, it will get you well on your way!

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Lining up texture locators

Most people think that Texture Locators are just those widgets that get in the way while you're trying to work on your scene, but James Darknell takes some time to explain how they work and offers a different way to quickly align them to your item's surface.

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Numeric Entry Field Tips

One of the handiest things you can use in your everyday workflow is the versatile way you can approach entering numbers into MODO. Here in this video, James Darknell explains a variety of ways that even many MODO experts are unaware of.

http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/tv/training/view.aspx?id=659

I particularly like the Gang Edit. 🙂

In addition to being able to edit the number fields by typing in numbers, users can gang edit all three fields simultaneously by LMB+Clicking the icon to the left of the mini-slider enabling the feature.

Gang-edit

 

INDEPENDENT - The default is i 'Independent', controls are edited independently.

COPY - The first click changes the field = 'Copy', will make whatever you type into the first field, the same in the other two fields.

PROPORTIONAL - The second click changes to ∞ (infinity) 'Proportional' where value changes are applied proportionally to all like controls.

RELATIVE - The third click changes to + 'Relative', the value change is added to all like controls. For instance if you divided the first field by /2 the other two fields would recalculate dividing by two as well.

When entering numeric values, you can use keyboard equivalents as well, such as;

'Ctrl'+'Alt'+'Enter'for Copy

'Ctrl'+'Enter' for Proportional

'Alt'+'Enter' for Relative

 

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Kicking up dust

Description Using the new particle system, create the effect of dust being kicked up as a hover biker travels across open terrain.
Origin Supplied by Luxology as part of the Spotlight video series that came with the release of 701 SP1
 modo Version 701 SP1
Description

With the supplied hoverbike, rider and terrain, this series shows how you can create dust particles and get them to kick-up when the hover bike flies by. 

 
URL 701Spotlight_Video_01.mp4 (Download from your Luxology account)
Presenter Andy Brown
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Synching Audio with Animation

Description

In this video, Brad brings in a mesh that already has a morph applied. Then he imports an audio clip, and then using the schematic viewport, wires the audio to the morph animation to produce a woofer speaker pulsing to the beat of the music.

Origin

Supplied by Luxology

 modo Version

Released during 701

Description

Key points:

    • While under the Setup, you'll find an Audio tab under the panel in the top-right. Drag in an audio clip (multiple formats are accepted). Right-click to play.
    • In the schematic viewport drag in sound channel modifiers and the morph, along with multipliers to the increase the intensity and an emitter to spray out particles to the beat of the music.
    • Also shows the waveform display

 
URL YouTube
Presenter

Brad Peebler

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Depth of Field and how to manipulate it in Photoshop

This is by far my most favorite modo tip ever, by the illustrious illustrator, Warner McGee, where he shows you no matter what Depth of Field you may have set in modo, you can always change, or fix it in post, in Photoshop. Read more
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Focusing your camera using Autofocus and Depth of Field

Description

If you're a photographer, when it comes to setting up your cameras for rendering in modo, you'll no doubt understand aperture sizes, what 'depth of field' is, and what F-stops are. But some of us who don't have a feel for these numbers need to eyeball things in order to get them how we want. In this Lux TV video from some time back, Brad shows how to access the advanced feature in the modo toolpipe allowing you to display extra handles to position the camera when using depth of field. He also shows how you can click on a point anywhere within a scene and have the camera focus there automatically.

Step-by-Step
    Advanced camera handles
    • In the Perspective viewport, select your camera and activate the transform tool (W)
    • Then in the Toolpipe, right-click the '=' sign in the 'V' column and select Advanced
    Activate Tool Handles
    • You'll see some extra handles appear on the camera that will allow you to drag and focus
 
    Autofocus under mouse
    • In the Render viewport, position your mouse on the spot where you want your camera to focus
    • Click Ctrl-F and the camera will fire the 'camera.autofocusUnderMouse' command
Source  You can watch a video that details the process here
Author  Brad Peebler
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Zoom in on Render Preview without moving the camera

Here's a trick for when you need to look at your scene up-close without actually messing things up and moving your render camera

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