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Subject: Interested in making a Walk Cycle in Carrara?


MarkBremmer ( ) posted Mon, 17 August 2009 at 10:25 PM · edited Wed, 11 December 2024 at 8:44 PM

Hi,

I've recently had several questions about creating walk cycles. In fact, I just completed a Q&A for 3D World magazine on this subject and they said it would be ok to post it up on my Web site.

The tutorial is actually about creating a walk-cycle for a spider so there are few other tricks thrown in. You can view it at this ** link**

Hope you like it!

Mark






Xerxes0002 ( ) posted Mon, 17 August 2009 at 10:53 PM

OoOo will have to get the files too, thanks Mark.  Do you know what Issue they are publishing in? # or month


MarkBremmer ( ) posted Mon, 17 August 2009 at 11:04 PM

 It looks like it will be issue 0121 unless something changes.






bwtr ( ) posted Mon, 17 August 2009 at 11:22 PM

Great as usual Mark---

but our programme is CarrAra!!!!--not the car!
(don't know how we can educate Americans!)

Brian

bwtr


50parsecs ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 2:21 AM · edited Tue, 18 August 2009 at 2:23 AM

*"but our programme is CarrAra!!!!--not the car!
(don't know how we can educate Americans!)"

*Uh, Brian, granted there are a lot of uneducated "Americans", but 3DWorld is published in the UK, so pick on the Brits for this one, OK?


bwtr ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 2:35 AM

Sorry parsecs don't  follow your reasoning?

(Mark, unless he changes his nationality for 3DW stuff?, knows I am making a usual, irreverent, Aussie dig at a funny, seemingly common, USA pronunciation of Carrara,)

Brian

bwtr


ShawnDriscoll ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 4:23 AM · edited Tue, 18 August 2009 at 4:27 AM

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?carra01g=Carrara is how a lot of users pronounce it.

The wrong way to pronounce it is by using the Porsche name.

Anyway, blame the Italians.

www.youtube.com/user/ShawnDriscollCG


GKDantas ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 6:41 AM

Thanks Mark!

Follow me at euQfiz Digital




Klebnor ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 7:33 AM

Brian:

It's a program, not a programme.  If you use old English, then it should be "ye olde programme".

Even on Renderosity, the spell check catches that one.

Klebnor von Weisenheimer

Lotus 123 ~ S-Render ~ OS/2 WARP ~ IBM 8088 / 4.77 Mhz ~ Hercules Ultima graphics, Hitachi 10 MB HDD, 64K RAM, 12 in diagonal CRT Monitor (16 colors / 60 Hz refresh rate), 240 Watt PS, Dual 1.44 MB Floppies, 2 button mouse input device.  Beige horizontal case.  I don't display my unit.


raven ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 8:14 AM

Programme may be old English, I don't know, but it shouldn't come up on a spell check as it is a valid word. For example, you use a computer program, but you watch a television programme :)



MarkBremmer ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 8:20 AM

 You'll be happy to know that all my articles are "corrected" by the editors the official language of the UK. ;-)






Klebnor ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 8:31 AM

Quote - you watch a television programme :)

This will be a surprise to 300 million Americans, I assure you, who watch television programs every night.  In colour!

Klebnor mit zuviel zeit

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Hawkins-GraFX ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 8:40 AM

Very cool Mark!

Thanks for the link buddy!

Clint


CaptainJack1 ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 9:17 AM

Wow, Mark, thank you so much for this. I can't wait to check it out (streaming goodies are blocked here at the office, so I have to wait about eight hours to see it...)

😄


noviski ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 10:29 AM

God Bless You, Mark Bremmer! Thank you very much!


50parsecs ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 2:53 PM

This is a great tutorial Mark! I didn't comment on it before because QT kept crashing my browser. I did a QT update and was finally able to watch it. Thank you.

Sorry Brian, I over-reacted, probably as a result of hanging out in some international forums where America bashing seems to be the rule-of-the-day. You always seem to be fair-minded, with a good sense of humour. I should have known better. Fair dinkum mate. ;-)


bwtr ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 7:05 PM

Parsecs--I think the USA pronunciation is very funny.
Klebnor--The Aussie versions of the Windows Spellcheck gives us a choice of American or Australian spelling versions--"Old English!"?????--The Aussie Macquarie Dictionary leads the way in New English--well thats my story and I am sticking to it!

Mark--sorry, but a bit of a giggle anyway.

Brian

bwtr


Magnatude ( ) posted Tue, 18 August 2009 at 7:57 PM

Thanks Mark,
I caught onto the target helper quite early due to your VTC series. I used it to keep heads pointed where I want them during walk cycles.
Helpers are great tools.

Carrara 7 Pro, Anime Studio Pro 8, Hexagon 2.5, Zbrush 4.6, trueSpace 7.6, and Corel Draw X3. Manga Studio 4EX, Open Canvas 5, WACOM Cintiq 12WX User


pauljs75 ( ) posted Thu, 20 August 2009 at 7:49 AM

I thought the Porsche was Cararra as where our software (and that Italian city or marble) is Carrara? Although it's true that most of us statesiders still pronounce it the first way (I know I'm guilty), since it just seems to roll off the tounge easier regardless of whether it's correct. (Like toe-mae-to toe-mah-toe kind of thing. lol. I suppose that difference registers better in the native Italian though.)

Back on the main topic, it will be nice to see just how animation grouping and non-linear animation system actually works in Carrara. The manual seems to explain it to some degree, but sometimes it's better to see it in action because of the oddities and quirks that can be run into.


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pauljs75 ( ) posted Thu, 20 August 2009 at 8:28 AM · edited Thu, 20 August 2009 at 8:40 AM

Any chance you could get an .avi version up so it's not so crash happy on PCs? Please?

(And yes the PC version of QuickTime is bug-ridden, to the point where I'd rather not touch it. Alternately, if anyone has an idea of how to force Firefox to use VLC to play/stream .mov files...)


Edit...
One more round of frantic Google searching answered my own question. Strangely enough, it's the Ubuntu folks to the resue with the answer. What they mention is all under Firefox so it works independent of the operating system.

Take a look at the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension for Firefox, and that lets you change the player for .mov away from QuickTime if all you get is crashing with that app. There will be a second pause and it opens your preferred player's window, but at least now it's possible to actually watch the video.

Ok, I guess I can quit my whining now. Hopefully I'm not the only one though, so maybe that extra 2¢ was worth it.


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CaptainJack1 ( ) posted Thu, 20 August 2009 at 8:49 AM

I'm a U.S. mid-westerner (or so I've always thought; it's my understanding that people in Iowa have a different perspective on folks from Indiana) and I pronounce it kuh-RAHR-uh. My problem is that almost all of the information I get comes from reading, and I often learn to pronounce words correctly much later, when it's hard for me to change.

I'm not sure if this is anything approaching blasphemy, but Mark's video plays just fine through IE8. 'Scuse, please, while I step into my flame retardant suit...

:lol:


ShawnDriscoll ( ) posted Thu, 20 August 2009 at 7:52 PM · edited Thu, 20 August 2009 at 7:57 PM

Quote - I thought the Porsche was Cararra as where our software (and that Italian city or marble) is Carrara? Although it's true that most of us statesiders still pronounce it the first way (I know I'm guilty), since it just seems to roll off the tounge easier regardless of whether it's correct. (Like toe-mae-to toe-mah-toe kind of thing. lol. I suppose that difference registers better in the native Italian though.)

The "rr"'s just change the accent.  The Porshce vehicle is spelled with an "e".  That's why it's pronounced different from the Italian marble and 3D software.  Otherwise, "rare" or "rair" are needed in the spelling to pronounce it the same way as the automobile.

www.youtube.com/user/ShawnDriscollCG


Klebnor ( ) posted Fri, 21 August 2009 at 11:16 AM

Since Carrara is the name of a town in Italy, I would think we need an Italian speaker to correct the pronunciation.

Klebnor

Lotus 123 ~ S-Render ~ OS/2 WARP ~ IBM 8088 / 4.77 Mhz ~ Hercules Ultima graphics, Hitachi 10 MB HDD, 64K RAM, 12 in diagonal CRT Monitor (16 colors / 60 Hz refresh rate), 240 Watt PS, Dual 1.44 MB Floppies, 2 button mouse input device.  Beige horizontal case.  I don't display my unit.


CaptainJack1 ( ) posted Fri, 21 August 2009 at 12:36 PM

I dunno... we Americans have been proudly butchering words from all languages, including our own, for so long it'd be a shame to stop now.

As a fun example, go to Versailles, Indiana here in the U.S. and ask a local how to pronounce the name of the town. They will tell you that it's pronounced vuhr-SALES, and if you try to tell them about the former capital of France, they'll mostly look at you funny.

:biggrin:


Klebnor ( ) posted Fri, 21 August 2009 at 1:49 PM

Versailles sounds like Cairo (pronounced KAY-ROW) GA.

Sometimes the alterations are intentional.  I have a friend who is originally from Berlin, MA.  The locals pronounce it BURR-lynn (emphasis on the first syllable) so as not to be confused with that German city.  No one would confuse Berlin, MA with Berlin, Germany - believe me ... I've spent time in both (before and after 10/89).

Klebnor

Lotus 123 ~ S-Render ~ OS/2 WARP ~ IBM 8088 / 4.77 Mhz ~ Hercules Ultima graphics, Hitachi 10 MB HDD, 64K RAM, 12 in diagonal CRT Monitor (16 colors / 60 Hz refresh rate), 240 Watt PS, Dual 1.44 MB Floppies, 2 button mouse input device.  Beige horizontal case.  I don't display my unit.


Thelby ( ) posted Sun, 23 August 2009 at 10:04 AM

Well I always thought it was pronounced " Carrara-boom-de-ay, carrara-boom-de-ay"
Anyway, if you go this Merriam Webster link it will give the proper pronunciation.
Thanks Bigtime for the Tut Mark!!!

I would rather be Politically Incorrect,
Then have Politically Correct-Incorrectness!!!


pauljs75 ( ) posted Sun, 23 August 2009 at 12:28 PM

Back on the main subject...  That spider video shows a pretty neat technique for doing things. NLA also looks like a useful alternative to some of the keyframe tweeners for certain types of repetitive motion, not just walk cycles. (Perhaps with less math involved to get timing right too.) It's yet another option that shouldn't be overlooked when doing animation.

If only I knew people who did music and voiceover stuff, I'd do a "Real Men of Genius" style tribute with a salute to "Mr. 3D software-tutorial video guy" in appreciation of Mark's work.


Barbequed Pixels?

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Also feel free to browse my freebies at ShareCG.
There might be something worth downloading.


headwax. ( ) posted Tue, 25 August 2009 at 1:26 AM

thanks for the tut,

much appreciated

headwax


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