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Here is a collection of tips, tricks, and hints for Avatar StudioAvatar studio is a powerful tool and in the proud tradition of UNIX programs, it does one thing and it does it well: It is great for animating realistic looking avatars. I suggest that you step beyond the multitude of clothing options and really get a good understanding of how the animation tool works. With it, you define the position and rotation of individual segments of the mesh that makes up the avatar. It is a powerful function, but will take some time to play with and understand the options. It makes a great avatar, but after a while people want to push the envelope and go beyond the basic functions; it is for those people that I have made this page. I assume that you know how to gunzip the file and are not scared of doing a little editing of the VRML file. Most of the following examples can be done by careful cut & pasting from the example to your file.
Where do I get Avatar Studio? There have been several locations where you can download it, the current one is here... Parlez Vous Francais? The French version of Avatar Studio is FREE. Get the file called ASFR20HD.zip (28 M). You can get the French version here or you may find them here also.Here is a collection of resources that other World Builder's have put together, we hope that you find them useful.
NOTE: I did not come up with all of this stuff out of my own head. I learned about it by collecting and modifying examples. I simply added my own avatars and commented the code a little better. As you will see, there are many things you can do to Avatar Studio avatars in "post production" to enhance your presence in cyberspace. Hopefully these examples are clear enough to follow. If there is some other interesting technique that you know about, send me the file and I will be happy to add it to the collection. Happy Building! |
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