Thanks for the feedback guys. The shadow, Jlittle, is just a .png oval from Photoshop with a blurred edge that I add under the character at 50% opacity and then move manually along with the character. And then as the character leaves the ground, I reduce the opacity. I think it gives more of a feeling of the character 'being there'. Of course it also essentially adds an entire separate animated character that has to be keyframed, which is a pain.

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Garry,

Yes, that would be a pain but it certainly looks real good and does adds that little extra realism to the scene.

Jeff




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I'm LOVING the new four legged motions. There is a lot of potential for great new characters here. I'd also like to see some motions that can be applied to a chicken or T-Rex style of body. Even though they're two legged, they have a distinct walking pattern different from human. Here is a linkt o a test I did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jNNAlrJVrQ&feature=youtu.be

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Your dog looks great Garry!  Love the dog collar animation you did.  It's the the little things that really bring out the animation.  The nose sniff at the end was well done as well.

Janell


                   

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Thanks Janell. And you're right about the little details. Having the dog tag wobble is a pain in the butt, because, like the shadow, you have to go right back to the beginning and keyframe its movements. But it adds detail. Now imagine if CTA3 had spring bones. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh.


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Was playing around today with the idea of a character base that was shorter in stature, instead of the taller human template character. He still moves quite nicely. I love that you can bend the foot now. Small detail and probably not even noticed by most people, but I like it. Now i need to create a 'look' for this characters features.


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A quick character test I did today for a character I'd like to develop called Jack Danger, about a young boy in his backyard who dreams of being an adventurer, but is scared stiff of anything that moves. This character doesnt have any variation of facial features or hand gestures yet. I just wanted to test the rigging. I for one love the simplicity of the new flexible bones and the way they are rigged.


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A quick CTA3 character test. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhrilcoKeek&feature=youtu.be

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Very good.
When the knife comes out is it a hide/un-hide character swap?

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