Topic: Dolphins

[byzantium1200]

Dolphins test

[arch_bd]

Are they animated? or just a clip photo

[byzantium1200]

Are they animated? or just a clip photo

There is a MP4 link above the image.

[arch_bd]

I did't noticed, coool man

[peterm]

They even seems to have a small splash area around them when they dive in, looks very real.

[Derekw]

Wow. That's very clever!

Great work.

[tug]

amazing!!!!

[Gilson Antunes]

excellent 

[blendman]

Nice one byzantium1200, makes me want to go diving right now!     We often see dolphins off the coast of Abu Dhabi, the Arabic Gulf.

Regards,

blendman

[byzantium1200]

Thanks everyone, I guess there should be a library section where we could share some of the libraries (dolphin is public, which I modified and animated) like this.

[tug]

BYZ, animation here in Lumion with avance animations tools or in 3DMAX?

[blendman]

Byzantium1200,

 I assume you used the rotation and move tools in the Basic Animation effects??  or is this a FBX from 3d Max?   Anyway, it looks very convincing!

Regards,

blendman

[byzantium1200]

Doing this in Lumion is possible but if you do it outside you will not have to animate it for every clip. You just set the start and end points to swim in Lumion.

I use nearly always DAE to import models as it is easy to edit the file with a text editor if needed (such as replacing textures etc.)

[blendman]

byzantium1200,

I'm a little confused, bear in mind I have only Lumion Basic, NOT Ultimate, so I do not have any advanced animation features.  Having said that if you are using the Advanced Plugin, then please let me know how you did this.  I'm assuming you are doing a basic walk cycle and keyframing.  I can do this in Blender, but don't think my Lumion Basic allows me to import anything I created???

I would be really grateful if you can be clear how you did this, as I want to do a more realisc job of the RMS Lusitania project I am working on.  Your tips and tricks would be most helpful, and of course be most grateful! 

Regards,

blendman

[byzantium1200]

Hi blendman, sorry I did not write more clearly. First I created a dolphin with only rotational and Z axis movement animation. It moves up & down and pitches accordingly.  Then I exported it using DAE format which transfers the animations nicely.

Then I set start and end points in Lumion. Although I used "Advanced Animation" this is also possible in "Basic Animation"  (I tested).

Lumion will import animation keyes if they are move, rotate and scale keys. This is also how I imported animated characters. Each limb is a seperate object! If Blender exports animated DAE or FBX, you will have no problem.