makehuman.org MakeHuman(TM) is an open source software program for the modelling of 3-Dimensional humanoid characters. Using MakeHuman, a photorealistic character can be modeled in less than 2 minutes. MakeHuman is released under an Open Source Licence (GPL3.0) , and is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Ok, that's a summary from the makehuman web page. Combining makehuman, blender and bvh motion capture files can produce animated character video clips. Do a search on youtube.com and you will see lots of makehuman videos. You might ask why I'm talking about makehuman here. Well that's a good question. First off makehuman creates really good mesh models that I can use in blender. The scripts I'm writting can map mesh models on rings. I can model heads in makehuman, export the mesh models to blender and then put portraits on signet rings. Here is a very quick makehuman design: And a rendering in aqsis: Now getting this mesh model exported to blender, scaled and transformed onto a ring, Well that's going to take a while, but all the pieces of the puzzle exist. Editing the mesh model in blender with the sculpt tool has huge possibilities. Note the penny in my logo picture. My goal is to be able to cut a 'Lincoln' type portrait on a ring.

Roy Goodell 03/07/10 5xj@5xj.com

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