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Mac OSX modeller for characters

by Barry Pearson · in Artist Corner · 07/18/2006 (5:43 pm) · 4 replies

Hi I'm pretty new to Torque and while I've been using Torque and Blender to make enviroments, I'm still having trouble with creating animated characters. Specifically something I could use as a PC. Any ideas on (free) software I could use for this, or any guides for Blender?

Thanks in advance
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Torque Owner Francis
#1
07/20/2006 (12:27 am)
Blender has a thousand and one guides, but I personnally hate the interface and the learningcurve.
I use Blender for small things and finishes on models, like the decimator tool. but i model in Wings 3D, which I find to be alot easier to use.

Blender and Wings are pretty much the two main ones. try both and see how you come out.

Associate James Urquhart
#2
07/20/2006 (1:48 am)
Blender is pretty much the only free option on a mac.

However, if you have an intel mac, you might be able to run some 3d modeller apps for windows via parallels or darwine. Or of course, you could use bootcamp and boot into windows, provided you have a legal copy of Windows XP and the required disk space.

Torque Owner Barry Pearson
#3
07/20/2006 (3:58 pm)
Nah mine is a G5, not got an Intel. I've tried Blender and while I don't mind using it, I just can't find any guides to creating animated characters using Blender.

Torque Owner Todd "zaz" Koeckeritz
#4
07/20/2006 (4:27 pm)
Check the DTS Exporter: Blender forum. There are a bunch of articles with links to videos and other tutorials, including pages in the TDN that outline in quite a bit of detail how to use Blender to make stuff for Torque.