How To Add Custom Shape Rig on Blender

Blender is GREAT software, the function is more than enough for 3D animation. The community was GREAT too like the software, you can download many thing source file! For what? You can use it for education, commercial and other, you FREE to use the source! Sometime, when i've download source file  i don't understand what the creator use for it, so i must surf in blog to understand. There is, i want share, how to create custom shape rig.

When you download the source file, sometimes you can't find the bone / armature, but you just need to move in pose mode variety of shape. You can call it custom shape. Because the function is same like bone, the custom shape rig just change the rig shape into what we like. There is the example of shape rig. 

custom shape example

Categories: Animation, Blender, Tutorial

Creating Piano with Processing

I've learn Processing for a month, I think Processing is GREAT tool for multimedia programming. There is many library that can help us to create a multimedia project like webcam application, music player, and the last i've creating piano like my piano with blender called piandu. But the library not user friendly for many operation system. They can work easily on Mac, but not on Linux and Windows, you need more trying and searching :D.

There is i want share my Piano application with processing. It's different with piandu, because Piandu creating with Blender and 3D visualization. But my piano with processing just with 2D visualization. There is step by step creating piano with processing.

piano application with processing

Categories: Multimedia, Programming, Project

Invert and Masking Image on Processing

I'm still doing multimedia homework with processing. Now, my homework about how to invert image color and creating a masking. So, i've joined invert and masking the image, and the result was invert the image above ellipse.

I've added mouse function on this project, so the ellipse with invert image will be following your mouse. You just need import three variable, they are two PImg and one PGraphics. If you can't imagine what i've talking about. You can see image bellow. My project is like this.

sample project

Categories: Multimedia, Programming, Tutorial

How to Draw Storyboard

Storyboard is like a comic, they are visualizaton of the story with the detail of scene. I've heard quote " A picture can tell 1000 word". I think it was from PIXAR. With storyboard, let the picture tell the story. Good storyboard is make the audience know the story without hear from the script writter. Storyboard will be help on production and post production.

In storytelling and storyboarding class, i've get lesson about storyboarding and the element. So, i want write the lesson here for my english practice and university note. Yesterday, on the class i've try to draw a storyboard with 6 panel. But, the storyboard colected by my lecture and i haven't had time to take the picture of my storyboard sketch. So, i give the sample of basic storyboard from who teach me 12 principle animation. 

Categories: Animation, Multimedia