{"id":1953,"date":"2019-09-28T17:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:03:01","slug":"imvu201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu201\/","title":{"rendered":"IMVU 201 &#8211; Blender Overview (recap)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27cbfceb9e4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27cbfceb9e4\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu201\/#description\" >Description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu201\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><video poster=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/imvu-201_mp4.jpg\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/media\/_01 - blender overview.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><!--<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.ogg\" type=\"video\/ogg\" \/>\n<source src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/collections\/collection-shortcut.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/>--><\/video><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In less than five minutes learn (recap on) the basics of Blender, the core things you need to know before they are put into practice throughout the series, especially useful for Creators unfamiliar with\/who have never used Blender 3D. This is the absolute minimum &#8216;stuff&#8217; needed that&#8217;s used for literally everything!.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p>\n<b>Download<\/b>: Starter Files (all).<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Avatar Starter Files.zip\">Avatar Starter File<\/a> | c. 8 MB.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Alt Pose Files.zip\">Alternative Pose Starter File<\/a> (<a href=\"#alt-poses\"><i>cf. more info below<\/i><\/a>) | c. 3 MB.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Alt Clothing Files.zip\">Alternative Clothing Starter Files<\/a> (<a href=\"#alt-clothes\"><i>cf. more info below<\/i><\/a>) | c. 2 MB.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Room Starter Files.zip\">Room Starter File<\/a> | c. 3 MB.<br \/>\n &bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/KatsBits - Blender Furniture Starter Files.zip\">Furniture Starter File<\/a> | c. 4 MB).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b> : c. 05:00 minutes<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b> : *.mp4 | 1080p | c.30 MB.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Addendum<\/b>: generally speaking the pose and animation creation process described above does not change when any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/#alt-poses\"><b>Alternative Pose Starter Files<\/b><\/a> are used instead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\"><b>Standard Pose Starter Files<\/b><\/a>. Although the alternatives appearance differs, bones being colour-coordinated for easy identification in the 3D View and Action Editor and to more naturally align with the avatar meshes, (Blender) Action sequences are generated the same either way &#8211; individual bones are selected and manipulated (rotated) into position which automatically inserts the necessary LocRot keyframe data in the Action Editor timeline. The only difference then is the apparent orientation of the Armatures bones, everything else is the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/alternative-pose-file.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/alternative-pose-file.jpg\" alt=\"Double-check the error message in the Info Editor\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The Alternative Pose Starter File shows default pose set for the female avatar; the skeleton (Armature) in a &#8216;T&#8217; pose in the 3D View, with a corresponding sequence, &#8216;T.POSE&#8217;, open in the Action Editor, initial keyframe marked. Bones are colour-coded for easy identification &#8211; red, main torso; green, hand, black, objects not to be animated &#8211; or aligned to better match the avatar mesh.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; (not available)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blenderimvu\/\" style=\"float:left;\">< Back (IMVU Basics)<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block; position:relative; float:right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu202\/\">Next (IMVU 202) ><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,606],"tags":[217,622,605,194,604,623,631,474],"class_list":["post-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imvu","category-imvu201","tag-action-editor","tag-animation","tag-blender-for-imvu","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-basics","tag-keyframes","tag-overview","tag-starter-files"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5925,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions\/5925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}