{"id":2370,"date":"2024-04-16T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T08:28:35","slug":"imvu-morph-accessory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/imvu-morph-accessory\/","title":{"rendered":"Morph\/Shape Key Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><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><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<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\/site\/imvu-morph-accessory\/#Blender_Basics\" >Blender Basics<\/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\/site\/imvu-morph-accessory\/#Morph_Animation\" >Morph Animation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>The following video was recorded live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/katsbits.com\">KatsBits Twitch channel<\/a> (video may include off-topic chat and other discussion not related to the subject at hand), watch how <a href=\"https:\/\/avatars.imvu.com\/jazzKat\" title=\"jazzKat's IMVU profile page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jazzKat<\/a> shows us the process of making a very simple morph, or <i>shape key<\/i> as they are called in Blender, animated heart accessory for IMVU. <i><b>Beginner friendly<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #ddecf3; color: #000;\"><p><b>Download<\/b>: files to accompany project;<br \/>\n&#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits_accessories.zip\" title=\"Download the IMVU furniture template files for Blender\">KatsBits IMVU Accessory File<\/a> (c. 1.8 MB | *.blend, *.fbx).<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits_twitch-heart-8.zip\" title=\"Twitch giftbox example file (source)\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">KatsBits Giftbox Source File<\/a> (c. 800 KB | *.blend, *.fbx, *.png)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blender_Basics\"><\/span>Blender Basics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The main way to manipulate the  <b>3D View<\/b>  in Blender is to use the MIDDLE mouse button (MMB);  click-hold MMB and dragging  the mouse  ROTATES the entire scene; SHIFT + click-hold MMB (Shift + MMB) dragging  will TRANSLATE, strafes or moves the Scene LATERALLY (up\/down, left\/right); CTRL + click hold MMB dragging  will ZOOM the Scene.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>MMB<\/b> = rotate<\/li>\n<li><b>Shift+MMB<\/b> = translate<\/li>\n<li><b>CTRL+MMB<\/b> = zoom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When wanting to select various things in Blender; LEFT click (left mouse button &#8211; LMB) tends to be for selecting, adjusting, changing properties, options and settings; RIGHT click for selecting objects and user generated data.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"highlight_yellow\">\n<p style=\"color:#000;\"><b>Design note<\/b>: To learn more about using Blender try this exercise, &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/community\/index.php?topic=964.0\" title=\"An Introduction to Blender for IMVU Creators\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">An Introduction to Blender for IMVU Creators<\/a>&quot; (PDF available).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Morph_Animation\"><\/span>Morph Animation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the live tutorial a simple heart will first be meshed from  the default scene cube. It will then be given a Material and UV unwrapped &#8211; which is exported for a texture map. Once made the heart will be animated using <b>Shape Keys<\/b> using the <b>Shape Key Editor<\/b>. After the item is animated it is Appended into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits_accessories.zip\" title=\"Download the Accessory Starter File\">accessory file<\/a>, set up as an accessory and then exported. Once exported the FBX is imported into IMVU as an accessory item.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">00:00:00 &#8211; 00:22:00<\/a> meshing.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=1337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">00:22:01 &#8211; 00:27:40<\/a> materials.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=1663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">00:27:41 &#8211; 00:40:40<\/a> UV unwrapping\/texture map.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=2440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">00:40:41 &#8211; 00:49:40<\/a> GIMP\/bitmap.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=2999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">00:49:41 &#8211; 01:01:10<\/a> Shape Key animation.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=3667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">01:01:11 &#8211; 01:14:00<\/a> Append\/accessory set up.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=4444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">01:14:01 &#8211; 01:28:07<\/a> Blender export\/IMVU import.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=5287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">01:28:08 &#8211; 01:58:51<\/a> product set up\/trouble shooting.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KF1cdHkiHOg?t=7133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">01:58:52 &#8211; 02:29:53<\/a> trouble shooting fix\/product set up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"content_images\">\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KF1cdHkiHOg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[304,342,219,98,21,531,541,571,570,249,191],"class_list":["post-2370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-accessories","tag-action-editor","tag-animation","tag-avatar","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-creating","tag-imvu-files","tag-morph","tag-shapekey","tag-shortcut-keys","tag-source-files"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions\/2375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}