upload/download files: http://cloud.constantvzw.org usr: MakeHuman pw: humanoid Some general notes, remarks from MakeMe http://pad.constantvzw.org/p/makehuman.merz.makeme How to find invisible files on MacOsX http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/invisibles.html //////////////////////////// Skeleton, skin, mesh (topology) Robin + Hannah + Mona *How is the human physiology mapped to the virtual, and maybe vice-versa? *What body parts belong where and how do they interact? *Complexity vs. simplification: what happens at the moment of rendering? *Can you change skins, bump-maps? *Can you import skins and how? *Try to understand (in your own words) what is meant by 'mesh', 'topology' etc. *... Sliders, norms, boundaries (parameters) Lisa & Monique :)) & Sabrina *What parameters are taken into account and what do they do? *Where does the data come from and how is it used? *What are the boundaries of these bodies? One leg? 3 meters tall? *Analyse the main interface: what can you (not) understand from these sliders? *How/where could you change the interface? *What algorithms are being used in MakeHuman? *Who contributes to MH and why? *... Moving with MakeHuman (assembly) Madeleine/Thorsten *What is the default pose, and can you change it? *How to connect a .bvh file to a MakeHuman character? *What is a .bvh file and how is it constructed? *What translations are proposed, from human movement to a moving humanoid? *Kinect-meets-Blender-meets-MakeHuman: how do these projects communicate, resemble each other, or differ? *Who contributes to MH and why? *... Representation, rendering (humanoids) Ridvan, Cassandra, Max *Where, and why is the tool used? *How is MakeHuman presenting itself, with what language/imagery? *Find a set of examples using MakeHuman and analyse them *Try out various backgrounds *What can you find out about the perspective used, how the body is oriented? *What kinds of imagery does this tool produce and why? *Who contributes to MH and why? *... Materials to start with ... Readng: Donna Haraway, The promises of monsters (see print-out, p107-112) Other books: http://127.0.0.1:8080/browse/search?query=MakeHuman Slider discussion: http://bugtracker.makehumancommunity.org/issues/489 Interview Phil Langley [see print-out] MakeWalk: https://youtu.be/2hylWVut7z0 MakeHuman gallery: http://www.makehuman.org/gallery.php Non-horizontal gender sliders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1kLO1MLxaY Interview with MakeHuman developers http://80.lv/articles/makehuman-interview