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


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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