The full version of DAZ Studio 3 Advanced is being given away free on the cover-DVD of the latest edition of the UK’s Digital Arts magazine. There don’t seem to be any restrictions or catches. It’s also, as previously posted about here, on the 3D World magazine cover DVD.
Day: 6 October 2011
Using digital scrapbooking kits with CrazyTalk Animator
Having seen what Tom Jantol has done recently with CrazyTalk Animator, I’ve been taking a quick look at the digital scrapbooking scene — where one can find interesting and quite affordable packs (usually $4 to $9) containing lots of graphics and backgrounds that provide interesting animatable alternatives to “the toon look”. The cut-out graphics have alpha-channels, making them suitable for dragging and dropping into CTA after a bit of a re-sizing (they’re usually quite large in size, since they’re meant for print). Here are a couple of the more interesting sites/content packs I found…
Deviantscrap looks especially nice. You could spend $30 here and get five really nice ‘bizarre’ packs for pop surrealist animations. Deviant Scrap even has its own excellent magazine.
You do have to watch the licencing details. Digital scrapbooking’s convoluted per-pack usage agreements often vary from pack to pack and from vendor to vendor. However… if you’re just making non-commercial animations with these kits, you should be OK.
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