Tools used to create 2d character facing different directions

steveR

In creating the 2d character such as the Brain2d used in the demo , many images are used of him facing many directions. Such as Walk_D1, Walk_D2..... , Walk_DL1, Walk_DL2....

I was wondering what tools are best to create all the images. Is a 3d character used then maybe a snapshot images made in a 3d application for each position. Seems like a lot of work and interested to hear others workflow for this.

terrymorgan

Here's my WIP notes, I made them in Blender, it automatically renders stills of your movies
I didn't finish because it's really laborious, can't imagine actually drawing all these by hand.

You can also use Unity but it's not automatic unless you have pro maybe?

I since found I could batch process in Irfanview, it crops and resizes in the same batch.

https://sites.google.com/site/terrymorgan1213/tutorials/sprites_for_unity

terrymorgan

This looks like the Unity auto-transparent background maker that I can do in Blender, $5
Except you can get many more fbx animations into Unity (all of them) than Blender (cinema mocap only)

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/232302-Sprite-Maker-Convert-3D-to-2D

steveR

terrymorgan  - thanks for the info!