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ABOUT THIS VIDEO

Primitives are objects like spheres, cubes and cylinders that are made by the computer automatically. These objects are a handy starting point for any model. In this tutorial we show how primitives can be used to rough out complicated objects including a UFO, mech robot and a thorny devil lizard.

Running Time: 3 mins 24 sec

REQUIRED CONCEPTS

Knowledge of these concepts is required:
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PRESENTER
Andrew Silke is an award winning filmaker and has worked on projects such as Scooby Doo, Happy Feet and Avatar

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GLOSSARY

Primitive: An object automatically generated by a computer program. Usually these represent primitive shapes, like a spheres, cylinders or cubes.

Duplicate: Also called clone, copies or duplicates one object to make two.

Tweak: Moving vertices to change the shape of an object

Hull:  The polygon mesh before it's been smoothed by a Subdivision Surface, also called "base mesh".

  Mirror: Duplicating the object so that it symmetrically mirrors itself.

Subdivision Surface: The object is divided to have four times as many polygons and is smoothed to create rounded surfaces.

Taper: Can be called flare. Makes one end of the object to go towards a point.
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apacheco   |68.206.179.xxx |2010-02-10 08
Great job guys, i was just wondering if you were going to have a tutorioal on
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Anthony  - Nice   |68.83.65.xxx |2009-02-24 01
This site is a great resource. Now I see how using primitives can easily block
out the shape. And then it shouldn't be too difficult (but it will take time) to
weld the different pieces into one solid mesh.

Thanks.
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majarlikjatribe   |121.96.122.xxx |2008-11-25 09
great tut
ferdi   |190.96.7.xxx |2008-11-13 00
Is this a tutorial or a show of??
beacause, I dont understand how you make it
into a final mesh hull, or whats a hull???
andrewsilke   |SAdministrator |2008-11-13 10
Hi Ferdi, this tutorial isn't supposed to show all the aspects of how the thorny
devil model was made, that would take some time. But simply that primitves can
be used to block out a model. We hope to cover other aspects in other
tutorials. I'll add "hull" to the glossary too.
Simon  - Immensely useful and entertaining   |24.184.198.xxx |2008-11-11 10
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