2D_Downloads

This page is for use by University of Teesside SCM students. Some of the downloadable .dmg files are password protected.

At the current time of writing the UNIX homespace allocation in the Mac Studio is 400MB. To avoid exceeding this limit it is important that you save some of the larger downloads to an alternative destination, other than your homespace otherwise you will be locked out of the Mac Studio network.

To prevent going over your homespace allocation change the download destination from the desktop to your student ID folder, on the ‘renderdisk’. To do this open Safari's preferences - Safari>Preferences... and click on the 'General' icon. Next click on the drop down menu next to 'Save downloaded files to:' and select 'Other...' Navigate to your student ID folder - MacintoshHD>renderdisk>students>your ID folder. Close the window to save your preferences.

DMG files are best downloaded on a Mac. This file type is associated with Mac OSX. The DMG files available here are also password protected to limit their use to those studying SCM animation modules. The password/s will be sent to your University email account via the BB distribution feature, at a time of my choosing. You may be prompted to enter the password a second time.

Any request for passwords can only be made using your Uni email account, all other email addresses will be ignored.

Forty-Niner.dmg - The password will be forwarded to your University email account by me. Download this file in the Mac Studio. When the download is complete you will be promted to enter the password. Save the TBS file to your student ID folder on the 'renderdisk'. Once you've done this eject the mounted disk icon & delete the.dmg file.

TBS Tree 1 is a layered representation of a tree, using raster-based TIFF images of leaves to give the tree volume and depth.

Test Tree Looking Up features a shot looking up at a tree, by faking a simple track or dolly shot. A tiff layer has been incorporated for atmosphere and mood. The branch layers are vector-based images created within TBS.

Test Tree Around 01 is a variation of the above. This time the attempt is to simulate moving around the base of the tree looking up at its branches. Note the change in the orientation of the moon and sky to try and affect this. Try selecting the other camera in the Current Camera drop down menu, in the tool bar, for a variation on the shot.

Cloud Test 1 attempts to create the effect of the camera travelling through clouds/earth's atmosphere. There are 2 cameras to choose from. Use the Current Camera menu in the tool bar to view the animation of the other camera. This kind of shot would be suitable for a titles/credits sequence, or may be in conjunction with some kind of voice over. The space BG could be replaced with an aerial image of a landscape.
1 transparent TIFF image of 2000 x 2000 pixels was created in PS. A new document was created making sure that Transparent was selected in Contents, at the bottom of the New window. A mid grey was selected using the colour picker. From the Filter menu. Render and then Clouds was selected, to apply clouds to the entire image.
From the Select menu Colour Range... was selected. The Image radio button, underneath the image was clicked. The colour picker was used to select the darkest grey. OK was clicked. Select in the main menu and Inverse was chosen.
The selection was then deleted. To make the clouds stand out for inspection a new layer was made beneath the cloud layer. This was filled with a vivid colour - this was deleted prior to saving the image.
The resultant image was then cloned in TBS, with each clone being rotated to a random angle to avoid repetitious cloud features.

Kitchen TBS Project - Fixed Camera and tutorial PDF. When the animation and colouring are complete, replace the background images with the 6 No Ball Frames. You will need to import these frames into an IMAGE element in TBS by doing a ctl+click on the top frame and selecting Import images. Select all 6 frames by doing a shift+click then set their exposure to 2's.
With the frames still selected do a right click and choose Cycle. Set this to a number that will extend these images to the end of the sequence. Delete or hide the previous background images. The No Ball Frames have a rendered shadow on them. Use this as a guide for animating the drop shadow of your character.

Kitchen - Fixed Camera
(10.12MB)

Tutorial PDF

No Ball Frames
(669KB)