Headshots in Alice 3 Background - Duke UniversityHeadshots in Alice 3 This is an modification of the...
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Headshots in Alice 3 This is an modification of the July 2008/June 2014 headshot tutorial by Gaetjens Lezin and Yossra Hamid By Natalie Huffman Under the direction of Susan Rodger Duke University June 2017 Background • Before you begin to code your Alice world, you will need three headshots • Choose three pictures and crop them so that just the person’s head and shoulders are visible • Save these pictures somewhere you can easily navigate to Go to setup scene • Choose three characters from the “biped” category • If you want your world to be more realistic, you should choose human characters • If you choose from the first 5 categories (Elder, Adult, Teen, Child, Toddler) you can customize a character I chose iceSkater, Loki, and Freya
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HeadshotsinAlice3
ThisisanmodificationoftheJuly2008/June2014headshottutorialbyGaetjens Lezin
andYossra HamidByNatalieHuffman
UnderthedirectionofSusanRodgerDukeUniversity
June2017
Background
• BeforeyoubegintocodeyourAliceworld,youwillneedthreeheadshots
• Choosethreepicturesandcropthemsothatjusttheperson’sheadandshouldersarevisible
• Savethesepicturessomewhereyoucaneasilynavigateto
Gotosetupscene
• Choosethreecharactersfromthe“biped”category
• Ifyouwantyourworldtobemorerealistic,youshouldchoosehumancharacters
• Ifyouchoosefromthefirst5categories(Elder,Adult,Teen,Child,Toddler)youcancustomizeacharacter
IchoseiceSkater,Loki,andFreya
Gototheshapes/texttab
• Select“billboard”• Under“frontpaint”select“ImportImage”
• Chooseoneoftheheadshotsyousavedearlier
• WhenyouclickOK,youshouldseeitunderthefrontpaintpreview
Positioningthebillboard
• InAlice2,wecouldmaketheheadsofthecharactersinvisible,butinAlice3thisisimpossible
• Instead,wewillmovethebillboardsrightinfrontoftheirfaces
• Usethefourpositioningbuttonstomovethebillboardinfrontofthefirstcharacter’sface
• Youwillalsolikelyneedtoresizethebillboard
• Yourworldshouldlooksomethinglikethis!
• Note:holddowntheshiftkeytomovethebillboardupanddown
Settingthevehicle
• WewantthebillboardtomovewiththeiceSkater,sowewillchangethebillboard’svehicle
• Makesurethebillboardisselectedintheright-handsidepanel
• Select“Vehicle”andchoosethenameofyourcharacter
Repeat!• Repeatthisprocesswithtwomorebillboardsforyourothertwocharacters
Timeforcode!
• Clickonthe“editcode”buttontogetbacktothecodeview
• Makesureyouareonthe“myFirstMethod”tab
• Selectoneofyourcharactersfromtheleft-handdropdownmenu– Ihavechosentheiceskater
• Draginamoveblock• SelectUPand1.0• Draginasecondblock,selectDOWNand1.0• YoucanalsorightclickontheUPlineandselect“copytoclipboard”,andthendragdownfromtheclipboardsymbolonthetopright
• Changetheuptodownusingthedropdownarrow
Cameramovement
• Nowselectthis.camera fromthemenu,anddraginaturn
• SelectRIGHTand.125• RepeatforLEFTand.125• ClickontheadddetailbuttonandselectasSeenBy,thenchooseyourmiddlecharacter
Runyourgame
• Youwillnoticethatwecanseethecharacter’sheadsbehindthebillboards
• Wewantthebillboardstoturnwiththecamera
• Dragintwodotogetherblocks,andputeachcameracommandinone
• Inthefirst,selectthis.billboard anddraginaturnstatement
• SelectRIGHTand.125,thenchooseasSeenByyourfirstcharacter
• Repeatfortheseconddotogetherblock,changingthedirectiontoLEFT
Repeatfortheothertwobillboards Runyourcode• Thebillboardsshouldnowmovewiththecamera!
