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New Unity ebook on Workflows for Technical Artists
October 22, 2022Unity recently published The complete overview of Unity toolsets and workflows for technical artists, an ebook summarizing many Unity technologies and concepts directly relevant to ...
Motion Capture Tools (my 2022 list)
October 6, 2022Here is a list of motion capture (and related) tools I have come across on twitter or similar. Feel free to leave a comment for ...
Lighting Tricks in Unity HDRP for Cinematic Effect
September 25, 2022I am creating a simple animated cartoon using Unity and the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP). One challenge that comes up is how to control ...
Splitting a Master Sequence between Scenes in Unity
September 11, 2022I am using Unity Sequences to create a cartoon series (slowly). It is probably more accurate to say I am learning the technology to create ...
An animated short film created in Unity by students!
September 5, 2022Some students were asking about using Unity in the Unity Forums for creating a short animated film. Limited access to the computer at school, strict ...
Unity HDRP Lighting, Exposure, and the Sequences Package
August 22, 2022In this post I describe how I am planning to get the exposure right when using the Unity Sequences package with the High Definition Render ...
HDRP Shader Graph and Wind Zones
August 20, 2022I am (slowly!) working on creating an animated cartoon series using Unity 3D to animate the characters. I am upgrading the project from the older ...
Wind in HDRP - my journey so far
August 14, 2022Added Aug 20, 2022: Please note: This post can still be interesting, but if you want my final answer, check out this newer post. One ...
MICE Outlining
August 13, 2022Another masterclass series from the Writing Excuses podcast that I found interesting on script writing as M.I.C.E. This stands for Milieu (a place or location) ...
To Cel Shade or Not Cel Shade - that is the question!
July 10, 2022Anime style animation (and cartoons in general) normally use cel shading 3D computer animation shading, but made to look more flat. So before you start ...
Emotional Impact in Scriptwriting
July 3, 2022This is my summary of a podcast I found on YouTube (its available on multiple platforms) from "Bulletproof Screenwriting", an interview with Karl Iglesias (author, ...
The use of camera movements
June 20, 2022There are many great resources out there on how to move the camera for a great camera shot. Here I share a few videos introducing ...
Unity Built in Render Pipeline to HDRP Upgrade Instructions
June 18, 2022The following is how I upgrade my 2021.2.0b5 projects to 2022.1.1f1 (my new baseline version). I am doing this as there have been a number ...
HDRP Depth of Field with moving targets
June 13, 2022Depth of field is a Unity camera effect in allows you to blur the background and foreground, creating greater focus on your character. I recently ...
Artistic considerations when designing a location
June 12, 2022In this blog I talk about the artistic side of deciding what to include in a location design. I am using Unity to do my ...
My Stages of Animation Production using VRoid Studio and Unity
June 10, 2022What are the normal stages in creating an 3D animated video? There are variations depending on whether you are doing a full length movie, a ...
HDRP Camera Depth of Field Effects (blur)
June 9, 2022I am in the process of upgrading my Unity project from the Built in Render Pipeline to the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP). HDRP does ...
Why I Stopped using Scene Activation in Unity
May 22, 2022The Unity Sequences package support has a number of features to make it easier to create movies, game cutscenes, or in my case short animated ...
Animation Hair and Cloth Physics Bounces
May 15, 2022One common problem with animating characters is when you instantly cut from one pose to another for characters with physics on hair or cloth. Physics ...
Content Creation from Lilly Singh (podcast episode summary)
April 25, 2022I came across "The Upload: The Rise of the Creator Economy" as a podcast, discovering later it’s the audio track of a YouTube series, backed ...
Unity Sequences and Animation Rigging Versions (April 2022 update)
April 23, 2022There was an Animation Rigging incompatibility with Sequences in Unity which has been fixed in version 1.2.0 of Animation Rigging. (It results in lots of ...
Analytics and Mental Health for Content Creators
April 16, 2022Analytics such as number of views, number of new viewers, length on site, etc. can give great insights into how your content is being consumed. ...
Find your own best practices for efficient content creation
April 6, 2022As a content creator, how can you efficiently turn your creativity into something you can share with others to enjoy? I ask this question of ...
ARKit Blend Shape Capture for OpenUSD
January 20, 2022Ever wanted to quickly capture ARKit facial blend shapes for a OpenUSD project? There a number of free tools around, but I wanted to share ...