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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

CG Spectrum

They can be rigged and animated, placed as a stationary object in a scene, combined with other assets to create a set/environment, simmed or destroyed, and used for shadows or holdouts. It helps reduce the amount of detail by simplifying polygons and textures as they get further away from the camera. What is level of detail (LOD)?

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The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified

Logic Simplified

Each image part was converted to mesh. The USP of Spine animation software is how smoothly it converts an image part to mesh. In each mesh vertices are placed to define how we want to move the character. Bones are created to help the mesh move and provide fine-tuned control. It is these vertices which can be moved.

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Coherent Creature Design

Mnenad

One thing I had to keep in mind was again the number of polygons I want to use for each model. An easier step would have been to simply transform the sculpted mesh into a new object in Cinema4d. I rigged the mesh according to the creature’s anatomy and tweaked around the settings for a while. 

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