When is someone going to update these links? A lot are dead.
hi,im a new member but i cant figure out how to forward my question any way;its how can i compile multiple images to render an animation?
You open a Video Sequence Editor (VSE) window and ADD>images. Then you RMB select a range of images and press Enter. You will see a strip which you can place on the timeline.
To render these images, you need to press the Do Sequence button in the (F10) Scene Window > Anim panel. Then press the big ANIM button.
You’ll find more information here.
In future, you are better off asking questions like this by starting a New Thread in the appropriate forum (after you’re certain you’ve searched for an answer). More people will see your question that way.
Welcome aboard.
Umm, I think you meant Do Sequence … didn’t you ? 
… Oh well, it’s one of those buttons anyway … 
Mike
Umm, I think you meant Do Sequence … didn’t you ?
Oh crap! It was 1am :o
I’ve fixed it above. Thanks Mike.
I don’t know how these will look in the post. I was cleaning out my bookmarks in firefox, and rearranging them, so I thought I would try and help by spamming this thread with my collection of links that have helped me over the past couple months with Blender. I modified the html a little so it was easier to read. I tried not to put too many of the BA or other forums threads here, this forum and the search feature is an amazing resource.
There are plenty more I’m sure, but these are the ones I kept coming back to, or saved to read a little later, I tried to give a slight description for each if it seemed to need it.
blenderartists : Blenderartists forums.
Totaltutorial : Online directory of the best free tutorials from around the web!
53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | Smashing Magazine
ComicPress Theme : wordpress theme for comic.
del.icio.us : don’t you know what delicious is? collection of web links.
Learning-Maya.com | Modeling Tutorials Maya, Tutorials, Tutorial, Modeling, Animation, Autodesk, Alias, Mental Ray, Studio and Renderman Tutorials - currently 956 free Maya-Tutorials
Victor Navone VNOG Blog : Victor Navone, famous animator, tutorials, vids, etc.
Animation Meat : sound clips, animation, etc.
Welcome to Carlos Baena´s Animation website / Links : Carlos Baena, famous animator, tutorials, links, etc.
Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth.pdf (application/pdf Object) : Highly regarded figure drawing book.
[ p l a c i d c h a o s / Animation Mentee ]In the dark hours, while others sleep, I can be found making balls bounce and tails wag. This is the way of an animation ninja in training… Also has links to all the Loomis books, great drawing references. I would encourage you to search for them from here, but I left the link above for simplicity.
freefonts : Collection of free Fonts
Blambot: collection of Fonts, some free for non-commercial use, plus pay fonts.
AWN Forums - Powered by vBulletin This is the Animation World Network Forum, home to the AWN.com and VFXWorld.com discussion forums.
[ [ ANIMATION NATION ] ] : uh, er, link says it all, I guess.
Strut Your Reel, share and connect with the world’s top animators. ~ Index : Dedicated to forwarding the art of Character Animation. Share and connect with the world’s top Animators.
CGTalk : CGTalk, the CGSociety’s official forum for digital artists
Welcome to CG Channel, your CG Community Since July 2000! : CG Channel is an online magazine dedicated to Computer Graphics and the world of Visual Effects.
CGArena - Animation, 3D, Computer Graphics, Digital Artists : Animation portal where you can read latest industry news, tutorials, interviews, making and jobs available in the Industry.
CGCHAR - News + Forum + Community - Front Page : A news and job website for professionals and students working in or preparing for a career in 3D CG animation.
3D Total - The cg artists home page : 3D Total - daily news with links to all the best 3d animations and site. Huge libraries and galleries with free downloads (meshes/textures etc) and amazing artwork.
keith lango animation: animation, tutorials, training, production & ideas : These are some of my favorites for animation. arcs, popthrough, moving hold, etc.
COMET CARTOONS : Micheal Comet - famous animator, etc. 3dhelp.
3D-ARK:: 3D Art,3D Models,3D Articles,3D Tutorials,3D Links,3D Jobs
SUBDIVISIONMODELING.COM : forums, sub-d modelling, sculpting, etc.
3D Tutorials & CG Tutorials : 3dtutorials.sk some are very high level.
Download Rigged Characters to animate… - cgTantra Forums mostly maya, max
{E}vermotion - 3D models, textures, tutorials, architecture, 3D graphic, vray, 3ds max
CGCHAT - Powered by vBulletin : This is a page dedicated to the world of animation special effects.
[Welcome to CG Channel, your CG Community Since July 2000!](http://www.cgchannel.com/) CG Channel is an online magazine dedicated to Computer Graphics and the world of Visual Effects.
Colin Larkin’s LightWave 3D :: Tutorials :: Character Modelling
Blender Conference 2006 Videos
Blender 3D: Noob to Pro - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
improved foot rig instructions
BSoD/Introduction to Character Animation/Final rig adjustments - BlenderWiki
BSoD/Introduction to Character Animation/Upper body armature - BlenderWiki
Manual/PartIX/Driven Shape Keys - BlenderWiki
Scripts/Catalog/Render - BlenderWiki
legal size exposure(dope) sheet[.xls]
Monkey Jam exposure sheet program thing…can export video, etc.
these stuff are really helpful…
thanks guys,
There are several books listed in the first post, but people in the market for a book might also want to consider Introducing Character Animation with Blender, which you can read more about here on Amazon:
It is also available from the Blender E-shop, where purchasing it will help support Blender development. See my signature for the link to that.
T
ok, you lot can tell me, sorry if i’m in the wrong section, but- what is there to offer on this ‘blender’ thing then? how easy is it to make games? can you burn them into cd? all for now.
p.s. how do i get a lil message down there?
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Warning! cannot find 'c:/ my documents/giving a damn :spin:
Here are some more links. Some of them overlap with Bgstratt’s amazing list. 
A word of warning: I don’t control anything on these sites, so you may run into something offensive here and there.
The most useful:
http://www.carlosbaena.com/anim_material.html
www.animationpodcast.com - This podcast is definitely something you should check out. They don’t come often, but they’re full of great information! A lot of it is Disney-history based, but it’s all nice and useful.
www.splinedoctors.com - Their blog and podcast are really good!
http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/
http://www.keithlango.com/wordpress/?page_id=226
http://www.animationmeat.com/ - Look for their PDFs of the (Ward Kimball?) lectures and other stuff. This site’s fantastic!
http://www.shaunfreeman.com/animating_tips/
http://www.siggraph.org/education/ma…_trad_anim.htm
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/3dhelp.php - Look at his article Character Animation: Principles and Practice. This is important stuff!
www.sewardstreet.com (If you can find their archived posts (I haven’t been able to yet), there’s lots of great information there.)
http://www.donbluth.com/academy.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/ (This blog has excellent information, but there’s quite a bit of “adult” content there.)
http://www.3dark.com/archives/index.html
http://drawingsfromamexican.blogspot.com/
http://www.navone.org - Look through his blog to find some good tutorials.
http://www.animationarchive.org (This site occasionally has some objectionable content, but there’s also a lot of nice scans of old animation books (which can, I believe, be used under the “fair use” law…).
http://tenminutedrawing.blogspot.com - I haven’t really been able to look at this a lot yet, but from what I’ve seen, it looks like another good place to learn.
http://www.frankanollie.com/AnimationTips.html
The other stuff (history, the old masters’ work, etc):
www.animationmentor.com - An online animation school taught by professional animators.
http://classiccartoons.blogspot.com
http://disneybooks.blogspot.com
http://characterdesign.blogspot.com
http://www.animationarchive.net/
http://animation.about.com/ - Not sure how much good information is here, but it might be worth a look.
http://afilmla.blogspot.com
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/
http://www.strutyourreel.com/forum/
www.animwatch.com
http://klangley.blogspot.com
http://blackwingdiaries.blogspot.com
http://www.cartoonbrew.com
http://aracuanbird.blogspot.com
http://animationwhoandwhere.blogspot.com
http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com
Books:
The Illusion of Life
The Animator’s Survival Kit
Animation 1, by Preston Blair.
Happy animating!
This is still very WIP, and mostly just for my own personal learning, but I’m gonna put it here in case it can help anyone else too. I’m working through “The Animator’s Survival Kit” by Richard Williams, after having read it through, to give me a better understanding of the material, and the principles of animation. If you see anything that needs corrected, let me know, I’m always willing to learn and make things better. It took me a long time to find and read the book, after reading and watching anything I could find online, so it’s nice to have it all in one place instead of all over the world. Here’s the link, there are only a few lessons done so far.
DEAD LINK REMOVED
I’ve got here great stuff, Really need for it. Thanks to all.
I’m surprised I didn’t see any mention of The ManCandy FAQ. That’s a great DVD and quite advanced.
Updated Andrew Loomis link, all six of his books in a rar file:
looks like a lot of useful info to digest.
Thanx for the giving me a useful Links
the “pop-thru” one under CG Character Animation links is now:
http://www.keithlango.com/tutorials/old/popThru/popThru.html