In this Blender 2.53 video tutorial, I show you how to add the Human Meta-Rig, and set it up with constraints and such for easier and faster rig creation.

I also will walk you through how to recover your project files from a crash. My project crashes halfway into the video, so you will get to see this first hand.

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In this quick Blender 2.5 video tip we demonstrate how to simplify messy animation curves using one of the new Addons in Blender 2.53. This video also demoes using the Record feature in Blender to keyframe the live movement of an object.

In this first section of this Blender 2.5 Video Tutorial, I cover the creation of a game-friendly model (i.e. low-polygon), texturing, rigging, animating, and bringing it into the game engine with basic forward and back controls, as well as turning left and right, and running.

The first 8 minutes of the video is a time lapse video of me modeling and rigging a quick low poly character. If you are unfamiliar with this part of it please visit my alien rigging series here on Blender Cookie. With this series we wanted to focus a bit more on the game engine.

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View youtube teaser video on what this series will cover.

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In this Blender 2.5 video tutorial we take on the process of rigging the fingers to a human hand with only a few bones and constraints. This technique leaves you with fingers that are very easy to animate and control without the need for IKs or Drivers.

Note: this tutorial technique is based on the original Russian tutorial from Dimetri here: http://vimeo.com/10685206 Great thanks out to Dimetri for talking with us and creating some awesome rigs.

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Something we realized is though there are plenty of amazing video blender tutorials all over our site, there wasn’t a clearly defined starting point. As with anything there has to be a beginning or an initial handshake of “Hey, nice to meet you” to really get started on the right foot

In this Blender video tutorial, I go over some basic animation, and then into how to do a general walk cycle. I also show you how to use the NLA (non-linear action) editor to loop the walk cycle, and then combine these two animations.

Note from David: The NLA editor stands for Non-Linear Action editor, not “animation” as mentioned in the video.

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In this quick tip, we’ll take a look at how to easily create a procedural noise texture that’s stable during animation, unlike the default “Noise” procedural texture that’s available in Blender.

Animation curves allow you to easily tweak your animation and give you utmost control. This quick tip introduces you to how to access them and how to use them.