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Bricks in Motion
We are a friendly filmmaking community devoted to the art of stop-motion animation using LEGO® and similar construction toys. Here, you can share your work, join our community of other brickfilmers, and participate in periodic animation contests!
A place to discuss, share, and create stop motion films.
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Did it not work? 
So far it's working. I'm in the middle of installing it right now, and it's about a third done. After it's installed, I think you open the pyton script with python, but then how do you install it so that it gets into Blender?
Edit: I have it installed, but I don't know how to run it or anything past that, past where you get it into the Blender thing so that you can import LDraw files.
Double Edit: The reason I want to know this is because when I open the .ldr file in LeoCad, everything's the same color, and when I export it as a .3ds and open it in Blender, it says there's a python error or something like that and it only loads about four peicies! Plus in LeoCad I have to visit the site for the most recent parts (I know this because it keeps asking me to go there), but when I do I can't find where to download the new parts. Help?
Last edited by BGanimations (March 19, 2010 (04:50pm))
Okay, if you've installed python and blender, open blender. Then go to the text window in blender, and click on the little snake (Python 
), then open the python script in blender. Then press "Run Script". That should do it. If it's a normal script, that is.
-Sam
P.S. Speaking of CGI legos, here is my latest effort in blender to create a good lego plastic shader. Whadyathink?
It works now!
And I find it awesome that a member that only joined a month ago can help me and isn't a n00b. Thanks for the help everyone!
Edit: OH MY GOSH THAT IS AMAZING WHAT SHADING DID YOU USE?!?! Plus, you might want to use the Auto Smooth button in the Editing panel so that it's completely smooth.
Lol. Glad it worked.
The shader is uber complicated. If I told you the formula, I'd have to kill you. I'm using the model for some slo-mo shots in my brother's latest brickfilm. And yes, auto-smooth would help. I just hate what it does to edges sometimes.
-Sam
I bet I could figure out the shader without any trouble. 
second image... Epic CGI Win. That is the best CGI shot I have ever seen... Peroid 
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