Lesson:3D Storyboard:DAZ Studio

This school is:

Narrative film production - Wikiversity Film School

This course is:

The basics of narrative filmmaking

This lesson is:

Lesson: 3D Storyboarding

Pages of this Lesson:

Storyboarding using 3D software

Introduction to FrameForge 3D Studio free demo version

Getting started with FrameForge 3D Studio

Quick Exercise - Over-the-shoulder shot - 4 points

Page 1 - Getting started storyboarding "Seduced by the Dark Side!"

Page 2 - A simple example

Page 3 - Building a movie set inside FrameForge

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Page 4 - Creating depth of field inside FrameForge free demo version

Before and After: corrections by instructor

The corrections for Sir Mok

All the completed storyboards by students

The amazing storyboard from Gare Cline

large version

Instructions for DAZ Studio

Soon, I will have more detailed instructions for using DAZ Studio to create storyboards.

Comparison

DAZ Studio is free and works with many of the Poser Digital Puppets.

FrameForge 3D Studio is not free and has very few figures to select from (without upgrading.)

However, DAZ Studio is still unfinished and awkward and FrameForge 3D Studio is designed specifically for creating 3D storyboards quickly and efficiently.

Create the image of the actors

First you create the image of the actors. This has an alpha channel which makes the characters visisble but the background invisible. That makes is easy to work with Photoshop or GIMP.

Create the background

Next you create the background in GIMP or Photoshop. Photo to follow.

Sample photo to be put here shortly.

After you add the background and remove the alpha channel, save the image as a PNG file.

Your next step

Look at a sample storyboard created with DAZ Studio. Click here.

Contact your instructor

Your instructor for this filmmaking class is Robert Elliott. You can email me by clicking here.