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Introduction

What is MakeHuman?: A quick introduction to MakeHuman.
MakeHuman™ and its Purpose : MakeHuman definition and vision.
Short and Long Pipeline : The goal of Makehuman is to see it used in 2 different professional pipelines.
Professional mesh topology : An overview of the professional topology provided by MakeHuman
Legal : The various licenses that apply to MakeHuman and External tools

General overview

Old documentation

The old documentation is available, but in a largely unformatted state:

Documentation:Big dump from drupal

General overview

None

Defining human characteristics

None

Rendering your work

None

Settings

None

Blender tools

MHBlenderTools: Download and installation : How to download and install the addons for Blender
MHBlenderTools: MakeTarget : Description of the MakeTarget™ tool, to create custom morphings for MakeHuman.
MHBlenderTools: MakeClothes : Description of the MakeClothes™ tool, to create custom clothes for MakeHuman.

Documentation for developers

Technical notes on MakeHuman

Tutorials

Tutorial: Texture painting a skin in blender

Unported stuff from Drupal

This is stuff which haven't been ported yet.

Documentation:Big dump from drupal

General overview

Install MakeHuman™ :
How to install MH on Windows, Osx and Linux.
The Interface and basic functions. :
The MakeHuman GUI: Load, save, undo and redo, reset, view, symmetry, help.
Zoom, pan and rotate using the orbital camera :
Navigating the scene using the orbital camera.
Load Save and Export :
Describe file actions for MakeHuman

Define Human Characteristics

Parametric Modelling :
A quick introduction to the parametric modelling and sliders usage.
Using MakeHuman Hairstyles and Clothes :
Hair in the MakeHuman Geometries group
Skin and other materials :
How to change skin and materials for hair and clothes.
Gender, Random, Measure and Custom :
Special modifiers.
Makehuman alternative topologies :
MakeHuman provides a smart alternative topologies library

Rendering Your Work

Quick rendering and advanced rendering :
This section explains how render the character in MakeHuman
Scene and Viewer :
How to set lights and how to see and save the rendering

Settings

General :
How to set the general preferences
Background :
How to use backgrounds for reference.
Mouse :
Explanation of mouse settings
Shortcuts :
Configuration of shortcuts in Makehuman
Plugins :
Management of Makehuman plugins

Tools and contributing methods

MHBlenderTools: MakeWalk :
MakeWalk™ is a Blender add-on for retargeting mocap data (.bvh files) to a given armature.
- MHBlenderTools: MakeWalk GUI :
  An introduction to MakeWalk™ and its user interface.
- MHBlenderTools: MakeWalk Armatures :
  An introduction to MakeWalk™ and the use of armatures. Explaining the meaning and use of source and target armature.
- MHBlenderTools: MakeWalk Utilities :
  An introduction to the MakeWalk™ utilities panel: save and restore the defaults, manage actions, t-pose, etc.
- MHBlenderTools: MakeWalk Retarget :
  An introduction to MakeWalk™ target rigging. This document will describe common errors and corrective actions.
MHBlenderTools: MHX importer basic usage. :
MHX (MakeHuman eXchange format) is a custom format used to transfer a rigged character from MakeHuman to Blender.
MHBlenderTools: MHX default rigging :
If pose/animate > skeleton is set to 'None' when the character is exported from MakeHuman in .mhx format, the character is equipped with the default MHX armature. This is a rather complex rig with quite a few features.
MHBlenderTools: MHX other rigging systems :
The character can be rigged with alternatives and ligher armature or the rigify one (The rigging system for Blender developed by Nathan Vegdahl).
MHBlenderTools: MHX Layers and masks :
The mhx importer creates objects on the first four layers.
MakeTarget standalone :
Converting files produced with the most common modelling software, without Blender.
GUI languages and translations. :
MakeHuman support a variety of languages. It's very easy to add translations.

Reporting a Bug

Using the Makehuman bug tracker :
Introduction to the new Makehuman bug tracker
Using the Makehuman log files for error reporting :
How to report bugs using the log files.

Developers' note

Getting started :
The best way to start your experiments with MakeHuman code is to clone our official repository and start to modify it.
Development infrastructure :
A description of the MakeHuman development infrastructure.
OpenGL Notes :
Most of the 3D mesh handling functionality is delivered using OpenGL embedded within the C application code.
Development organization :
The organization of distributed development.
Libraries and build procedures :
Describes the details of creating installable packages on major platforms
Directory structure and core modules :
Summary of the MH API reference.
File formats and extensions :
Describes the formats used internally for data and object storage. [CRUDE NOTES]
Makehuman Plugin System :
How to make a new plugin and use it in MakeHuman

Packager's notes

Packaging RPM's for Suse/Fedora using Open Build Service (OBS) :
Packaging procedure and setup.

Tutorials

MakeClothes: Making a simple dress :
The basic MakeClothes workflow.
MakeClothes: Controlling the result with vertex groups :
The output of the clothes-making process depends on how vertex groups are assigned.
Creating a Custom Target with MakeTarget Standalone :
A practical example of custom target
MakeWalk: The making of Running feet :
MakeWalk tutorial, focusing on the Edit Action panel.
MakeWalk: Running feet scene 1 :
Making an extended run on a plane.
MakeWalk: Running feet scene 2 :
High heels and slopes.
MakeWalk: Running feet scene 3 :
The race.
MakeWalk: Running feet scene 4 :
Rough terrain.
MakeWalk: Automatic animation :
Tutorial on using the editing tools in MakeWalk.

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 * [[Documentation:Professional mesh topology|Professional mesh topology ]]: An overview of the professional topology provided by MakeHuman
 * [[Documentation:Legal|Legal ]]: The various licenses that apply to MakeHuman and External tools
+== General overview ==
+* [[Documentation:Installing MakeHuman|Installing MakeHuman]]
+* [[Documentation:The interface and its basic functions|The interface and its basic functions]]
+* [[Documentation:The toolbar|The toolbar]]
+* [[Documentation:The tabs|The tabs]]
+* [[Documentation:The sliders|The sliders]]
+* [[Documentation:Load, save and export|Load, save and export]]
+* [[Documentation:File formats|File formats]]
+* [[Documentation:Mesh formats|Mesh formats]]
+* [[Documentation:Rig formats|Rig formats]]
+* [[Documentation:Light maps and UV maps|Light maps and UV maps]]
+* [[Documentation:Zoom, pan and rotate using the orbital camera|Zoom, pan and rotate using the orbital camera]]
 == Old documentation ==

Difference between revisions of "Documentation:Index"

Revision as of 08:27, 20 May 2016

Introduction

General overview

Old documentation

General overview

Defining human characteristics

Rendering your work

Settings

Blender tools

Documentation for developers

Tutorials

Unported stuff from Drupal

General overview

Define Human Characteristics

Rendering Your Work

Settings

Tools and contributing methods

Reporting a Bug

Developers' note

Packager's notes

Tutorials

Navigation menu

Personal tools

Namespaces

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Views

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Navigation

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