Enhance Your Blender Projects with Population 2: New Features for Realistic Crowd Animation

November 21, 2024 Catherine Williams Entertainment
News Context
At a glance
  • Blender tools developer Bproduction has launched Population 2, a new version of its crowd animation system for Blender.
  • Population 2 offers a set of 48 photoscanned 3D characters and 55 animations, including various motions recorded by SolidAnim.
  • Population 2 is a valuable tool for adding animated crowds to Blender scenes efficiently, appealing to animators and visualization professionals.
Original source: cgchannel.com

Blender tools developer Bproduction has launched Population 2, a new version of its crowd animation system for Blender. This add-on helps users quickly add background crowds to their scenes for animation or visualization. It includes a variety of 3D characters and animations.

Key features of Population 2:

  • Painting Characters: Users can paint crowd characters directly into the scene.
  • New Distribution Modes: It introduces Group and On Vertices modes for more natural character spacing.
  • Enhanced Follow Curve Mode: Characters can now walk in both directions along a path, and users can adjust path width.
  • Stadium Mode: This mode allows for creating seated or standing crowds with options for empty seats and characters that follow a target direction.

Population 2 offers a set of 48 photoscanned 3D characters and 55 animations, including various motions recorded by SolidAnim. The characters feature 8K PBR texture maps and a shader system for clothing color variations.

Pricing and Compatibility:

  • Compatible with Blender 3.5 and above.
  • Commercial Pro license: $130.
  • 10-seat Studio license: $282.
  • Non-commercial Lite license: $41.90 (access to 15 characters and 20 animations).

Population 2 is a valuable tool for adding animated crowds to Blender scenes efficiently, appealing to animators and visualization professionals.

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