MagicaVoxel Skills


  1. Download MagicaVoxel for PC/mac for FREE: https://ephtracy.github.io/

(run it by executing the MagicaVoxel application file)

  1. For Chromebook see alternatives:https://www.megavoxels.com/2019/08/best-voxel-editors.html



Tutorials

There are now lots of Voxel tutorials available, it really is 'blowing up'. The image above is from 'megavoxel.com' as explain how to blow-up or scale your models:

https://www.megavoxels.com/2020/10/how-to-scale-in-magicavoxel.html

Learn 3D skills in 1 hour

Magical Voxel Skills Videos

Task 1)

Watch '01 Intro Video' and '02 Camera Controls'. Familiarize yourself with Zoom, Rotate and moving around the space etc.

Task 2)

Watch video '03 Brush Basics' and practice, make sure you have briefly used all of the following parts of the UI with this buttons Cheat Sheet.

Basic Skills CHEAT SHEET:

  • Mouse wheel to zoom,

  • right click to rotate the frame around,

  • middle mouse hold to move the frame,


  • Attach to add something,

  • erase to remove something,

  • paint to change the colour of something.


  • L for Line for individual dots.

  • C for Centre, circle and square with hole.

  • V for voxel, 3d shapes of spheres and cubes, change the size.

  • F for Face, increase the depth of a face.

  • B for box, creating a rectangle to size.


Task 3) Environment Design: Build Trees

Watch Video 04 Voxel Tree. and the video below to build your own range of trees:

MagicaVoxel figure animation

Maximo

https://www.mixamo.com/

Free Character Movement from Motion Capture.

Blender

https://www.blender.org/

Blender is a Free 3D modeller and games engine which is also used for films & VFX.

Unity