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        <p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0022A8"><b><a target="" href="../../corner/index.html"><font size="-1">Thinking 
          Outside the Box</font></a><font size="-1">:</font></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+3" color="#0022A8"><br>
          Lincoln, Sitcher Ass Down</font></p>
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        <p align="RIGHT"><font color="#804000"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">By 
          Paul &quot;<a target="_self" href="mailto:paul@loonygames.com">Villam</a>&quot; 
          Steed</font></b></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Activate it and make sure 
          ‘Pivot’ is on and click on ‘Affect Pivot Only’.</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick11.jpg" width="183" height="240"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you rotate the arm with 
          the default setting for the pivot point it’ll look something like this…</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick12.jpg" width="152" height="380"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, this would NOT be right. 
          Hit undo and go over to the pivot menu again. Click on the upper left 
          arm and this is what you’ll see this. </font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick13.jpg" width="152" height="367"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just like if you were performing 

          a move, scale or rotate on an object or bone, the same axis icon appears 
          allowing you to move the pivot point of the object to it’s correct location. 
          Pushing the pivot of the upper arm to the shoulder, we get a better 
          picture.</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick14.jpg" width="157" height="376"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now if we go back and rotate 
          that arm, it looks like this. </font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="images/totbstick15.jpg" width="166" height="382"></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Go through and finish the 
          pivot adjustment for the rest of the body. Make sure all the limbs and 
          the waist rotates like you want it to. Next time we’ll get into some 
          wacky stuff like ‘inverse kinematics’ and ‘key frames’. I gots to get 
          back to work cause that is all the time I got this week, friends and 
          countrymen. Maybe I’ll get the next installment out in (gasp) seven 
          days since I’m anxious to make S.A.D. earn his keep and show you sum 
          dem aminations!</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Later</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ps</font></p>
        <p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>- 
          Paul Steed is an incredibly opinionated 3D artist at id Software. He's 
          working on <b>Quake 3: Arena</b> right now, so don't bug him...we want 
          the game this year, dangit.</i></font></p>
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        Thinking Outside the Box is &copy; 1999 Paul Steed. All other content 
        is &copy; 1999 <a target="_self" href="http://www.loonyboi.com">loonyboi 
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