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- By Fuchur,
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Hello, This is a pre-purchase A:M inquiry... I use Final Cut Pro X for video editing and Motion 5 for tracking information from the video... 1. I would like to know if anyone has experience with loading Motion 5 tracking information so I may animate an object from that tracking info? 2. Has anyone worked on using A:M to animate an object in a video using tracking? Would you like to share your experience? Thank you! -charlie
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Hi there, since i do like Raf Anzovins rig so much, and since I can not use TSM with my AM, and while I do not like to go always back and forth between two versions of AM, I thougt it might be a good idea to set up a rigg Anzovin style for the current AM 64 Bit version and use that. I know that Raf wrote a tutorial on his way of rigging loooong time ago. That tutorial was called "them Bones" or something, and in it, Raf explained in much detail how he rigged his yellow dog character. If anybody knows where I may get that tutorial or still has it somewhere and would like to share, I would be very happy! Thank you already, best regards …
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Hey everyone. Is there an A:M version of the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter out there anywhere? William
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FYI, I re-upped my A:M subscription today. When I pushed the button to continue on to PayPal, I got an error message that I had requested an old version of the PayPal Page and that it was because of "bookmarks" Backing up to the Hash Store page and redoing that button made it go through OK.
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Is it possible to copy the key frames from one character in a chor and post them onto another using the same rig. If so what is the proceedure ? Have tried selecting all of character A's keys in the PWS and pasting on B's but it beeps to suggest not possible ? regards simon
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Hello All- Just thought I would upgrade to the 64bit version of AM and try using version 17.0g. Overall the speeds are great however I discovered when I try to render avi movies I get an error message, "AVI file create stream error". Also discovered that there are no options to render QuickTime movies in this version. Does anyone know if there is a fix for the avi rendering or if QuickTime rendering is planned for the future? Many thanks! Tom
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Dopesheets
by Rodney- 1 follower
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With the recent talk of Copy/Pasting poses I thought I'd revisit Dopesheets... For years I've wanted to put together a tutorial on the extended use of A:M's Dopesheet and have consistently failed to do it. The attached isn't much improved from that but rather than throw it away it might be of use to someone. Key points/takeaways: - Dopesheets are a powerful tool - Dopesheets are useful for more than just lipsync/phonemes - There are lots of things we don't know about A:M (lots of features we don't effectively utilize too) - It's vitally important to use numbers instead of letters when accessing some aspects of the Dopesheet workflow Standard di…
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I assume AM will run on a Surface Pro 2 - has anyone tried this yet? Cheers
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In the distant past I vaguely recall that it was possible to save an animation in a chor and edit it as an action file before reapplying in a chor ? But can't remember how to do it, can anyone kindly point me in the right direction? Baking actions seems to add a key on every frame, is there a way to just save the keys already set without adding further in the baking process ? I'm trying to do a dance sequence and, rather than redo it all, would like to use it as an action so I can get several figures doing the steps at the same time. regards simon Edit I found how to do it, clicking in PWS and selecting,EXPORT as Action. ( nothing like overlooking …
Last reply by Simon Edmondson, -
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Hey Everyone, Which versions of A:M can render a shaded wireframe? V17 always gives an error message.
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I started to use markers in the chors a while back. The work has improved since ! However, sometimes they appear and sometimes they don't? For example, have just setup some in a top view and entered the place values for them. The arrows are there on the window frame, but the lines don't appear in the window. In the front view meanwhile, those lines do show. Is this a known glitch ? regards simon 0SX V17g
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A:M won't launch. The splash screen appears for a few seconds, then disappears and the software is no longer active. A:M version: 17.0g Mac OS 10.6.8, Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB ram Tried trashing prefs, tried a fresh install, and tried rebooting. Don't know what else to try. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I can't get Snap to Surface to work in a Pose window? Does it? The cursor occasionally displays the Snap to Surface icon but I'm not getting any snap.
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Hi Rodney, I made a demo and upload it,I want show it here but I'm not sure if I could write a new topic about my new demo in Open Forum~There is no one use AM around me in China,so I need your suggestion and help to go on studying AM. It's my new demo,not very good but better than before. http://v.qq.com/boke/page/m/r/z/m0406xp5xrz.html Moderator Note: This topic has been split from another topic.
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I asked about this before and Rodney found it but now I can't find it again... there was a version of the Techref, online, that had all the features of the CHM help in previous version of A:M.... search, index, chapter outline Where is that?
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Using an environment map in v 17 and it looks like a color decal instead of reflections. I can't tell if I'm missing a step but I recall it was pretty straightforward. Is there an additional *something* I need to do to get the reflective quality?
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Hey Everyone. I tried to find my old thread about this but could not locate it. I inquired previously as to if there is a way to snap a bone's base to a cp. Has that been figured out? Or is it still not possible? Sorry about the re-posted subject. Cheers, William
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But holding shift or ctl while AM is starting doesn't seem to work. Is there still a way to temporarily start AM with all the default factory settings in place? thanks, Rusty
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Hi all Is there a setting somewhere in AM to keep all the drop down menus within the properties window open/down all the time. e.g. when selecting a bone and I want to get to the rotate z value I need to drop/click the 'transform' button then drop 'rotate' button to get to the' z' value. Then if I choose a different bone I need to follow the process again..... etc....etc Is there a way to keep all those values open all the time. Hope my question is clear. Thanks
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I just completed a model for a music video.
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Hello, Is it a way that the bones which the attribute "Assigning Prevent PC's" are "on" are not visible in "Edit CPs weights"?
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Heeeeeelp!!! What's happening here? The (tiled) decals on the building in the background of this shot jumps and jitters when rendered!! Anybody experienced anything similar, and maybe even have a remedy?
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something weird happened. i was working in after effects cs6 while a:m v16 ran in the background. somehow my graphics card did some weird stuff, my desktop-image was gone for a few seconds for instance, and the computer got slow... i forced quit on after effects, then regularly shut down a:m and restarted the computer. after that the project workspace in a:m was gone. and i can´t get it to show up any more. but only in v16. in v15, v17, v18, everything was still there like it should be. i deleted my v16 version and reinstalled it, but STILL no project workspace. how can that be???? i´m on a mac, OS 10.68 btw. i´d very much like to get v16 running again, it´…
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Hello again, Investigating lipsync using decals and I'm wondering if I can import a sequence of mouth position images and then advance the decal sequence to the desired frame or phoneme image using a pose slider. I've gotten as far as hiting the driver icon but then...I stop. Note I'm using v11.1 (I recently upgraded ) Thanks for any ideas or confirmations.
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I have a laptop with an Optimus chipset, that can switch back and forth between an integrated GPU and a Quadro 2000. I have noticed that there are some problems when scrubbing through a timeline, it seems like it is dropping frames (Robcat knows what I'm talking about). Is this a known issue with integrated graphics? Or maybe it is something with the way optimus switches between the integrated GPU and the discrete GPU. I hate to completely disable the integrated GPU, it will kill my battery life. Is anyone else out there experiencing problems with integrated GPUs on laptops?
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For the life of me I can't remember how to move a bone in real time, letting each frame be a keyframe. I feel like my memory is going to wrack and ruin. Could someone give me a nudge. I'd very much appreciate it. Thanks. Doug
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Greetings, How would one go about updating the the thumbnail found in the library for each model. I've used a base model and have changed it quite a bit but the original thumbnail remains in the library. Thanks very much in advance
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Why when you click on the button "Force KeyFrame" in AM v.17 animated object takes the initial values??? I can not turn off constraints of animated object (in AM v.17) without moving the object to the initial state. In attach example v16: At frame 40 - constraint is ON (Translate To & Orient Like) At frame 80 - constraint is OFF (Translate To & Orient Like) How it works in v17? Please describe the algorithm on/off constraints to animated objects. Project5_v16.prj
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Hi, For reasons I can't figure out after days of struggling, a project created and originally rendered in V14g looks way different when rendered in the latest AM version and I just need to change a few seconds of the scene and insert it but it must look the same as the existing video. I should have had a copy of V14c but I must have lost it when I lost a disk a year ago. I need to find a copy of AM V14g to install to render this scene. I still have the dongle so that won't be a problem. Can anyone help. Thanks, Rusty PS: I looked on the ftp site...if it's there I can't find it.
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seems to be limited to projects I had previously saved with an wave audio track never got error on old computer online search says check for latest audio driver etc MSI MB CMEDIA HD audio on board. Get the error when closing project or the end of a AVI render ver 17 g 32 or 64 bit any thoughts or help are appreciated
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I can't find the HASH ftp page anymore with installers for old versions. Does that still exist?
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I notice that when working on SmartSkins, in the PWS you can on a CP or Spline number and get the option to "Select Spline #" or "Select CP #". However nothing appears happen when choosing either. What should happen? However it would be immensely useful it those options did in fact highlight their counterparts in the actual SmartSkin window. This would make altering/tweaking just a few Cps in a SmartSkin much easier to do later on if one was not happy the first time round. Is this in fact what is supposed to happen? If so then I think it's broke
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Hi there, I have some trouble using the "Mirror all Smartskin". I made my smartskins on the characters left side, and when I try to use the "Mirror all Smartskins" nothing seems to happen. Unfortunateley i am not able to install the help file (downloaded and unpacked it, but it does not open). How is the "Mirror all Smartskins" working? Regards Heiner
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Hi there, besides AM i am using some other programms, one of which has a transportable licence. They install the licence file (if the customer wants) onto a usb stick. That USB stick must be present when you want to run the programm. Is that possible for AM to? That would be so cool and would give me the option to work wit AM at work too ... Hehehehehe. Regards Heiner
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I'm posting this on behalf of Marigold because I don't have time to properly respond at this moment. Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!
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Animating with the 2008 rig in a chor with V17, keys keep appearing when the option was not selected ? If I rotate the head geometry bone it sets a key for the scale target, likewise with the pelvis geometry. The scale skeletal button is not selected in the bottom left corner, and it happens intermittently, sometimes it does, others not. Have tried deleting it in the PWS but it keeps coming back. Is there an option to avoid the problem ? regards simon Imac, OSX 10.68, V17g
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I know I have probably asked this 100 time but.....how do you animate in Hash? I do a simple animation and it seems like there are a ton of frames added to it and it moves super fast for some reason. Thanks in advance and forgive me.
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In the startup screen for V17 there is a link for a tutorial on editing curves. When clicked on it says that it is not yet available but will be presently. Is there any news on when it may be available? Its an area that I need to become more familiar with. regards simon
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Hey. Has anyone else noticed that sometimes the rotation handle on the model doesn't match the axis in the graph editor? I've seen this happen on several occasions in V17 this year. But I thought I'd at least mention it here. I ran into another case today. If you look at this screen capture, you'll notice that I'm moving the X(red) axis rotation of the bone, but in the graph editor it is registering as the Z(blue) axis. That seems very odd and can get confusing when animating. Has anyone else had this happen? Cheers, William
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I see we've had a visit from a spamer this morning, one myrakern279. Not that we get many here but could there be a "button" on the forum pages to let users report a post as Spam. Should first time posters be allowed to include links? myrakern279's signature link is definitely of an adult nature!
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This is in anticipation of next brief, so not urgent but,I was thinking of using the theme of a swing in a child's playground and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on the best way to rig the swing? I was thinking about a kinematic or dynamic constraint for the rope but is there a more efficient way ? Any help gratefully received. regards simon
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Must there be only one? The participation for this contest is the highest that I can recall in a very long time here. Not only that but I think that most of the entries in this year's mascot contest are really very good. I counted ten entries that I think could easily be justified as the splash screen for A:M v18. So why use just one this year? Why not change it where the new A:M uses a random (or cycled) splash screen at each start-up? I'd like to see this because I enjoyed so many of the entries. I can't say that only one should be the "winner". I'm not suggesting handing out 1st place to everyone but if the top 5 placing entries this yea…
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I'm about to do some briefs using two figures on a seesaw ( teeter totter in US ? ) and wondered what the best way might be to constrain them to sit on the plank might be ? Tried constraining them to a bone in the seat, with a translate to but they seemed to move relative to the bone when the board was rotated ?. Now have two nulls, one to each side and the figures translated to those. Are there other methods anyone can suggest ? regards simon
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I downloaded the technical reference help for the mac today and placed in in the the program folder as instructed. Please excuse the question but, how do I now access it from within the program. When I used to work on PC's there was a keyboard shortcut ( F12 ? ) that brought up the help option.Its been a few years since then. Is there a similar option on the Mac and, if so, what is it ? regards simon
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I've been doing a little research and found quite a few topics on this. Has anyone experimented with this in AM and if so can you pop us an example up here on the forums?
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Hi, I posted this before and we all decided it had to be related to other Windows 8 weirdness but I completely reloaded the OS and all other problems are gone but my notebook is still shit canning me on A:M shortcut keys. My system info is below. Description: The Navigation tools work when the tool icon is selected but not when the shortcut key is used even though the mouse pointer changes the way it should. As far as I can tell it is only the navigation tools. Everything else works. Example: * AM is installed with no customization * I click on the zoom tool and my pointer changes to a magnifying glass and all works perfect * I press the z key and my …
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I have a figure pushing a large heavy sphere. Keyed the basic poses and timing and ready to start refining it. A problem at the moment is that the hands penetrate the mesh of the sphere when the pushing position changes. Is there a way to prevent this, other than keying it every other frame to prevent it. Is there a constraint that can be used or, might editing the curves do it ? Any help gratefully received. regards simon
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Just started with AM 17 and I would like to take advantage of the community tab but I can't connect. Any ideas?
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Hey all, Dunno if this ever got an answer, but is there some limit on the number of light sources in a given chor? Just added a model to a chor that already had a different one (admittedly, both are lightsource heavy) and lost all environmental lighting. removing the 2nd model from the chor re-established them. Any pointers on how to avoid this would be appreciated. Thanks, Rich
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If I set a roto with transparency to "Top" I can't see the bias handles on cp's. Anyone else have this? I seem to have little quirky things with my Quadro and AM and why I'm asking if it is unique to my setup. Thanks
Last reply by Rodney,