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- By Fuchur,
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Hi, First I'm on AM V14c which probably won't matter in this case as this will probably be a memory exercise anyway. I've rigged characters in AM 14c using TSM2 before just fine but this time I got an error when I did the rigger. I did the builder, the flipper but when I did the rigger it said "No System Found"??!!?? Anyone?? Thanks so much, Rusty Edit: BTW, I can't find a manual so I'm doing this all from memory which might be the problem.
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How do control where Baked Surface Decals get saved to? Right now it is my "Library" folder and not the folder the model was saved to.
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I'm just noticing that Quicktime render output isn't in the V16 options. And the AVI output gives an error message when I try to render out to AVI. I normally render out tga's or png's so I haven't paid this any attention until now. William
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Today via Skype I got to visit with forum member Roger. We were trying to ascertain why he was having so much trouble accurately placing new key frames in relation key frames he's already made. What we discovered was that A:M was not updating the view window to match what the time counter was indicating. It looked normal if you just hit play, but if you scrubbed the time control forward or back it would stop with the last frame you scrubbed through and not draw the current one. For example if you were trying to get to the frame where a bouncing ball has just touched the ground you would have to scrub to the frame after that before you would see the ball actual…
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Imagination Technologies has come out with a couple of real-time raytrace graphics cards including the Caustic R2500. They are a bit expensive at the moment, but I expect they will come down over time. Is there any interest at Hash in adding support for these in the future? It would provide a great capability for previewing animations. You can read about them here: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/she...y-tracing-card/ -Vance
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Guys n Gals, Is there a place where one can find a list of all A:M CD that show what the CD art is for each version?
Last reply by Rodney, -
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May this year bring awesome inspiration, improved expertise and awesome animation to you and A:M! Rusty (User since 2002)
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Someone, maybe John Bigboote? recently posted an animation he had done with a waving flag, and as I recall, posted the .prj that could be reused with a new flag decal. Does that ring a bell? I poked around but couldn't find it.
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I don't know if I'm the only one to experience this but, I got a new Macbook Pro. After following the instructions to get the information off the computer so I could get a new .lic file for my new computer I sent it to support. When I got the subsequent file back (BTW: hope things went well at Comic Con) I downloaded it through G-Mail and dropped it into my AM folder. Having done this before I new it should have worked. So here is what I found out - Safari apparently analyzed the file and added a .txt extension to the file. Once I removed that and made it a .lic again everything worked.
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I noticed in 17c the same project rendered AO considerable slower. In 17a rendered 8:53 i think and 17c 37 minutes. Has anyone played with AO in 17c? Steve reset it again and it has not finished yet and it is now 1:30 hours per frame.
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Hello, We have updated the Animation Master help files you can download them below: http://www.hash.com/ftp/pub/docs/help.zip http://www.hash.com/ftp/pub/docs/masterchm.zip Thank You; Hash, Inc.
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I was taking a project back and forth between v16 and v17 and noticed that I couldn't see sprites in an on-screen progressive in v16 but I can see them in v17. They show up in shaded mode in both but v16 didn't show them in progressive render. Did that really not work in v16?
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To everyone at "Hash" Gene SPLEENGENE ANIMATIONS
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Hi there, i got my subscription just a month ago. Now it seems more and more likeley, that i have to reinstall (recover) my computer. Will i be able to reinstall my AM Subscription after i reinstalled (recovered) my windows pc? Best regards Heiner
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I did not know about this! http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showt...t=0#entry382581
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I'm going to have to try to make it one of these days but unfortunately not this year. If you will be there be sure to fill us in on the experience! From what I read, Hash Inc will be next to the web comics area at Booth 1322. (It's a bit hard to make out the booth numbers on the interactive map so see the attached image)
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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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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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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
Last reply by robcat2075, -
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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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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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Hey everyone. Is there an A:M version of the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter out there anywhere? William
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Here's a space to post notices of upcoming chats. If you are logged in to the A:M Community chat room and primed and ready to chat, post a note here and others will join the chat. If there is a regular time you login to chat please feel free to post that! Upcoming events: The Secrets of A:M
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Hey you guys, Is there a shortcut Key for the "Translate to" constraint. Rather than getting to it by choosing it from the dropdown list window, I was wondering if there's a Hot key for it. Thanks. William
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A new release (v18.0b) was posted so go get it! Latest Information Before you install a new release there are some things to consider: - Are you in the middle of a production? - Are you under a deadline? - Are your settings perfect and you don't wish to see them change? Consider these and other factors carefully before installing new software and when in doubt... login to the A:M Forum and ask questions. That's why we are here. Rather than post to the squeekly clean notification of the v18.0b release I thought I'd start a topic here to capture thoughts on the current release. But first, thanks for this latest update. I…
Last reply by Rodney, -
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Is it me (v18f OSX) or has the Terrain Generator Wizard stopped working (in that it actually doesn't render anything) and the output does not match the settings (ie I set it to a 1000 x 1000 mesh and got a 1 x 1 mesh) Wow - just dragging the mouse off the Step width box actually opens up a finder window (find/open file)..... I think something is seriously porkerd here (may not just be the Terrain Generator) Cheers
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Sorry for the restart with out notice. But it came down to one of two options. Restart the machine or punch my screen and well I really like my monitor so..
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Now we can search for words with 3 characters !!!!! this is a great step !!! HDR, IBL, SSS
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Even after years of using A:M I find myself continually impressed by the breadth of features that are at our disposal. I was recently looking for a simple video/editor/viewer to do some basic reorganization of rendered frames (also from A:M) and thought to use A:M's own Choreography based linear editor. Needless to say it outperformed my expectations. I even discovered a few new things too. For instance, I didn't realize or had most certainly forgotten that saving out an Action of what I had edited together in the video actually could be reutilized (or just saved so that I could return to that earlier editing point). Did I run into any snags? Not really, although…
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Another quick question: since A:M is patch-based-- can it import polygonal models? Thanks! Bryan
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I notice that when I choose EXR file to save a frame, there is no "shadow buffer" to select. Didn't EXR have this option in the past? It's been a while since I rendered this format, so I may be missing a step somewhere.
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double post please delete
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I presume you are the key creative behind the GIFs that headine the forum. I enjoy seeing them and look forward to new ones!
Last reply by Rodney, -
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On Saturdays from 12 Noon to 1PM Central Time I will be available on Google Meet and attempt to answer/solve/demonstrate any A:M question you may have. 1PM-2PM Eastern time 12 Noon to 1PM Central Daylight Time 11AM-12 Noon Mountain time 10AM-11AM Pacific time 1700 Saturday Greenwich Mean Time (while US is on Daylight Time) You will need your Google account and a microphone. You don't need a camera, I don't have one either but we can show each other what we are doing with screen sharing. Note: We are trying out new Google Meet instead of the ostensibly discontinued Google Hangout To access the Google Meet, click on this link. …
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Has Anyone in the community modeled a Toy figure of the Playmobil line of toys. Seems like Lego gets most of the spotlight. But I was going to try an animation with the Playmobil sets and didn't want to model a base figure from scratch if one already exists. Thanks.. Kevin
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Wow... I missed this until this morning. I have never noticed this feature and would like to get a bit more info on it if possible. I never noticed this "Wizard" before. Does this somehow render individual aspects of a scene? Will it render out just the shows in a scene for instance so that they can be layered into an editor such as After Effects. Anyone know how this works/ what it does exactly? Thanks. Kevin
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Hi there, working quite a while with A:M, I noticed that there is quite some areas where undo will not work at all. First and foremost if you make changes to the bias handles of a CP, Undo will not take those changes made back. Also when you work on a model with a Decal applied. If you delet something, take the changes back with undo, the undo will not restore the deleted and restored CP in the stamps. Cheers Heiner
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Hello, So I have been working on updating AMfilms. I know it's been some time that it's been not working at all we bought a new site.. Well updated version. We are working threw that last items for the move. But you can see it here. Your password may have been lost(I know mine was). What is done. Moved videos to the new format. Updated/moved old site(the old one still works. What needs to been done. Fix uploads of video. Move thumbs to the new naming format. Delete spam users Fix image sizing. You can check it out here. https://www.hash.com/clipshare/
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I do not know what is going on with AMFILMS right now so I took it down. I'm really busy for the next 2 weeks but I'm going to try to put some time into it. After the paid update that was sold as fixing the uploads we now getting porn spam. I'm not 100% sure how right now I thought it was the the super easy password the company used with out removing my admin log in so I did not know but that was not it.
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While reading Martin's post from earlier today, Stolen Smells, I followed the link to YouTube, and then happened upon the Hash CG History channel on YouTube (very cool, if you haven't checked it out), and it reminded me of a project I had worked on in a day gone by... TBT Circa 1998 - Review and Herald New Releases 1998 conference! https://youtu.be/sHgrs2pu6Z8 I had worked on a video to announce all the books that would be released that year by the Review & Herald Publishing Association, and a live action Book Store Manager would be meeting some Interesting Characters! The T-Rex (in the linked video) was one of the interesting characters! There we…
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A "Drivers" folder seems to show up under a model in the Objects folder when you change a parameter to something that was external to the model. For example, if you drop a green shiny material on model of a vase, your vase will become green and shiny. If you edit the color of that material in the shortcut that is in the model rather than in the original material in the Materials folder, a Drivers folder will be added to the model that seems to contain that custom change. Or does it? If I delete that Drivers folder, the custom change I made doesn't go away. For further confusion, these drivers sometimes acquire keyframe curves with values changing over time…
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Rotoscopes
by Malo- 1 reply
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Hello, Here is a little project, which allows from a 3D model (prop or * .mdl) to automatically build the rotoscopes views in a blank model. (the rotoscopes are not in the dimensions of the original modell, i don't found a solution for that,) : project A little video to explain how to use it : video Hope that can be usefull for someone.
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This is a branch off of the other Rendering discussion that more directly relates to the camera and its settings rather than various rendering approaches and such. For instance, I don't ever recall using the 'Use for new cameras' setting on the Render tab. Perhaps I'm just very forgetful. The feature is highly useful for getting cameras to stay in sync with settings assigned in the Render Panel or at least start from that base. If you've got any tips or suggestions or favorite approaches regarding use of the Camera in A:M I'd love to hear them. I'll add a few more myself along the way. Added Tip: Just below the 'Use for new cameras' option is 'Sav…
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Hello, if someone purchases multiple gift certificates (such as to equal $80), can they all be used on the same transaction or is it just one per transaction? Thanks, Daniel
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Down at the bottom of the screen forum members should start to see social media icons for various platforms. With those icons, A:M Users should be able to share the posts here in the A:M Forum with all their friends and relatives. Please let us know if you have any issues with that feature and we will investigate.
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How to enter serial number when installing app windows 10
by Guest Waldobasics- 1 reply
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Hey, there's nobody in the hash office until tomorrow. I have the worst luck. How do I install the app on my PC running windows 10 using the serial number. As is, the app installs without it and then doesn't work. The box that pops up says... The code execution cannot proceed because of mfc140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem. please help
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Hash Store problem [solved]
by Guest tom- 1 reply
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HELP - please check the support emails ! PLEASE ! Several items - need to be corrected - First - I have a PERM Lic for v18 - but lost the activation when my PC crashed and rebuild - need to get that re-activated ! Second - purchased V19 for my new PC (after the crash - now win10) Purchased several Add On Render Nodes BUT - the Render Node web page gets SQL Error Activate your rendernodes SQL-Error: Table 'hashcom_store.zen_orders' doesn't existArray ( [0] => Array ( [file] => /home/hashcom/public_html/www/html/preset_includes/include_add_rendernodes.php [line] => 212 [function] => sql_error [args] => Array ( )…
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Hi Does anyone know a simple way to repeat 11 frames of an automated decal back and forth for 20 seconds? Please show me
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Help me, please! Key Activation.
by Guest Ricardo- 1 reply
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Dear friend! What is my key activation? I did make download your software, now! Sorry, and do not English - I speak portuguese! thank you!
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I just tried v19l Netrender and it doesn't seem to find the paths to all the various components; forcing me to lead it to every model in the chor. I tried consolidating the project into a new folder but it stopped after loading the project, not asking to select a chor. Would someone please confirm this in case I'm doing something wrong? Thanks.
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