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The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of…
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So, I decided to do another animation exercise, this time featuring particles. Easy enough and really quick exercise. Here's the results! EatMyDust.mov
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Note: Users of A:M 2006 (Yeti CD) please read information at this link for more on troubleshooting a problem with the Knight's knees. Read about it HERE . The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to down…
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Note: The 2005 Edition of The Art of Animation:Master has updated Exercise 16 to include Particle Sprites. You are welcome to complete either the old or new version of the exercise but the new version is recommended. You can download the 2005 manual here: ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/updates/windows/Am2005/2005Manual.pdf *Note that this is a 25MB download. The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each …
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The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of…
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The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of…
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Important note: Flocking requires Particles to be turned on in the Render Options Panel. The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to …
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 2 Start date 2-3-9 Finish date 2-3-9 Rodney I hope this works. I appreciate the direction. ref Can_Can.mov
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Name: Javier de Andrés Exercise: 2 Chorus Line Date started: August 22, 2008 Date Completed: August 22, 2008 A funny choreography. It's good for understand AM basis. CanCan.mov
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Note: Users of A:M 2006 (Yeti CD) please read information at this link for more on troubleshooting a problem with the Knight's knees. Read about it HERE . The Art of Animation Master Part I: Animation ANYONE CAN ANIMATE 1 - You're the Director 2 - A Chorus Line 3 - Move It 4 - It's a Pitch 5 - Take a Walk 6 - The Door's Stuck 7 - Can You Say That? ------------------------------------- The Art of Animation:Master Exercise 2: Chorus Line ------------------------------------- Image courtesy Dan Roberts Approx. time to complete: 20 Minutes This exercise is a quick one! It is comprised of an introduction to the basic concepts of Popu…
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I added this one here, as there is not a thread for the hairy wookie yet Name: Paula Waslen Exercise Completed: #20 It's getting a bit hairy Date Completed: Jun 26, 2005 I had a lot of challenges with this one. I couldn't get the color images to go on to the short hairs, only the long hairs. When I was switching the image to be Property Driven, about 20 entries for each property appeared in the drop down and I had to go through each of them to see which was the correct one (screen shot here). I'm not really too happy with the outcome, but hey, it's my first try.
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 3
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Hi everyone, Here are my stills from Exercise 3, Move It. I did the required pose: Then moved on to one of the extra poses: Then I channeled a little Bugs Bunny for inspiration for this last one: What do you think? -Sean
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The Art of Animation Master Part I: Animation ANYONE CAN ANIMATE 1 - You're the Director 2 - A Chorus Line 3 - Move It 4 - It's a Pitch 5 - Take a Walk 6 - The Door's Stuck 7 - Can You Say That? ------------------------------------- The Art of Animation:Master Exercise 3: Move It ------------------------------------- Approx. time to complete: 20 Minutes Web/Online ( 7.55MB ) or Download Zip ( 7.3MB ) Update: in post #391 of this thread is a video with notes on alternate ways to pose Rabbit's arms, which you may find useful if you have difficulty with the method demonstrated in the TAoA:M book/video.
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A bit too tired to work with spline modeling tonight, but decided to go through one of the quicker TAoAM tutorials, to at least do something toward using and learning AM, even if it's not what I'd wanted to do this evening.. Here's a few shots of the results. Working with the bones is a bit weird at first, not knowing if you're moving or rotating them, but I think by the end I was getting the gist of it. I think I got it pretty close to the picture (which is what I *think* the book is referring to when it says to match the picture at the beginning of the exercise). He is hovering a bit above the ground plane, so the shadowing looks a bit weird beneath him.
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Name: Javier de Andrés Exercise: 3 Move it! Date started: August 23, 2008 Date Completed: August 23, 2008 It's a good exercise in order to get use the program. The bone system and deformations are very friendly. Exercise_3_Move_It_.mov
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Exercise 4
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It is easy to get side-tracked in this forum. A lot of information. That's a good thing. ref Exercise_4.mov
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Note: Users of A:M 2006 (Yeti CD) please read information at this link for more on troubleshooting a problem with the Knight's knees. Read about it ]HERE. The Art of Animation Master Part I: Animation ANYONE CAN ANIMATE 1 - You're the Director 2 - A Chorus Line 3 - Move It 4 - It's a Pitch 5 - Take a Walk 6 - The Door's Stuck 7 - Can You Say That? ------------------------------------- The Art of Animation:Master Exercise 4: It's a Pitch ------------------------------------- Approx. time to complete: 1 Hour Exercise 4 is the first really in depth look into animation. Exercise 2: Chorus Line certainly had animation in it... but n…
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Well, at long last here is walking rabbit. Exercise_5_TAKE_A_WALK.mov
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The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of…
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doorgene.mov very tough and I know I did alot wrong. the feet kept wanting to move, how can I keep feet planted while I make his body tug? I had to go back and adjust hands alot and the still are not perfect. Although I am not completely unhappy with the outcome.
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why is it that if I start moving the charactors feet into the air and towards the door on frame 30, on playback the foot starts moveing at frame 1. I know it has something to do with placing keyframes. But that in it's self seems complicated. Could someone out there please take me through the prosses step by step, so his feet actualy start moveing at frame 30 instead of frame 1. Thanks.
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The Art of Animation Master Part I: Animation ANYONE CAN ANIMATE 1 - You're the Director 2 - A Chorus Line 3 - Move It 4 - It's a Pitch 5 - Take a Walk 6 - The Door's Stuck 7 - Can You Say That? ------------------------------------- The Art of Animation:Master Exercise 6: The Door is Stuck ------------------------------------- Note: There is no video tutorial for Exercise 6. This is considered something of a course exam... and personalization counts! For those contemplating Exercise 6: The Door's Stuck There is an updated Shaggy with his "fixed hand clench" at the Free Models page. Older A:M CD's…
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Exercise 7
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Two problems with this tutorial - Often computers lock up when we drag secret on to KeeKat. Seems like it happens when a lot of students are working at same time. Does having all computers running off of one system with the dongle affect performance? The larger problem is there are no words in the dictionary - all words are in red box. I read a post about the .dic file being missing - and available on the ftp site - but I could not find it and I'm not sure what to do if I find it. Thanks! UPDATE - I found the .dic file on my CD and had to load it on each station. I think that solved one problem. But the systems still lock up when adding the secret.
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The Art of Animation Master Part I: Animation ANYONE CAN ANIMATE 1 - You're the Director 2 - A Chorus Line 3 - Move It 4 - It's a Pitch 5 - Take a Walk 6 - The Door's Stuck 7 - Can You Say That? Modeling Takes Talent, TAoA:M: Part II, Exercises 8 - 13 Technical Directors Training, TAoA:M: Part III, Exercises 14 - 19
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The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of…
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Exercise 9
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Just a quick render from Exercise 9... I was in a dangerous mood, so I added a third leaf on the stem...
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John Bailey Exercise 3 April 12, 2006 [attachmentid=15931]
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Name: Javier de Andrés Exercise: 4 It's a Pitch Date started: August 25, 2008 Date Completed: August 28, 2008 I have repited the exercised First version looks me too exaggerated. There was a moment both feets were in the air. I decided do another version more natural. That's here. Exercise_4_It__s_a_pitch.mov
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The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of…
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Quick, I need to know if anyone has a fast and easy explosion available that wont slow the program down alot?
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ok i tried to do my sound for my final animation; i had to make two files and convert the audio with a audio convertor. when i finished with this animation the sound started to get sqeaky at the end anone who can please help me so i wont screw up like this in my next project. p.s. how long can my audio file be
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ok i tried to do my sound for my final animation; i had to make two files and convert the audio with a audio convertor. when i finished with this animation the sound started to get sqeaky at the end anone who can please help me so i wont screw up like this in my next project. p.s. how long can my audio file be
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there doesnt seem to be a fs+w video tutorial. anyone know if there is one
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Hi everyone, Okay, here's my first pass at exercise 4, It's a Pitch. The timing suggested by the book seems too quick to me, so I may adjust the key frames a little bit. I also had to flatten the tangents a couple of times on the feet targets because they sank below the ground a few times. Otherwise, it was a fun exercise! KnightPitch.mov
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I need to have 30 flocking bats in my choreography. I used the flock/birds and drop the bat on the flock manipulator and it worked. I had 30 flocking bats and everything was working well. Then a few days later, my bats were nolonger in the flock manipulator. I tried to delete the flocking and bats and start completely over, but my flocking will not work at all in my project now. If I open a competely new project, the flocking will work. problem. I can't drop the bats in the flocking manipulator influence now, it will not populate at all in my needed project. I'm not sure how to get around this or correct this. Any ideas of why i can't get my flocking to work in my …
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I redid the giraffe like you suggested
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Hello Everyone, In the tutorial for "FW-190 FIGHTER" I can't seem to get past page 113 (page 121 as a PDF). I am able to Lathe the first two point Spline, but after I delete the bottom (or top depending if you watch video or read tutorial), reposition the Spline in front and side view, then rotate the green axis to be horizontal I can't get the Lathe tool to appear. It's grayed out. Am I missing something somewhere? I've attached a video so you can see EXACTLY what I've done. I'ver tried a couple variations, but if you can tell me something like: "At 1:25 you didn't do X" It would help a lot. Also the video tutorial has a lag in what the person is doing a…
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Hello, I'm new to this and I'm forcing myself to go through the tutorials to learn what I need to.. I have bought Animation master to create a specific animation so I'm always itching to go ahead of myself, but that is NOT a good idea since I'm no artist and have only animated using 2D and flash before. So I thought I'd post my very first attempt at the walking through the door excersise. There are a few things wrong with it, firstly I'd like to say I would like this to last longer than 5 seconds, thats just not enough time to convey what we're doing on this excersize. After making it I really see the advantages of storyboarding the animation properly bef…
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Folks, So far, loving the ease of modeling! Just finding it tricky to attach the leg to the giraffe. Which control point gets connected with which control point? Once I understand this, it'll be a snap. Thanks for your time in replying! Bob
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I've been working on the project 11 giraffe on an off this past weekend an im stuck. The last two parts of the projects are confusing me. Im not very sure where exactly my last few slines are suppose to go to finish the back part an front part of the hind leg. Ive tried multiple angles an attaches but im apparently missing something.
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SHaggies footing pops when I fallow your tutorial Help_with_action.mov
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I have been asked to help out with a home school group that wants to learn to animate. Since I am still a noober myself on animating this will be some what blind leading the blind. They are all on AM which is a big help. So it starts next week. I have d/l all the tutorials I thought I could use for beginner. If there any others that might be helpful let me know. I will keep you up to date. Steve
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hello to all m trying to make a flower with the help of flower power video tut. am not able to select all points i mean in front view i draw a box for selection points of STEM but some points not selected after making STEM and LEAF i want to add color but in mine A:M Project Workshop there is no (>) button for adding color IN VIDEO TUT in mine A:M PLZ HELP ME
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I need flocking to work in this project. I need my bats to fly around the objects in this project. The flocking system is not working in this project. the camera is all ready animated and the trees are already animated, but the flocking system stopped working in the certain project. I can't get the flocking system to populate at all now. I need about 3--40 bats flocking aournd. I can't animate 30 bats like the flcoking birds systme can. The particle system is on. I have no idea what to do now.?? I can't believe it has to be this difficult. The flocking system stopped working in my project. It was working, now is will do nothing. I need serious help in getting the f…
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i have a candle project and i need help making it appear like it's Wax is melting on the candle please help me with this
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im new at this so i have been doing this for 4 or 5 months so how do i and pictures to my backgrounds p.s. anyone know an easier way to make mouths on there characters
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OK heres the problem. I made a model, and it has fire. It looks great I might add. Then I import it into the choreography and the trouble starts. First it is no longer heading up like i made it. But down and foward. It actualy travels 6ft down to the ground plane. First thought forces were the problem. To no avail. I get sort of closer results but far from what I am looking for. Any thoughts on what could be causing this?
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The problem-reporting thingie doesn't recognize me or my password. Do you have to have a separate account for that? So I model a simple disc. Bring up the library, select an image, drag it onto the model, click "decal." I get an exception 001 message. I'm using V15. V13 works fine.
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Re-doing this animation from way back. It's a Pitch
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