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In the attached Project, why doesn't the string render? Please don't just fix it. Let me know what the issue is so I can fix it and learn. Thanks Music Bows.zip
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I just started with A:M. My goal is to just make simple boxes and color them. Actually, I want to create 3-D engines and eventually use A:M to render street rods. BTW, I am a master draftsman (figure drawing) and have been a traditional animation and graphic design instructor and a professional illustrator for over 40 years. I have the drawing skills. I just don't have the 3-D modeling skills. Thanks. Dennis
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hey guys, i am brand new to everything, it's been helpful to me to read your back and forth. I've been looking for something really basic to start with. i actually bought the Hash CD at comicon a few years ago, but was too busy with work to attempt to learn it. can anyone tell me the major advantages to the current version versus 2005 (v.12)? i figure i could use what i have to learn the basics(it sure seems powerful enough to me) and then upgrade when i hopefully know what i'm doing. thanks!
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Hi, I just received animation master, and the program will not run unless the install disc is in the drive. Is this how it is suppose to operate. Also when I do get it to boot from the disc, what I am seeing on the screen and according to the manual what I am suppose to be seeing are different. In the manual it looks like a camera view with a grid. I am just getting a gray background. Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, Eric
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Hi - about a year ago I saw something on the forum where something was applied to an object and it realistically broke into pieces? Does anyone know what I am talking about, that can refresh my memory? Thanks - E
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Quick question, i wish do make a bot that can fold up into a sphear to roll around to move, is there a way that i can take the sphear that comes with the library and cut it into 4 parts and still have the 4 parts keep its shape so that when moved together they form a round sphear again? i have tryed som basic cutting methodes but the remain parts allway warp due to not having the CPs if deleted
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Hello, can someone please help me. I have been trying for a month now to model a robot. I have the robot compleat but I had to break it up in several model files. My original idea was to import all the models into a single model but it is just too complex and was taking hours to drop in a model. I heard you can use Choreography and Actors to get these same results. Something about a hook bone? I'm really not sure, I have been searching the forums and testing it out on my own but I can not get bones created in separate models to interact with each other in the choreograph, please help if you can. -irscottie
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Hi, Does AM contain a Brick texture to apply to a flat surface? Ive installed the libraries and they seem to be working. Thanks Don Rhodes Perpetual Newbie
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Okay, I know this is supposed to be in the Report section, but that didn't work for me... everytime I went there, it said there was an erro on the page.... Now for the problem... My CD drive is broken, but I have Animation:Master v11.1 <<< 2005, outdated.... I got this program when I was twelve for my birthday because I was curious to learn to animate. I did a little here and there... Was too young didn't understand it. Got a new computer this year and I saw Animation:Master on my desk sitting cold and alone... But my CD drive is broken... Worst part is, my parents didn't buy a Hewlett Packard, it's and ASUS with an integrated CD drive, so it's…
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Dear Terrians Everybody recommand this tutorial to master some of A:m tools but the link is broken http://www.colins-loft.net/new_coop_tutorial/tutorials.html does someone get a copy or a kind of mirror site ? the other question that i ve bought on ebay the aM hanbook 2000 and the author mention a third party plugin named A:M loft (with double rails loft, and multisection lofting function) where can we find it ? I use the term "we" for us poor newbies we are front of the majic software. Last questioon but not least: is it possible to bake the ambiant occlusion as a texture map ? Thanks
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OK on the side of my main projects i have a project designated for stuff i just come up with bout 12 models in various stages of compilation. when i was trying to come up with a set of materials that would look like a cool shield when AM crashed , now ever time i try and load said project AM auto-crashes , i know theres not much of a chance getting it back but i hope theres a shot.
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I think I remember Robert showing off a shader that gave a great aluminum can or record surface look. Does anyone remember the settings?
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I was surfing through the forums and read a post that mentioned the buddy system. I understand the concept but how does this work at AM? Is it via the chat room,My Friends or the TAO forum? Is there a sign up list or does it just evolve on the TAO forum? Thanks ref
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A couple of questions. 1. If you get the camera really messed-up, can you reset it to a default position? 2. Can you move the camera while in the camera view - so that you can see the effects of the move as it happens? 3. Should beginning animators never move the camera . . .? And, I'm wondering if the program has a bug - or if I'm just crazy. I'm using V. 13.0 on an XP system. Sometimes when I try to move my camera, let's say from the left view, it disappears. I may just click and drag a little on the null, and poof, it's gone. It's not really gone, when I zoom way out, it's still there - just in outerspace, no where near where I wanted it. This happens wh…
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i wanted to build buildings, and rooms, and hallways and stuff like that now for the avid user, this is probably a simple thing to do. but for an eternal noob like me, its kinda awkward i dont know a good method of doing things like this. can someone point me in the direction of some tutorials on subjects like this i was hoping to build city scapes and building interiors, and things like that
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I am setting up a complicated stage. It to be a city. In the choreography I can have multiple copies of the same building or prop. I was wondering if this can be done in the model window. So you can build a complex building with relatively few parts. And low CP count. Before you drop them in the choreography. Or is this only possible in choreography Also is there a place to change the model file defaults so the “Toon Shading (Method)” can be set to standard when I make a new model?
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I've noticed lately that my PC is pretty slow at importing and rendering. Its a dual core Pentium 2.2GHz with GeForce 9400GT graphics cards with a 32bit Vista OS load. It works, but I'd like to build a much faster rig. I'm proficient at building my own PCs, so I'd like some advice on which processor/memory/graphics combo would yield the highest performance for A:M. Thanks.
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ok i need to put together some buildings that are more than just blocks of sorts and was wondering if any one had any hint/tips to make them easyer to work with or construct
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i want to build some missles, and have about half a dozen of these guys fly out in random randomly in a general direction is there an easier way of doing something like that besides modelling each projectile, and moving each missle separately? is there an easier way of makin missle fire that i am missing?
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I'm working on rigging a character and noted that most models have a folder called "relationships" that define bone/null constraints. In an Anzovin tutorial I went through, I made a new action to define bone constraints but it was all outside the model in the end. What is a good resource to learn about constructing a model's constraints internally with relationships? Almost there! Chris =)
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anyone know how to do any good buildings... Thanx...
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As I open and work with certain model files, I notice a 'buildup of rotoscopes'... which are easily deleted and pose no real nuiscance... I'm wondering if anyone else gets this oddity in A:M... pertains to no real version- has been happening to me for years.
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ok i need to find a way to make it so that Unit A can fire 15 or more "bullets" at unit B in some easy way and hopefully not have to have 300 bullets on the screen at once to be used when needed , or do i have a lot of work ahead of me
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I am trying to change the texture property of a decal to 'bump' to use as a bump map. How do I do this is A:M v.12v+? -Chris
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Hi - I want to look into learning Bump Maps - does anyone know of any tutorials they can send me a link to - I did a search, but couldn't really find anything. Thanks for your help - Eric
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I have started a WIP model of a my own Knight and I would like to add maybe some small engraving or mostly some dents in his armor. Are there any TUTS out there to show me how to do this? Thank you very much!
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Damn SEAMS!!!! Can't get rid of them. Only "seams" to happen with bump mapping. Tried stretching, shrinking the seam in Action to compensate but to no avail. Bump is fine everywhere but the seam. It is an image applied after the color decal using the "add image" function. I expected to get some kind of seam from mapping front and back half of the model but wtf is this? Please see attached and thanks in advance for any help. I can't think of anything else to try.
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Alright, I've had this pop up a couple times now. Bump maps (and normal maps) change DRASTICALLY from patch to patch. Anyone know what causes this? Normals are all facing the same direction.
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Hi - I am trying to get the effect of bright light bursting through a triangle shaped window - any suggestions - would I set the window transparency down and what type of light should I use. I have tried several things and can't seem to get the light concentrated or "glowing" through the window. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks - Eric
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i made this a long time ago and thought it would be nice to share. i used the AM model, not sure if its bush jr or senior. anyways its a fun adventure. it was the beginning of a long love of AM.
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Hi, I just got a new computer(intel Mac) and the buttons (like zoom etc) are not visible when I open A:M. I upgraded to v14 and that did not help. Any ideas? I did try to change the toolbar settings but this did not work. Lori
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I'm not really new to AM (5 years) but I still find butts to be a problem modeling properly. Any pointers. Here's a screen shot to show you what I mean.
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I was asked by one of the council members at a local public school (Maryvale Public School). To come in and show some animation work done in a program that was easy to learn and use for kids starting off in the animation field. I was just wondering what coupon codes where available to me to purchase AM since the primary use wasn't for me but for students at this public school. I believe AM to be the best and easiest for me to show them since I'm comfortable using splines in other applications and I could adapt to AM quite easily. I will be using AM for myself as well, but the primary reason why be to show the kids what it's all about (It may even lead to m…
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I am using v15.03. How do I import bvh files? I see the export, but the only import options I see are .mot and .kfm
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Hello, This is my first post, I was wondering if anyone could make a suggestion how to attach bvh file into character model? I already know how to import bvh file, but couldn't make the character model to attach to each other. Thank you, Richie
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I am stuck on stage 3 of this tutorial http://zandoria.wordpress.com/tutorials/am...ial/#comment-35 1. He says to create a pose from an action. When I right click in the action window I do NOT get the New pose relationship option. So how do you achieve this? 2. Its kind of hard to tell which filters he has selected is it just the first 4? 3. Does anyone know how to get a bvh file that is in the Standard "T" model pose. I need that pose to constrain my bones the the BVH otherwise the offsets are OFF by too much. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
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Yo ppls, Is there a .DXF export plugin out there? I really want to export my object into a CAD so I can use a machine like the fabber to actually create it.
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U guys know the calender hash has on the website? (On main page click on FREE Models-then there is "Come see us at a 'Trade Show Near You' to pick up a free copy!" click on 'Trade Show Near You' and it comes up with a calender.) What are all those events? cuz on november 9 (my b-day) they have something in dallas texas and i'm wondering what are all those things. I think they are conventions or something....Thx!
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hi! where did you find the a:m compatible, animatable pidgeon for your fun contribution to the bus stop? my libraries contain 3 birds no pidgeon.
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hi! this is a bit outrageous, but i'm wondering whether you remember writing about your bus stop project and feathers? someone complimented you on your materials in particular, you answered in generous detail, and then there was talk about the way feather "hairs" cling together; of every hair having more "hairs". i seem to remember an image of a white feather, but all of this could be faulty - i could be connecting details here that were not connected. on a couple of occasions i've done searches for this, coming up with nothing, so this is a bit of a last resort. have to ask.
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not the right forum but you've made my sky, http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=352938 i've this meteor crashing down, followed by a "time lapse"ish sequence where the entire sky is cast over, lightning strikes, clouds move left->right. while my resources are pathetic and by no means just, it's clear this is one of them Coincidences and i want it, just don't know where to e-mail!
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I was reading Dec 3d World, and there's an article in there about making the Caltex advert, that had a car made out of flies. So, seeing as I'm studying particles, I thought I'd have a go: [attachmentid=22919] It raised a number of questions - like did I do it the easiest way? I emitted fly sprites from the undecalled transparent Porsche, and applied a lot of force to make it go backwards, and then reversed the rendered TGAs. So you can't send particles along a path? I wanted the swarm to form a ball and then swarm along a path to form the car, but I could not get them to join up with the backwards rendered TGAs convincingly. If you send out partic…
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hi, how can i make the camera background transpirent
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I have two moves I need the camera to make. The first is a mere rotation pan done with key framing. But on the second I want the camera to follow a curved path starting at point A and ending at point B, using (I'm assuming) an aim at constraint. Is this done in the chor or in an action? Or is there some obvious "other" thing I'm missing? Thanks, Myron
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i am animating a charater and i was wondering how to fix the camera in my verious views, for example, i make a charater dance, on frame 5 it shakes its head , frame 10 it bends it hand and on fram 15 it raises it leg. how can i show frame 5 THE HEAD and frame 10 THE HAND and frame 15 THE LEG. on the different camera view when the object is already animated. need help
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I searched tutorial section first before asking here. I am making a film and at the point where I am I need to switch to camera two from camera one in a single frame. any quick answer on how to do this? Thanks
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[attachmentid=15158] This is simple fade to black I put a pose slider on the fader for control ..see the first chor on how to use it. You can save the model and inport it into your project [attachmentid=15159] This is another fade to black I put a pose slider on the fader for control ..see the second chor on how to use it. You can save the model and inport it into your project it needs the material which has a gradient controled by the pose slider.. do not scale this model in model window or gradient will not work correctly okay to scale in chor Project 12t [attachmentid=15157] camerafades.zip easyfade.mov gradientfade.mov
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Hi all, I'm looking at trying to do post editing completely in AM and create an animation showing that you can do post effects without having to spend big money for programs like after effects (I'm not a student so I'd have to pay about a grand for the professional version of after effects). My question is, can you control the shudder of the camera to create fade effects? I've got a work around that works very cool if not but I'd think you could. If so how? I'll tell you my work around after I get responses. Jeetman
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If I have video footage that involves motion, let's say a pan, and I want to apply this video as the background to my main A:M camera (for the sake of putting things in the right place), is there a way to automate this camera's movement to match the original camera's, so that the scene stays stationary while the camera has a pan?
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Hey guys, got hired to do a custom 3D deep fryer basket for a patent application. I'm rendering the final model and I noticed that the camera (as camera's will do) is sort of warping the edges of the model. The further out from the center of the camera lens the more the perspective changes slightly. Is there any way to get a flat perspective so I can render this model like it was a drawing on a piece of paper? Any help is as always much appreciated. You probably know what I mean but image attached just the same.
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