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The A:M Forum is for technical support and the sharing of tips and ideas between users/prospective users of Hash software. It is moderated constantly by technical support representatives.
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This last area is likely the source of much confusion because many see the A:M Forum as the official outlet for Hash Inc... and it is. But the forum is not designed for conducting business and private matters best resolved by going to Hash Inc directly. Similarly, bug reports are best resolved by entering them directly into the A:M Reporting system.
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Hi all The latest sticking point I've been having with a small project I've been working on. I just finished creating one of the first 3d set pieces I've been experimenting with In this case a stairway. (Yes I know It has a way to go but bear with me) Anyway what I want to do is animate a tracking shot going up the stairs. The problem I'm having Is I mostly have figured out how to manipulate the camera and I think some of my attempts are working. But so far I haven't even figured out how to look through camera 1 so even If I'm doing everything else right for the render I'm flying blind. All suggestions are welcome and with any luck this isn't too stupid a que…
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I don't know how to really explain this one too well, so I'll try my best! I've been playing around with the camera trying to make real quick but stylish moves around the models (for instance, a 20 second clip with the camera basically flying around the model). The way I currently do this is to place the model in 1 location, switch to another view option (like "Fill Light"), locate the Camera 1 in free space and then transform it (zoom it closer to the model, spin it around the model, etc..) This is hard as often times with it being wireframe, you'll aim at something completely far off from the model even though it looks like its aimed dead-on. I usually have to…
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In a multi-camera setup, how does one make them so when you want to switch from viewing through one camera trained on one object to later going to another camera that is trained on another object? I have messed with the timeline but I'm unsure how to do this. Some assistance would be greatly welcomed. Kind of like having two people talking in a movie and the camera view switches from one face to another as they speak. Thank you ahead of time! Noganite
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Hello, I'm new to AM. So far I like it a lot. I have a question: I've seen several animations that show different camera angles. How is this done? Do I render different angles and edit them together in iMove or with in AM? Thanks Andy
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I'm fooling around with the lights and camera to get a better feel in how to use them fast and easy and tried to have them circle around static object (model) With both the light/camera I through I could easily draw a circle path around my object and have aim at the object to keep it centered all the time. But both don't seem to want to snap to the path and attach them selfs to it. I've tried manually setting up the camera/light to do a circle motion around an object but this is very time consuming or at least the way I'm doing it. I'm pretty sure there is an easy way to move the camera/lights around in a fluent circle motion Searched around looking for a…
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Alright then, can anyone out there tell me how to render an animation out with more than one camera? You know, switching cameras and such...
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Hi! I'm good at a number of things in A:M. Materials is not one of them. Does anyone have access to a good Army-type camouflage material or have good instructions on how to create a convincing one using the Material plug-ins? There's an old post with a material that has "extended" .trb files, but when I put them in my plug-in folders, A:M says it can't load them. Any help would be appreciated. Tim
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Can the A:M Splash Screen or the little walk cycle animations that appear during rendering be replaced? I'd like to add my own original creations if possible. I just thought I'd ask. Thank you for your time.
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Hello, Can A:M export to the FBX file format, or any similar format which includes UV mapping and animation information? Thanks! kali
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Hi, I forsee that I'll have to do some heavy duty time intensive rendering, but I work on a Macintosh. I imagine that there are PC based computers that can really crunch with great processing power. I'd like to know if I can create my animations using A:M for the Mac and them render them using A:M for the PC? Any help would be appreciated... T
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I have Adobe Premiere Pro, and I want to do some special effects, but when I use video captured by Premiere, the video doesn't even show up.
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say i want to create my own anime or do fan-work of existing anime from japan. i want to create a look to what they use. i want to use mecha robots as well something like the animes of Naruto, Bleach, Code Geass, etc. so far AM has a somewhat disney cartoon look to it. im looking to something like this http://mofandom.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/t...-of-anime-2008/
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Hi all sorry to be a pain for prob a very easy answer but i'm not that good yet. Can someone tell me how to use video footage from say window movie maker on Vista and use it as a back drop for my sort aniamtion. I want to add an animation in the film ie. like the film Rogger Rabbit. I have no idea how to make a scenary or back drop let alone use video footage. Many Thanks for any and all help. Cheers Jeff
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Greetings, I want to apologize for this post in a way, but I also hope that this post will help me. I'm every new to AM but I've been in film making for awhile. I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a post or post on here about how to get a picture on to AM a picture of a logo and then Animate it to make it into a movable motion picture logo?
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I have the 2004 pro series training videos. Once I have clicked on the index file the video plays. There are no controls to stop, pause, play etc... I'm sure I'm doing something wierd can anyone help me find the controls. I have right clicked and went throught the quick time settings and could not find anything. HELP! Thanks to those who respond. Shannon
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Hi, I have completed two more Exercises but they are not in order. I am up to exercise 6 but I did Exercise 9 and 14 out of curiosity and to answer some questions. Can I post them? Technodandy
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Hi; I am a full time performer. I present live shows in schools and churches around the country. I would love to add animation to my abilities. Unfortunately I can't draw to save my life, I can barely write legibly. Can someone with my limited art skills create watchable animations with hash? Thanks, and merry Christmas! Jedlie
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I have a piece that I am working on. I'd like to post a short movie of where I'm at, to get some pointers. How do I do that? Are there size guidelines for attachments? Carl
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Hey, just wated to ask if there is any way to show objects in viewport faceted rather than smooth. Here is a pic to illustrate what i'm looking for https://imgur.com/RSqtLWT
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I'm getting good at modeling. Well, decent, anyway. Now I'm trying to set up rigs. I'm very young and naive in the way of animating my models. (These are my babies, and I'm trying to teach them to walk!). But I'm trying to get a grasp on it so I can become like many of the wizards who reside here. So, I'm learning to rig and I'm getting the concept. I think I can rig a character pretty well from all of the learning resources I've found here. But the part that is confusing me is the constraints. I "get" the concept and how to do it, but I have to set up an action in order to get that option. Is there a way to set up a constraint such that every time I import that cha…
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I'm trying to model something with a lot of square shapes in it and I'm having problems with patches forming where I don't want patches (places I need to see through). I realize in the short term I can hide the CP's that make those patches but that doesn't resolve the issue that I simply don't want those patches there. They are completely valid patches but I need them gone. I've tried transparancy of the group of CP's that make the patches but that doesn't even work in render lock (I assume it is done in final render) as the patches still remain despite being changed to transparent. Also, I'd rather not add additional CP's as this causes a domino effect requiri…
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I purchased the web version 15.0j and recently noticed there is a version 16. Can I update my software to version 16 without having to pay another web "fee"? Is it a free update? thanks. Just getting confused by this web fee and CD version updating...
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I seem to recall running across the answer to this here a while back. Can all the model libraries be transfered to the HD and not run off the CD? I know that it would still be necessary to have the CD in to run the prog, and I'm fine with that. I just thought it might make things go a little faster to have all that goodness running of the box instead of the CD. If so, has anyone tried this and was there a noticible difference? Thanks. C.
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Can Material Effectors be isolated to effect 1 single group? or specific groups?
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I have some old models that were built by John Markus years ago (unfortunately it seems his website has disappeared). They have some rudimentary mouth poses, but are not built with the Preston Blair phoneme set. I customized several new characters using one of his models as a starting point, so they all have the same mesh, skeletal rigging, and pose sets. Since attempting phonemes and dopesheets recently, I'm now wondering... if I build a set of Blair phonemes for one model, can I copy/paste those poses into the other models, and will they then work? Or is it going to be less simple than that? Here's a sample of what I originally did with them, back…
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every time i try and use creat your own toural my it shuts down i am so stuck i have no idea how to use this thing i payed all this money and i can't use it please help me someone.
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I don't mind IM queries popping up on the screen when I'm modeling, [and if need be, I can clik the window closed] but when I'm rendering the window won't go away. The cursor does nothing. That means that after the chat, I can't get back to the Rendering Window. Can the Chat Room be dissabled?
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in theory pretty simple, i have a basic landscape set up with trees and grass textures, and i want a different texture to over right the grass were i want it to do so, think the zerg creep if u ever played starcraft1/2 but with a little more control like if i wanted to send out tendrils or something http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/images...Zerg%20Base.jpg if at all possible to have it raise a little of the ground i would be cool but thats a secondary objective in the how do i get it to change textures to begin with
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. . . so can you ? And also does anyone know where I can get a good model for earth . . . yep. I'm doing the alien thing . . .
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I want to use a still pic of a model for use as a graphic. I can't seem to find anyway to export one. Any way to do this. Thanks, Lucine
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Hey, guys, I'm wondering if you can help me smooth some models out. I struggle with making the models smooth and less cracked. I'm in a time crunch as I'm working on an animation series, so any help would be great. I just need the models smoothed out. Thank you! the models are down below. Half Heads (smooth).mdl
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Ok hopefully simple i have a small modle im trying ro render and it has 2 materials attached to it , one is a mud like texture, the other is a green thing i just made up. however due to some factor it takes like 15 minutes to render this small thing. is there any way to reduce the complexity of a material or could i have a setting turned up to high
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I was trying to figure out all the stuff from the "Can You Say That" tutorial, but then my sound started to act up. I've checked the actual sound on the computer (good) and my speakers (good too). The thing is, KeeKat was talking, but then I lost audio. I got confused with the dope sheets and ended up making two, so I'm thinking that might be part of the reason. Can anybody help me troubleshoot?
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Hey, all-- I'm wondering if there is a (glaringly obvious, which I missed?) function in A:M that allows you to subdivide a model's mesh to increase patch density--automatically generate splines halfway between existing splines, so that if you need more control points down the line you can add them, so that it doesn't have to be done by hand? Cheers-- Mark
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Hi all Well this is quite embarrassing but I'm having issues trying to activate AM. I've spent the last 15-20 minutes searching and reading but I am still stumped. First the version I bought is the lifetime not the yearly one, don't know if that makes a difference. I have AM installed but I don't see a master.lic file only a master.txt file. When I look at the details of my account I see: Transaction ID AuthCode I tried both of these codes but nothing. There are two other codes but I assume they have to do with the credit card. Where do I find the activation code. *hangs head in embarrassment* EDIT: May have jumped the gun as it shows it's st…
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I am struggling to learn about constraints. I want to make eye bones aim at a null target, but I have two problems: 1. How should I do to add a constraint to a bone? I can only add a constraint in choreography. But as I want the constraint to be saved with the model I don't think this is the way to go. The reference guide explains features of different constraints but don't say how to add a constraint... So the question is: How do I add a constraint to a bone that will be saved with my model? 2. When adding an Aim at-constraint to the eye bone in choreography mode it will not work unless I move the Eye bone from the head in the bone hierarchy. The bone woul…
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I found a font I downloaded awhile ago called KR smiley anyway I used the font wizard to get the letter e which is a smiling fish Did a simple action on it and got this cfontfish.mov fontfish.zip Just another way to get a model
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I'm trying to learn how to mix animation with live action video and I'm having a hard time learning. I've seen a few tutorials but they aren't complete enough as I'm too inexperienced to pick up on how to do the directions. This CD is referred to often, but it always points to pluginz.com and apparently they don't have it anymore. Does anyone have any idea how I can get one, or the replacement if there is one? Thanks.
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Hello there, I cannot seem to find my Animation Master DVD that has the encyclopedia of reference material that came out with the last AM. Of course, I have the CD. 1) Is there an FTP site available to download a zip or somesuch of the DVD? 2) If not, is there a POC I can contact to purchase a replacement? 3) How can I find out when my AM subscription for the year expires? If its soon, I'll just purchase the upgrade (assuming it will still have the DVD?). Thanks so much! John Simons
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Hi folks, I am following the flower tutorial and want ot duplicate the paddle. I have it grouped and when I right click on it, the plugin is not in the context menu. Any clue what is wrong? Besides some texture plugins, AM shows no other plugins. For an exmaple, there are no export options at all. Cheers Michael
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All the advice I've been getting is starting to bear fruit. The fish is attached to its own path, and an Action has been applied, and he swims and move his fins. But...it's this damned fog! I want some, but when he swims to the back of the circular loop, he disappears. I only have one camera, and I found the Fog settings. I punched in numbers repeatedly and nothing changed. Then I enabled IGNORE FOG. [ON] No change. Then I turned fog itself to OFF. No change. So...where's this fog coming from? [Thanks].[attachmentid=13144]
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when i lathe a model and draw a box around the object, not all cp's turn green and if i try to move or adjust it, the model gets all distorted. any ideas what i am doing wrong? kevin
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trying to edit something to a voice trak; but the trak plays slow mo and then not at all. any ideas?
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ok Looking at two models from the lib. Gala and Lady Goodbody I noticed the Lady Goodbody has no 'simcloth' or materials that make her dress work yet it does when you do an action so how is this done without deflectors or simcloth? or am I just missing it some where?
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i'm working on putting live action with cg but every time i want to load a rotoscope it says that the AVI file does not contain a video stream? what do i do?
Last reply by robcat2075, -
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Hi I don't know if anyone else is having this problem as well as me. I'm trying to log into the community from ver 12u and keep on getting an error message that reads: Exception #23.Socket error in stream. And in ver13 beta 1 i am getting the following message:Cube Map (Cross) In both instances the program completely hang's and does nothing. Can anyone help or shed any light on this for me? Many thanks Jason
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After reading about poses in techref.pdf, I'm trying to set up a pose slider: Plop a cube into the choreography pane. Right-click the cube's bone, select New | Pose | Percentage. In the relationship pane, rotate the bone and scrub the slider to make sure it works. Back in the choreography pane, set keys on the pose channel. As a result, the pose slider value changes over time, but the cube isn't animated. What am I doing wrong?
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Not sure where I should post this, there are sssoooo many places. I did a search but got a million hits. I am probably over looking something simple, but for some reason I am unable to make splines. I hit the "a" key and get the cursor and the "+" but no splines. I have saved and closed, shut down and still no splines. I did open a fresh project and was able to create splines there, reopen my orginal project...no splines. At this point there are no decals, colors or any thing else. I have version 12t. I am creating a StarTrek look-a-like space ship. I have built 3 tubes, and was trying to creat the saucer. Any ideas or do I need to provide more info. Many thanks in …
Last reply by KenH, -
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Ok.. i'm attempting to add a light to my lamp so I can have it turn off/on, etc. However, I can only move the light left or right or back or forward. I can't move it up or down?? I press the "N" key but the only option is left or right. What is going on? Anyone?
Last reply by Fuchur, -
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I 've been using this software for a while but this just came up. Everytime I try to output my animation using something other than "final" as the quality setting, I get an unhandled exception, and then Animation Master closes. I tried reinstalling, but I still get the same message. I noticed this after I updated my version to 12.0v+.
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