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can anybody point me to a nice snow material i haven't been able to find one
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what would be the best way to go about making a pine tree?
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OK hopefully simple. I'm using the extended grid turb material to try and make a grid over the surfaces I'm working with . only problem is that the lines are warping and i don't know why , in the material demo its nice and straight but when rendered comes out like this
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I am setting up for a video tour of a house I have made for You Tube. And after taking two days to figuring out how to get the doors and windows to work at the right time throw an action. It maybe faster to just ask. I am using a path with a camera. 1. How do I speed up/down and stop the camera along the path so I can have the camera stop and look around. 2. How do I set up so the cameras movement as the actions that dictate the time of the video instead of the path. Since it is a pain to recalculate the time ever time I make some changes to the cameras tour of the house. 3. How do I set up an object on the path ahead of the camera so the camera will ai…
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My tutorials can be found here
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You know above in orange letters, what font was used for "A:M Forums" or does anyone have that Model? If anyone has this model in the picture below or how to get it please let me know. I want to use it for my presentation if possible. Preferably without the Yeti.
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Hi Everyone, Does anyone know the biggest resolution AM can render? I tried to render Panavision (2048x871) and AM crashes every time. It does render 1080 every time. Is 1080 the highest resolution AM will output/render? Thanks in advance.
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I made the mistake of deleting a model that is used as an action object in a pose for another model. I though that the model contained the action object. I was wrong and hours of work were lost. Is there a way to embed action objects? So that you have everything contained in one model?
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I need to know if there is a difference between hiding a model vs making it 100% Transparent. I have a rig for a camera that simulates a Jib and dolly. I need to see the jib when setting up the camera moves. But I know that render times decrease when there are less patches or models in the chor. Because the rig will never be seen in the final render I need to find out the most efficient way to make it disappear easily. I could hide the model in the modeling window before I render Or I could make it 100% Transparent. I prefer the transparency method because I can create a Pose to easily turn off and on. However Hiding it in my mind assures me that AM i…
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I've installed A:M on a second computer, and ordered a second license. When I try to start A:M on that computer, I can't even get it to start - I only get this error: "The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem.". Reinstalling does not fix the problem. Restarting doesn't either. I can't even find any Master.lic file to delete. Apparently this file has not been created yet. Running XP.
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Ok should be simple im drawing a top down view of a building and using a grid. only problem is that the lines seam to hid behid the grid so in the tod down view you only see parts of the cps and no lines what so ever , is there any way to set the grid to be behind the lines?
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Hey Everyone. I had to get a second license(web) and installed v15i. However, I need to have 15f instead. Can anyone walk through a step process how to do this on a pc/ vista 64 computer. I have installed, re-installed, tried to copy paste things.... Where I have come back to is I re-installed V_15i again. It is the only one that has worked(obviously)..... The other installs I tried installed fine and even said "successful" after copy/ pasting the activation code. But when I open and begin trying to work in 15f, it errors, and crashes. Where do I create these new folders and paste file(s).... Is there a step process anyone can fill me in on. I have tried wh…
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anyone got a nice set of rotoscopes for a guys face they could hook me up with?
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This is my first try at making a character and I'm making his head and was wondering if I'm going about this the right way. What I'm trying to do is build different sections of the face and then i was thinking of hooking it all together with just points and smoothing it out. So yeah, if someone could take a look at this and tell me if I'm going about this the right way I would greatly appreciate some pointers and input. Skier__s_Body.mdl
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Hi All I'm working on a model and I can't get the splines to act right. The spline fallows the curve right between the CPs but in some places between 2 CPs the curve flips, like in this image: and you end up with divots where I don't want them, as in this image: I only have 2 = 3 point patches and 2 straight splines. All other patches are 4 point. Here is an image of the splines: I've tried to refind normals, I selected one of these weird splines and tried to flip the normal and I tried using the smooth tool, all with no effect. This model looks OK with the toon shader turned on: but I'm trying to use him as a standard 3d …
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hey does anyone know where i can find a tutorial on creating like a basic human?
Last reply by Alex55, -
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I find myself creating unique looks in group attribute and then I say to myself I wish I had that as a material. How can I easily creat that as a material without having to do it manually.
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hopefully simple question , i import a roto scope into AM but for some reason it makes the line that are in front of the image t-4 times thicker . is there any way to turn this off?
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How would i go about filling in the center of a model, when i made it it ended up being just an outline.
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I set up a walk cycle for the figure I've beenn animating ( WIP section ). When I test it in the action window it looks OK but, when I come to use it in the choreography window I get smal amounts of foot slide, which is very annoying. Is this a function of the step distance or is it the way I may have set up the cycle itself ? I did the tutorial in TAO book but slightly fuzzy about the area that I place the markers in for the step distance ? Any help greatly appreciated. cheers simon
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ok long story short i started working ona new project and then things went bad take this image for example i dont know what i did but now AM renders way pixilated and i dont know how to fix it , ow this image is rendered as 800X600 but it seams flater than that and its not using a camera
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Is it possible to constrain a bone to a spline in a character and have it stay on the spline as the spline is animated? What I am thinking is, can a spline path be used to control the relationship of bones for a spine?
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the question is all in the title. All of my models use the same number of splines, bones, etc. how would i copy one pose from one to another? -hisako
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every time i try to import a 3ds model; i get the error message saying " trying to access an unnamed file past it's end" and that is all anybody know what i am doing wrong? help much appreciated kevin
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Hi Folks I am viewing a tutorial on texturing by Will Sulten. In the tutorial he is using the hipogyraf and I wanted to fallow along with him using the same model. I know I could use something else but if its available could some one point me to it or post it?
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I cant seem to get copy key frame and pasted mirror to work in an on off "relationship" I am viewing a tutorial that shows it working properly but in 15i I cant seem to get a result. Any ideas? much appreciated.
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hopefully should Be simple , i have a convoy rolling down a road when they get blow up as the survivors look to wards a hill with a road on it this mega tank slowly rolls over the top through a red Haze created by all the fire. only problem is i don't know how to make a haze
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ok working on a project that has a lot going on and a lot of item i need lined up , only problem is that said items are not lining up well in the choreograph , is there any way to snap to grid in the choreo window?
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Happy new year everybody. For "good intention" for the the new year I plan to animate more, so here I am at a atarting point again trying to achieve some usable propeller spin.. I did an action for the FW-plane according to the wheelspinvideo-tut , turning quaternian to euler and adding 720 on frame 30 for two turns. So far so good. But the action doesn´T seem to cycle properly (see video) and second, I would like to have a poseslider or handle or such to turn up and down its speed. How can this be done? Any help anybody? I enclose my project file... PropellerTest.prj PropellerspinTest.mov
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A few months ago I found, and went through, a simple but excellent little tutorial on how to make a beveled cube. It was step by step, but I am not sure if it was a video tutorial or not, I'm thinking not. I am pretty sure I found it in the tutorials section somewhere, but after searching through there for an hour or so, it seems to have eluded me. In my (often faulty) memory it seems to have been one of several "mini" tutorials in the same 'place'. It was not the Qvids. For some reason I want to think they were done by Ken H. (But that may only be because of the fact that I hold him and his skills in such high regard. I wish to go through the tute again, but I…
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OK i have a project for school in which i need to take a realistic earth model and then zoom into ground level , like the spy satellites in the movies , once it gets to around 200 Feet the ground will change to blue print style rendering . my problem currently is 1 how do i make a realistic earth model , using real map topology, ie Africa and Canada are not joined at the hip 2 how do i zoom in in a realistic manner any help would be appreciated
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trying to get a computery scene going with glowing frame work. the render as lines options seams to work to make all the line show as needed, only problem is that it still renders surfaces is there any way to fix this so that only lines show
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I have decided to start a series "Afternon Pondering". In this series I plan on putting in new things as I learn, new characters and models as I learn modeling. In this way I feel I can learn and put stuff out at the same time, and learn to take criticism
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Hey all, making a piano - up to the keys, is there a quick way to align and distribute the keys ? Eg - like align & illustrator . . . I'm taking notes for required stuff in AM which I'll yell about to Steve once the AM Reports section is back on line . . .
Last reply by HomeSlice, -
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I am modeling a room but I am adding lots of other elements that will animate and models that have been created independatly. I am getting frustrated because when I add them into the room I loose stuff like bone position. WHat is the best method to proceed on large scale things with lots of elements and animation? I am assuming adding everything into one model is the worst procedure. Do I add everything in an action? Do I add everything in a chor? WHat are the advantages and disadvantage? Thanks
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I was putting decals on my models roof until I reached this curved piece I have tried a few things but it cames out distorted. So instead of poking and hoping all night I’m posting it here. What would be your approach to applying the decals to a curvy surface?
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In doing some clayrenderings with the nullshader and the settings of Tralfaz I find , that though decals are switched off, they do render anyway. 15i on PC Is this some known issue? Should this be reported? Any workarounds? Oh well, please not deleting all the decals.... And second I find some black spots/lines mostly, where I used hooks. Is this indicating some problems for rendering scenes lateron? For the clayrendering I could live with retouching in Photoshop, since I only need stills for the time being.
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need some opinions. this is a first test here on a fireworks display. i have tons more images to use for sprites but just started with this simple one. any suggestions? firework_test1.mov
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I am trying to mix some live action but when I load a new rotoscope it only appears as a white screen, I can click on render mode and see it but makes it hard to add my CG when I am unable to see and move an object at once. Anyone had this before?
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For a week I thought my eyes where going bad or my computer. Since all my models where showing in an odd shade of color. Until I made this model with out adding color groups. Then I noticed the odd spot light on the model. “This is in model mode” in 15i vers. So I opened it in 15d vers. How do I turn it off?
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I just downloaded the Mac help file and upzipped it. Inside are three more files. Where do they go? Do I replace the current 'technical reference' folder inside the Animation Masster 15.0 folder?
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Hi, I'm new to Animation Master and am looking to import some simple 3d shapes into Photoshop and After Effects. Can anyone tell me what type of file I would need to export from AM in order to do this? Thank you so much for you help! Andrew
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i bought and installed my copy of AM whislt i Was in my college library on their wifi network, I'm now sat in a different part of the library and the wireless network is not working, not your fault, lol. But when I run A:M I get the error message wrong host for license (-4). why is that, I won't be going home for another two hours yet, do I need to be connected to the net for A:M to work?
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Hello - I searched the forum for 64 bit info- and found a few posts from the beginning of the year. I am planning on getting a new computer and considering 64 bit w/ windows 7 - I have read a lot of info from the internet - and saw that in general there are no issues w/ running 32 bit software on a 64 bit system... I did read someone saying - some 32 bit software tends to run a little slower on a 64 bit system? Is there currently anyone running A:M on a 64 bit system w/ windows 7 that I can get some input from good or bad. I am aware of the hardware issues w/ 64 bit, but that doesn't effect the A:M software, just my 15 year old scanner. ;-) Thanks - Eric
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Hi I was just wondering the difference between Frames animation and time based - for instance what is the relationship between the two or how do I do timing, say for instance if I create a animation which is : • animated over 30 frames • with keyframes at every 10 frames How will this be translated to time code ? Meaning if the time code is 30fps then the sequence would yield only 1 second of animation in SMTP So how do we convert or animate with frames keeping in time with actual errr. . . real time ? What do we have to keep in mind for actual time / timing when animating with frames then outputting to SMTP ? Say I wanted the frame an…
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I find this rather strange. I opened up a few projects when I noticed that I couldn't enter skeletal mode or muscle mode for a couple of characters in a choreography. The buttons are greyed out. If I open the model in an action it works fine. I've just got a new computer (with Windows 7) and a new subscription for AM but I haven't used AM for a few months so I don't know if this problem appeared before or after the switch. Note that this doesn't happen to every model but so far I've noticed this in at least 2 projects. Does anybody know what might be going on here?
Last reply by Marcus, -
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it was working before, but for some reason I cannot save a action as a pose ! I am setting a default constraints of bones in an action window and then usually go -- > Action / Save as Pose but now it stopped doing it. It was working fine yesterday ??? Do I have to reset something ?? When I look in the project window - the relationship is empty ? Help !
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Please help. why is there static in the voice after rendering. now i have tried rendering with QT and the voice is garbled
Last reply by Rodney, -
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Is it possible to do motion capture (.bvh) with AM V13, If yes, please can i go about this , help please.
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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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