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how do I join two choreographies into a single large one?
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Hello everybody, I have been working with Sim Cloth with some success ( I have a human model with a hooded robe + cape outfit which is working relatively well in Sim Cloth) however it is only working well because the geometry resolution of the fabric is relatively low (as is the invisible model used for bounding information). While it is working pretty serviceably as is, I was trying to use the split-patch plug-in to make the fabric more complicated. Of course upon doing this, the simulation times became very slow, which isn't so bad, but now also the number of collisions is in the tens of thousands and often the simulation now becomes unsolvable even with a good d…
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I think I know the answer on this one But I will ask any way and see if you guys have a quick fix. If you copy/paste a part of your model or in the case if you selected a couple of groups and lose the pivots. Is there a way to reset the pivots on a groups without redoing them. So I can use them to update material. Or in the case if you selected a couple of groups and lose the pivots.
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Again run into trouble with decaling this time with a bump map not showing up. All is o.k., when I apply it planar in model window, but when I add an image in a flattening pose relationship, the bump is not showing up neither the colormap . Also I canot change the order by dragging the decals around. What can I possibly do wrong here. Also: Can`t I add a color by adding a procedural material? Seems then that the underlying bumpmap just keeps the groupscolor grey.
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Is there a way to constrain a crowd in the flocking engine so that it does not intersect with other models (it's fine, and perhaps even somewhat of a benefit ift hey intersect with each other a bit)? I'm trying to add a shitload of trees to my choreography and I figured I could put them in one at a time but it would be great if I could just do a crowd or a couple crowds and have all my trees added. This of course leads to another question. If one can add them without them popping into existing models in the choreography is there a way to randomize the scale on all three axis a bit? So I get different sized and shaped trees? And lastly is there a way to ran…
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Hello there everyone. i just thought i'd introduce myself. i took a 3d animation class in college a year ago or so (v15) and now i'm starting to put it to work for a video game i'm working on and possible webisodes. i'm off to a good start in my post-class era and have learned much since then just fiddling with the easy to use software and as of recently i am beginning to discover the stretches of these forums. i'd just like to say that i've been able to find a lot of help in these forums already even dating back in articles from 2005, with such topics as clothing (i managed to get a cape flowing and leaves draping down from a shoulder pad), figure modeling, lighting…
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Hey, When I model an object, there doesn't seem to be a means of seeing it's dimensions in any system...Inches, centemeters, feet...etc. The "Scale" settings in the properties panel is not adequate. Why is there no numeric system display for this??? William
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From a rendering perspective, is it better to use many instances of the same model or is it better to individually model each instance with it's own name and file? For example, in my current project I have lots of buildings. Buildings have lots of windows. Would I be better off modeling the buildings with the windows built into the building as part of the model. Or would I be better off making several types of windows and then importing the building and window models into my choreography and then inserting the windows into the buildings by creating many instances of the same windows until the buildings are complete? I ask because this is occurring a lot on my se…
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ive got a project im trying to do for my dad, its very simplistic, a modified version of a wookie walks into frame while holding a box, turns towards audience, (theres a message on the box) turns back, and walks out of frame. thing is, my dad needs it rendered through an alpha channel, we couldnt find one in the rendering section, so he told me to do a red background and floor, i used a primitive model of a cube, and made it red, but long question short, is there any way to adjust the presets of the setting? the basic brown ground and blue sky? could i, in theory, change those to the same color (red)? also, for what ever reason, when i try to use the pose …
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Does anyone have any resource on how to import the file, this pluggin produces into the target program.... The plugin info does a great job explaining how to use it to create the file.....But I can't see any info as to how to import the exported data into PI... Anyone have any guidance in the right direction?? William
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What type of file does hash import for choregraphy rotoscope. i.e. for live motion?
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Hello again, just finished a figuring out the skeletol heirarchy for a character I am starting. Now my question is......... When I smart skin a joint. As I move the sliders up and down in time line. Am I setting permanet characteristics? i.e. I bend the hip 90 degrees. does that limit the flex of the joint until i reset it? My character's right leg "disapears" and "reapears" as I try to move the joint in choreagraphy window. Also is it important to set all Joints? dont know if I being clear enough. I am so close to being able to create my toon walking and acting in the world. You know how I feel! I can almost see my ideas in real life. Please help!!!!!
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I have noticed that in some of the tutorials I have watched, and also when I look down in one of the channel views I sometimes see a "W", as in "Transform.Rotate.W". What does that mean please?
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Hi, I'm Jonathan. I'm new to A:M. But that's not really important. I wanted to make a cube, just a simple cube. From scratch. And everytime I plot points for a cube, the lines the points make keep bending, making my cube look like a kind of square-ish marshmallow. Is there a way to fix this? _Jonathan..^~^Meow.
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Instead of starting my movie at 00:00:00 in the time line I would like to start some were in the negetive numbers since I forgot my beginning credits..... is it possible to start and render my movie at -00:49:02 to 01:59:05 Thanks, Eric
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i have a starship with some round windows around it. i want them to change color using the dope sheet as if the colors were talking. not sure but maybe there is a bug in 15F? it seems to not be able to hold my colors in the poses. im going to try some basic tests to see if just the model that has issues. but if any one has seen this let me know. thanks
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Like the title says, I've created a model, and from what I've read, the program is lagging because there are so many cp points. I have an uber fast system and would think that it could handle a model like this. does anyone know any good optimization methods for AM? My specs: Quad-core 2.6 8gb DDR2 ATI 4870 X2 Thanks
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I've made a small model and made 4 second movie with it. I need to shorten it by about a second or so, (actually speed up the action) but the place where I need to make the adjustments is in the first half of the movie. It's short enough to just redo, but I figured that this may be an opportunity to get a deeper understanding of some of the "mechanics" of A:M Thank You in advance for any insight. Myron
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And hello again... Now i wonder how i can speed prosessor time? meaning now i render mov file and cpu is only 48% use. (damn) is any trick how i can use all cpu speed in a:m to use? ( i am so happy now.. i by new monitor.. now i have space to draw.. (24" LG w2442pa) i bit difrent now... 24day left draw.........
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I have an issue with nulls, I have a bone, foot, that is already assigned to the control point and I created the null. And even if I have Attached to parent neither on nor off mater, once I try and control the null from the choreograph nothing happens. Basically I grab the cross and rather than move the foot, the cross just slides around. Check out the screen shot and see if there is something I am missing cause Ive worked with Poses and Bones before, but never had set up a null. Its my last peice of the puzzle then on my way to animating. As far as attached to parent, if you make that chenge do you have to re drop it into the choreograph?
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Hello and me again. now i had make catapult wheel on and again problem get that roll.. first mistage was draw wrong side catapult. front vas left side so i take while a go figure why i cant wheel roll right.. so question is: here was tutorial on car where wheel spin. i cant find it.. i must print on paper manual for me becouse i forgot too easy i become too old) here catapult what and i make video. i get wheel spin when they was only second model ( so catapult is one and wheel was alone, that way i get wheel spin) now both are same. and not get spin right way now. (damn) katapult02.mdl And what is "right way" done video. any tips? resolu…
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I have made a decal for my wood floors. But some of the groups I have add it to come in hazy. I am using a jpg file. Also add any other tips I may need to know about the decals
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While trying to change the order of my poses in my model, I encounter some difficulties: I can move and change the order of the realationships in the relationshipfolder, but that order doesn`t get adopted in the pose- and the properties windows. I can`t move the poses there up and down also. And least I can`t create folders for the poses as well.(Do I have to create them all at starting time?) Seems to be a "specialty" of that certain model. I dont want to start it all over new though, because everything else is working fine and this is just some kind of "beautyfault". Is there any special kind of trick to overcome this kind of stubborness?
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I need to actually remove poses from a project and start over however when I delete the relation ships, I go to set up new poses yet in the pose sliuder box I see that the old ones still remain. AND worst of all it effects the new poses I make. Say I do a pose where the character smiles , the cps hardly move like they demonstrated when in mucle mode setting up the pose. Ive done this many many times but never ran into it before. here is the screen shot. note that in the Relation ships below you see the pose labled PK Blink, PK Happy and etc but yet in the top pose slider box you see the same ones PLUS blink smile and etc? Tried everything I knew, how do you get rid …
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I have a simple design project that I would like to design it to scale. I would also like to output it to a file format that Autocad can read aswell so other people can see it in Autocad. Can this be done?
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The title and description pretty much sum up the problem. It seems that after using Voodoo and Icam, only so much tracking is captured for A:M. After a second of decent tracking, the camera starts to skip around and/or get stuck on some random angle. Is it the lighting? Is it too much camera movement? Did I make the video too long? I hope I can find out.
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I am new at this program. I bought the AM at the Anime Evolution Convention in Vancouver, BC, this month. The first question that I have is this: Am I supposed to update the program?
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I have searched on "render farm" in this forum, but could not find any postings on this topic. I assume many users would be interested in this - perhaps there is already a posting on this network rendering, if so, how can I find it here? Here's what I wanted to know.. 1) Is there a built in network rendering capability so that I could assign the rendering to other machines in my network? 2) What external render tools exist that are compatible with A:M? 3) What platform(s) are supported in network rendering? 4) What Mac specific hardware requirements are there for network rendering. 5) How many seat are included - assuming there is a network renderer…
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I am working on a project of molecules and the figure is supposed to have a C in his forhead. I have made a decal with an alpha channel in photoshop and it looks fine with the progressive render but in final a lot of non desired spots comes up. What have I missed? Happy for any suggestions,
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Ive been having issues with painting the models. When in normal mode and I go to paint, lets say a normal round brush, it is distored horribly either long ways or widthwise. SO then I do Projection painting and it looks great however when it goes to accpet not only does it distort what was painted but it also will mirror what was painted on one side on to the other. I tried breaking the head decale in two two seperate decales on front and one back and painted them accordingly but if I painted on lets say the back of the head with the back of head decale then it still copies over to the front decale even though it was never to be painted. If there is an instructional site…
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1st... How are ppl rendering to get that polished movie look? 1080p/multi pass? 2nd... I use VGA or low and final for my rendering. a 32 second clip takes 2hrs on low/preveiw. My question is. Will a faster system speed the process. I currently have a 1+MHZ duel core with 2+mb of ram and a 1g video card. How much will a faster system speed up the rendering process? Thank you to all that reply.
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Can anyone tell me the difference between these two books and if either is worth getting? http://www.amazon.com/Animation-Master-Com...ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Animation...84504757/?itm=2 They both seem to have been published in May of 2006. They have similar product descriptions. The same author. But a difference title, a different cover and a different page count. One is available at B&N online the other at Amazon. Neither book is available at both sites. Also, is either book worth the money? I completed TAO. Is this going to walk me through the same stuff or is it more advanced and worth the investment? The review…
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I put a deflector on an object, and "cloth" simcloth on her clothes, and the cloth ripples when simulated. How can I make the cloth act more natural?
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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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What is the best (or preferred if you prefer) codec to use for QT and for AVI? Also, I accidentally rendered to a JPG sequence, how do I make them into a movie? thanks in advance.
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ok iv been stumped , if tryed to install the am teraform application but have be getting an error saying that its a invalide win32 application ,any one used this or ever goten this error , im using vista 64 bit btw
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i m abit lost i made a walk cycle, constrained both my character and walk action to a path. but my character seems to move too fast along the path please how can i adjust the speed with which it moves along the path.
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--What is that questionmark for in the actionobjects or materials for example? Does it say something is missing? Seems nothing is really affected by it.... Can anybody clarify this please --Also: Why can a cropped action not be copied multiple times into the same channel? I wonder, if it really is necesary to copy the action onto the model every time you need it newly again?
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At the risk of sounding like a complete newbie (To late) how do you create hooks? I know what they are and how they work but I just dont know how to make them! Thanks in advance. Photoman
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I am trying to build some headlights for a car. But I cant seem to get it right. I get some strange kind of "offset dublication" and a very sharp edge at the end of the cone. (see pictures) multipass 5 passes Any ideas, how I can get rid of that? Any good example of a headlight and backlight somebody could post? And also, whatfor is the lightwindow that opens up, when clicking a light object in the PWS? It only seems to stay all black for me. Headlightsettings.bmp
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I'm going through the second exercise, and I'm having an impossible time moving the actors into position. With an actor selected, moving the mouse left or right moves the actor left and right. Moving the mouse up or down moves the actor forward and back. How do I move the actors up and down? I'm sure its something stupid that I'm over looking, but I can't see it. Is there an easy way to select an actor when there are multiple models in the choreography, and is there an easy way to work with moving things around?
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well im back and this time im trying some organic stuff , i allready know that there are tutorials for makeing a human face from scratch, but are they any good ones for making a face from picture , iv uploaded an example of what im taking about , seeing as this is all ready an animation i though it would be easyer to start on , but after a few hours i had nothing of any real value.
Last reply by Gerry, -
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I have Animation Master 15.0b (Universal), and I'm using it on a Dual-Core Intel Mac Pro running OS X Leopard version 10.5.7. I installed AM from the disc. Now when I try to launch AM I get an error message that says "Please Run Program With the Current Subscription CD In The CDROM drive!" Is it possible to run AM from the hard drive without keeping my Super Drive tied up by always needing the disc in it?
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Rodney, Back in the days of PM’s you once offered to help translate Photo-Shop-speak to Corel-speak. I’m working through Holm’s wonderful tute on converting normal maps( I’m still not exactly sure what those are) to bump and displacement maps. I got Aaver’s wonderful plugin installed and made my normal maps w/ Alpha as per the instructions. But I’m having a little trouble figuring out how to do this in Corel X3: Could you possibly translate this for me. (I decided to post this rather than send an email, thinking that others might benefit, too.) Thanks P.S. If anyone else has the Rosetta Stone, I'm not choosy concerning the source of enlig…
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im making a spaceship and wanted rays of light to come out of the bottom. i made one light that i like. is it possible to copy the bone light to make multiple lights that have the same properties?
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A few months ago, someone posted a thread on making bump or texture maps using a photoshop type program and layers, using a rock wall image. I remember thinking, "Someday, I'm gonna wanna see this again, when I'm ready to absorb this information." Well, today's the day, but for the life of me, I can't seem to find it again. I've done searches, but to no avail. Does anyone remember the thread I'm referring to and do you know where to find it? Thank You
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I am trying to use a material effector with a transparent material to make a part of a modell invisible in a chor and can`t get it to work. Does anybody by chance have an example project or mini tut for this matter?
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Long time no talk here. Nice to be back! I've been absent for awhile (job move to california, etc), and I had to reset my CPU. I currently have the 13.0 version on disc and want to update that to 14.0 c, but I can not find that update. Anyone have a link or know where I can get those updates? I went to the "latest info" on the forums here, and that link it mentioned for 14.0 doesn't work. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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hi all what are the diferences, advantages and disadvantages of rendering as targa and open EXR.
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I'm working on a realistic model of my Acoustic guitar, I plan on putting a mahogany decal on the sides.The grain will be running lengthwise on the sides. I would think that I should "flatten" the sides to apply the decal. I did a search and tried to follow Rusty's wonderful tutorial, but I'm not doing a face, and I think I could get by with a simple overview of the process. Mainly, How do I flatten and once there how do I get it back to where it was? Thanks, Myron
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