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For all of you embarking on character animation (That's why you got A:M) here's an opportunity to develop your eye. A Heavy Lift that doesn't look very heavy: Lifting things is something everyone should be able to do convincingly with their characters. But some basics have been forgotten. What do you see going wrong here? You can rip this one because it's not by anyone here, and it's always easier to see the log that is in someone else's animation, which makes it even more useful.
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For some reason whenever i open up Hash animation master v 15 (which i subscribed for), Once it open some thing pops up and says system clock has set back (-40) And then whenever i press ok or x animation master just closes and i cant use it. Heres a photo of it.
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I'm working on a short that takes place in mostly one place. For that giant bulk where the scene is set, and most things won't be moving, would you make it all one choreography file, or would you arrange choreography on a shot-by-shot basis? My first sequence I began by going shot-by-shot, but by the end there were segments of action that were continuous, so it made more sense to render the various perspectives out of the same choreography file. I can imagine a variety of perks to keeping one file (not pulling out all your props for each new shot), but I also feel like there are advantages to having a clean slate for each shot (not confined to realistic object …
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ok workign on my stuff i have come to realize that most of my current terrains look like a flat plane with parts pushed up , bt then i heard about the terrain tool , unfortunatly i know nothing about how to use it , any help
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I don't really care if it is rigged or not I need one fast for a School project (don't ask why) the project is due in seven days. Please help.
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I'm using the stock Gas Pump model from the A:M supplemental DVD. It has a skeleton on the hose so it can be manipulated. My problem: I can't seem to manipulate it gracefully. My reasoning tells me I should be able to put some kind of constraint on the handle so it stays in my character's hand, but it never seems to work right. So I'm stuck with this hose that is constantly flying around, twisting my handle during inbetween frames, and generally giving me a headache. I actually finished a whole shot doing the nozzle frame-by-frame. It just feels wrong. What's the answer?
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What's up with this? http://homepage.mac.com/somniac/.Pictures/s02swerve.mov
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If I'm feeling feisty and want to work on my next shot while rendering this one, can I open A:M a second time? Anyone know how I'd do this on a mac?
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This is my first attempt at creating a character. So he is not so good yet. My splinemanship needs improving but I have no dead ends nor do I have more than 4 intersecting splines. I kinda like his look though. I started with the stock rabbit character and redid the body a bit. and completely made the head from scratch. I am welcoming all crits and advice. His body is fully rigged as the rabbit was, but I still need to rig his head, eyes, and mouth. I only posted this so that I could get advice and crits. So please hit me hard. This is a learning experience.
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Does anyone have a cp weighting tutorial? I have searched the forums but didn't find any. Thanks, MasterFunk
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Hello everyone, Could anyone provide for me a set of XYZ coordinates using the spherical combiner texture? After a lot of playing with different settings, I just can't seem to find it. (I'm just that bad at math) Thanks in advance, Masna
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I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but using texture mapped planes isn't looking as good as a real 3D environment would (especially when the camera moves). So I'm starting to think about building a desert from scratch. Or from reference photos anyway. I'm thinking something like the Great Plains: There's a lot to terrain like this. Subtle rolling hills. Bluffs and Crags. Shrubs aplenty. Crackled ground. I don't even know where to start with this. I tried making a displacement map but it didn't come out at all. Like, a splotch in the middle disappeared, that was it. Seems like bluffs would be easy enough to model... Anyways, just starting…
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I'd create an image sequence of this display in a paint program, going from lowest price to highest price, and apply that sequence as a decal to your sign. In your chor you can control the displayed frame of an image sequence. It would be easy to make it go up-down-up-down as needed for your story. And easy to revise the timing of that as you refine your animation. Is "image sequence" a technical term? I made a bunch of .jpgs of the various prices, but I don't see an obvious "apply image sequence" option under applying decals.... (the glitches I'm getting w/ jpgs is another problem, I'll just mass convert them..) Is this just another way of saying m…
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Last time I tried (this isn't a real example I'm talking about) I had issues going from one action to the next. The scenerio is a character walks up to something, and then grabs it, much like in the door-opening tutorial. But in that tutorial I used no walk cycle, and animated each step one at a time. In a larger setting it seems it's harder to control precision movements from the choreography mode, largely because my character is no longer perfectly centered on axis, and the keypad no longer gives me clean perspectives to adjust the position from. So I've been exploring walk-cycles and pre-constructed actions. My problem was that once the walk cycle ends, it…
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I need help with a character but first I need to embed all the decals or anything else that goes with him so I can post the model here for someone to look at and tell me my mistake please. Or....is my model already to go and the decals are in it now?
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ok this would be easyer to explain to some one who has played the game "Sword of the stars" one of the playable races called the "liir" ( or as i like to call "Space fishy") anyways there ships have a unique way of moving in such that they teleport forward bit by bit hundereds of times a minute giving a flickering effect , i was woundering if there is a way to make a model flicker in and out like that with out having to set its transperancey every .5 of a frame.
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Hey wats up everyone my name is Alejandro.I've been looking around the Animation Master forms,SynthEyes forms,and can't find the right form on how to use Syntheyes with Animation Master.If Anyone knows the right form that will explain everything clearly on how to work with Sytheyes,motion tracking then getting it to work with AM that would be great! I've got a big favor.If anyone Can!I'm not saying U have to!It would be great if someone FINALLY MADE A video tutorial,explaining how you,motion track in SynthEyes,with Animation Master.WHAT ARE ALL THE STEPS,the right video files.This would mean alot to me! I will be checking everyday for Anyone's response!
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is the treez plugin usable in v 13.
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I know I know newbiest question ever! I how do I change the background screen to a .tga of my choosing? I am finishing off a new animation and need to add the credits. Thanks.
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I found photos of the exact desert I want represented in my animation, and I feel humbled by the number of subtle shrubs, hills, bluffs, and so on that make the desert what it is. Especially since it is only going to be in the background and does not move, I don't see the sense in modeling all of this from scratch. So now I'm toying with the logistics of animating my A:M components to be most compatible with my photoshopped and then 3-D composited (probably in After Effects) sort of environment. I understand there's a way to render animations with an alpha channel, although I don't know how. I guess that's question number one. Another question is "how to …
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i like the particle system don't get me wrong but for me it slows down the program considerably. render time is also very slow. it's good enough but it isn't very versatile in the way of spikes or other hairstyles like that. i was wondering how do you model hair? i'm not sure where to even begin. any ideas? -hisako
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ok like the title says im looking for a way to make the ghosting effect seen in ninja gadien , if you havent played its pretty simple, Ryu( the good guy) sees a bad guy with a way to big head ,ryu dashes towards the bad guy but as he does blueish ghost trail him in the exact pose he was at that time, then bad guy loses head , happy ninja
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simple and short trying to sprush up a black background with some stars that hopefully wont take 5 mins each to render
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When I went through TAO:AM, I know there were some moments that I was asked to do things that just didn't seem to be in my software. Easing is a great example, and since I finally have a reason I want to ease, I'm going to ask about it. So I locate the ease in the PW. I double-click it. Isn't it supposed to expand? For me, the "ease" looks like a bone's keyframe line or anything else's, but I can't find anywhere to edit it. In the Properties window, it lists only the title, "Ease*" and a single button which changes whether the waveform is curvey, sharply angled, or another one. I can't figure out how to edit ease functions on my computer, although I can…
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I'm making a character walk, and it's not even a very zany walk, but there are certainly times when he's moving forward, and moments when he's recovering from hitting the ground. Problem is, the walk-cycler seems to take all frames as equal parts of the forward stride. This results in some moments that my character slides forward, and others when he seems to moon-walk. Is there a way to vary the forward-movement within a single walk cycle?
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Hi, I am using AM 2005 on windows Vista When I go to render a character, it renders but AM stops working and shuts down..any solutions? Thank you
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Hi i have installed AM 2005 on my computer that is Vista...i am having a problem with the models showing up ...there seeems to be nothing in the folders...what can I do? Thank you!
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Hey everyone. A friend just let me borrow his A:M CD and I'm diving right into the exercises along with the book. I was working on exercise 5 "Take A Walk" where you make the rabbit walk along a path. And for some reason, the path has a decline in it. I have no idea how to make it level. In the final rendered movie, the rabbit appears to gradually sink into the ground, like he is walking through a swamp. Below is an attachment to screenshots. Any answers how to fix this would be much appreciated. THANKS!
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ok it should be simple but i guess for me its not , im trying to apply a material to a model but when i do it applies to the whole thing , iv tryed selecting only the sections i want but it stil does the whole thing, what am i doing wrong
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Hello All, I am trying to location the Selected CP option in the properties window but I am unable too. I am doing one of the Basic Modeling tutorials and I believe the tutorial is using v10. I, on the other hand am using v12 and can't seem to located where this property window is. I have include a sceenshot of the property window in v10, where would I find this property window or option in v12 Thanks T Selected_Cp_Window.bmp
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Hi all, I just brought A.M. and it seems that the tech. pdf file, seems to say that version 15 supports normal and displacement maps. Is this true or do you still need a plug-in for it. Anyway I got my brain awash in learning this new software. Thanks for any answers in advance.
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I'm running an older version of animation master, 2002 to be exact. I was hoping someone would happen to know the answer to why sometimes when i save my projects and/or choreography's it takes 5 to 10 minuets. It was working fine last night and the save were instant, but right now it's acting up and I was wondering if anyone could help.
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hey all, I was having a problem exporting models to 3ds including textures, but finally i managed to do it successfully. The problem I'm facing now is that i want to pack all the decals used in separate jpg file into one image and then export the model with its pack textures so i can load it successfully because when i export my model, only one decal is used and the other are ignored, so exporting a solo texture for all the model will solve the issue. So is there a way to pack the texture in only one image. I've used the generate bitmap but it was unsuccessful. can someone help?
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I need help attaching this mouth to the body in a way that it will be animateable (not sure if thats a word but it is now). I have been using the Cooper face tutorial which helped a lot with the eyes but I cant really use it for this.
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I managed to detach the render bar from the rest of the toolbar and I can't get it to reattach. Is there something that is preventing putting it back in the toolbar?
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Usually when applying particle hair i assign groups of patches for the hair to go on the head. But with this one model, it applies the hair underneath the head (it puts the hair on the inside and not on the top of the scalp ). i tried even assigning it one patch at a time and it still didn't work. I went to the grooming mode and tried to brush it to the top... no success there either. Is there anyway I can stop the hair system from applying the hair to the underside of the scalp? (it's very annoying considering i can't model hair yet). Maybe i should just model hair (if you guys recommend it, then i'll have another topic post) -hisako
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In the video I am doing I need a classic cartoon fight cloud. Everyone has seen one and I am hoping it has been done before here successfully. If not I will just have to make a step by step fight, but the genre of how my toon looks, really calls for the fight cloud. Any help?
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ok this may sound as a really stupid question but how cana decently looking flame be products, ie how can i make my tank burst into flamly goodness
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I am getting restarted with AM and wish to use my mac pro lap tops . Can you tell me if am works best on vista ? or on the current mac operating sytem? Also -i have a hard time keeping track of my old account info and I wish to renew my subscription early this year . Is there a wayto retrieve info on customers other than the original registration number ? Comment You guys are still my favorite for 3d animation since Maya has all those expensive ever changing plug ins -it is just not friendly to the solo animator , Cheers and thanks for a response . Bruce ps 1 I can not wait to get restarted esapecially with the online tutorials . p…
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I have a simple animation completed. I want to replace the animated model with another model. Can this be done or do I have to put the model in and animate again?
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ok whn making a jet craft of sort i have made the splines alone the wings to look like the seams on real aircraft, only problem is that if i turn on render as lines the surface goes away , is there a way to have it render as both
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Is it possible to render an animation that begins in negative time?
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What is the official "CREATE" button after making a new pose? I'm making sliders for different facial expression elements (eyebrows raised, etc.) but after carefully putting all the teeth in place for a "mouth agape" pose, I closed the window, and when I started working on another pose, the last new pose slider no longer had any effect! Is there an official "save" function for a pose you're working on? I'm trying out renaming right now. I remember the TAO:AM tutorials always left renaming the pose for the last action. Hopefully that's significant.
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After some weeks I wanted to restart my exercise on "Taking A Walk" and I saw to my surprise I couldn't add frames to my Act folder? The numbers just run on, but as I changes the bones structure, the arrow doe'sn't appear. After that, when I go back to the first frame, the whole animation freezes in the last frame. I don't know what happened, the last act folders have nothing wrong and show the good framenumber. But for some strange reason I can't edit new frames. I reïnstalled the programm, but the problem isn't solved. Could it be new software I have installed recently?
Last reply by Madfox, -
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Any one know how to do UV mapping in Animation Master? I can't find the function that allows me to do it. By the way, I do know how to add a material on the object, but I want to add something to the arms, legs, body of the character. Thanks, J.W.
Last reply by jweinrub, -
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i read in the A:M instruction manual that you can shape the hairs in the particle system using the timeline, but every time i have the hair system up, i don't see where in the timeline to do so. which category in the hair system menu do i click on? (did i phrase this right?)
Last reply by Caroline, -
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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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how do I create or make the avatar for my model so in the model library you can see him?
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i have the non-shift particle hair on my character's head and every time i move them in the relationship/pose area, the hair doesn't move with them. i tried moving the hair with the groom brush and it worked, but it lost its original shape. is this the only way to move particle hair or is there another way? (is there a way to assign bones?)
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So when I import something into a choreography or model they look like this. It just cuts off the screen. Any help would be nice.
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