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ok i got two questions one, how do you get those particle systems, (like the blob, or sprite, or whatever) to finish emitting whatever i can figure out how to setup where they start emitting im just having trouble figuring out how to setup where they stop emitting --- second question about the treeZ plugin thingy i got it to work pretty well, its actually pretty easy when you know how im just having trouble with the foliage, how do you produce the foliage for the trees? do you use some sort of particle system for that? im having trouble getting that to come out well for me
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I was animating today and I hit something and lost all my control points. I don't know how to get them back. The model is fine and I can see all the splines it just all the control points are hidden. Anyone know how to unhide them?
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Heya, Is there an in-depth explaination concerning exactly to manipulate bias? Working on my first humaniform model and I've got four-point areas with shadowed corners in one particular area (shoulder). Just can't seem to figure out why it's happening... Any pointers would be supremely welcome. Thanks, Rich
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How do I render a file so that the whole size of the window is only 1.5in high and 2.5in wide? This is for like a signature.
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Can any one give me a pointer in the right direction to do 3D Text? My Boss wants me to take the Company name and make a 3D Image out of it. But I am not realy sure were to Start.
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yeah, uh..... the lens flares in A:M, i want some of them to be so that they dont shine light, cast shadows or make it look like its a light, i want it to just be a lens flare, nothing else, for example, a very shiney knife, exe. i hope you know what i mean because i cant seem to know how else to say it. thx
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ive got nothing to do so how about someone posts a picture of a couple sides of something that isnt too complicated and ill do my best to model it and show you how it comes out. not something that will be really hard, but nothing too easy either....i think this will be fun
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Hello all, I'm fairly new to AM and am trying to work through the examples from Animation Master A Complete Guide (2006 edition). In chapter six starting around page 250/251 it starts taking about character rigging and goes through an example referencing the Captain character. Looking on the CD I have found several model files which could be of the captain, but none of them seem to load, I get an error that reads: [/i]Invalid Model File D:/pathToModel/Captain_v19.mdl So I am obviously having trouble with the example since I can't put bones in a model I can't load. Hs anyone else had this problem? Was using AM v 12.0n+ on Windows XP. Tia, -- kammer
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im making a speaker and i want to make the little holes in the front...do i have to model each little hole in or is there an easier way...if i use bump mapping isnt it always random? i want them to be in little rows
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I am new to ALL of this, so please bare with me. I am a teacher and purchased the program for High School kids. We have been doing great with the program until we got to exercise 7. We followed the steps on the mannual as well as on the videos, but we are stuck on the part about the Dictionary. We tried downloading it, but couldn't, we tried looking for it on one of the CD's, but couldnt find it. Can anyone HELP!!
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If I'm working on an A:M project, and I need to leave the computer for, let's say, an hour or more; when I come back, whatever is on my desktop [wallpaper, icons, etc.] will be in the Modeling Window or the Choreography. If I try to go to a different section [e.g., leave Choreography and go to a Model Window] there is only a blank grey screen. I still have toolbars, but the only way to get back to any of the workspaces is to do a Save and close out...then re-launch A:M. Does this ever happen to anyone else?
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How do I go about putting the various choreographies in my project together when I render? So it plays the first Chor then the second once that one is done and so on and so forth.
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I think I've seen people introduce themselves on the board before they go and impose upon the senior users with silly newbie questions... Hi, I'm Matt G5 1.5 single & G4 667 powerbook Animation Master 12 - just picked it up at WizardWorld Chicago this past summer I've been full on Adobe 2d/static up until this point and this is my first foray into 3d/animation and now my newbie questions...I appologize if I'm not getting the terminology right, or being unclear in my questions. I made a model...but it's not really a model, it's a .prj file. It's a building...the Lincoln Memorial to be exact (sans Lincoln himself for the time being), so there aren'…
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While trying to rotate a model in the action window the model shrinks then comes back to normal size between the key frames. Why?? How can I stop this?
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Help! Just got A:M at Wondercon today and will be running it primarily on a laptop that does not have an internal CD drive, so prefer to not carry it around just for this program. Is there a legit/legal way to bypass the requirement for the CD? I travel a lot and really need to keep things light and small on trips. Maybe putting a copy of the files onto a 1GB USB drive??? I have no problem signing some form or other agreement to state I will not copy or pirate the software, I just need to be able to run it on my laptop "sans" CD. Thanks! The Shooter
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i discoved somthing so cool, you can put lights in the modeling window!!!!! i shacke when i did it and did another test to see if the light in the modeling window would effect in the choeography, and i dose!!!!! i know how to have specific lighting on a model in an animation. thats exactly what they do in the show jimmy nutron, no mater where they are there is always 3-point lightin on the chatacter. man this is so cool!!!! all you have to do is rightclick ( import-> lights ), then all you have to do is possition the light useing the poperties(you can't do it any other way)
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Can some one tell me (or point me in the right direction) how to use proxy models in your animations? I believe a proxy model is a low patch/poly version of your more detailed model. I am not sure how you replace the detailed version with the low detailed version and vice versa. Are there any tutorials or documentation on this? I tried searching the forum, but did not really find anything. Thanks in advance... Al
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THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR JASON SIMMONS WHO KINDLY ANSWERED MY CALL FOR HELP. I ASSUME I CAN DISCUSS MY PROBLEM VIA THIS MEDIA?
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Hi there, So I've started A:M for the very first time.... not true but may as well be. In the first tutorial, the Kit e Kat is asked to be brought in. That's easy, but it floats in mid-air and I can't see where there may be a "drop to floor" type of command or function or something. Does one exist? Signed Newbie of the year. lol Cheers Clinton
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obj export
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i have to exports models made in animation master to wavefront obj. i think i stumbled over an export to wavefront anywhere in animation master, but i dont remember where and i have searched long now, i cant find it. where is ist , and if i am wrong, how can i achieve to export directly to .obj files? is there some good a:m plugin link list out there? there are plenty, but for example the reason for me coming back to animation master after 6 years was the torque exporter, which i didn't find in any of the plugin link lists out there, just stumbled over it accidently thanks in advance
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This is probably staring me right in the face, but can some one please tell me how to remove a pose slider from the Pose window? I have been unable to find any way of doing this, other than manually editting the project (.prj) file. Thanks in advance... Al
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Hi new today with hash animation master and will it install? will it certain exazerbations in four worded modes. I would really appreciate why a G5 Powermac micro processor 2ghz Pc can not run Animation master 11.1 on an O.S OSX 10.4.8...What Am I doing wrong?
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Hello All, I'm running A:M v13.01 on a new MacBook with Intel processor. A:M seems to work fine, as it should. I'm experimenting with HDRI lighting, and was trying to follow the instructions to load an .hdr file into A:M from the HDRI Tutorial thread. It was suggested that the binary .hdr file (I got the "uffizi gallery" HDR file from the Debevec site at http://www.debevec.org/Probes/) should be imported. When I right click on the images directory in the Workspace and attempt Import>Image..., and then select the "uffizi_probe.hdr" file, it says "Unsuppported HDR Format." Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? Alternately, can I change the HDR…
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I'm a retiree looking to expand my creative juices. For years I have dabbled in photography/videography, video editing, and simple graphic work. The A:M application really caught my eye, and I will probably purchase it. I've gone thru most all of the information on Hash's home page, including the tutorials. It looks like I should be able to get a handle on the operational techniques. How far I'll be able to go with it depends on my commitment and interest. (and lasting brain cells!) But my question is, how well will my little puter handle the application and it's rendering chores? I'm running an iMac with PowerPC G4, 800 MHz; 768 MB SDRAM; 60 Gig; OSX 10.4.8. …
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I have something of a dilemma with a shadow. As you can see in the image accompning this question, the shadow of the horn charactor is incomplete. The bell is open, and thus the shadow does not show it. What can I do to get the shadow to cast fully as it is supposed to?
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Ok Ive been gone a long time. School and everything. But where can I find info on v14? I see the download but is their a website? Can I buy v14 upgrade yet? Cheers--
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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 everyone, I've modeled a city. Floating over this city there is an objet which casts a shadow over the city. The shape of this shadow is changed by the geometry of the city, of course. I'd like to render the city in a pass and then hide the city and render only the floating object and its shadow but if I simply turn inactive the city, the shape of the shadow changes because it doesn't reach any surface but the ground and I'd like to preserve this shape in order to composite both render in postproduction... How can I do this? I've tried to include the city in the object's render but making the city to be flat white the same as the background in order to r…
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As I've been working with this program I noticed my files starting to grow. Does anyone care to share their organization method for working with Animation Master? I notice that if I move a file the program seems like the program looses the decals. I'm trying to get a good system now, so I won't suffer in the future. Thanks, Andy
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I need to make a trafic light operational. I have the model created and all CPs in groups with materials applied. I'd like to have each of the three colors change from their "off" state to an "on" state. I think I can do this with poses, but I'm not sure how it's done.
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Is there a current feature list for AM as well as a feature list for the coming version? Also when is the new version due? I now have all the time in the world to learn AM inside and out due to now being disabled and housebound most of the time so once I get the money together I want to get into AM fully. I like the changes I see in these forums now and in particular the massive amount of help directed towards new users. Cheers Mike R
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I posted a few days ago thati have been part of the forum for about 3 years know and that i never have seen where you vote for the image contest, only the results of the voting, in my post someone said check the new postes, for the voting, i still have not seen it, know i was just reading that the voting is almost over, where is it I dont want to vote because i have entered a image but i would like to check on the compitision, befor its decided by whoever decides
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before I could make somthing like.... http://amfilms.hash.com/search/Entry.php?entry=1089 .... I learn fairly fast but I don't want to spend 2 years learning A:M befor I could pull somthing like that off...
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a place were users can upload models for free or for sale for other A:M users?
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Just finished my second session with AM and initial impression is it's gonna work, but there will be issues. Seems like I'm doing too much tech and not enough art. Things like moving the data library from the CD to the hard drive, as there were no models in the Models tab, and when I attempted to save I get this goofy message all about embedding and something about the project tree which I think I found but it had about a thousand items in it about which I hadn't a clue. I spent a few hours doing strange and wonderful things to the rabbit, and managed to save the project, but on reopening the program it flashed me a message about saving changes to the rabbit, I clicked y…
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Hi all! Somebody say me that A:M has booleans but I can't find it. Somebody can to say me where? And how can I do bevels? Thank you very much.
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Hi All - I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem. In my camera properties, I set the background color (in this case to white). When I click the onscreen render button, the background is white. When I render my final animation, the background is black. I tried changing the bg color to all kinds of crazy colors. Same exact results. I'm sure I'm just missing a setting somewhere. What setting am I missing? Thanks. - Michael
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I'm working on this very abstracted female model. I'm beveling all the edges. The problem I'm having is that, due to the beveling, I've got some spline "rings" that are very close to each other, and they're creating subtle bands in the surface of the model. In the attached image, you see an example right where the left leg joins the torso. Is there anything I can do to avoid this? I am aiming to animate with this character. I guess I could get rid of it if I peaked everything, but then I don't think I'd be able to smoothly curve things when animating (right?).
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I am looking to purchase a 3D animation program and will need to use it for text animation as well as modeling. I do not see much about text animation on the hash website and I can't seem to find a demo verison to test it out. Is AM limited as far as text is concerned?
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Dont know if this topic belongs here? But I need an answer. The model preview pane doesnt display inside AM? Mainly for extras DVD. Thats alot of files to go through. I need this feature to work? I just get the blank gray panel telling me preview not available. Did a clean install, and the update patch. (This is the '07 upgrade by the way.....)
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Is it possible to mix live action footage and animations using animation master 10.5 (2003) version? Thanks in Advance
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Got my first question, now i got the sword in the hand moving with it, now, i cant change the angle of the sword, like, its stuck facing forward? wat do i do Trinrixpro
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I need some help. I tried to make an animation, you know, moving the bones into position and load up a song from the sound folder, a mp3 song that I converted to .wav. Well it did work once I converted it to .wav, it does play the song in the program, but the problem is that whatever my animation is, plays first and then it plays the song. This happens when I loop the animation which it was just about 5 seconds; I did that just to try it since I am new at this and I am just learninig how the animation master program works. Any Ideas on how to blend the animation with a song file when I loop the aniamtion? This is what I want to do: I want to be a…
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What does Key Bone, Key Branch and Key Model do? I know one of the buttons is used in the doors stuck exercise. But what does each button actually do? Hmmmm....
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My post got deleted because I suggested new fun simple tutorials?
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Hi all, While I try to solve my preoccupations with respect to the modeled one in A: M, turns out strange not to find an option to import OBJ files in a program so big like this. Can anybody tell me how can I do it? Thank you very much!
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Hi! I'd like to create an idyllic scene of a country field with a field of tall grass that has contains some grass elements that "undulate" in the wind. This doesn't have to be completely realistic, and it seems that I'd only want to render a few "individual" blades of grass for the foreground. Does anyone have an idea on what kind of technique I could use to create this tall grass? Would this be a "Hair"-type technique? a "Flocking"-technique? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Tim
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Hi! I'm looking to create a field of grass with the "Flocking" technique in A:M. I have created a very simple "blade of grass" with two bones that will allow it to sway. I've followed the instructions on how to create a flock (using the "crowd" plug-in). My "population" setting is at "20," which is the default, but when I drop my blade of grass on the flcoking manipulator I create, only two (2) blades of grass show up. I'd like to populate my scene with more than 20 blades, so how can I populate the flock? It doesn't seem to make sense that the program isn't filling the scene with the default 20, and only populating with two. Any help would be much app…
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multi view
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Ive noticed on thing about A:M after using it once. It dosent seem to support multiple views at the same time (such as in maya or max) will that be adressed in future realeses?
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I'm modeling the fighter from the toturial, i have all the pictures in and locked, but I can't seem to make splines... is there a button I need to press?
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