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I have a stickfigure walking. The walk cycle is 20 frames and I want it to be repeated. I put the model in a .chor and then dragged the action onto it. Now the figure will ony do one cycle (no matter how many times I tell it to repeat) and does the cycle super super slow. Any suggestions?
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Ok i was fooling around and all of a sudden i deleted my project gallery that had all my models in it. How do i get it back now??
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I've tried this over and over again, I've exported both quicktime and avi and i get the same result. What I'm trying to do is export my animation in widescreen (1.2) and no matter how many times I try it, it exports in fullscreen, (0.9). Anyone know how fix this?
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Hi all Perhaps this is just another example of why I should stick with the baby steps instead of jumping into the deep end head first but my first attempt at using decals has been frustrating to say the least. For a little bit of background I was playing around with creating scenes from a space opera i've been dabbling with and I was playing with from space shots of the principle setting. For this I assumed that the best approach for creating this planet would be to make a large decal made from one of my maps of the setting (attachment 1) on top of of a 32patch sphere unfortunately the end result of this leads us to attachment 2. I've played with the size of t…
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Hey guys... I have a model that I have attached a bulb light to. It is not working. It shows in skeletal mode that the light exists and can be manipulated, but it is not working when it renders or anything at all. Suggestions? Am I missing a command or something?
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Hi all, I want to show all my controls for my character on the dopesheet (keyframe sheet) because I need to key them all for each pose. So I am using the 'tack' function but everytime I go to another control, the others disappear on the dopesheet. How can I prevent this from happening? Also, other than moving (jiggling) the other bones that are not being moved, is there a way to set them automatically when you set one of the other controllers? Thanks
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people have a thing (the best way i can explain it, sorry) under the avitar eg. "animating scence 1997" .so do you have to do something to get them? thanks
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Is it possible to turn particle sprites on and off on command?
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I was wondering if it's possible to take several photos and import them into A:M to make a stop motion animation. Has anyone tried this?? I tried to apply them as a decal to a flat model but it didn't work because the decal option isn't available in a choreography window. Any suggestions?
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The Sizes of Defaults Cornell Box 55x55x55 cm. If I enlarge sizes to 200x200x200 cm (and more), then in what progression should I increase quantity and parameters of light sources? Is there any definite pattern in such calculations? Is there any formula for such calculation? May be it’ll be optimal to reduce pro rata models themselves, which are settled in Cornell Box, rather than enlarge Cornell Box? And one more question. What function does the detail "luminaire" execute in Cornell-Demo-Defaults project? Thanks to everybody. Excuse me my imperfect English.
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Hello im new to A:M. Theres a couple of things i've already tried out in A:M, I have like discovered things myself by experimenting and so on... STILL, theres some things I wonder about: - Is It possible to make full lenght animations? because I noticed that the frames are only to 01:00 min If it is like that, then is it possible to melt all the short clips together by using A:M? - I wish to add special 3d effects to an already made .AVI clip. I try to load the clip into A:M but it says that its an invalid choreography file. How can I correct this? or is there any tutorial that can show how you can add 3d models into avi clips etc. - Is it po…
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i have a texture that i want to rotate around a block at a constant speed continualy is there a way to set a action to get the texture to move on the object with out any stalling parts?
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Is it possible to animate a decal? Lets say I have a character who has a smiley face decal attatched to him for the first 12 frames but changes his expression, via decal, on the 13th frame. Better yet, can you decal movie files? Thanks for the help, Masna
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I am aware that you can constrain a character or an object to a path and render that animated action over time. For example, create a walk cycle for a character and have him walk along a spline/path placed on the ground. The question is: Is there a way to have a cross section of a model follow a path in the choreography window and sort of build itself over time. Think of a model that magically grows and grows unto completion before ones eyes. An example of this might be a single spline/path that swirls around to look like a written version of the fluid Coca Cola logo. Could you have a cross section of a model follow that sweeping path and animate over time so th…
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I have a clip rendering... there is an animated decal on a model... sometimes when a frame renders it seems to split the decal in half diagonally leaving one half of the model with the decal and the other half of the model black... I have tried to render the clip as an .avi and as an .mov and I get the same problem.... any suggestions?
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hi. people keep going on about this darktree thing and i was wondering, what is it
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This really has nothing to do with A:M. It's about the avatar (if that's even what they're called) that is placed next to your name. I can't seem to find the setting to add an avatar to my profile. Are there certain specifications that you have to follow when adding an avatar? Thanks, Masna
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i am doing a small batman animation... sort of a tribute to the joker and i was tinking. what should i do. i am looking for that orthentic tv/comic book style so should render the movie in toon or put just flat collors on my charicters.
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Hi everyone, I'm currently running Animation:Master on a Mac G5 with 3 GB of Ram. OS version: 10.4.11. The computer's about 5 years old. I can still edit with Final Cut Pro just fine, but A:M doesn't seem to like it very much. A:M will crash once in a while, rendering is a crapshoot, and some tutorials like putting fur on Chewbacca was difficult for the computer to handle. I'm anxious to learn and use A:M for all sorts of projects, so I figure I should get a new computer. The PC I currently have is pushing 10 years old, so I was going to buy a new PC, but alot's changed in 10 years!! Can anyone recommend a good PC to buy? I was hoping to get one unde…
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I am trying to make a pirates of the Caribbean model and i am using the Eugine skeleton model. And i was wondering how i add cloths to a already existing model that where ever the model goes the clothes go.
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Hello - I did a search, but didn't find anything - I have a client that wants me to make a very short animation - but need the model and chor if possible in a 3ds format. Can you export AM models to other program formats, or is that more the job of the other programs to be able to import AM models or chor? Thank you, Eric
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Two question really. I'm working in V11 temporarily and I imported some images ( jpegs ) to use as rotos. They show in the PWS, they show when rendered or when the individual file is called up from the PWS but, when I try to open it in the view it only shows up as a white rectangle. Is there a way out of this? WXP on 1 Ghz machine with 512Mb of Ram I could try it in V14 or V15 but I'd like to fix it now. Second question is more general. I am working on my own animation which I hope to put out to festivals if it is good enough afterwards.A part of the story would involve people passing a shop window. They wouldn't be a integral part of the narrative just th…
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Oi !!! I just purchased AM and am having problems when I try to run it. It comes up with the following error message: This action cannot be completed because the other program is busy. Press 'Switch to' to activate the busy program and correct the problem. When I select 'Switch to', it opens the windows menu in the bottom corner, which does not help. I installed AM on 3 other computers that belongsto friends and only one of these computers had the same problem. My computer has the following specs: GeForce 8800GT 512mb, 4gig RAM, 500gig HDD, AM2 Dual Core 4.2Ghz. Help!!! I need to get it running for exams.
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Hi, I got A:M 2002 back in...well, 2002 and I haven't used it much and kind of forgot about it. I have recently been re-inspired to learn it and I have some questions regarding the latest version and the bajillion updates inbetween. Considering how I never really made anything to speak of on A:M 2002, I'm kind of reluctant to buy the latest version without conquering the old one. So here's the questions: 1) Will the models I make in 2002 be able to transfer over to the latest version? 2) If I get the latest version will I have to relearn everything or is it the same as 2002 but with more features? 3) I've always had a problem with A:M 2002 shutting down on …
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shortcut to fly tab: there seems to be no repeat option. how do i repeat ? version 15.b
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ok i no there are constrants but i apperant dont kno whow to use them i have a model helacopter facing up with its blades and i need the rotor to only spin but when in the animation mode it like to rotate into its own body, what type of constrant do i need and what should it look like to make sure that the blade is all way flat with the body no mater how i spin it ?
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Hi - I created an animation in a chor of a bottle showing it's different functions and I need to swap it with a different bottle, because the second bottle has the exact same motions - is this possible to do? or do I have to redue the animation w/ the new bottle? Thanks for any help.
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Dear Animation Masters: I'm new to A:M and this forum and I'm getting the modeling and such down but the technical stuff...not so much. I hate to say it but I have that love/ hate relationship with A:M. I love the creative side but hate the technical/ computer side. I know several of you feel my pain. Anyway, I'm interested in making a very simple memory game using A:M and I was wondering if there's a plug in that allows a user to interact with the animation...meaning I model the objects, set up the animation and choreography, and during the animation you can click on the objects with a mouse to make them do certain things (flip over, stop, change colors, etc). Has a…
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Here's something I haven't seen before. In "improving" the patches on my model, I naturally want to attach ends of one spline to another to make one continuous spline. But when I do this, the splines connect but the result is not continuous. That is if I hightlight one side of the CP I get one bias handle and if I highlight on the other side I get a completely different bias handle. The "," key verifies that the spline isn't connected properly. This seems to be common all over the model, but if I create a pair of splines out in space and connect the ends, it works just as it should. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Alan
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hi, i made a character and i m animation it. how will i isolate all the bone and constrain the character to 2 diffrent null bones . 1 bone for verticle rotation asnd the other 1 for horizontal rotation. help needed. thanks.
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Can anyone help me to get the turbulence working on volumetric effects in v14.0c? If I drop a default dust volumetric into the choreography I just get a misty white sphere with no turbulence. If I do the same in version v13t then I get turbulence within the volumetric sphere. I saved out the project in v13 (with working turbulence) and then loaded into v14 and when I rendered the chor there was still no turbulence on the dust, just the same white misty sphere. I've tried re-installing version v14.0c but this makes no difference. I've also tried adding different turbulence types to the dust object but nothing seems to work. Help please anyone... Thank…
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How do you create text in animation master v13 I need really cool text.
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This has to be one of the stupidest questions ever but I can't find a post that I made on the newbies forum. It was about upgrading A:M from v13 to v15. I'm pretty sure the last one to respond on the post was robcat. I searched for it everywhere but I couldn't find it. Can posts be deleted? Thanks, Masna
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Hi guys, i am animating a charater, its pretty cool, but i m having problems with key framing, how can i learn how to key frame, any book or vedio lesson, will be appreciated.
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i am using v 13. i animated a charater using 3 and 4 frames between them, but i fond out that when i played the scene it was too fast what can i do to correct this to normal spped.
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Hello - I posted earlier on creating an ECG oscillation that is going to be showing on on a monitor. I was able to create it in flash export it as an .avi and import it into AM as a targa sequence - I applied it to the monitor and it works great. My question is how do I make it loop? Do I somehow create it as an action - and have it play the length of the video? If so how do I turn it into an action? Thanks - Eric
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i am animating a charater and i was wondering how to fix the camera in my verious views, for example, i make a charater dance, on frame 5 it shakes its head , frame 10 it bends it hand and on fram 15 it raises it leg. how can i show frame 5 THE HEAD and frame 10 THE HAND and frame 15 THE LEG. on the different camera view when the object is already animated. need help
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Hello - I have a hospital scene for a client that requires a modeled EKG machine w/ a heart monitor that they want the oscilations animated on the flat panel monitor. Any suggestions or ideas for this - I was thinking of maybe making an animated gif in another program and importing it in? Thanks for any help -Eric
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hey sorry to bother u guys but, where can i find out how to make, motion blur? i looked in "am resource matrics" but most of the tutorial web pages dont work :s thx guys
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i was going to render something in the dark with a model of mine, having glowing eyes. but for some odd reason, the glowing color of the eyes seem to "leak" out some cracks.... is there a solution? you must zoom to actually see the problem...
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I am currently working on an animation project and have run into some serious time issues while working with AM. Long time user, since the days of Playmation and Ive never had these issues before (Took a LONG break w/ AM). Here are my issues: Bias adjustments, If my model has bias set, if I move, rotate or copy any model, the bias adjustments get lost causing TONS of wasted time in re-adjusting. Is there any way to lock down the bias before a copy/paste so I do not need to rebuild everything? Camera coordinates in world space; Im using an orthogonal camera but it is a serious pain in the butt to position the camera where I want. Im after a sim…
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ok im not sure if the topic that was posted meens the same as this one but how do i make something on the model light up. like say i had a gountlet, and i wanted "power" comeing out of a spacific point in it. the power i want is a red light. so how would i make the red light look as if it was comeing out ofthe arm pice?? EDIT: should i just constrain the light inside the models arm and have a transparant part red?
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I am exporting a character with Animation to Quest with the Osidian-Export. Now I got the problem, that the character is always coming in mirrored (that means what was on the right will be one the left. To solve this, I would go the easy road and do all the animations visversa. But now I made a mistake and animated not mirrored. So is there a plugin or a function which can bring all the animation in the action from one side to the other and visversa? *Fuchur*
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ok i need help make a mouth on a flat character...parrappa fro parappa the rapper and lammy from umm jammer lammy and i need help with designing the mouth on him to make him talk when i do a dope sheet... please help
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i wanted to know how to add a 3d character to a picture. I saw it done in one of the tutorials... but it didn't go over how to do that.
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I've been trying to add video to the choregraphy.. and the file type is avi.. but when i import it.. it shows a blank. help please.
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How do I solve this problem?
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I know I've posted the two topics before. Sorry about so many posts. I need to know how to save a picture to my computer after I render it. Could anyone help?
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Hi! Hopefully you've all seen the movies "Alien" and "Aliens". I need just three models. Any help would be fine! I need a normal alien or soldier alien, a queed alien and a colonial marine. Any help would be welcome! Please help! Thanks!
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Hi everyone! I am making a Lego Star Wars movie. I need help! Could anyone upload a lego star wars model up here on the forums? This would be very helpful! If you are willing to help, I need a lego battle droid and a lego super battle droid. I also need a few lego ships from the clone wars. Any of these would work just fine. Particulary the fighters. Thanks!
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