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Yo ppls, Is there a .DXF export plugin out there? I really want to export my object into a CAD so I can use a machine like the fabber to actually create it.
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Hi. I've been reading that A:M imports .obj files but with some problems in the earlier releases. I have v13. The issue is that I need a real good kick-ass dinosaur for a project -- and I suck at modeling anything 'real'. I found this one on Turbo Squid: http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/369646 ...But it costs a lot of money. I'll make the investment if I had some kind of comfort that the .obj file will import correctly and that I could add Walk Cycles, animate it, etc. (since I can't return it). Anyone have experience in importing .obj files in v13? Anything I should be warned about? Thanks! DirectorDave
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ok so im doing a dope sheet and for an imported WAV file and i did all the words for the sound but my characters mouth is not moving.... i need your help like WHOA!! Thankyou
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not the right forum but you've made my sky, http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=352938 i've this meteor crashing down, followed by a "time lapse"ish sequence where the entire sky is cast over, lightning strikes, clouds move left->right. while my resources are pathetic and by no means just, it's clear this is one of them Coincidences and i want it, just don't know where to e-mail!
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If I create a simple action that has a sound effect associated with it, the sound plays in the chor when the action happens... but only for the first occurrence of the action. Subsequenct actions are silent. Am I not understanding something here? or is that a bug?
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I'm curious, what file types is A:M capable of importing and exporting? OBJ, 3DS, DXF. etc? I've been modelling and texturing in Hexagon 2 and was wondering if I could import my models with their textures from there to be animated in A:M. I've looked in the online A:M reference, but could find no answer. Thanks.
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Does Animation Master Work With Windows Vista? Pretty Soon I'm Ganna Be Buying A Windows Vista Pc. I own Animation Master v12.0
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Is it possible to have a light in a lightlist so that the light itself only affect one model, but still have that model cast a shadow on other objects? How would I do this?
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never mind. cheers!
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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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okay first image with multipass turned off second image change to toon render project file done in v15 but should load in v14 sl.zip I made the cage bars with the sweeper plugin...Ricky was on the extra cd I embedded him in the project file
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Hey all... I am new to A:M and am starting to attempt to make my own models. The problem is i do not know how to make eyes. If anyone can explain to me how...or even just provide me with a link or tutorial, please do so Thanks... Dango
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I'm missing something very fundamental here: I'm trying to model a logo from scratch using a rotoscoped image. I got the outline for the logo finished and looking good and then extruded it to get some depth. My rendering mode is set to shaded & wireframe. As you can see from the attached image (which is the perspective view), the sides of the logo look fine but I'm missing a front & back face. How do I add a front and back face to the model?
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Help! Help!
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I made a post in another thread that consisted of this: I have a friend who wants to see the video, but isn't on the internet (Oh, the horror!) but he's not that stone-age, he has a big screen TV. I want to burn a DVD to take to him, but I need to convert the file. I have an AVS Video conversion program, but I'm not up on specs enough to know what to convert it to. Here is a shot of the settings as they are. What do I change them to for: A: A Big screen TV B: A Big Screen HD TV If there is a difference. Could one of you amazing A:M Forum Technophiles help me get a clue? Thanks Thought I'd try a fresh thread.
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I made a simple book model and now I want to use it in an animation. I created 2 bones for both sides so I can open and close it. But now the book bones need to be constrained to rotate only in one direction - I need to prevent the bones to rotate up or down. How do I have to do that? For characters I uses the hash 2001 skeleton, where these constraints are already set. How can I create such constraints for my own? I haven't found a tutorial for that in the manual. Buch.mdl
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I just was reading a hand modeling tutorial here the other day, but for the life of me cannot find it again. I believe it was a PDF of modeling a simple hand tutorial. Ive searched all over the forum, anyone happen to have a link? Thanks!
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Along with my ongoing problem of Foot Targets drifting away from the mesh, I now seem to have Control Ponits permanently affixed to some point in space. I've examined the model in the Action window. All points are colored and all seem to be assigned to a bone. There are no rogue, uncolored points. So what are these guys hanging on to?[attachmentid=14755]
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I have AM|13 (Yeti) While the program is running my computer keeps dinging, about every 20-30 seconds. Also Windows Agent starts when I start AM. can I stop this, or is it necessary? this never ending dinging sound. (Windows XP Exclamation) is really annoying. please help, if you know what's going on. thanks!
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Hey, This time i cant get the wheel to lathe properly. It says to move pivot. I dont get it lol. This modeling is a lot of learning lol Hopefully ill be able to be proficent with it soon. Thanks Geoff
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i am stilling using V13. how can i copy an action sequence in AM so that i can ve a duplicate of my work in other frames.
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So I am going through all my "pre-flight" checks (so to speak) before starting trying to animate with this thing. I was looking at the bones that make up the spine and were a little concerned that they all seemed to be rotated just a few degrees off-center of the y-axis. Is this cause for concern? I have managed to get them more or less squared up, except for one. It still looks a little off to me. I took a screen grab looking up from the bottom. The pelvis and first spine bone look absolutely square, the 2nd spine bone and head look like they are still off a little bit.
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Are smartskins stored in the relationships section of the PWS, or are the put someplace else? I had some set up to deal with the flippers but it doesn't look like they are there anymore.
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Ok, so I've just modeled half of my head, but when I select it as a group and select copy/flip/attach, it flips it along the wrong axis everytime so that it connects the left half of my head nose to nose! How do you decide which direction to copy? I'm using AM v13 Alpha, and my help topics won't start, but I'm sure there is an easy explanation for this... Thanks! -Tim
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Hi, I'm not an AM user - yet - but I intend to be soon. However, my main interest at the moment is to purchase AM to use for modeling my company's products in domestic situations. That is, to use AM as a home-design program that can do beautiful and life-like renderings. I've spent a lot of time on the main site and browsing this forum, but I can't find a list of common objects included with the program. I've seen stunning still-lifes AM users have created, so I know that what I intend is possible. But I'm hoping to avoid having to design every item manually, such as a lamp or tree or couch etc. Is there such a list of items included? Or, in lieu of a detailed list, …
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I seem to recall running across the answer to this here a while back. Can all the model libraries be transfered to the HD and not run off the CD? I know that it would still be necessary to have the CD in to run the prog, and I'm fine with that. I just thought it might make things go a little faster to have all that goodness running of the box instead of the CD. If so, has anyone tried this and was there a noticible difference? Thanks. C.
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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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I have been toying around with a number of programs, recently I purchased a program called iclone studio. Do any of you know if AM is along the same line of program, well assuming you might know what iclone studio is. Anyway, it seems that it might have been wiser if I had found the program, AM first. Right now, it is not within my budget to purchase AM. But I intend to someday. I will keep exploring the forums and learning what I can. Thanks for aany advice in advance. Have a good day.
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Hey everyone, Been working on a model of Kisuke Urahara from Bleach for the past couple weeks and so far, I'm liking what I've got. However now I'm on the task of dressing the man and it dawned on me that the more robe-style attire of his 'wannabe kimono top' is a little more complicated to work with than I anticipated. So I wanted to know if anyone had any good suggestions on modelling that sort of thing. I went ahead and attached my reference image if anyone needs an idea of what I'm working on. Thanks in advance, I look forward to hearing from you guys soon.
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Hi - this is my first stab at putting decals on a character for color variations. I keep getting this small oranage square on the frog's neck. I have reapplied the orange to the hand about 4 times - even hiding all mesh but the hands when I am decaling it - and I am still getting the orange square - any ideas what I am doing wrong? Also, any suggestions or comments on the decaling itself that might make it look better would be appreciated. Thanks - Eric
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Happy New Year All April 2008 I purchased a one-year subscription for Animation Master. I am trying to create my first short animation music video with five characters, 3D backgrounds and various musical images. I am looking for someone to help or get involved
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Hi - playing around with an explosion material that I downloaded I think from a zip file that John put up. I remember playing w/ it a ways back and it worked fine. I have the "show particles" turned on, so that it is not the issue. I assigned it to a basic ball model which I brought into a chor. It is doing nothing - not showing any particles - is there something I am missing something else I am not turning on - I attached an image of the "explosion" material. Thanks.
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Hey guys my name is Adam Wermus and I am still trying to learn the ropes of Animation Master(v15) 1) How do you change which camera is dominant during choreography? Say from t= 0 sec to t=3 seconds I want camera 1 to be dominant, then t=3 seconds to t=6 seconds I want camera 2 to be dominant, and then back to camera 1 for the rest of the film? how do I do that? 2) When I try to render a file it takes hours to finish rendering (20+). Is there a way to make that process go by faster or do I just have to be patient? 3) When I have more than one object in a scene for choreography mode, when I play what I have it drags, skips and is very slow making it hard for …
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I am trying to work through the Lip Poses Tutorial. When I turn on the magnetic mode and click a corner of the lips to make adjustments the sphere of influence does not appear like in the tutorial video. What would cause this? T MAC
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I was here a bit about a year and a half ago, and I'm getting back into animation again (finally cancelled my World of Warcrack account). I just wanted to say hi. Quick question about the excercises for the Art of certificate. Is it OK to go beyond what is specified in the excercise? For example, here [attachmentid=17244] is my Ex1, where I was playing with the camera angle going over rabbit's shoulder to look at Kee Kat in the dynamic pose. Will I get my golden checkmark for this, or should I play it a little closer to the guidebook? -Andy
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[edit] I meant IK. I always get them mixed up. I'm so use to just turning on IK that I forgot how to do it on the 2001 rig. I thought all I needed to do was to use a "translate to" and "orient like" constraints for the hand bone but it's not working. After constraining the hands to a null, when I go to move the hips, the hand bone stays locked but the other bones in the arm continue to move pulling the mesh of course. I'm trying to create an animation of rabbit turning to sit in a chair. He's reaching back to grab the arms of the chair to support himself as he settles into the chair. I want to set the FK there so the hands are locked to the arms of the…
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Hello- While going through the AM 15 "textures" folder I noticed an atx file called "PenciSketch.atx". It sounded intriguing so I created a new material in the Project Workspace and tried to locate the atx file to load and test. I was unable to locate the "pencisketch.atx" file even though other files in the same texture folder like InkPen.atx, Watercolour.atx and Xray.atx are available through the Toonnation plug-in... Does anyone know how to locate the "PenciSketch.atx" file for loading? Many thanks! Tom
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Hello all, I have been following the video tutorials but a few things haven't been going so smoothly. I will list the two problems I have below: - I am doing the car exercise and the tutorials car has perfectly round tires. The tires on my model are like a octagon. Also I made my flower with another exercise and the ends of the petals wore round... when I closed A:M and opened it the next day the end of the petals were a sharp point. Did I click some feature that I'm not supposed to? I compared my screen to the video tutorials screen and every feature selected is the same. - As I mentioned earlier I completed the Flower exercise. One "problem" I have is th…
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hello all you talented animators!!!, You probably herd this 1000 times but can I use a video as a rotoscope? like Live reference and animate it by frame by frame? if so.....HOW? because i think itll be easer to record myself and others and overlap it and animate it.... Can one do this?? THANKS a BUNCH
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Can anyone suggest some ideas to get a realistic looking carpet? Thanks - Eric
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Hi There, I'm just having trouble viewing any of the tutorials that use the Ensharpen CODEC. Quicktime quits when I try opening the tutorials. I downloaded the latest Ensharpen 1.1 Universal installer from their site and updated to 10.4.10 - but still no luck. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers Ben MacBook MAC OS 10.4.10 Quicktime Pro 7.1.6
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I have been working on a practice choreography out of the David Rogers book. I initially set the time to be 5 seconds so that the flower sack action which is one second long, could hop across the screen 5 times. But the range setting for the choreography property keeps changing to 25 seconds. I change it, save the project, re-open it and the setting is back to 25 seconds. A:M 16 beta3
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I have looked and looked and can find no information on how to control the box that lets items come in front of and go behind other objects. I can fool around and eventually get the item I want in front where I want it, but I can not seem to find the key that does this with any consistancy. Where would I look for this information? Thanks, Lucine
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I am new to Animation Master and I am trying to close KeeKat's eyes. However, his pupils still appear when his eyelids are closed. However, I reinstall version 12 from my CD and the eyes seem just fine. Am I installing the v13 installer wrong? Also, I copy the dictionary file over to version 13. THanks See attached thumbnail to see what it is doing.
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Hi, I am working on my flower project and creating an action as review. I can get copy keyframe and paste key frame to work but not copy keframe/paste mirrored to work. Here's a screen shot after I did a mirrored paste for frame 25. Lori Hiatt
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G'day fellow AM users, hope we're all well... Just a quick question from a new animating loving brother down under. I've done all the tutorials with some success and a whole lotta fun! But now I am trying out a short animation of my own and have run into a strange thing that I am wondering how to get around. In choreography I have dropped in "kid" and "Resolute Walk" onto a path, changing the Ease to allow him to walk down the path for a few seconds. I play back and all is well. Now, here's where I need some advice guys and girls of AM. I now at 6 frames latter wish to alter "kid"'s foot so he appears to finish the walk at a standstill. I go into the nulls …
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Hi, I'm not sure if people are able to send the models they have made to other people. If you know can you please tell me? Thanks
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Concerning the models on the CD and Extras CD : it is often asked here about the rights of these models - can they be used in commercial productions... etc. etc. The answer seems to always be "check the notes in the model" and yet, for the life of me, I cannot find any notes for any models I have ever checked. I do not have the new DVD, but rather last year's Extras CD. This seems to be devoid of any notes, and it has me quite curious about the rights for certain models. Any information anyone has would help me out alot.
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so the book tells how to make fire smoke and sparks. but how can I make my own particals if I don't need fire smoke and sparks. thanks.
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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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do you have to have the cd in to use a:m. i have nother software i use with it and it requires a cd too
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