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I made a flour sack with a skeleton and made an action of it kicking in the sky then coming down. but the skeleton was really hard to use, unlike the models that came with AM already. if u got any tips then itll be great if u can tell them.. anyways heres the video. Flour_pack_kick.mov
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OK i made a tooned rendered out version of walking, and it looks great, but the walking could use some improvements i could say. ima post it righ down here, but if you have any helpful tips, hints stuff thatll help and tutorials i could find( besides the video tutorials here, watched almost all of em) and done em. Running_movie.mov for the info its my very first ever alone completed running (meanig i did not use anything but my head, no tutorials or posts on the forum. wohhooo!
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Okay guys new problem!! I need to model a heart for my girlfriend but idk how! Ithought it would be cool if I gave her a taste of my work but I NEED A HEART!! HELP!
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Hello, everyone whos looking at this. i made a hammer and it looks great i think. i added wood and steel materials to it, but the place where the materials touch together that doesnt look realistic at all and i needed some help to make it look more realistic. Also the head of each side of the hammer has this black thing on it and i dont know what it is. if any of you can itd be great if you could help me out and give me tips.
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OK whenever i am modeling sometimes i use the lathe key. but then maybe i wont like what is lathed so i select it and delete it. but when i try to make more splines they wont show up. its pretty much like deleting a lathed item makes any other splins that i try to create invisible.
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Howdy all. I just purchased the web subscription to get back into using A:M (started using it back in the early 90s when it was Playmation)..but am having some trouble. I'm running on an MacBook Pro with 3GB of RAM and 10.5.1, but am crashing constantly. It's a clean install of 10.5.1 so there are no old preference files from my older version of A:M that I previously purchased. What I'm wondering is: 1. Is A:M 15.0a the only version that I can run under the web subscription? I was expecting to be running a final release, not alpha. 2. Is there a specific version of the OS that works better than others for the most current release of A:M? Thanks! I'm dying…
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i have a complexe model thats set to a grid of 5X5 and have a circle with 8 points , the whole lathe thing , but i need it to be connected to a specifing point as to not and seams , is there a way to select say the bottom point and snap it to point A with the others folowing but the circle not being destorted
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When I am using Wire frame mode of my model, edges of the model shown rounded (Please check the attached "Wireframe" pic). When I am using Shaded mode of my model, edges of the model shown sharp (Please check the attached "Shaded" pic). But I have seen from a tutorial that it does not happen with others. Just wondering if it is some set up problem. Can anyone please explain it to me?
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Hi I'm trying to add any text to a simple choreography. Is there an easy way to do this in animation master? I have not found it at all...I would like a simple opening text saying the movie title.
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Im currently trying to create a model from some pictures of a character, does any one have a tutorial on how to make a good model fom picture? note that most of the pics arnt a direct 90 degrees onto the face
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after getting the upgrade i am missing models most noticable the gia girl model where can i get these back
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Hi - I just upgraded to v15 w/ fluids - but I haven't has a minute to run through any of the fluids tutorial... I have a new client that contacted me that owns a plastics manufacturing company and they produce bottles that he wants an animation of one filled w/ fluid and have it tipping up and porring into a second compartment on the container - basically it lets you measure out a certain amount. My question is for anyone that has been playing around w/ fluids - is this something that can be done - having the fluid/water starting in the bottle about 3/4 full and pouring it out? Thanks for any help - Eric
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just wondering how if possable you can do a plasma like effect like you see in star gate sg1 , or a shield like effect as seen in supream commander
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I'm looking for a page turn type of thing again... I think I asked this before a long while back. I'd like to be looking down at stack of pieces of paper, and have the top page curl from the right lower corner to the upper left, revealing the next page. Would it be better/easier to do this as a cloth, or with a series of bones from upper left to lower right? In my ideal world, the first page would flip, exposing the rear of that page as it passes the camera, then showing the next page in the stack. "I'll hang up and listen" = I'm doing a search again while waiting for a reply.
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I've made this great body for my wolf, but every time I try to make the head it comes out wrong. I tried rotoscoping and everything. If anyone has any past experiences with canine heads or has a tip please tell me.
Last reply by hybrid, -
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Greetings all! While I have puttered around with A:M since 2000 I haven't really done anything other than some interesting stills but my real interest is animation. So here are my questions: 1. Is the A:M 'school' where you upload your progress through the tutorials and have them graded still in effect or am I too late? 2. The TWO project was begun in 2005 as a three year project so I assume it must be in its final stages. Considering the fact that I still must go through the A:M tutorials and that I hold down a full time job is it too late for me to hope to contribute to this project? Finally, a side note: I noted somewhere that there was still some t…
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Pretty much what the topic says, I'm trying to export my model I made in Animation Master into Maya, so how do I do that?
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Ok i know this is going to sound like a compleatly dumb question but iv have some how managed to lose my manual , ok how do i take a image file say a jpeg of sand and import it into AM
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my intense textures are slowing my computer down, at least when i am trying to edit in a choreography. i've seen that in some models, the textures aren't visible, yet when you render, there they are! (Ex: Gala model) (and this increases performance A LOT) how am i able to do this? anyone know?
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Hello - I have a client that wants an animation project for a website - and she also wants it put on a High Definition DVD - Does anyone know anything about that, and if it would be rendered at a different setting or something? I have made DVDs, using a render of the animation from AM and making a DVD from it with Premiere, but wasn't sure about HD DVD. Any info would be great. Thanks, Eric
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it the actual animation mode how do you change a path , i put one down in top view but need it to go up a hill but cant get it to do so
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I'm probably missing something obvious. I have a downloaded file called "AM2005.exe" that I downloaded years ago. It is apparently the installer for AM version 11.1b (which it announces on startup). It is the latest version I have been able to use with my original AM Orangutan CD. I'm installing on Windows XP Media Center on an HP a1600n computer. It does install and successfully start up. However, there are no models, choreographies, actions, images, etc. in any of the libraries. The library droplist includes: All Libraries Hash Installed Library My Library Under the "Hash Installed Library", in the Tutorials tab, there are two tutorials:…
Last reply by Caroline, -
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Is there any tutorial showing how to shatter text, like glass
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there seems to be no setting here and i was wondering if the avi dv export no compression is progressive or lower field non progressive?
Last reply by sir fen the usa, -
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this is crazy. all of a sudden i cant make a pose work in chor or actions. well they work meaning i move the slider and i get the pose movement but it does not seem to key start and finish of the pose. say i start the pose at 0 advance to 10sec and move the pose slider. play and nothing. i must have missed a step abling the pose to key start and key finish. any ideas?
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I originally bought AM V10.5. My last update is version 11.1b. Is there any later update that I would be permitted to get for free? I have had AM for many years but never gotten off the ground with it. My original computer had display problems and was too slow, there were crashes, and I found the program difficult to catch onto (I'm a right-click addict and expect everything to be discoverable by right-clicking on objects). Now I'm running Win XP on several computers (HP a1600n, Toshiba laptop, custom dual XEON) so should have the power if my version is XP compatible with my AM. I'd like know if: 1) Is V11.1b compatible with XP? 2) Can I get…
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Are there any plug in's and tools for the hair sys other then what comes with A:M?
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I just purchased the latest and greatest version of AM 2008 AKA V15.... Running on Vista (AMD + 3 gigs of ram with a Nvidia 8800 GPU card) I have used AM before.... but have been away from the tool for more than 2 years now..... I have a strange problem..... When ever I try and highlight a region in the choreography window or a model window the area hightlighted is obscured with a Gray or black box?? I don't know why this is happening?? Is this something to do with my video card or setting? (Nvidia 8800) The grey/black region goes away if I minimize then maximize the application window.... HELP Paul
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Ive learned a lot from Rodney and others that have helped me with things. especially modeling. so now ive learned how to make a cude easily. super easily. in less than a minute i guess. but using a cube ive made i made a pretty good looking garbage can. my first ever completed model that involves inorganic city street models garbage_can.bmp garbage_can1.bmp Also how do you make the pictures just visible on the post like ive seen before, because i could only do this. where you download it.
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i finally got this animations file size lowered so it should be able to be uploaded here it is, i uploaded it finally!!!!!! ians_birthday_party3.mov if the sound happens to work for you then great because its not working on my computer or is it the file. i dont know, im not really sure
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i wonted to ask if there is a part of this website where you can download peoples stuff for free or for a little cheddar is there?
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My model is redering in 2D, thats what is look like 2D insted of 3D.Can any body tell me how do I change it to the normal rendering?
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ok i watched the tutorial one the flower and bones but one bit of info still iludes me, on may of the medels that come with AM the bones have a preset location of where they can go such as only being able to go up or down on the x axis 30 degrees or the such but for the life of me i cant find out how to do this
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dice modeling
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helow, Hahsers, i need some help, i modeling a dice (picture attached) how i can crate this shape? thanks to all!
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i have a 4 leged model and have placed bones in the correct location but i cant find out how to attach one bone to another , i looked through the online helpers but the use a pre built bones model , any help would be nice
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Hey guys, I've been trying to import a quicktime movie as a rotoscope for sometime without success. The only real info I've found says to rightclick on the camera and select new rotoscope. It also says to change the file type to what ever I'm importing, but I never see that option. The video shows up in my choreography as black video, which I think means it doesn't read the codec. I have a MacPro, running OSX tiger, with quicktime pro. So I would think that my computer has the proper codec for Quicktime movies. I've tried many different compressors on the quicktime movie, Animation, Sorenson, and even None. Neither work. What I really want to do, is insert a model in…
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Are we able to import live footage and do a "Human Torch" effect in A.M.? And if so, how?
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I've had problems with the terrain plugin before, but now whenever I use it at all my computer comletely crashes! Is it something wrong with my computer or just the program? Can anyone help me?
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im using the tool know as a rotoscope to help we draw some items but for the life of me i cant get the rotoscope to show more that what seams like 25% transparancey is there a way to change this to 100% as i am using a pict with may dark colors and they are not usable when its dimed
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im trying to transfer units out of one of my fav games to make a animation but theres a problem with the transfer it starts by looking like this then turns out like this note im useing 3dmax 9 to remve it from the game , exporting a a max file , then importing it using same , no tmatter what range i give it it does not work , this image is also the best result that was done if any one knows about how to solve this it would really help
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im trying to make a mech of sorts and as you know they usualy are not very curvy. how do i make a sharp edge on a model with out it turning into a black brick this is the best i can get but there are still distortions in the back , alos the have been black blob things as well any help would be most apreceated ow the only way i managed to do this is to set inmagnitude and outmagnitude to 2%
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Is there a readme.doc somewhere that will provide a chronology of the changes and improvements to the subsequent versions? thanks...
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Hi guys, All of a sudden when I go to create a GRID using the wizard option it no longer creates that grid affect....... [see pic below] I tired this in V11, V13 and 14 and it still won't work.... any ideas?
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Hello, I'm working in the new v.15 and the purple Title and Action-Safe lines that are traditionally visible are not showing. They are necessary, so I know where to place my objects, in regards to the screen. How can I turn those guides on in v.15? Thanks, Tim
Last reply by Laconic, -
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Hi. I purchased the 15.0 v of the A:M DISC (the upgrade from the previous version). I did buy this on this site. Now, when I put the disc in the drive and click the shortcut, it says it can't find the disc? I tried it on two different computers and the same problem appears. Is it the disc? The disc seems "level" when placed on a flat surface..... any ideas please?? update: If I put the disc in, and run the 13.0v shortcut, it runs. But when I run the 15.0v it says "insert the correct DVD-ROM(HASH)". I haven't used this in awhile, so it wasn't sitting by any heat or anything.... update 2: Ok...bare with me. The 12.0 version of the disc has the YETI. …
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I was making an animation when I accidently clicked on the project workspace, I dont know what folder I clicked but now all my constraints are gone. I searched through folder after folder, but I can't seem to find the constraints. Can anyone help me?
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I made a copy of my models head to do the hair.(to speed things up) But when I copied it back I lost the hair info. and I can not drag and drop the info. to the main model.
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hey i cant upload my animation into a post and i dont know why is the file to big? i did change it to a .mov format, but when i changed to to a .mov format the file size also got like 5x bigger. so then i tried to upload the file and it never uploads. i tried to upload it and let it sit for like 10 minutes but it never uploads it just sits there saying uploading. the circle thing that shows its uploading is moving too.
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ive been able to follow the path ease tut no problems. i cant seem to make this one work for me. i put in the two actions and set the action ins and outs on the timeline. then i set the ease point to 100 and poof the secound action disappears. i can find it and i try to stretch it out but the action is still. any ideas what im doing wrong?
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Hi i suck at modeling and i need a alien and it needs to look real and scary any help.
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