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Hi all, I am embarking on an animation project and just decided to purchase AM but I am a bit hesitant that I will be able to pull this off since I am not a professional. My charachters are simple, a smiley face and a chalkboard with a straight forward story. I worry that I won't be able complete my character rigging and will be dead in the water. How hard is this and do people offer rigging services? I use a Mac and have 10.4.7 (Tiger) and I noticed the additional available software that helps you rig doesn't work with 10.4. Thanks in advance, Lori Hiatt
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I'm having a bit of a problem with a model I'm working on. Some of the CPs & splines are pale blue, not the usual red/white combo. I can't select the CPs (even with {Ctrl-A}). The attached image shows the problem areas, surrounded by red splodges. I think what I'm doing wrong is something very basic, but I can't begin to think what it is. Any of the experts care to shed some light...?
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Hi, I imported Dennis' sig frog from my desktop and only 1/2 of him shows. Only what is above the y axis shows. I can rotate him to supine and sure enough just the top half of him shows but only in shaded mode. I can see the whole wire figure. Renders above the y axis only. I can stand him on his head and see only his feet! I wonder if it is because I don't know how to add him to my library and I am just importing him. Other A:M characters are working OK Dennis says it is working fine for him. I'm on a G5 iMac Lori Hiatt Sig_frog_test.mov
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hello all. hope everyone is doing well. i was wondering while im learning how to model, does someone who knows how to model, also have to also be good at animating? or vice-versa? like, say if youre the type of person who is "so-so" at modeling, but if someone gave you a pre-built rigged model, you know you could animate the heck out of it? or if you know you suck at or dont have the patience to animate, but would love to be down with a project just to build and model a character? is this acceptible that although a person is assigned a job doing either/or, knowing the other is not a requirement, i.e., and artist that gets paid to model doesnt need to know how to anim…
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Hello.. This isn't a complaint about anything, but rather a "how do you deal with this" sort of thing. I'm working through the AoAM book and am still on the "It's a Pitch" project. It's taking me some time thanks to rl issues and, most pertinently, because I'm finding myself having trouble working on it. Basically, I'm finding it very difficult to work with the armature. It seems that I can't get the right angle to move/rotate things and it's causing me alot of headaches. For example, I'm working in left-side view and everything looks fine.. until I look at it head on or from any other angle, then I realize that everything is out-of-whack looking. Then it's…
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Good luck, dude! I would hope your school would recognize how pervasive 3D art and animation will be in the future. As media shifts away from paper and printing to online media and future technologies like electronic paper, motion graphics are going to be hugely important. 3D will be everywhere. I'm sure they'll see the educational value of giving the students the tools to explore that. How's that for an endorsement? :-)
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when you are applying decals to a plane, how do you control what parts of the decal are transparent? arent you supposed to color part of it black???
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Hi my name is shane richards, i am a newbie in this forum, its good to see all of you guys around.
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Hi, I open the 32 patch or 8 patch sphere in the model window and select shaded wire frame but they both look like they have sharp points all over the place. When I render them they look round is there a way to make them look round in the shaded mode? Thanks Grant
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ok, i would like to upload a pict of my first freestyle head design for some feedback, but i dont know how to make picts of the models that i make. i see i can export to .targa, but how can i make this a .jpg without the use of other software? thanks.
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I just download the AMExtrasCDVol.1 and I need help importing this into my Hash Directory. Can somebody tell me how to do this?
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www.creationengine.com has a great deal for A:M! 10 copies for $100 a copy. Problem is they are out of stock. Now, could my school contact hash and get the same deal? Or do I have to wait for creationengine to restock?
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Ran into a problem right away trying to bounce the ball. When I right click in the transform Y scale box, as discussed in the tutorial, X and Z disappear so I can't copy it into the formula. If I type 1/Z I get a syntax error.
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this is probably the last post for no-pay models, but i wuz wondering, are there any young people models (semi realistic and no nudity or slight nakedness) that someone has already made and is willing to share? just being curious
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I been two years now that i had this program and figured out that.....I have no modeling skills what-so-ever ( I should have known sooner when I couldn't model the basic flour sack ) So i decided to work with what skills (I thats what you would call them ) in animating. The project I Am working on is going steady right now but I am having some trouble. Itrying to have one character walk to a certain point at a certain time but can't seem to get it right. How do I do this P.S. working with Am 2002
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Can anyone direct me to a tutorial that shows much of the functionality within the same tutorial? I have gone through many of the online tutorials and have a lot of AM videos and books (that I bought off the forum). The problem is, they only take you through certain sections of things. No one really guides you from start o finish and all the steps in between. I am still struggling to get AM into a workable situation for me. It doesn't have to be complicated...say maybe a football. If there was a tutorial from start to finish of a football with the texture, material, decals (I think that this the right terminology to put like an NFL logo on it), it would be so he…
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Can anyone point me to info on this forum / help me choose appropriate processor and graphics cards for a new system? I am buying a new computer, and want it capable to run AM for my son. Am considering core duo 6700 and either one or two (sli) ATI X1900XTX. Is this overkill and waste of money? Thanks for any ideas.
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Wow. I am amazed at how many resources are available for this program. I am ashamed that I am posting because I am sure the answers are right in front of me. However, I have taken time to work through the online video tutorials, I have dipped into the manual, and have searched the help menu and this forum, and can't turn up what I am looking for. Perhaps I am searching with the wrong terms. At any rate, here is what I am trying to accomplish. I need to animate a model to walk along a mountain ridge. I have been able to create a path and have the model follow that path pretty well. However during the models "trek" I need it to stop for a short time to look as though i…
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Hi all - I am having a little problem with constraining an object to a path then making that object start later in the choir - If I make a path - select my object and apply a constrain to path and select the path everything is fine - I can scrub my choir and the object moves along the path - when I adjust the "Ease" so that the object stats further down the path - then scrub the choir - my object no longer moves - if I reset the "Ease" back to "0" and scrub my choir - the object still does not move - the only way I can make the object move is to remove the constrain to path and re apply it. Any help on what I might be doing?? thanks, …
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How do you zoom out? For example, the FW-190 Fighter tutorial says to: "Then zoom the Window out and size the rotoscope so that the wingspan is 34 feet in length." When I start a new model, the center on the screen is 0'. I cannot figure out how to zoom out. Now which icon represents embarassed? Thanks
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When I am in shaded mode my decals look good. Howeaver when i render the lose their clarity. They go from looking sharp and defined to having a smooth look. I realize this might be good for some images but i am annoyed by it. Is there any way to set the sharpness for the render
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hello all. hope youre well. i was just wondering what exactly is the "deform tool" for, and in what type of scenario is it used in? thanks.
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Hi Folks, I have a few questions, but first, a little background... My partner and I are going to work together on a project. We've looked around at various 3D Animation software, and have decided to go with Animation Master. Now, the thing is this...my partner has a MAC and I have a PC. So, I have a couple of questions.... 1. First and most important, will we be able to "merge" our footage (his stuff being on a MAC and mine on a PC), or am I going to have to get a MAC also in order for us to be able to join together what we do seperately on different platforms? 2. Come to think of it, how do you bring together stuff done on sepera…
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[1] How much influence does the dpi of a texture have on the speed of a render? On the one hand, a common-sense answer would be 'a lot', but often in these matters, the intuitive answer is not how it really is. I'm staggering along with a mere half-Gig of RAM. More is in the works, but I need some 300dpi textures for walls where a camera is going to be close. [2] Sometimes, in complicated areas where there are a lot of CP's [or I'm not zoomed in close enough] I move 95% of an object and the rest stays. I do a CRTL_Z, and all is well, but when I look at the model in wireframe, the CP's that didn't move are bright blue instead of red. They'll turn green when s…
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Okay, you know in the intro video on the hash site, well, I was wondering how do I do that layering thing of a still image? Like when Mr. Navone has a picture of him with the alien's hand on his shoulder. How can I accomplish that, except with different models and pictures?
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So I can't right click. I am using a mac and as everyone knows you can't right click even with there new mouse. So since I can't right click is there another button that I can press on my keyboard that will simulate the right click when I am holding something. For example: I want to attach a bone to another bone and I have no right click how would I attach them?
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Hi, Could some one tell me how do I get my library back. Some how It dissapeared. I can't see my models that came with Hash V13. When I isntalled the program it was fine with models inside the library and now it is empty. I really don't want to uninstall and reinstall it again, since I had problems the first time I installed it. I want to avoid going through the same thing over again. Thanks!
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Ok, I'm sure I must have done something wrong, but somehow my model has glow applied. I've tried deleting and replacing the material, no joy. Rendering in the model window (to check the effects of changng the material) seems to always apply glow, and I've looked (I think) everywhere for something that will turn it off. In desperation I turned it off in the chor, which had no effect (didn't think it would). Does anyone have any insights as to how I can turn glow off globally? I'm kind of lost. All help appreciated! A:M V12.0w, P4 3.0GHz, Radeon 9600xt video card, 2GB RAM.
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Hey can anyone help me i already made my model but how can i put on the texture and also make sure the texture looks clean o the model i tried to do it by watching the FW fighter and the way they put the decal on there but i didnt come out the way i wanted it to look....when i try to save my picture in TARGA format and imported in AM the alpha channel comes out white how can i prevent that...here is a picture of what my model looks like with the decal on.
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I need help...I'm pretty new to hash and I'm trying to figure out just how to change someone's clothes...for example Tarzan...What if he had a complete loin cloth instead of just a skirt...How do I do it...or make uniforms such as Fantastic Four....How would I go about making those and applying them? Any good tutorials or ideas? your help is appreciated.. thanks
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Name: Al Dinelt Exercise Completed: Exercise 11.5: Make A Face Date Completed: October 11, 2006 Instructor: TAoA:M I spent tonight working on Exercise 11.5 - Make A Face. Semi-pleased with the results except for the creases and bumps that I could not get rid of. That and the Copy/Flip/Attach added a ridge down the center of Cooper's face that makes him look part Klingon. (I used the Cooper rotoscopes for the decal) Any suggestions on what I could do to get rid of the creases would be greatly appreciated. I now have a greater appreciation for those who can do organic modelling! Thanks... Al [attachmentid=21334] [attachmentid=21335…
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I'm useing A:M 2006 and cannot find the compliment all option in EDIT as it is placed in A:M 2003. Can someone tell me where it is?
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i am teaching animation master for the first time and my students have asked about grouping objects (character to car, weapon to hand). i cannot seem to locate anything regarding this. can anyone help me? thanks
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My choreography mode is all black and does not have the keylight or fill light. How do I go about adding a key light and a fill light? I am using AM 12 Thank you, CCMS
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whats radiosity?? i heard [read] some people talking about it in the forums and i was wondering what it was....i know its gotta be something really cool because all the images were awesome!
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I am trying to work through the SHOW SOME BACK BONE tut. I follow along with the online video tut, but when I open the 2001 Skeleton rig, there are bones missing. Also during the video tut, when the instructor clicks on groups of bones, the grouping bracket that comes up looks like a little reel to reel tape recorder. That bracket does not come up for me when I click on different bone groups. Can anyone help me out? I am using version 13.01 Thanks in advance! T MAC
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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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Hi I am on the fighter tutorial and when given instructions to delete the canopy from the body to make a "new Body" in preparation for decalling, the video said to do an edit, complement all. I don't have ths selection. I also noted I don't have complement spline either. Any ideas? I have the most recent version. Lori Hiatt
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I am very new to this and it would be very helpful if someone has a tutorial that follows the same process as the Demo Video on the main Hash page. I've tried to follow the steps he uses to animate that vase several times, but it's obvious some steps are gone over so fast you don't notice them, and you can't stop and start it anyway. I want to make my own model and animate it, and things aren't going well as yet. For instance, how do you save a model to begin with? I can save my project, but don't seem to be able to save models. I can make new folders but can't see any way to get my models into them. And bones are eluding me. I draw bones and attach cps to them -- get the…
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Hi Im sorry if this is a silly question, im not sure whether to upgrade, i would like to know what the difference is between AM2005 and AM2006. I can find any info,.... Marios
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Is it possible to change a topic description once the topic has been posted? The reason I ask, is that it would be nice to update the topic description when I have updated a WIP. For instance, in my AT-AT WIP, when I posted an animation of the walk cycle, I could have changed the topic description to something like "2006/10/21 - Created first basic walk cycle". At the Anim8or forum, you could do it be editing the first original post, and then change the description there, but haven't seen anything like that here. Thanks... Al
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I am createing a simple model to export to photoshop for a logo, however i would love to have a shadow to drop on the ground. but my problem is that i am not using a ground. i deleted it because i dont want it. my question is... how can i get the shadow to fall as if there was a ground there but have the ground completely transparent, except where the shadow is? Thanks, -ALL
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OK. I found out why my ver 11.0 A:M doesn't install on my new mac mini via OS X...thanks to the message board folks So, my next attempt at getting things up and running was to install Parallels to run XP virtually on the mini. Everything installed well (seemingly) but clicking on the icon on the desktop (again, in virtual XP) gives me a 'can't find CD drive' error. It found the CD drive well enough to install the program...what gives? Anyone know the answer? All the settings for Parallels that pertain to the CD drive have been enabled. It took a lot of lobbying to purchase the upgrade to 11.0 as I don't use the prog religiously enough for some peo…
Last reply by cwaters72, -
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Hello all, I have a character that I want to have them write on a board, or wall. Does Animation Master have tools to animate that? or do I have to use Adobe After effects? Any ideas? Thanks!
Last reply by Caroline, -
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I've got a very detailed photo-realistic facial mesh that I'm trying to re-fit to a 3ds prop that's a 3D scan of an actual person, I then have high resolution flat lighting orthogonal photos that I'll be using as decals... The eyes, nose, mouth, and ears are obvious things to group and move around to match their positions on the actual face, so I've made groups for these and the surrounding patches. Later on the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears will have to be tweaked, adjusted, and (possibly) remodeled (a bit) to closely match the real person - but I'm just wanting to get them into the right relative positions to start. The problem I'm running into is that as I move…
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Thanks to a trick I learned in these forums some time ago, I'm implementing some motion with a chain of bones, of which the end bone has a kinematic constraint to a null, and the null has a translate-constraint to another object. (Imagine, for example, an octopus leg hanging on to an object moving in a perfect circle. This method realistically is the only way to do it.) Anyway, so far I've not had any problems with this until today. I have a null that successfully translate-constrains to several objects. Then I constrained the null to a bone of an object (not the model bone). I tested the motion and it looked good. Then I positioned to a frame prior to enfo…
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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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Hello all, I'm trying to put an AM character into a video. I'm trying to import a video file (quicktime) but nothing works. I have quicktime pro so I can export the video into different formats. However none of them seem to work.
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you know the last post i made, "feet?", it had questions about the legs following the feet and stuff. this time, i imported the "2001 Skeleton", and stuff, after a while, adding all the flesh and stuff to the bone, it worked fine. just now it has seemed to have forgotten the constraints to the bones, and it wont move with the targets. can you tell me what constraints go to which target/bone?
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Help Help! I thought, the links to the older releases wouldn't point to the same file, but they do. Is there any way I can get version n, because I think there is a problem with o that's forcing me to roll back.
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