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i was trying to experiment with some facial expressions i thought i could copy and paste the pose set on one side of the characters face to the other side of the face in the second pose but i couldnt get it to work properly
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I am in the Technical Reference manual studying the section "Hair Material with Multiple Attributes" page 39. I understand how hair works and how to set up a hair system, but for the character I am working on now I want to step it up a notch. The sample has a hair system with a CellTurb combiner with 2 different colors to give it a great 2 tone more realistic look. I added the Hair system w/ 2 emitters (one grey) and added the cellTurb with 2 attributes - similiar to what they did - orange and brown. The image I have below look nothing like the realistic fur ball in the book... what am I not getting here? Thanks - Eric
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normally when i apply a decal to something it shows up in the modelling window but this time around when i apply a decal it doesnt showup in the viewport, but it renders out ok whats the deal???
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I am working on an animated short, doing scenes in order of my own ability to complete them. I'm learning as I go along. Now I have a scene coming up which will present a challenge. Basically it will have my character in bed, under a blanket and she is supposed to grab the blanketand "fold it" away from herself as she is getting out of bed. I'm thinking about trying Cloth for this (for the first time), but does that seem like the right approach to you? Maybe I could just model a blanket and put bones in it that will allow me to animate it from a more or less straight state to a folded state. Do you think that would be better in this case?
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I made two Actions, an idle, and a walk. I want the character to be idle, and then walk away. I made a path, and added the actions. But the character slides until the idle is over, and then walks. How do I have the character stand still on the path?
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Ok.. still confused on this keyframe issue. All I want (for starts) is to move the left arm, then then the right arm. However, my character moves the right arm and the left begins to follow. Can someone please clarify this to me in a "book for dummies" mode please? I'm seriously lost again...I thought I had it, but lost it again. I've attached a screen shot of my work. Maybe that would help? Right where the vertical line is, his left arm begins to move. Thanks.
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Hello - I cannot find the "flip normals" icon - I did a help search from the program, but it just told about it, not where the icon is located. Thank you.
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As you can see I am on my next project and the questions are already rolling in. When I try to add a new cp to the current mesh to extend a line, sometimes the cp is going in the wrong direction so I click on "shift" and it puts it in the right direction. This caused the side of the mesh to have obvious lines running through it as you can see from the pic below. When I detach one of the cps and try to reattach it - it is pointing in the wrong direction again, so I would have to click "shift" to make it correct - but it looks like that is causing the problem. Is there a way to switch the direction or do I have to delete the whole side and start over. I hope I am exp…
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Hi - I am working on a character and remember in the manual somewhere doing something that lined all the cps up along the vertical center so I could mirror the one side of the character more cleanly - can someone let me know how to do that - I can't find it in the book. Thanks - Eric
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This is driving me nuts. I set up a new choreography, added elements, lights, characters, etc. Did the animation, now I want to make changes and nothing will let me select it. Nothing is locked, I can't change anything. Does this mean the file went bad?
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anime hair
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i want to be able to make some cool anime hair thought about using the hair modifier particle system thingy (havent touched the thing in so long forgot what to call it) but i find that any type of particle has a tendancy to slow down my system by ... alot so i was thinking of modelling the hair, but i cant concieve of a decent method to modelling good looking anime hair. whenever i try to model anime hair, it tends to come out wierd and boxy or something
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what was the shortcut for turning off particles again was it something with the number 8 and while im asking, might as well ask about the shortcut that shows which way the normals are facing
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Does anyone know if Enhance:AM is included with the new version of Animation Master? Thanks. Actually, I think it doesn't matter, since I have a MAC, and it probably doesn't work with MAC. Justin
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i wanted to build buildings, and rooms, and hallways and stuff like that now for the avid user, this is probably a simple thing to do. but for an eternal noob like me, its kinda awkward i dont know a good method of doing things like this. can someone point me in the direction of some tutorials on subjects like this i was hoping to build city scapes and building interiors, and things like that
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i try to select a light that is with a model, and it won't let me select it, or even move it. what do i do?
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How do you change the background color in the Choreography window? Mine is on an "earth and sky" looking background.
Last reply by NancyGormezano, -
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I have been trying to render an AVI in A:M that I can use in a Pinnacle movie I'm creating. According to Pinnacle, I need to have the following settings on the AVI: Quality: DV TV Cropping: Yes NTSC: 720x480 Audio: 44 kHz 16-bit Stereo So far I've made several attempts to render AVIs but once I insert them into the Pinnacle movie and burn it to DVD they only appear as a green screen on playback. I've adjusted the frame size on my animation to 720x480, but this still hasn't corrected the issue.
Last reply by rusty, -
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can i use am to put watermarks on videos if so how do you go about doing it please.
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im having some trouble with my model i was studying the dynamic constraints when it occured to me perhaps i can use this for a skirt when i tried using dynamic constraints with the skirt, the skirt kind of ... uh ... i thought that it might have something to do with the object collision settings but even tweeking those didnt seem to have much of an effect i could just turn off object collision, but that would kind of defeat the purpose of using dynamic constraints to get the skirt to move around the legs (i could use the cloth modifier which works fine on its own but i find that when it comes into contact with another piece of cl…
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Hi - I recently bought a new computer and had to re-install AM v13 on it, along w/ everything else. I needed to model and add something to a character, which I did. I went into bone mode to associate the new item w/ a bone and all the bones do show, but when I click on any of the bones, all the CPs that normally light up that color associated with that bone remain black. Is there an icon or something that I am not clicking on? There is an image below showing when I clicked on the middle back bone, and the CPs don't light up. Thank you for any help - Eric
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every time i try and use creat your own toural my it shuts down i am so stuck i have no idea how to use this thing i payed all this money and i can't use it please help me someone.
Last reply by Fuchur, -
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I've installed the new version (14), but when I open the program, I have no libraries to select models, etc. The folder to select is grayed out as well. What happened? Any ideas?
Last reply by Steven547, -
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i was wondering, how do you put your own character animation into live footage that you have recorded? i need to make cool CG animation effects in a movie i'm doing. please respond because i have no idea what i'm doing
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I've been playing around with SimCloth for a project. I've got the material all figured out and I know when I want it to act like cloth. So I set up my chors Simcloth settings to "use chor range ->off" "range 3:29-4:29". and then I hit plugins -> simulate simcloth. It looks ok until I scroll back a bit. (to before 3:29) where the cloth material seems to be anticipating the impact. (I'm throwing something at the cloth object.) From 00:00 to 3:28 the cloth model is slowly forming into the shape of the impact. Is this just from a lack of keyframes with the models cps? Or is there something I've missed? I'm working with version 13.0(whichever o…
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Hello there, I cannot seem to find my Animation Master DVD that has the encyclopedia of reference material that came out with the last AM. Of course, I have the CD. 1) Is there an FTP site available to download a zip or somesuch of the DVD? 2) If not, is there a POC I can contact to purchase a replacement? 3) How can I find out when my AM subscription for the year expires? If its soon, I'll just purchase the upgrade (assuming it will still have the DVD?). Thanks so much! John Simons
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I'm working on a walk cycle--I did one forever ago, but haven't touched on any actions or choreographies in awhile, so I don't recall having had this problem before . . . . I make my first pose, click off the model (so I'm not just copying that one bone), go to the end of the cycle, copy the keyframe. Then I go to the halfway mark and paste mirrored, which does absolutely nothing. OK, no sweat, my guy's a little assymetrical, so that's probably why, I just manually make a mirrored pose. But now, on frames 1 and 24 (the beginning and ends), the poses that were there have gone all wonky. One of the legs is now goose-stepping and the other is somewhere else crazy. …
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When I try to pose Lady Goodbody for a walkloop, I dont understand it how to move the figure around "stiffly" . Let`s say, I have positioned her feet and want to move her backwards slightly by her hips, then the just achieved pose falls apart again. I tried switching off ik for her arms and legs, but then when I turn it on again, her legs and arms jump over the place and get twisted. Thank you for advise Jake
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Hey has anyone had to deal with this.....I changed a color on a model, and one of the groups was changed that I didn't want to be changed. So I selected it, but it won't change color. Is there a way to reset a color on a group? I thought I could just change the setting and it would change the color.
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Hey everyone, I'm getting tired of using the rotate mode, and having it turn every which way but the axis I want to turn. I know I can enter in a number for each axis, but can I use my mouse to turn just one axis? Is there a key that will just allow for that?
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how do i "hide" the particles or hair of an object, but i will see it in a render? because in choreography mode, there is many particles, and it is slowing my computer down greatly, could anyone help?
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i've been making models for a little while, putting them into a choreography, and animating with them. but now i made a new model, and when i try to import it into my chor, the model gets a huge bounding box around it with a huge bone somewhere away from the object. if i edit the model, the root bone is smaller and placed correctly. but back in the chor, it has this huge misplaced one. how do i get the bounding box to appear normal again, so that i can easily manipulate the model (ie, rotate it, animate it) ? i have found other threads where people have this or a similar sounding problem, but i have yet to find a clear answer i cold grasp. any help would be appreciat…
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I'm trying to render an image and it says about half way thru "Error Loading 5918". Whats that?
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Does anyone know how to use the PlanetGlow diffuse shader??? I've been trying to get it to work and I can't do it. I tried making a planet using the Darksim Planet_Terran plugin, and then adding the PlanetGlow to it. That doesn't work. So I tried making a second, larger sphere and givng it the PlanetGlow but that doesn't work either. How do you do it?!?!?! HELP!!!
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I've posted a similar question before, and seen others post it, as well, but I am wanting to now how to delete and/or reorder the pose SLIDERS in Choreographies. I know how to delete the actual poses--that's easy enough--but what I want is to delete 1 and 2 to get them out of the way of remaining poses 3 and 5. Thanks!
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I saw in the manual that AM can import a DXF 'with a lot of work'. Is this the end of the story... or perhaps there is a ocnversion tool that support AM model format? Or - are there upcoming releases with new import/export abilities? Can AM use BVH files? Also - I have not yet used AM - is there a demo/eval version? I missed the link if there is. And - the Tech Ref links to pdf/chm files on http://www.hash.com/2007web/reference.htm are dead - is the PDF available? Thanks
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Hi everyone, I am begginer in 3D and I have AM2003 V11. I have some video presentation of AM in wich tutorial guy made in modeling mode wireframe model and then by pressing "some" button he made it becom grey and mashed like a real object. How to do that? Thanks
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OK I was foolish and somehow I lost my models toolbar. All the other toolbars show up as they should. Checking or unchecking the model toolbar box in the toolbar portion of the view menu has no effect. Do I have to reinstall? I'm running v14 on an win XP setup. I suppose this could be the program's way of making me remember all the keyboard shortcuts. Thanks, Alan
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I know I asked this before, but I can't find my old post. I have the "Fat Guy" model, and he flips over any time I apply an action. I know I can remake actions, but is it easier to just put in a new rig? if so, what folders do I delete on the old rig? Thanks for any help! Andy
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I am total begginer in AM so my question maybe sound silly butt, how to look my objects and characters from profile. I can use move up/down tool. I san zoom in/out and I can spin it arround but how to look it from profile ?
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this is my first attempt at making a human head. feedback please -Oliver
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Does anybody know how to make rain? I tried doing it with blobbies, but it's not really what I'm looking for. The Rooky needs help!! Rooky Animator
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What does the remember me option mean, when signing on?
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Hi I was wondering what are the lip sync tools like in Am? What sort of documentation does Am come with? What sort of technical support can I expect from am company, if i bought am. Does am have a paint program simular to that of bodypaint? What feature films does anyone know of that have been developed from am. How easy is it to learn the moddeling tools? What other software is compatible with am?, In your own words how does am compare with major packages like cinema 4d?, or lightwave? If you can answer any of these questions I would be very grateful.
Last reply by phatso, -
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Hi All; I have been using AM for about two years and love it. But, even with all the fun, I have not been able to figure out how to make a hole in a compliated 3D shape. So, if I wanted to make a hole in a shere, or a rod (at a right angle). How would I do that ? From the other posts, some say I should make the hole first, then build around that.... but that can't work for the intended applcation. In AutoCAD, it uses a 'filet' where everything on the selected side of the shape is deleted, leaving the balance; thus creating a hole, or window.... Thank you for your efforts. ! KM
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I dont know how to make put something on a model as if it were....i guess you could could say the paint job of it. What im trying to do it put lines of color on my model and at any view it looks like its part of the paint job, and i've tried making a material for it but that hasnt worked for me. If anyone can help me that'd be great!
Last reply by rusty, -
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Whats the easiest way to make hair on an object.
Last reply by Caroline, -
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Hi I was wondering what are the lip sync tools like in Am? What sort of documentation does Am come with? What sort of technical support can I expect from am company, if i bought am. Does am have a paint program simular to that of bodypaint? What feature films does anyone know of that have been developed from am. How easy is it to learn the moddeling tools? What other software is compatible with am?, In your own words how does am compare with major packages like cinema 4d?, or lightwave? If you can answer any of these questions I would be very grateful.
Last reply by Rodney, -
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I have recently made a scene in which I used sprite particles to create leaves on a tree. On a still frame, I am happy with the results. However, since it is a particle system, if I jump to future frames, the leaves will move (according to the particle system). So here is my question: does anyone know a simple way to "freeze" a particle system, so that it looks the same regardless of time. I have the same problem when I was using a particle system to create clouds (how do I freeze the particle system so that the clouds are not moving from frame to frame). Any ideas? Thanks.
Last reply by John Bigboote, -
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Hi folks, Could somebody please clarify some "simple" question about texturing for me? -Decaling renders faster then the procedural materials right? So if I would paint ,for instance Tom, in color red in 3D-Painter he would render faster as if I would set his surface property-color from yellow to red, correct? So would I gain some substantial time saving effect in rendertimes in big chors/scenes this way? Would I have this effect as well, if I would use the toonshader? -then ,If I would like to have Tom shiny (reflective) in the painted/decaled version, I would have to make reflection maps for Tom, right? or could I combine the decals with su…
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White Room
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I want to make a background so it looks as if my character is in a white box. I want there to be white walls on the sides, one white wall in the back, and a white floor. I tried to make a box and then to take off the front, but it didn't seem to work. Please give me some tips or samples if you have any.
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