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well the fun four days are over, here's the result. a whopping two seconds. on the bus stop theme though the set is not there. this would be the beginning so yes, he just missed the bus. only just animated the hands today, couldn't post without at least an inkling of follow through. arms were the hardest thing to do. the balance i've been at for the longest, have a hearty go! it was very interesting to move the hips in relation to the feet to experiment where he is the most tired, when the motion is the most cumbersome. what's here is not the only thing that worked, but the most "thom organic". a dead tired jogger does his best to not let the hips sink cause …
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think i read the techref "Export Action As" chapter once too many cause i've gone all Linda Blair. is this how it's done: i've animated Eugene's legs&hips in an action. now i want to work shoulders, head + one arm and keep them as a separate action. > chor > shortcut to Eugene > add the lower body action > animate away on the upper body > delete lower body action ? > save remaining chor action "export action as" ?
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I'm trying to understand the effects of using different render settings and codecs and found this suggestion in an archived discussion. Can someone tell me what "load the animation in A:M's image folder" means. Is this something I do from within AM, or am I supposed to move the tga folder into one of AM's folders? The closest folder I see to an image folder is one called ImageIOS, but I doubt that's what I'm looking for. Thanks.
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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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am in the mood to upgrade from my Mac Sawtooth to a new computer for video & animation. my Mac is still great for video, but 512 MB Video Cards are more affordable & easily obtainable (as with most hardware/software) with PC's. MacPro's are tempting, but again, which platform is more pliable with the demands of animation?
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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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ok i know that i have a pretty go .mat collection that came with AM but i was wondering where i can get more as i only have one water type mat and its a dark ocean and that does not look so good for a puddel
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I tried putting a model into another model (object) A:M crashed. I tried a second time - success. So I am wondering if this was a one time occurrence (either way) and do objects (mdls) have to be saved first?
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I've searched, poked and clicked and can't figure out how to adjust sound volume when compositing in AM. What am I missing this time???? Any help appreciated.
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I had a bit of fun with this one, when I tried to move his left arm it swiveled around all over the place. After studying it for a while I realized I was assigning bones with the left elbow open. I switched that off and re assigned the arm bones and it was o.k. boneless_thom.mov
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can someone tell me how to attatch objects together? ex: leg to body
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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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Hey, this is a very "newbie" question, but does anyone know how to change the color or texture of the ground in a choreography? I've tried making grids with control points and then modeling a land scape from that but it doesnt work very well. If anyone could give me any advice or tips that would be great. Masna
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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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any one know of a way to make a nice plasma bolt thats coming from aepons fire?
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Adding Sound
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How do I add a sound clip to a video?
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Hello, I'm looking to purchase A:M and I was wondering if there were walkthroughs so I can make movies like Conrad Chow's Snapshots or if I could record my nephew being chased by dinosaur. Can you just put that dinosaur into your home movie? or are those guys just too good at animation and they are pro. I have no background in animation but I would like to make those movies just for fun. Thanks in advance. Have a great weekend.
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Now that I have vers. 10.5, 11.1, 12u & 13 running (with an upgraded dongle) ... I would like to redo many of projects, including all the lessions. Question One: Upon completion, will I be entitled to a new Certificate? Question Two: Is your "com.cast" email any good? TIA
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I tried this tutorial of a pumpkin I found online, everything going great until I hit the part where (as far as I got it right) I need to use a gradient to put on my pumpkin like some sort of skin? But the toturial didn't say how to access this gradient menu, and all I got from the Forums is just that. That gradient is some sort of a skin or colour thing I need to apply on my model? I'm using AM 2003 v. 10.5o. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I really wanna complete this model since it's my first one and it's lookig pretty kick ass... for a pumpkin... Thanks for the help.
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i am missing several model files, and i am SURE i posted them on here somewhere before they disappeared from my computer, yet i can't find them on the forums anywhere! i was wondering if anyone downloaded them before they disappeared from my sight. the models are: runner ravager drone carrier warrior note: these are my old alien models, and i need them back..... could anyone help me find them or post them back on this topic? thx
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Simple question I'm sure but one that seems to be eluding me...: I am extremely impressed with this software but am having an issue with decal setting onto a model. If I position the decal it sets and looks great. If i save the model for later use, the decals are gone when I re-open the model and I can't figure out why. The file name of the decal still shows in the decals folder, but the image no longer appears on the model. To use the decal in the choreography, I have to first open the model, then open a new choreography, then re-apply the decals individually and then choreograph the production. Not impossible for some simple projects, but mind numbing for the dec…
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say, i subscribe to the web version of AM. i am following the tutorial Exercise 1: You're the Director and in the video, the narrator clicks on pose sliders, he gets a little window with some options that allows him to pose the model character. when i do it, i get the little window but nothing on it to choose from. i thought i needed to update AM, but when i choose to look for updates, it just takes to the same installation exe. file please help
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Today I undertook to lathe a sphere. I made a diagonal spline, lathed it into a cone, deleted the top CP's, rotated the remaining ring, and lathed that. Standard stuff. Done it many times before. Today, as soon as I select the sphere and attempt to move it in any way [with either the Translate, Scale, Rotate, or the regular Select arrow cursor] a single point leaps out from the surface. The red arrow indicates how far. If I actually move the sphere's position, the point moves away in the opposite direction. I tried Saving and closing out of A:M, then re-opening the program. It still happens. I can move the model. I can move the lathed cone. I just can't touch the sphere. …
Last reply by Kelley, -
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Hi All, Well, I found the technical reference document of my A:M CD and was just curious if there is a printable copy somewhere that I havem't found yet (PDF perhaps)? I'm the kind of person who likes to have a hardcopy to leaf through on the bus ride to work. I could print the web pages, but wanted to check and see if an alternate format was available first. Thanks, Scott
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Hello everybody, I've been using AMv7.1 for a long time. Now, I'm moving to a newer version (v12), but I've looking for some preferences in the render window that I haven't found... Those preferences are BLOOM and FILM GRAIN. Even when I set the render window to advanced I haven't been able to find those properties. Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot
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I am doing the Flower Power exercise using AM 12.0v on a Mac OS X (10.4.6), and I have noticed that I am having difficulty making a complete group from a lathed object. I create a seven point spline, then I choose the control point nearest the X axis and hit Lathe. It makes a nice round stem. Then I try to group the control points manually (selecting a big box well around the entire stem), but I can't capture all the control points on the screen. Most points are green, but some remain red. I try Select All to capture all the control points before grouping, and it appears to work (all control points are green). I name the Group using the F2 key. Then…
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Hello, I'm coming back to Animation Master after a lapse of ten years. The version I have is 5, from 1996. What I want to do is to take a word and make it 3d, and then wrap it into a truncated cone, as shown in the attachment, which I've built by hand in CorelDRAW. Then I would want to apply texture and a bump map, so the letters look like they were carved from granite. If someone could give me a very broad rough idea of the steps that would be necessary it would be a big incentive to get back into this by updating to AM2007. I've looked at interface screenshots, and I can't see how you even bring type into the program, so I'm a little commitment shy here! :-) …
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Hi everyone! when im doing the distortion mode is there any way i can change the default number of points i can select to distort the model?. On another topic, when i do the scale mode (example im doing a banana), is there any way i can close the top/botom of the banana by using the scale mode?
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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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I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but using texture mapped planes isn't looking as good as a real 3D environment would (especially when the camera moves). So I'm starting to think about building a desert from scratch. Or from reference photos anyway. I'm thinking something like the Great Plains: There's a lot to terrain like this. Subtle rolling hills. Bluffs and Crags. Shrubs aplenty. Crackled ground. I don't even know where to start with this. I tried making a displacement map but it didn't come out at all. Like, a splotch in the middle disappeared, that was it. Seems like bluffs would be easy enough to model... Anyways, just starting…
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Gradients folder on AM 15.0e WEB ??? , not found it in my installation Anime.gra ?? Cartoon.gra ?? Thermo.gra ?? Three-Tone.gra ?? Two-Tone (hard).gra ?? Two-Tone (soft).gra ?? Two-Tone (with line).gra ??
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Hi all, Trying to create a blanket over a character in bed and having all sorts of problems with the mesh passing through the blanket. I've been reading through the forums and found reference to Solver Precision which I cannot find. Anyone know where that is? Also, the forums suggest changing the polygon modifier/Simcloth but when I right click a model in the choreography no option show's up under polygon modifier (that is, no simcloth option). Any suggestions? I'm still using v12w (yes, I need to upgrade!)
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Lamp Post,
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Here are a couple of models I made for my Pass The Ball entry. I ended up not using the Lampost. Fedora.mdl Street_Lamp.mdl
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Okay, I got a new CD drive and I'm ready to start back up on my animation master. (I could use a few modeling tutorials, but for now, I'll use some of these extra models.[but I seriously need some]) I've got an .AVI image in the backround, but I'd like to know how to get shadows in my video I have playing back there.
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Hi All Ive just completed excercise 10 FW 190 Fighter, and although I have completed ok, there were a few things that didn't match what I was doing to what was stated in the book and on the video tutorial? At a few stages it refers to going to the edit menu and selecting compliment group and compliment spline, but they are not listed under my edit menu. Im using version 13 (its the only one I have) and Im not sure if its called something different or it doesn't. Any Ideas?
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Hello all, I made a simple model, not so simple that I couldn't apply the 2001 rig to it. I'm using v13. I assigned all the bones, but the leg and foot bones disappear when I try to make an action. Also, the "Hip orientate" does not seem to stay with the leg bones, is it suppose to? Is there any other option other then rigging again?
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Hi, I've gone through the "Combining CG Characters With Live Action Tutorial" here (http://www.hash.com/users/ed/tutorials/fpm/fpm.htm). I have built my shadow-catching models to scale (using a ruler on the real scene) and placed them correctly in reference to the camera. I have all the correct image properties on the shadow-catching objects and have turned Front Projection ON, but when I render them, I can see them as DARK distortions to the scene. I want the shadow, but not the CG objects darkening the areas in which they appear. I have tried bringing the "falloff" down as close to zero as possible, but the CG shadow-catching objects don't disappear into…
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Hi Everyone, What is the best way to get a quick sample clip when Rendering? Are any of the video formats faster? I have just been choosing "LOW" for the resolution which seems to be quicker. Regards, Bob
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OK, so anyways, i put what i learned together and made the knight jump. i thought it turned out nicely The_JUMP.mov
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I put a deflector on an object, and "cloth" simcloth on her clothes, and the cloth ripples when simulated. How can I make the cloth act more natural?
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hello again unfortunatly due to a Hard drive failure i lost my working copy of AM as well as most of my files ( sigh ) but good news is i still have you guys as i have been trying to rebuild my files i have been working on making shield effects and while i have had good success with making mats that look good i cant seam to remember how to move them along a surface as ever time i try and translate them it moves the solid not the mat . any one remember how to do this???
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OK so i was trying some thing new from the standard and watching my friend play a game got an idea to try and make some form of portal effect just for fun . i crafted a glyph of sorts and tryed to get it to form to the terrain with little effect. i have uploaded the project file itself as its still Farly new . the effect I'm going for is the camera moves to the glyph which then burns onto the terrain below then the portal opens , the first thing that i hit is that i cant get the glyph itself to form to the ground. is there a way to project the glyph down wards so that this happens or is there another way to get something similar. portal.prj
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im trying to give this model facial expressions but im having trouble doing so what i am trying to do is, rig a bunch of facial poses (mouth pose sliders, eye pose sliders, etc) to a single slider for a specific emotion (happy, sad, mad, whatever) i got the pose sliders to move the different facial features ok but i cant get the stupid pose sliders to work with the emotion pose slider i mean it works (at least i think it does) but i cant see the sections of the face move ? any advice?
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hi, i made a path then assigned my character a running action but it's running too fast then i want i to.. where do i go to change the speed.. plz helpp
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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!
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Like a tire and rim that's speeding down the street, or in my case, the prop of a small airplane. I've got the prop boned, but I want the prop to look like it's going 5000rpm. How do I achieve that look?
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Hello to all, I just purchased AM this week and started looking around the interface and exploring a little for the first time last night. I created sign in name in the Community panel but when I click the sign in button, a panel comes us saying (Sign in name does not exist). What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance! T MAC
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When I click on add mode to draw my outline when ever i want to place a certain point it wont do it unless its on a corner of the grid. I want to be able to place it any where on the grid not just the corners. I figure its just a setting and I cant seem to find where to turn it off.
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I was doing the Tutorial:Flower Power, but I am stuck when it says: "Make groups and name them for the leaves,bud,stem and petals" How I can manage to acomplish that? I don´t know how to make groups I don't know either how to add an element to a group: i.e. I am trying to apply the same color to the Petals, but two petals don`t get the color, so how can I add these two 'loose' petals to the Petal group? I was watching the video tutorial, but I didn't see/hear anything about the groups 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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