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Hi Everyone, Firstly, I would like to say although I am a newbie, this appears to be a GREAT forum!!! Everyone seems to be very helpful, considerate, and well wishing. I am really happy I decided to buy A:M! I'm trying to create a very simple model of a bed. At times, I would like to draw a straight line that is perpendicular to another line which results in a 90 degree Angle. I'm sure the method is in the book or has been discussed in the forum, I just can't seem to find a way to do this. Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks again, Bob
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All I'm trying to do is to have a ball rotate 360 degrees on the Y axis. If you look at it from the top, what happens is it goes counter clockwise to 180 degrees then goes back to zero clockwise. What I used to do was just set the rotation to 359 degrees and then it would rotate once. What do I have to do in AM? I know I'm missing something simple. Thanks
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Hello, In bone mode, the Ctrl key help to move the bone with his CPs. But this short keys don't work with weight. So when a CP is 50% assigned to "bone1" 50% with "bone2", it do as there are 100% with "bone1" and 0% with "bone2" It is there a short keys that takes into account the weights in bone mode? In the same idea. When I move a CP, it is there a short keys that CP does not change the distribution of weights? When I add a CP on a segment of a spline, it is there a short keys that it takes the value of places where it is located between the other two CP?
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I've got a few shorts I'd love to upload, but the hash upload page hasn't been right for me as long as I've tried. For example, here's a copy-and-paste of the upload page: humbnail: Byg to allow A:M Films viewerso save it, copy it, or s your own, and that yogement or copyrig Animation Info - Step 2 "yogement?" "copyrig?" Is this me? My attempts to upload have failed. Any suggestions?
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when I import a model into a new project, I lose sight of the already posed actor that came from the A:M actor library. Where did it go? how do I get it back? Is there a size difference from the imported model and the A:M actor?
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how do u get a display picture under your profile name, when you view your file?
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Has anyone had this problem....I'm building the model plane, I've been saving my work every so often, now the files in the project work space, but the model window will not open. Did I loose all my work? Any ideas what would cause this? I'm using a Mac, not that it matters.
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I have some problems and therefore question with the use of multiple chor actions: 1) Multiple chor actions are used for better structuring a scene, correct? 2) When I create a new choreo action, the first key frames are always automatically drawn at the beginning of the whole choreo (starting that way long before the action's chor range; see attachment). Can't I have the action really only start at the exact frame the action is meant to begin? 3) Do I have to start every chor action with a full keyframe on all bones to get my desired action? An unkeyed bone - due to the effect from my previous question - gets his "history" from the first choreo frame! …
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heyo, it's been months since i left v8.5 for the latest production version of a:m, but i'm still struggling with some of the new tricks. fer instance, how do i set up a relationship that changes one or more group's colors. ideally, i'd have 6 or 8 color sets in one pose, but i'll take what i can get. ' ' ) thanks! -jon
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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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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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Ok heres my problem , I'm trying to create a ship design for the EVE ship design contest. on of the requirements is that the model is all white with black lines, I have finished my models set the surface to white and the lines to black , but no matter what settings I try it always shades parts of the model with Grey. I tryed using the wireframe mode but that just causes AM to crash. Any suggestions or help ?
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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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How do you guys convert your animations to NTSC video without getting interlaced fields or desynced audio?
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How do I go from running to easing into a pose. I am not very good at explaining but I will do my best. I have the shaggy running (Using the running action in the library) along a path and am trying to get him to be able to ease into a pose after he slows down. The problem I am having is I can't get him to run and then ease into the pose. Keying the bones after the action in the choreography makes the bones stay in that position when scrubbing through the timeline in the Choreography. Thanks. Here is a render of shaggy running and then slowing down. It is a bit sloppy though. Running.mov
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Would a Lightwave ver 8 (.lwo file) be compatable with AM 2005? Thanks!
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OK here my problem i have created a image to be used with AM's terrain maker and it will successfully load in and build the terrain but when i try and view surfaces AM crashes. i have uploaded the picture listed below my ultimate goal is to have a map that a army or two of robots Can fly , drive.... what ever , so it has to be pretty big but i was sure that my computer should be able to handle that since the cp count shouldn't have been that big land.bmp
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I guys i ve followed the setup machine basic video and manual, and i still can t deform the character ! Can you check and tell me if i missed something. Thanks a lot ! the file : new_test.prj
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1 lousy fire, and when i try to render it it exits out of the whole A:M program! So whats wrong?
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Oops posted in the wrong area
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I am going through the book trying to learn how to model and somethings are differnt than the book. I am on page 102 and i cannot find the Rotate Manipulator button. you can email me at mike@vg-productions.com thanks
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Hi- If I am modeling a warehouse interior do I model to scale (ie preferences set to feet) like a warehouse with a 100 x 100 foot floor, and 20 foot high walls. Thanks Don Rhodes
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I an trying to do a 50%/50% CP weigh for the first time and I have looked at clips showing how its done....the problem is the "Edit CP weights" menu never appears I've tried it in modelling muscle(under an action) and skeletal and yet nothing.... ANY ONE CAN HELP ME ... BTW I have A:M 10.5
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well, i did the advice on the magnifying class one, and it looks all blury( i use it for a sniper rifle scope). does anyone know how to make something appear at least 3x larger by looking at it through a model (or patch) without looking blury like under a magnifying glass? (hope i'm not being complicated) NEVER MIND FIXED one more thing, how do you make something completely transparent and have a reflection, like a glass window? thanks again.
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im looking for a tutorial about materials, can u help? thx, but wait... before u give me the web sight please make sure the web sight works also has any one notest, most of the animation master tutorial websight on the web dont work? is any one ever going to fix them? web sights that advertise help that dont work is not verry professional dont u think? thx paul
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i have this wave file from fosters home for imaginary friends and because i only have one audio clip with all three of them talking how can i get it so all 3 of them can use the same one and all come in at the right time.
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I spent 3-4 hours attempting to model a face for a character of mine, and made pretty decent headway. I've got about a quarter of the way around, and things are pretty smooth. However, I attempted to put hair on it and quickly discovered that the normals, every single one, face inward, towards the center of the head, rather than outward, where hair would be desired. My question is, do I have to select all 200+ patches individually and flip them, or is there another wat that shall take much less time? I ask because, knowing my luck, it shall happen to me time and time again.
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Hey all, I'm creating a comic book digitally and I need a anime girl and guy model to use a mannequin to trace out character poses, I have the web subscription so I didn't get any models with the download, if anyone knows where I can get a girl and guy anime models so I can use then a mannequin to create poses to sketch out characters then that would be really helpful ! Thanks in advance. Aldo. PS. don't worry about the rigging etc. I have a custom rig to use. PPS. no I'm not lazy - I just ain't got the time to model one up cause I'm creating all the draft pages and story plus all the research simultaneously an it's taking a long time !
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There was an option in older versions of AM to set the patch color of something - this was a quick and dirty way to get a "textured" model without creating a material - I used it to get a rough idea of what things would look like. Do they still have patch materials or no? I can't find them. I thought you could just make a selection, right click, and that would be an option - at which point you would get the color picker to pick the patch color. Its been a while since I've used it, the last version I can remember it being in was v12 or v13. Maybe it was just moved.
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I am trying to add an Action to a mechanical gear I made. I created the model and added a bone - starting at the very center of the gear and extending to the edge of one of the teeth. When I try to move the end of the bone 90 degrees the model starts to turn and go off-axis. How can I constrain the model so that it turns (rotates) in only one plane and direction?
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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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Hi, does anyone have a basic outline of building a realistic humanoid. I don't know if there is one in the book because I lost it.
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Hey guys. I want to make a model of a piece of ribbon tied into a loose bow. Any suggestions?
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Now I finally understand why you do a half of a model a lot easy to work with.
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Sorry... accidently posted this twice. Admin can DELETE this post. Sorry
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ok i got two questions one, how do you get those particle systems, (like the blob, or sprite, or whatever) to finish emitting whatever i can figure out how to setup where they start emitting im just having trouble figuring out how to setup where they stop emitting --- second question about the treeZ plugin thingy i got it to work pretty well, its actually pretty easy when you know how im just having trouble with the foliage, how do you produce the foliage for the trees? do you use some sort of particle system for that? im having trouble getting that to come out well for me
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anyone know how to do any good buildings... Thanx...
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I know I've been at this way too long today already but I just had something strange happen and I thought I would ask about it. I just finally got to the point where I could start animating and I'm looking through camera 1 in shaded mode. I put one of my characters in skeletel mode and start moving him. As his body departs from where he was another body, identicle to his, appears where he left from. Huh? At first I thought I had put two instances of the same character in the choreography but no matter how I try I cannot select the second instance of my character. What's more, it disappears when I run the animation. Anyone know what this is. Seems lik…
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Hi to all from Italy. I hope someone can help me. I often model half a face and then I Copy/Flip/Attach. If the point of the central spline are not exactly in 0 (in X axis when I am in the front view) Copy/flip/attach sometimes doesn't work. So my question is: how can I have all the points of a selected splines at exactly 0 in x axis? I discovered that if all the points are in, for istance, 1cm and I select the spline and write 0 all the points move to 0. But if the points are not all in the same position in x axis (1 point at 1,01cm, 1 point at 1,04 etc...) it doesnt work. Another question: I need to export my models in polygons to work in other softwares. I…
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Hello all, I have just got up and running (unlike my animations) with AM 13, which is my first outing of any sort with 3D software. Im a Graphic Designer by trade and have always drawn things in my spare time, and im hoping start to bring a few things to life. Just thought Id mention to anyone about to buy or upgrade to V13 that on a Mac you will require an OS of 10.4.6 not 10.3.9 as stated on web and packaging, this caught me out on arrival of software. No probs though all up and working. Ive got to now concentrate and focus on getting the tutorials done before I can really start to play. I have a copy of the complete guide coming next week so I should h…
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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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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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Can I use Booleans with Toon. I have attached a project, that should work. Can anybody please have a look and tell me whats wrong with it? Thank you Jake stadiumBoolTest.zip
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Hi All, I started doing the exercises in the TAoA:M book last night and was wondering if the render time I got on "A Chorus Line" was typical. I did a render to a Quicktime file and it took over 4 hours (using whatever the default settings are). I'm running a 1 GHz G4 MAC Powerbook with 1 GB ram, OSX Tiger, and AM version 12. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks, Keith
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I just loaded AM that I bought a few months ago and cannot seem to be able to sign in. I tried the s/w registration panels many times and it simply took all the info and that was it. I could not sign in to s/w. Then I registered on the AM site, got confirmation, and s/w still shows no name exists and I cannot use it. Please help.
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I am following the guide by David Rogers, and when I make my patches the outer edges of splines turn into hexagon shapes. Like when making a sphere, it is round but with the hexagon look to it. I hope someone understands what i am saying, meaning i hope i am explaining it clearly and in the right way. thanks for any help. Steve
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Hi guys, I have just bought my new A:M and discovered it needs the installation CD to run. Can A:M run from HD? Thanks
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I was wondering if it's possible to take several photos and import them into A:M to make a stop motion animation. Has anyone tried this?? I tried to apply them as a decal to a flat model but it didn't work because the decal option isn't available in a choreography window. Any suggestions?
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I need a chrome matirial . I think I have asked this before but the thread died down. Anyway I download dark tree but there is no chrome matrial I need help.
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In Lesson 5, "Take a Walk", my action length is 4:10 where it should be 1:10 according to the manual. How do I change the length of the action? (NOT the cycle length). Does this have to be done before the action is saved, or can you change the length after it's saved?
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