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I need help with most of the constraints. I know about the Rigid bodies, but I need help with: -Aim at -Kinematic -Aim ROll at -Roll like -Spherical Limits -Euler Limits -Translate Limits -Surface -Aim like two -Roll Like Two -Bone to Spring
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Bias handles
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Hi Im trying to do the hand tutorial on demented3D.com and am having some trouble adjusting the bias handles individually. I select a cp on a cylinder and see the handles then while holding down shift when I try to adjust one handle they both move. Shouldnt I be able to adjust each handle by itself? What am I doing wrong? Im using V13.0a on a PC. Thanks Don Rhodes
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Hi everyone Sorry I don't know is look ok of these, but I am trying and I didn't do in the book. Hopefully I still can get credit . thank you Pookney [attachmentid=19664] [attachmentid=19665]
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Hi. I was hoping to start off my relationship with this board with something cool and interesting, but I have to start off with something very lame... I've installed/uninstalled this program four times on my Mac 10.4.7 computer. The reason? Within the very first lesson (Exercise 1) the book asks to go to the 'Library', click on the "Models" tab, double-click the "Actors" folder, and drag-and-drop "KeeKat"... Well, there is no "Actors" directory...within 'All Library" or "My Library". In fact, there are no directories at all in the Library section. I can find that specific file and Import it from the disc...but I don't think that's what the makers had in mind. …
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exercise 10
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arg ok now im having another difficulty lol.....ok im doing the back wings and the copy flip thing doesnt seem to be working it keeps attaching on top of it instead of the side. Does anyone know wh im doing wrong? ty in advance
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My journey starts with trying to get Shaggy to walk on his hands. Of course, as hips and legs move, the hands want to move, but I want them to behave like feet. I look into the Hand Targets, but it seems like in the models, the hand targets are not set up the same way the feet targets are, which just seem to work. I try to look at other actions, and see that the stock action 'salute' seems to get gala's hand targets working, but I can't see how? So how is setting up hand targets done? I don't have setting up constraints to other things, but I want the hands to act like feet, and not drift while the hips and legs and such are flailing above them. …
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i would add my "hair" material to my model and not all of the areas are covered in hair, no matter how much density i put in.
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Hi all, Wondering if anyone has suggestions for a good online file storage site? I'll need one to place some of these finished TAoAM projects... I've done a google for them, but to be honest, I'm not sure which is reliable, secure, etc. I've tried one in the past and it seemed fine - until I tried referencing files I'd uploaded there. It started blocking the files (and it was nothing copyrighted). When I logged in to check on the files they were deleted. So I really don't want to find another one where they mess with, block or lose your files like that.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Mike
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i would add an image to my model and i cant see the image, any suggestions?
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hi i am new at cgi animation and i was thinking about buying animationmaster, but i have not seen A:M used in any major film. and i was wandreing if you could still get good enough picture quality for A:M to be used with live action. I know that the quality of the model is by the modelor but can you still get the same effects as with all the major animation software? well i am a beginer and i just neeed a program to start into 3d animation. so just tell me waht you think about animation master.and show me any videos you have made or any pictures. email me at billypuddels@yahoo.com i am usaly on aim my screename is AH a mongoose's …
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when i put bones into a custom model i build, the bones move, but the model doesn't respond WHAT DO I DO?
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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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I am new to Animation Master and I am trying to close KeeKat's eyes. However, his pupils still appear when his eyelids are closed. However, I reinstall version 12 from my CD and the eyes seem just fine. Am I installing the v13 installer wrong? Also, I copy the dictionary file over to version 13. THanks See attached thumbnail to see what it is doing.
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I am ready to render a scene from my project and it will probably take several days. I thought I would use another computer in my house to do the render so I could keep working on other parts of the project. The two computers are connected by a wireless network. But what is the most efficient way to transfer the project to another computer to render? I tried consolidating the project onto the 2d computer, and all the relevant folders containing the project, images, models, etc. were created, but when I tried to open the project in the 2d computer, it still tried to find the images and models in exactly the same paths as they are stored on the 1st computer. Since cons…
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Hi everybody, This is my second post and my first new topic. I appologise if this is in the wrong forum, but I couldn't figure out which one to post it in. My computer is having problems. I just got Animation Master Last weekend, and My computer runs the program ok. When I do anything more taxing than web surfing, I get a message alert that beeps and says that the processor zone is overheating. I don't want to render anything untill I get this fixed or buy another computer. Does Anyone have any overheating suggestions? If I do need to get a new computer, does anyone have any suggestons as to what I should look for? Any help would be apreciated…
Last reply by Krazyman, -
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I have some experience with 3d modeling packages and recently got Animation Master. The program is pretty tight!! My question is: Is there a way to have multiple viewports at one time?? I couldn't find anything about that. I work ALOT easier with multiple viewports. THanks!!!!!!
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hello. i was wondering could anyone point to a tute which addresses how i can model or animate an actor who has to either put on or take off clothing? for example, if i were to do a Superman model and i wanted him to do his famous "rip open shirt to expose the "S" shield", how is this done? or how about if he was fighting a villain who had on a helmet and was taking it off? thanks.
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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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My upgrade arrived today and it's the version with the Yeti on the CD. I already have A:M 2000 (Dennis, but updated to 8.5) on my machine. Do I need to uninstall 8.5 before installing this new version? I have all my old models and related files in a separate work directory away from the program, but I'm assuming there may be some problems pulling files created six years ago into what may be a new file format. Will I need to pull in each old model I want to use, tweak them and resave before doing anything else with them? Will there be anything I should especially look out for, like missing patches?
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I did a search in the foums here for "fatguy" to get the fatguy model I saw in the video tutorials, found where I could download him from (ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/Data/HASH2001/Data/Models/Actors/FatGuy/) However, whern I try to import him, it appears to load ok although the object in the PWS as no name. But there are named groups, bones, etc... However, when I try to open the model in a modeling window, I get the following error using A:M 2006 v13.0e...
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I've got the model nearly completed ... however, I cannot figure out how to put a small working light inside the Volume Meter. If I put it in the model, the entire model lights up ... any help would be appreciated. Thanks ... GW
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When I export my file to any kind of video format, the sound in the background is distorted with this clock-like sound.
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I built this model in AM and i got to version 30 of the model (i like to work in versions incase something goes horribly wrong) anyways, whenever i try to activate the shaded view on the model the program freezes up on me im not really sure what to do
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hey, i was wondering, is there a way to delete poses in the pose slider box?
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I'm doing Excercise 13, in fact this is the 4th time I've atempted it, and I keep getting the same results. Everything works great until I create a new Action, and turn the IK Arms Setup, Thoims right arms twists up. As I stated, I've gone through the excercise 4 times, and each time, his right arm twists up, and it twists up in the same way. So what have I missed? Warehouse.txt
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hey there, just wanted to say how cool it was for Hash to have a booth @ the convention in Chicago. definately one of the highpoints of my visit. great job of showcasing what a tight proggie you guys offer and i hope it brought more converts to our cause.
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I cannot figure out how to render my projects to where they run smoothly. They play as if they are a ticking clock. Stop,go,stop,go,stop,go. This even happens after the file has been completely loaded and played several times. How do I stop this?
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I don't know how to really explain this one too well, so I'll try my best! I've been playing around with the camera trying to make real quick but stylish moves around the models (for instance, a 20 second clip with the camera basically flying around the model). The way I currently do this is to place the model in 1 location, switch to another view option (like "Fill Light"), locate the Camera 1 in free space and then transform it (zoom it closer to the model, spin it around the model, etc..) This is hard as often times with it being wireframe, you'll aim at something completely far off from the model even though it looks like its aimed dead-on. I usually have to…
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can someone tell me which contstraint keeps a bone from moving at all? thx
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I've read through the manual, but it seems it's nothing more than a textual version of the video tutorials, and doesn't seem to explain materials and textures very well... So I have this model of a small simple building. I'm trying to get an image of bricks applied to it, but on a single object, the texture displays every which way, and doesn't appear consistent across a single surface. Here's a screen shot. The texture in question was applied, but even on a single wall it's quite wonky... SO what am I missing here? Why do I have this sneaky suspicion that the way the texture lies on the object depends heavily on how the object itself was built... Please te…
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I have been working on making a path for my camera to follow in a choreography. I have "discovered" that when, after making the path, I move one of the control points to tweak its position, AM does not seem to realize that I've changed something and so no asterisk appears by the filename and I cannot save my project. If I do undo, then the control point moves back to where it was, so AM does realize I've moved it for purposes of undo. And if -- after I have changed a control point's position -- I then change something else, including something related to this path (like rotating the entire path), then the asterisk appears and I can save and the changed control point's …
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I know these are most likely going to be very basic questions, but we all gotta start somewhere right... I would know how to do these things in a polygon modeling app, but with splines are a bit different, so even the basics sometimes are a bit misleading. I want to build a very small, very cartoony building. Big enough for maybe two people to stand in. The front of the building needs to have a working door, that opens to show the inside of the cude, as well as a hole for a window. No glass in the window, just a hole that someone could lean through if they were inside. Something similiar to the GIF file attached... So how would I start this? Oddly enough, …
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I have AM|13 (Yeti) While the program is running my computer keeps dinging, about every 20-30 seconds. Also Windows Agent starts when I start AM. can I stop this, or is it necessary? this never ending dinging sound. (Windows XP Exclamation) is really annoying. please help, if you know what's going on. thanks!
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I down loaded the "fat guy" model, but it won't open in my program. Does a model have to be imported?
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I used to use A:M way back when, I think it was around 98 or so. In fact, in Dallas, I started a user group that met at my house from time to time. (Any of you guys still around? Larry? Ken? Jerry?) Since then, I've gotten out of experimenting and mucking around with 3D, but have lately been re-interested in it. Currently I'm waiting for my new A:M 2006 to arrive, and while waiting, I've been looking through the tutorials, reading the forums like crazy, all the while my anticipation building and building. I was curious about something, and I hope this doesn't come across as too stupid a question. But say I have a model, I've rigged it, created some actions/po…
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i want to scale a bone precisely (not using the mouse) and also scale related cps and child bones. i expect to do this in the transform/translate area of the property window, but the entire transform section is grayed out, and i can't change the values. what's going on? did this method go away sometime since version 8... am i not seeing the new way to do this... or am i experiencing some kind of bug caused by my version 8 model. answers to anticipated questions: tried in versions 12v+ and 12w the model has been imported a few times scaling by mouse does work, but i want precision she's naked now, but clothes are next thanks! -jon …
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I've been modeling a face using the Cooper face tutorial (which has been very helpful, by the way) over the last few days, however, for some reason my project file won't open today. A:M starts up as always, but right in the middle of loading the project, an error box reading "Error in model file, spline attachement. anchor= 1439 cp= 1318 Atempting to continue." (I didn't misspell those works, A:M actually did ) appears. I click OK but suddenly the program crashes. Anyone know of any means to save a model file embedded in the project file so I can save my work, or at least part of it? Thanks a ton!
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Several of the tutorials I've found on-line as well as some from the A:M training videos show a color picker on Windows that's much more usable than the one I get when I try to pick colors. How do I turn it on? Is it a plug-in I can download from somewhere? Thanks
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I am using the shield prop from the extras CD in a choreography. Every time I open this project I get the message "Missing Image IO plugin" for the file "bouclierADc.wmp". That file is in fact in the path listed. I checked my options and determined that the IO plugins are in the standard place. However, there is no iio file listed for a "wmp" file. I have these: AVI.iio BMP.iio EXR.iio JPG.iio MOV.iio PCX.iio PNG.iio TGA.iio Is there someplace to get the needed plugin?
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2 questions: I'm on a Mac, just got A:M today. Do I have to have the CD-ROM in the drive for A:M to work? That's what it's telling me and I find it hard to believe. 2nd question: I'm running on a dual monitor system, but I can't get animation master on my bigger monitor. What gives? Thanks in advance guys. Kelly
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Hi Everyone, I just have 2 questions that I havent been able to figure out myself so far.. 1) If I want to use a custom resolution (like 5000 x 5000) which is not the same semi-widescreen shape that the program defaults to, how would I change this to get an actual view of what the output would be (5000x5000 should be a perfect square). I noticed that if I change the resolution to 5000x5000 when rendering that it will change the 'stage' to that resolution afterwards.. but I would like for an immediate change so that I can see what I'm working with before going through the rendering process. Sorry if this is confusing, I'm not sure how else to word it. 2) I …
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In exercise 11 I have formed the head neck and legs but the book never explains how to make the loop at the top of the leg ( never even referred to but pictured in figure 2 and 3, pg 123) I formed the 6 point looped spline to extrude the legs and have done so. Common sense tells me to form another 6 point loop from left view now(not top view) and then attach to the leg....but not sure. Help Please! I am speaking of the loop that would make what I would call the hip at the top of the back leg and the shoulder at the top of the front leg. If I only extrude as the book says from left view I would not have the rotation to view the full circle. Any help would be greatly apprec…
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how do u get a display picture under your profile name, when you view your file?
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I don't know how to save the models that you make on AM, i would also like to know what do you save your AM movies under,(i use quicktime) also i am having a hard time with making people, more spaciffically arms and legs, note that this isn't the main topic, so don't feel bad if you say, "practice and you'll get better" Thanks to anyone who replies to this topic.
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I would like to have 2 versions of A:M so I am considering buying a used version and paying the $99 for the upgrade. Is this an acceptable approach? As long as I have a valid serial #, is there any issues? I want to have a second machine that I can push my rendering over to while I am continuing to work on my main machine. Thanks.
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I get some terrible results when scrubbing my video. The animation is not timed and it is difficult to see if you have an accurate layout. For example, when doing the "Can You Say That" tutorial, scrubbing to verify the lip sync is just about worthless. So the solution is to render to see how it works. The problem is the render takes 1 1/2 hours to complete. Is there any kind of "quick render" that you can do that will do the entire 6 second video but quickly so you can just see how it looks. I am using an Athlon 64 dual core 4200+ CPU with 2GB of matched RAm and v13C of A:M. Thanks for the help.
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hello. im studying the Facial Modeling tute from Anzovin, and i was wondering if im looking to create more cartoon-styled face models, am i still to use as much detailed splinage like is taught in the tute? i was hope to just take simple head shape and basically add eyes, nose and mouth, something similar to a Bruce Timm type style, even how Jeff Lew did "Killer Bean". is there a way that supposed to be approached when modelling a toon thats more cartoon than realistic? and if there's info pertaining to this, could someone direct me to a link? thanks.
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I am working on this tutorial and one thing I notice is that the mouth doesn't close after talking (during the pauses of the sentence). I notice on a lot of the examples that it does close. Can some one please share the "secret" with me (I promise I can keep it ) on how to make the mouth close? It looks much more natural when his mouth closes when he is not talking. Thank you.
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After a torturous 20 months of where I couldn't get A:M to run on my clunky old computer, I now have a new machine so it's working again... but crashing a lot, even with my old models. The main problem is I have an antiquish A:M2000 v. 8.5, and the new machine runs under Windows XP. I intend to step into the 21st century with an upgrade to the newest version of A:M early next month, so I am getting excited (a gross understatement) about soon being able to start modeling and animating again. Am I going to experience a high amount of future shock when I upgrade due to all the improvements? I remember hearing about u-v mapping, and I'm looking forward to that since I…
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I HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP CORRECTLY HALF THE PLANE SELECTED EXCULDING THE WINDOW AND SIZED THE DECAL TO FIT. WHEN I RIGHT CLICK IN THE MANIPULATOR WINDOW AND SELECT APPLY NOTHING HAPPENS.... THE DECAL DOES NOT STICK. HELP PLEASE!!
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