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Well, I'm calling this done. I found this one very hard, I'm just waiting for those nice young men in there clean white coats to come and take me away ha ha. giraffe.mov giraffe.mov
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I attempted my first bird flock yesterday. Ten birds flew right to left for four seconds. All was well. After that, things went steadily down hill. I have a few questions: [1] The Area of Influence. I can shrink the yellow circle, but the birds stay where they originally appeared. [2] Is is possible to string the birds out in more of a line, instead of a sphere? [3] I re-opened the original doc. that performed well, and added birds [for a total of 30] and extended the time to 18 sec. The birds performed normally for the first four sec. and then flapped wildly like sparrows. [They are seagull types]. I struggled for the rest of the evening trying to find a sett…
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I am very new to animation master . I did install the jeti 12 version 2006 yesterday. Today i got a message about a new version of the program and installed version 13 beta. Now i want to start for the very first time with the program, so i tried to launch help topics in the help menu of version 13 What do i get : Failed to launch help When i do a search in the v13 directory there is not even a help.chm file there ? What to do now ???
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Lately, I've been having a problem with in the Choreography. If I have, let's say, four key frames on the Timeline, and I hit the 'Play' button, the action will go the second, or third, key frame, and then cycle back to the beginning. If I step through the action [not to be confused with an .act file-type action] it will go all the way to the end. But what's causing it to fetch up?
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Quick question regarding something I am not understanding. If I have a Choreography with two actors in it, and then create two paths. Say I constrain Actor 1 to path A with a Chor range of 4 seconds, and then I contrain Actor 2 to Path B with a Chor range 15 seconds, somehow Actor 1's contraint to Path A will automatically change the Chor range to 15 seconds as well. My question is how do I keep actor 1 going long Path A for just 4 seconds?? Is there a way to edit the keyframes or something else I am missing?? ANy help would be greatly appriciated... EDIT: or I could just go watch the video tutorial on this. Sorry, I didnt see it earlier.
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just wanted to say hi to everyone! im brand new to all of this!! i was amazed when i foun A:M! i couldnt help my self and ordered it the day after i discovered it. i had to take the 330$ out of my segway savings to get it... im really excited to have it arrive on monday! i just have a few questions for you all... 1. im 15...so how well do you think i will do using it? 2. you can create your own people...cant you? 3. what is the maximum length you can create movies? 4. how long does it generally take to get the hang of A:M? thank you very much and i look forward to my animation journeys ahead! cyrus
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Someone please help explain this to me. WHat options besides Fog: ON have to be accounted for when using Fog. I have it ON, I set the Start and End to where I want them, however, I never am able to get any fog to show up when I render my image. What am I missing?? Any help would be greatly appriciated!! Thanks!
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I am trying to do Exercise 8 and I have an issue. I do not see an expansion icon next to rubber in the workspace. Is there a problem with my model? I am using the 2006 CD thanks
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can some one please tell me how you put a movie that you made on the forum And i mean hi on the tittle sorry
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cd library
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does any body have a link where i can download such file
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I've installed a simple 'One bone in the body-two bones in each wing' and assigned CP's to each bone. When I try to flap the wings, the bird swings around and parts fly off. What am I missing here? [attachmentid=16190]
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here's my version of the plane. i had some trouble getting the decals on, but I think they look ok. I will have to animate the prop and make it fly sometime.[attachmentid=16187] plane2.mov
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reminds me of the 60s with the flower power and all that. had fun making it though. flower_power.prj.zip
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here's my effort at the sedan, I had a lot of trouble getting the coluor on the wheels for some reason. sedan2.mov
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don't know if this is the right place to post this but for my war of the worlds short i need some sound effects what i need at the moment is a good sounding heat ray sound effect i wont one that sounds like a real one i don't want any of the old sounding ones from like the 80s or like the 1953 war of the worlds (hope i'm not asking to much on that one) and a foot stomping sound that sounds like a gigantic metallic object is stomping on the ground thats about it hope i'm not asking for to much there
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I am a newbie but I have been doing pretty good with the tutorials. I have been trying them first out of the book and then watching them online to pick up some extra tips, etc. However I can't seem to find an online version of Exercise 11, Giraffe. Does anyone know where I can find one? I am having some trouble following the book and could really use a visual tutorial. Thanks, Robbin
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I purchased Animation Master a long time ago but I'm trying to get back into it. I purchased David Roger's Animation Master 2002 Handbook to learn the features of Animation Master but I noticed he is publishing a new edition in May. I was wondering if anyone knows how this edition will be different than the previous edition. I was very impressed with the previous edition and wish to add this book to my collection. Thank you.
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I'm very sorry if this issue was discussed. I have the edition of Animation Master with the Gorilla on the CD. How is this edition different than the new Yeti edition. I plan to upgrade but I just want to know the new features and changes to the program. Thank you.
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Rodney When I render in Quicktime, I get a black background. It renders sky color in AVI or JPG. What's up with that? Can that be fixed? Or, what am I doing wrong? Johnnyb
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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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Yep, it's time to update my OSx version ... been cutting my teeth off 10.5/11.0 ... what exactly do I need to do, who do I need to contact? My USB dongle will need to be updated also. Any and all help appreciated. TIA!
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Well this is my version of "can you say that", I think the first part, the eyes moving from side to side, is a bit to fast, but I don't know if there is any way of adding frames to the begining of the animation so that I can move the key frames to slow it down a little. a_secret_2.zip
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Hello again, I have extracted some models and textures out of one of my favorite video games. They were in .tri format. I converted them to .3ds, .lwa or .obj. The textures to them when theyre converted dont stick as they are supposed to (my fault on programming). So they end up as .dds (direct draw image) All the UV map coordinates are in that dds file and should just lay right on but some how they dont in 3ds max. Now for .obj When i attach textures to the model then convert it to .obj, it leaves a .mtl file with it. It contains all the texture information and material stuff and jazz like that. Now for my question, is .dds or .obj supported in A:M. If …
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While working through this exercise I have found that when the animation is played the door starts slowly opening from frame one until the end of the sequence even though I have not animated it until the middle of the sequence. How would I make it so that the door does not move until the middle of the sequence? Thank you for your help.
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Completed exercise1 I hope there is no time restrictions on completing exercises for certificate as I am only home at weekends as work gets in the way
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What's going on? There's no libraries. When I open the library file from the disk I get the message that there is an "invalid library file". I've only had AM for a week. What do I do?
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John Bailey Exercise 3 4/12/06 [attachmentid=16043] Have I found the right place to post? I think I've also figured out how to get a jpg. My first one was a screen print.
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I want a clutch of these motorcycles to run through a scene with their headlights [and red tail lights] on. So far, as I look through manuals, A:M can make a halo-type glow around the object, but I see nothing on how to simulate an object that is emitting light. I did a fair approximation by creating a cube, coloring it yellow-orange, installing a light inside it and setting the cube's Translucency to 50%. Is there a better way? [attachmentid=16039]
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I did it. [attachmentid=16032]
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Hi my name is Daniel and I am 13. I hope I can learn how to use animation master and, the reason why is that my Dad uses animation master all the time for work and I always wanted to use it so now I have the chance to.
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I hope this post is in the right place, I'm a new user and am not sure how to post. I've completed a few of the tutorials and would appreciate some feedback to see how I'm doing. Iv'e tried posting before so if I've put anything up wrong I am sorry. I've just realised this is put up as exersice7 and should be exercise6, sorry about that.[attachmentid=16028] through_the_door.mov
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Ive put a walk cycle onto a path, but I wanted to adjust the speed. I tried increasing the 'chor length' and 'cycle length'. I think thats what they are called. Anyway, that was great for slowing it down, but when I tried to speed it up again, this time by reducing those parameters I lost part of the cycle. ie, part was truncated.. then my character slides the remainder of the path, where once, he walked.. Do I really have to be so linear in my work-flow? Im sure theres a way to change the speed without this problem.
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Is there anyway to recreate a plasma ball in Animation Master? Like electric bolts of various colors contained in a glass sphere?
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I did exercise one "you're the director" Here's all that i've got, I guess that's all there was to that!!! [attachmentid=15973]
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Hi, My name is Jennifer. I have been wanting to learn as much as I can on animation master, so my dad said that I should try doing TAoA:M. My dad is a childrens' educational software writer, and he is using animation master to write his science program.
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John Bailey Exercise 2 4/11/06 http://media.putfile.com/Exercise2 How can I make them dance longer? If I extend the time range, they dance slower, and if I add key frames they stop at 2 seconds and just stand there like dummies for the rest of the time.
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any one have a good tutorial on how to use the booline cutter? oh yea sorry if i spelled it wrong typed this in a hurry
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What is the best way to add beveled edges to a model after it has been created? Thanks Steve
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John Bailey Exercise 1 4/10/06 Here's my first submission. Hope everything works. I wasn't quite sure what the assignment was exactly, so the I just formed the pose by using only the Pose sliders. I did cheat a little to get both of Keekat's feet aligned on the ground (the rig slider leaves his right foot slanted and that bothered me). I didn't animate him. http://media.putfile.com/Exercise-1-44
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Any thoughts on how to achieve SSS and ambient occlusion effects on skin? Are there any recommended skin material settings or techniques that have become most useful in AM? All the best to AMasters, Michael Angelo
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So I'm working on the lesson when I come to p.178. Pick the "smoke" emitter in the Project Workspace. Click on the Opacity Over Life property and set it to 0%. Well, I looked and looked and I can't find it to click it. I don't see it in the Workspace, or the properties window, and I have all of the trees opened. All I see is the properties (Bone position, transform, etc) Can someone help me? What am I doing wrong? Oops, I forgot to say which 'it' it was I can't find. I found the emitter no problem, it's the Opacity I can't find.
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I was wondering where I might find tutorials on version 13's newest features, especially simcloth, the compositor and hdri lighting. Thanks for any links or instructions. Sincerely, Michael p.s. I asked last week but could not find my posting to see if there was a response.
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I've looked all over the forum and can't find anything that addresses this problem - Rabbit's legs wont Paste Mirrored. After frame 15, his ears, arms, feet and toes all swing along nicely (the feet sort of look like they're flailing about) but the legs stay in the same position they were in at frame 15. Jason told me that I have to move the leg bone to set a key frame for it. I went through all of my key frames moving the feet up and down and rotating them. Then I rotated the pelvis which moved the legs around a bit. I even rotated the knees with the arrow keys. I rebuilt the exercise from frame 1 along with the video tutorial, step by step. The instructor's Ra…
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Ok, I just got A:M Monday, I installed and got ready to use it to start praticing and learning the ropes. The things I have noticed, KeeKat , in Choreography mode in the Choreography window looks like his right ankle is broken and bent to the side. But when I select model or skeletal mode in the Choreography window, KeeKat is fine. I have found a way to fix it with the IK, but is this a temporary or permanent fix? Also the same goes for Knight when using his premade actions. I used the normal walk cycle action for Knight in Choreography, and his legs walk with the knees going the other way. Is there someway I can get around this, or do I need to find a fix for t…
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I'm having a bit of trouble getting this to work. I want to delete this patch in here, but it won't work! If you look in the little square you'll see the selected patch... VVVVVVVVVVVV
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I'm thinking about buying A:M for a dinosaur movie I have in the works. Is this software good for that, and how hard would it be exactly. PS: Dont show me the t-rex chasing a car video, ive seen it!
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In all the versions of help I've found, the Java table of contents crashes. Java doesn't crash on anything else. It looks like it's looking for privleges and not giving me a chance to grant them. Why I don't know. Is there any version of the TOC that doesn't rely on Java? I'm using... Version 1.4.2_04 (build 1.4.2_04-b05) Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. (Also, any advice on where to get help on the 101 little problems I seem to be running into with learning the program? For example, attaching two parts of a model changing the colors assigned to patches, what all the different frobs mean in the…
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I am a new user, and while trying to model a character, I have encountered many problems. In a nutshell, the whole thing is very overwhellming. I would appreciate any advice any experianced modelers here have to offer. Also, if anyone has a cool model they want to donate, that would be awsome! Many thanks.
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HOW DO U MAKE THOSE SUN RAYS UNDER WATER? anyone know?
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I have looked and looked and can find no information on how to control the box that lets items come in front of and go behind other objects. I can fool around and eventually get the item I want in front where I want it, but I can not seem to find the key that does this with any consistancy. Where would I look for this information? Thanks, Lucine
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