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The A:M Forum is for technical support and the sharing of tips and ideas between users/prospective users of Hash software. It is moderated constantly by technical support representatives.
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User Led Forum Considerations
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Secondly, understand there is a distinction between A:M (the program) and the A:M forum. There are some topics and issues that are outside the scope of this forum and most can be deduced by reading through the forum guidelines. These include such things as Hash Inc internal policies, business practices, trade secrets, and specific plans for the future not yet publicly released. Each of these would be fascinating topics of their own but are better reserved for private communications with a representative of Hash Inc.
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This last area is likely the source of much confusion because many see the A:M Forum as the official outlet for Hash Inc... and it is. But the forum is not designed for conducting business and private matters best resolved by going to Hash Inc directly. Similarly, bug reports are best resolved by entering them directly into the A:M Reporting system.
Many problems can be easily addressed at the user level just by asking fellow users in the forum. If someone at Hash Inc suggests the forum as a source, it is very likely a problem can be easily resolved. For tougher issues there is even more reason to take the issue directly to the source... you don't want the issue discussed... you want it resolved quickly.
Finally, remember that we want to pass this forum on to future moderators and generations of A:M Users in the absolute best condition possible. A:M is just that good a program and is worthy of our consideration.
Thanks for making the A:M Forum a great community.
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Hey all, I just upgraded to v13 the other day. Now my old HDD crashed, luckily i was able to back up all my materials and other important stuff, so I loaded in v13, worked good. Finally decided that I should continue to work on my project i have going. I made all my materials before the models. I just finished a model and wanted to import the material in to A:M and apply it. I go to load the material, and it gives me a "Missing IO plug in" error. I didnt have any plug ins like that when i made them, so there couldnt be anything wrong with the materials themselves. Heres the kicker, After I say "fine I'll remake them", I close down the import window and now my ma…
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Thanks, the box of goodies has been sold. As I told the buyer, they have many hours of material to keep them out of trouble. Thank you Robert A Love
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how do u use multiple actions in same coreography? i was playing with the walking tutorial thingy, when i tried to get the person to make a pose at the end of there walk but the pose action and the walking action started overriding each other. i could have swarn i saw a decent tutorial on how to accomidate for this any help would be ... helpful thanx - eptigo
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and when he comes into the choregraphy window he is standing on his tail
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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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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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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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... requires at least 4 passes in order to enable the softness setting?
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Edit: I guess i should have posteed this in the introductions page but o well.....also if you are using firefox or have a slow connection you may not be able to view my videos Hello...I thought Id just introduce myself or something. My name is Kevin and i'm 17yrs old, I got animation master on august 9th. I became interested in animation 2 years ago when i discovered a shareware program called Blender3D, I used it for a science project, but after that i didn't have time to learn about the software. But now I do have time and I decided to buy software. I have finished the requirements for the certificate thing. Instead of posting on every single topic I just put all m…
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Hey Hashers, I added Volumetric Dust for Exercise 6 but it's rendering with very noticable banding. The Help file says to increase the Quality setting for the Volumetric effect to get rid of the banding, but unless my eyes fail me, I can't seem to see it. Can anyone verify this? I'm not sure if this is a bug or I'm just looking in the wrong place. Here's a picture of what I see for my Volumetric Dust properties. I'm running V13 f. thanks! -Jim
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I was reading some tutorials about normal mapping, and all I could find is that normal maps were a quicker approximation of bump maps for use in realtime (game) rendering. So, in image/animation projects like those created in A:M, what is the difference between the two? Why use one over the other, and if one is outstandingly preferable, why have both?
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I have the 2004 pro series training videos. Once I have clicked on the index file the video plays. There are no controls to stop, pause, play etc... I'm sure I'm doing something wierd can anyone help me find the controls. I have right clicked and went throught the quick time settings and could not find anything. HELP! Thanks to those who respond. Shannon
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I tried searching the ARM for one but it seems to be down, and I was wondering if anyone had a good dynamics tutorial for a beginner the one in the A:M guide boox really does not cover or explain anything it just shows you how to do that one poject which is good and can be used for diferent things but isn't there more that dynamics can be used for?
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This is a specific file for someone to show how a single 4 point patch is created [attachmentid=20384] TickTack.zip
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i want my camera to swing around an object while facing it the whole time, but when i tried, every frame turns the camera further away. i tried going to the last frame and pointing the camera to it but it didnt work...how can i do it?
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I been two years now that i had this program and figured out that.....I have no modeling skills what-so-ever ( I should have known sooner when I couldn't model the basic flour sack ) So i decided to work with what skills (I thats what you would call them ) in animating. The project I Am working on is going steady right now but I am having some trouble. Itrying to have one character walk to a certain point at a certain time but can't seem to get it right. How do I do this
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I am haveing such trouble on 6. what am I doing wrong? I cannot make one foot move up toward the door while the other stays on the ground and then have the other foot follow 10 frames later. if there are any pros out there please help me.
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Every time I install a new update, and start my program AM says password invaild? Also when I click on help in the program is says it,s not installed. 1st where can I find and install the help file 2nd how can I have the program remember my Name and password for the community thing.
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Hi there party peoples! I have been having a problem with Sweeper - actually, plugins in general. I have tried to download sweeper from Moscafilms.com, into my AM V12 software. I believe I followed all of the instructions: I unzipped the file, looked under the Tools>Options>Folders tab, and typed in the correct path to the Sweeper.hxt file. I rebooted the software, applied two groups (profile and path), selected the path, and... no plugins. None! I can't even open the plugins built into the software like grid. yet when I take out the "Sweeper" part of the file path under the folders tab, the preset plugins become available. Have I downloaded the wrong file for my so…
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So I've been using layers in a toon render for quite some time, and I've been very happy with it. viola! [attachmentid=21446] However, when I do a line only render, I do not get my layer any more. For example: [attachmentid=21445] Is this by plan? Design? If so, how do I make my layer come across fully and have my model be lines only. Inqjiring minds want to know!
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Does any body knows where can i find Fullbod_girl.rpj file to try to animated with Animation Master?
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Hi everyone, I've already bought an Intel based iMac and I've noticed that only selected versions of some programs work with this new Macs. I own a 2006 CD and I'd like to know wich exact version is the one I should install in my computer or, at least, the best version that suits in. I'd be very grateful if someone told me this and where to download it too. Thanks a lot
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Exercise #11.5 Animated by: Keith BUDDHABUCK Completion Time: 3 1/2 hrs. Date Completed: 11-16-06 OOUUHH SCARRY KIDS EXERCISE__11.5.prj
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Hey guys. So I have created a live webcam chat room. If you have a webcam and mic you can grab a cam slot and chat, otherwise it doubles as a text chat room. It can be found at http://www.stickam.com/profile/animation It should be up most all the time, note you have to register (free) with stickam.com to use the cam slots. See you there! Oh, and it is called Animation Station.
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Hello all, I'm working on a small project, and I need a chalkboard. A free standing chalkboard. Does anyone have one or know of anywhere I can download one? Thanks
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hi i try to implement a material to an objet and i get the missing plugin error, what should i do?
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Has anyone completed exersize 20 of the 2006 manual? I was able to complete it all the way to the end then it crashed when turning on draw for the hair. From then on it was impossible to reload the project file wihtout getting an error. I have submitted an error report to Hash but will also include the PRJ file here to see if anyone else can load it. [attachmentid=23103] Ex_20.zip
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Just lately when i go to the AM still page it wants me to login every minute or so even though it has my name on the top of the page as login aready
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I'm making a character in v12.0w and I would like to try average normals on the face. I am looking under surface attributes but I can't see it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated. Mike
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Does any any body ever heard of ful_bugirl from haptek characters? If yes I would like to find out about the ful_bugirl.prj I want to animate it in A.M.
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hey there, is there someone who has experience in importing poly objects in the newest version of A:M. I'm planing to do a short animation with a friend who's native in poly modeling. Can props be correctly importertet with decals or materials from another modellin tool? Are there screenshots of results out there? thank you so much for your support Pablo
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im having some trouble with my smartskin whenever i rig the bones to move with smartskin one bone rotates properly, but the otherone rotates in reverse u see i was having some trouble with the knees of my character whenever i bent the knees, they would flatten. didn't seem to matter how i rigged the legs, or how i fought with the cp weights but i recently came across something, creating another bone specifically for helping to control the form/position of the knees it seemed to work, but when i tried to use smartskin on the knee bones, the first knee smartskinned always bends properly the second knee bends backwards any ideas? maybe i c…
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I was looking around for different sites for Motion capture data in the BVH format. This is a good site: http://www.bvhfiles.com/ If anyone else can find a good site than post it in this thread. Cheers!
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I try to put two actions one after the other. This is just a two different simple walk cycles. why is that when it jumps to the second action the shoulders turn backwards?
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Have a 3d high quality gun that I could use, When I start out, I plan to use premade objects to learn, then move on to modeling. Preferebly a berreta/DE/.45
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Hi, another question....being a noob and all, is there any way to loop a video decal, you see, im doing this 10 secs animation and on the background i aplied a video decal, wich is only 2 secs, is there any way to loop it to 10 secs?
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hey no need to post ne thing here this is a test A_wing.prj
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When I try to work with sound, AM 10.5 crashes every time. I have made a sound file (wav) and have put this file in the sound library. When I, according exercice 7 "Can you say that", select the dope sheet, type the sound text in the box and klick OK, the dictionary does his work properly and all boxes are grey. As soon as I drag the frame marker in the timeline window, AM crashes directly or after some dragging. WHAT MAY BE THE CAUSE ?
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Greetings; I hope someone here can give me some advice. I am considering purchasing animation master. I am a professional clown and magician, so it would be fun for me to learn a new skill that will help me express my creative side, but I am primarilly considering buying it for my teenage kids. My son is deep into comics, not much of an artist but has lots of ideas he has trouble getting on to paper because he can't draw. My daughter just learned how to use a graphics program and loves creating new pages and posters. Both kids are comfortable with computers and drag and drop graphic software and with acid, the software I use to create music. Is animation master som…
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hey, what did i did wrong with this one? rabbit seems like hes on a hurry! walk.mov
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No matter which blending mode I choose, I don't see anything happen between actions. I just get a hard cut from one to the other. I tried overlapping the actions and then I had no actions at all. I had to delete all actions and start over. To me blending means to transition from action to the other, that probably not correct. None the less, I don't see any transition from one action to the other even when "Transistion to next action" is selected. Any insights?
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Can someone please describe the radiosity settings and how they are used? Maybe even some examples?? Thanks.
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on the 3D frog store page, in "Seller Info", what does it mean by "8) Usage Tips/Limitations" ? never mind, sorry
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I'm creating a "dance" animation. My action is the character "hopping" forward (puts his hands in front, pulls them back at the same time he jumps forward.) I created this action. When I'm in my choreography, I drop the action into the character, then create a path for him to follow. What I want is for him to continually perform that action while moving on this path. Do I have to do multiple paths, or somehow "cycle" that action? He performs the action once, then stops. thanks. Ok. Nevermind. It's working now. I now have to "extend" the action so it looks like he is stopping after one "thrust" forward with is arms before the next action.
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Hi - I cannot figure out why my char forearm is raised when I bring her in an action and turn the "Ik Arms Setup" to "on". I just put the skeleton rig in this character for a second time since I screwed the first try up pretty bad. Has anyone run into this problem? Thanks - Eric
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I have 10 chapters i am planning to upload (look at This Thread for more info) in the future one at a time and will be each chapter will be posted ASAP after it's completion. I was wondering whats the filesize and usual limit is allowed to upload the chapters on hash.com? I'm planning 10 minute chapters or so. Two part chapters only stress confustion and mess.
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I'm making a palm tree....one of the tutorials on my DVD, anyway, I got the cookie cut to work, but there is a faint outline of the square tar. file. Also, after making the tar with the alpha channel in photoshop, the color is gone. I know I must be missing something here.
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Hello, I have an idea that would be cool if the people who run the forum could do it. It came to me because I had a newbie question about modeling and being so use to working inthe TWO section of the forum, I'm use to going directly to the subject matter I need help with (I.E TWO Animating if I need animation help, TWO Rigging if I have rigging questions, TWO Modeling, etc) and I noticed there are no sub-topics in the newbie area. My idea is to set up the newbie topic with the same format as in the TWO movie topics. You'd create sub-topics in the Newbie forum for Modeling, Animating, rigging, etc that way you have an organized location that is not excl…
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I need a plug in that will convert a mdl file to a .dst or .dsq,....is there one, or does the new version of AM allow you to do this? Thanks, Andy
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Hi everyone, I'm kinda new in Animation Master, I use version 11.0 (I know that I really have to upgrade) and I made this lantern a few days ago I would like to use it in some sort of project later on and I was wondering how I could light the bulp inside the lantern in way that it'll also light up the objects around it in and it would be nicer if it could have an orange tone I have tried simply inserting a light object inside the lantern but it hasn't really worked out how I imagined it would, it only lit inside the lantern I have attached 2 different pictures and the project file to this post Thank you for your patience [Please do not take credit for …
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