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Hi all! I love modeling/animating but I never finnish stuff because I come to a point where i realize I'm not good enugh with A:M. So what I ask is this: Say some easy stuff to make! Anything, dosen't matter what is it. Just so I can get a nice touch with the program. (I have done all the tutorials.) And one more thing, is it worth upgrading to V13? I'm running v11.1 now. //Korken
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Everyone has seen Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi right? Well you know the Imperial Biker Scout- the Imperial dudes that ride the speeder bikes. I have modeled everything except the helmet- I've tried to model it for the past 2 to 3 weeks and it never looks right. Could anyone model one up for me for Animation Master 11.1 (A:M 2005) please? This would be a great help. The animation I am doing will require the Biker Scout, so if anyone would offer any help I would greatly appreciate it!
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Can someone point me to a good UV Mapping tutorial? Thanks.
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I am doing a personal project, nothing important but something I want to do. one of the main characters is a Bear. I been up since lastnight making the bear and I am actually quite pleased so far. I know how to rig a person but I am kinda lost on where to start with this dagnabit bear! I really want to do it right the first time so if anyone would please give me your ideas on rigging him I would be very grateful. I am not asking a full tutorial LOL. Just some ideas and maybe a basic layout I can begin with. I just dont want to rig him all up and then have to redo the whole dagnabit bear. any other creative ideas are welcome too. I respect all the talent in …
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Hi! I need to create a sphere whose surface moves (or appears to move) something like boiling water. Looking at animated materials--color-wise it will be black with purple specular so the material will just be 'bump' (I think 'displacement' would be too much render time). I could probably find an animated clip but decaling a sphere and getting it even would be hard no matter how you work it (unfolding sphere, spherical mapping and placement, etc). Any ideas, let me know! Thanks, Rusty
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Hi again, I need to simulate the Aurora around the top of a planet. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_B...ace_by_NASA.jpg And with movement (green, white and red swirls with streamers shoup wardspwards): Ideas? Thanks! Rusty
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Im looking for a model of a small baby that I can animate. He needs to crawl and walk, so I need movable limbs. Using AM version 10 and not very good at it. Is there a source to buy AM models? Most 3D sites never heard of AM.
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I've been working on a three minute short for our booth at a trade show next week. My attempts at rendering have all failed, both rendering a QT movie and Targa files. I'm open to suggestions at least in theory but time is extremely short. I'm going to set up a render to an .avi file and let it run overnight. Tomorrow morning I'll know if it's been successful. But I need a backup plan. My back is seriously to the wall and if anyone with rendering facilities can help out a fellow hasher in his time of need, this is the time! I'm flying out of Charlotte NC Sunday night the 11th but I need to have it in time to finish up the sound. It's now 10pm Tuesday i…
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I've never been extremely good at modeling faces of people. Cartoon characters and such I do so-so. I've been doing ALOT of modeling lately in case you're watching the forums and one of the many things I'm working on is faces. I was wondering if you guys would mind criting my work and letting me know how it looks so far and how I can make it look better. Thanks.
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I am a fairly new AM user (bought 2004 version) my problem is the final render looks "plastic" to me ...... any suggestions? I am using 11.1i I have 3 lights, Volumetrics on on all 3 Here is a frame from a animation .... "Star Trek" based obviously.
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I've made some images, but when i render, they just don't turn out quite how i want. here are the images i rendered. and here are the projects. Image_projects.zip so, what should i do to make the images more, realistic?
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This is a WIP that I'm doing for the 11 Second Club. It's far from finished, but I thought that I was pretty much done up to frame 120, but it's getting hammered over there and I'm not sure where to start fixing. http://www.vimeo.com/1152629 Any suggestions would be welcome.
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My original post: original bear WIP post Something just did not seem right, so I started working on a simpler "more youthful" design...see below. The animation is about a youthful,playful bear, and the original design just did'nt give me that feeling. My children like this new design better. I want to put hair/fur all over the body, so I want to keep the spline count down, hopefully will make it easier to animate. Having the arms and legs as seperate opjects cause problems with the hair/fur? Looking for some input about the overall proportions, design, etc. I guess I am inspired by Keith Lango's simple character designs. Thanks for the inspiration Keith!…
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Hi, I'm working on the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. The following pictures are from the West Pediment. I think I need some help with the lighting. It's supposed to be fairly realistic but I'm not sure what else to do to it. Not all the figures you see have been textured yet. I'm working on that too. Suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks.
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Hello out there. I'm simon, the director the new motion pic, ATA! Anyway, in my spare time I'm am working on a short film and I desperately need facial expressions for my 'Eddie' Model. If anyone out there has made facial expression pose sliders for the 'Eddie' model I would be very grateful if you could either post them here or send them to baldrix@cfl.rr.com , thanks!!!
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The lenses are clear, but they do block a lot of light to his eyes. I tried bumping up the ambience on the eyeballs, but that has the effect of washing out his irises (simple color decals). Is there a way I can brighten up his eyes without washing out the pupils? I'd rather not use geometry for the irises unless I absolutely have to. Thanks! Nos
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I'm making a doll model (dont ask) and the hair looks really weird. Im using A:M v. 10 and i need to know how to get the hair off her face and pointing back. maybe a few bangs. ReallyImpossibleHardProject.prj
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Hello, I am the one making the 'Against the Author, the War of the Worlds' movie right now. If anyone out there has a sountrack for a movie WHICH THEY MADE THEMSELVES, PLEASE contact me at simon@baldrix.com !!! Your sontrack will be used in the movie along with full credit for the composition. Please send me any, even if you do not think it is very good because we would like some sountracks that are not already used in another movie, or copyrighted!!! Unless you copyrighted it, then it is ok! Thanks to all who give us music, remember to also put your full name on the e-mail or you will not get credit!!! THANK YOU ALL, SIMON Director of 'Against the A…
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I just bought, downloaded, and installed v16.0a. I have been using AM since 95, and have never had this problem. I have, but it's been manageable. To summarize, it simply crashes. To be more specific, I am using Windows Vista SP1 x64. I am running it on a HP dv4 Entertainment Notebook PC. I am downloading, but haven't installed the latest graphics driver as well as SP2. However, I don't think the version of Windows is the problem. I have gone into the tools>options>global and tried to change my real time drivers but i only have one option: OpenGL. I am bewildered that this computer's graphics drivers only support that and not Direct3D as well, but it is what it is. …
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I took the famous Nefertiti OBJ with 2 million polygons, put a gradient on it to render a displacement map and put that map on a flat card in A:M. Overhangs like behind the cheekbones and at the side of the nose are impossible to project off a flat card but overall I'm impressed at how the OpenEXR displacement map captures all the tiny details of the original OBJ. full screen to see detail... NeferTurnH_3K.mp4 The displacement map looks like this...
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I'm still working on a stormy night but, thinking through ideas for the next one. So... I seem to remember that a few years ago there was an option to render as a negative of the standard render ? Is that still available and, if so, is it possible to combine it with a black and White/greyscale render ? I'm presently working in 15J on OSX 10:68, although hope to move up to V17 in a few weeks time. regards simon
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Starting an Apollo astronaut model. No textures yet. Or hands. I knew I forgot something! Dreading rigging this guy because he's so... thick! The good news is that he can't bend his back very much and probably doesn't need lip sync poses. Suggestions appreciated (wireframe to follow in next post). Zach
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Font Wiz and "K R All Smiles" font letter E Sweeper circle over font outline Add material and color See Title sweeperfish.zip
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Working out the kinks in Netrender, and used an old project that had everything but the kitchen ink: reflections, transparencies, texture and bump maps, volumetrics, etc. Having some networking and software stabiity issues, which really put the "farm" into renderfarm! I submitted a still several years ago in the image contest, but it was up against very stiff competition. Works better when you see the whole dolly move IMHO. kgh Youtube video "Robot dolly test"
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When I was but a pup, I was an avid reader of Air Trails magazine. Their premier artist was Douglas Rolf. Rolf drew with a very fine, almost fragile line [no color, minimal shadows] but very, very precise. His stuff was beautiful. Recently I went through years of morgue files culling out the chaff, and found a stack of xeroxes of his work. Among those drawings [just as good as I remember] was this plane: an Art Deco gem designed by Hugo Junkers somewhere in the mid-30's. It never got beyond blueprints and a scale model. But what a plane! I googled it, and even on Google, it's rare. There is a seaplane version that I'll play with next week. [on the trailing edge …
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Hey all, I just wanted to share the progress on this character that I'm using for a personal project that I'm working on, based off of a children's book idea that I had. Feedback is welcome... thx- -N
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Just finished ..... Very simple, but I like simple. Its for a local market. Right click save as: http://www.darknutproductions.com/media/ROS.mov
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My 3D characters are finally created. Thanks to Bruce from http://www.pencilwedgees.com/ for creating my 2D characters into 3D!!! He was professional and extremely helpful. I highly recommend him if you need an animation project done. You can check out all my characters at http://www.bogthedog.com/ Thanks p.s. YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL 2D CHARACTERS WHEN YOU SELECT THE 3D CHARACTERS ON MY WEBPAGE.
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AM2005 v11.1 DivX 5.05 www.bee-s.com/~gggg/avi/g2.avi 6m www.bee-s.com/~gggg/avi/g3.avi 8m
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Hi all, I am in the process of starting a new project, which will involve some rebranding. I was just after your opinion of the new animated logo: Triple Pill Interactive
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Anti & the Beast All my animations up to date Tell me what you think! thanks to Bloody Fur for the beast looking model!
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Hi! Been away from animation for quite awhile. I liked the sound file of 11 second club this month, so I have been playing with Barry Zundell's Will model I got from his excellent animation CD. The text : "You see... TV is power. The power to lull, and to pacify. And then when all eyes are glazed, and all minds are jelly... power to hold the world in your fist." My eyes are glazed, and my mind is jelly, after a few hours, 11sec_oct02.mov Feel free to comment, still lot's of time. Michel
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Hi hashers : I finished the project ( conception, sketch, some storyboards ) to my new short last week , to make it ill need 2 cars, I worked 4 days to make the first car ( named X-Two2-GO ) .. in this week ill work on instrument panel and engine parts ( maybe , I don’t know if I will do it ).. In this topic ill show all progress 1- Shaded Wireframe 1 2 – Shaded Wireframe 2 3 – Shaded Wireframe 3 4- Model without surfaces 5 – X-Two2-GO finished I hope the link work ... the album with the images can be find here : Project animation if the link doesnt work .. please copy it an paste…
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here is a short animation done in AM. comments welcome http://rrca.com/panetta/catwalk.mov
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Hi all, We just add a new 3d section at the web site with some new and old 3d test. Take a look. Your Feedbacks are welcome. Pepe VANHOP ANIMATION
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I drew a new avatar A:M 2007 to use here in the forum And if I mirror it .... I have my name !!!!!!! I loved it
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The last word on my last bee, was that is was a copy of the Georgia Tech Hornet. My friend says that they copyrighted their logo with that bee on it and it should be ok to use. I still think that eventually there would be a challenge from G.T. I still wish to do an animated version of his logo, but I decided to make my own bee. When I am finished with it he can use it or not but I still wish to use it for a learning project. It may be another week or so before I will have the time to rig him and add some decals for flavor, but here is the start.
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Okay same model with decal sequence in front of fan force on right 16 subdivisions on left 4 subdivisions simulate then render see the results I redid whole project and got this twice Also side note if you turn on smooth results I lost decal Good news conversion from tga to qt went smoothly fan.mov
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Hello, Here is a character I am working on, he is almost done. Any comments, criticisms, or suggestions would be helpful. If parts of his body look familiar it is because his body is a rework of kee kat. I hope you like him. Also check out my recently updated website and let me know what you think: www.3dfrog.com Thanks
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I created a robot about, mmm, I say about a month ago. I've been finalizing him and I am almost finished except I need to add-subtract smart skin-bones around the arm. the rig is custom so that explains why he doesn't bend good around the arms. I want to know, however, what you think of him.
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This is a bot I modeled based on a friend of mine's illustration. You can see the original drawing here. Considering that I did it only from that drawing I'm pretty pleased with the way it's turning out. I still have a little more shading to do but I hope you like.
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hi there, i'm working on a nissan skyline car and wanted to share the proccess gere is what i got right now
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Hi all, Long time now, since we had a challenge .... so the idea occurred to me: Why not let`s make some minichallenge for "this time of the year"? Take or build your favourite chara-model, change him into a Santa Claus and do some very small animation with him like waving into the camera, ringing a bell, presenting some gift etc. at best include some gag and well that`s it. Should be fun and not to much work and we all would have some christmasgreetings to send to our friends and also maybe get some christmas props for everybody to use. By the way, somebody has some deer or elk, he likes to share? I would suggest a deadline of 1…
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Hi hashers! I would like comments on a character i have been working on lately. I am beginning some test animation. Lip sync is not very acurate right now, but it was done more to check poses than making a believable sequence. http://www.cam.org/~mgigue/lespotins.mov Thank you!
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Hey, I just came up with a new character while I was sketching last night. I'm going to build it soon. Let me know what you think, thanks! Here is the side view of it...
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I just created this head, starting from a lathe and then seeing where it took me. What do you think? Does it look like it will be fine to animate? And what does everyone recommend doing to the top of the head? I just took the top hole and scaled it down, is there a smoother way around this? Also what should I go about doing for eyes? Thanks, Jon cartoon0.tga
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This is one of the main characters for a series project I'm working on.
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I've been working on this character to use for animation practice. I'm thinking about adding a little something to him, maybe a belt or something? Input on that is really appreciated.
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I know there are a couple of bits to smooth out in the motion but anyway... The rig is the Hash 2001 with a version of Mike Fitz`s brilliant `cogs` added for the knees, hips and elbows. The body has a bone in the belly for the bounce/follow through. Anzovins WeightMover was used for the entire upper body and nicely smoothed out the shoulders and belly etc. DadWalk
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Hey all, I finally finished another character. I don't got a name for it YET but I was hoping maybe one of you can come up with a cool name . Anyway here it is: Took me about half a day to model, texture and completely rig it. Now for the fun part! Animating! I wanted to make a simple character to practice my animation skills and this is it. Now I was hoping you all could give me at least one thing to do with him . So far I got: Pushing a box (make it so that it looks like he is struggling to push it) and jumping off a building. Thats it . Now I could think of probably a few more but I thought it would be cool if everyone could tell me what to animate wit…
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