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Hello - I created another character for my site - basically for modeling and animating practice. Also, wanted to play around w/ using a decal to control the "hair" color. Anyway, how it turned into a boxing Meerkat, I'm not sure, but it did. He is the 3rd character over from the left on the bottom row. Thanks - Eric www.3dcharacteranimation.biz
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Hi all! I've made a katana sword blade and tell me what you all think about it. Crits please. //Korken
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Tried v14 again terrain wizard, treezs.. distributed on terrain with sweeper then added some dark tree material and some hair [attachmentid=21082] wireframe side view [attachmentid=21083] project file [attachmentid=21084] hair image is sprite on cd and darktree materails not included but free ones avaiable from dark trees site [attachmentid=21088] turned off hair to speed up rain test not in project file unless there is interest test2.zip test_2_.mov
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How does one animate the effect of fog rolling in from the camera's settings in the choreography. A:M seems to only want to give me fog from the render settings, which as far as I understand can't be animated. I would like to get the "before" and "after" effect as seen from these two images. Thanks for your help!
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Haven't modeled anything complex for a while, so been at this One for about 3 weeks now. Figuring at least another week, just slowly tinkering with it on a daily basis. (I'm Not modeling a PS3 Version of the Rifle - Just using the PS3 Image as the basis for a finished Rifle) Here's the "RotoScope" Image being Used - NOT A FINAL RENDER! Here's the file of what I have so far (I'm on Version 14 Now) ->PS3_Rifle_14.prj 3/4 of the way there and still some holes that need filled. So far Only ONE real trouble spot, where the handle goes into the body (5 point patch not rendering properly). When finished: Not Seriously - just an Idea for …
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1-Eyed Model
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I have just made a 1-eyed "thing", im not sure what to call it at the moment. Ive just gotta give him an eye now. And i need your opinions on textures for him, please tell me which one you think works best out of each coulor scheme. And of course tell me what you think of the model I plan on making a short animation with him. Blue Green Red
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Here's an example of an industrial cable carrier. It'll hold electrical cables. (got the compression low enough to post) I'm trying to do it using a constrain to surface, but can't get it to work. Ended up doing it in a chor. David Wire_trough.m1v
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Hi guys, finaly i get to put my first post on here , I have been using AM now For about 7-8 months on and off and thought or was given the idea rather that it would be a good idea to start posting my work up so i could recieve some constructive crit. This is really my first piece and is what i used to discover rigging and poses, modeling etc. Was very exciting for me and has driven me to go on and create other projects which i will soon post up. I finished this one a few weeks back now. I appolagise for the quality of the video, i had some trouble with rendering settings but ive done the best with what video i had, ive decided not to re-render for the moment as im u…
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I was inspire by Xtaz's image and desription of Image Based Lighting using HDR images. My results weren't as impressive, but i don't have the patience to wait 6 hours to see how it turns out. I do like how it worked, but I added 2 lights to give the object some shadows. I didn't get shadows from the IBL alone. I don't know if that comes with more passes. Maybe someone can fill me in. Here are the images I did get. I'm showing the fully lit image and ones with IBL only and Kleigs only for comparison. I plan on doing more testing to get IBL figured out better. Any info or comments appreciated.
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I'm going to attempt my second real animation. It's going to have a story this time, one about a doodle of a stick figure. But before I do anything elese I need to model a stick figure (shouldn't be be too hard). Oh, and how do I take pictures of my models and everything so I can post them on the forum? Sincerly, Masna
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I've been fooling around with several cloud images on a hair material, basically trying to create a face model made of billowy, cloudy material. I have been rendering both in the modeling window and in a choreography and keep getting black "sooty" coloring along with some clouds. I have the transparency of my model set to 100%, so the only thing rendering is the hair material. I've messed around with properties til I've run out of ideas. Can someone point me in the direction to achieve what I trying for? Thanks.
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Well..I found my "animation guy model (and fixed some stuff) and decided to start a real character animation haha. The clip is from Princess bride. It's when the short dude is hooked ont he poison and speaks his last words. This is a pop-thru..very basic start righ tnow..not much else besides a couple of major poses: I will continually post progress..I promise (i never end up finishing these things)
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Been a while.... Here is a WIP of a face hugger that I am working on.. Thanks, William
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I could make a tut but its too late tonight here is a $1.98 sample done in v13 [attachmentid=15488] I used a pose to turn a cookie cutter map on by changing it from color at 0% to Cookie cutter at 100% The displacemnt and color map by changing the 100% of image from 0% to 100% Turned on the hair material emitter length from 0% to 100% All this with one on/off pose [attachmentid=15489] Could post a simple on/of color decal tut maybe later if there is interest or if Gene wants too . [attachmentid=15491] guts.mov guts.zip
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Hello well her a project I'm working on I'm testing out a software that hayvern sent the link to it call Pepakura. I took the skull head from Eugene and exprot the file as a 3ds file save it as skull head. Once the model is save as a 3ds file then open your Pepakura 3 Go to file skull head open it pepakura 3 and this is what you get Once the your 3d model is Pepakura hit the unfold button but first uncheck auto you can manual scale the size of the model its in MM though they got conversion charts online Here what it looks like unfolded. you can see that a lot of parts to be cut out of paper. It also tell how many s…
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Some early results with the Sentinel riding Beast. The snowflakes are too big, and falling too fast. Not sure I want to go with a snow scene. Crits welcome. [sorry 'bout the file size!] _KIBBLE_XXI_SNOW_02.zip
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Hi. I'm quite new to these boards, although I have been meddling with A:M since I first got it back in 1998. Having never been able to draw or otherwise articulate my visual sense of artistry (or lack of same) it was manna from heaven. This female head is the latest of my attempts and is mainly designed to experiment with animation of facial expressions. Ken Baer encourages us to post our work, and I gladly listen to any critique and suggestions this generous and kind forum has to offer. Peter
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here's what I got after photoshop and alpha mask targa applied to every patch as cookie cutter flower.mov
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Here is a new version of the animation I did for the Anzovin Studios' "Setup Machine 2" contest in November. It's basically a commercial showcasing The Setup Machine's rigging capabilities. Toward the end I added a front flip (with a full tuck) for a little extra pizzaz. It goes by fast to stay in sync with the timing of the jumps, so you may need to step through frame-by-frame to appreciate it fully. Lo Res (Quicktime, Sorenson 3, 320x240, 1.1Mb) http://www.scc.net/~mbs/AnzovinContest2_LowRes.qt Enjoy!
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Something trivial I'm sure, but how do you make a bulb or any other self-illuminated object give off a nice glow? The pic has the KeyLight on set to 21% with the FillLight turned off. One new light (set to "bulb") is placed in the center of the bulb model with volumetrics On and intensity turned to 100%. The glow shows nicely on the floor, but the 80% transparent "bulb" model isn't illuminated at all. Am I missing something (obviously), or is it not possible to make a light source shine from the center of an transparent object/model and illuminate the object as well as the surroundings? Please help me shine some light on the subject Gotta get out m…
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Not sure this is what was asked but I like the effect. Uses a grid with a animated displacement material applied with a little refraction. The hair is not on because it seems to be acting strangely in this version v12k and it sped up the render [attachmentid=10166] oh an here's the project but the decals for schlitzy are not included but on the cd [attachmentid=10167] actually the screen is begin to look the same must be getting late was going to mention the actiing is a bit too fast but that can be tweaked aniother thing the displacement/refraction could be on a slider and then if need the distortion could decrease and focus would r…
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After completing my second model, I decided to go back and revisit my first model. I have reworked the head and now ready to put hair on the model. I have worked with the hair wizard but I am having some problems. Any tuts out there on hair? Steve
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Thought I could get some opinions from my Hash bretheren on a piece of my Demo reel( I been living inCaliforina for two years now an still haven't met anyone who knows animation enough to get something other than "yeah, it looks good") My portfolio is my primary now so you probably will hear from me again if you guys don't mind. dtest.mov
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I'm half planning on making an antenna on the bike to make it look more like a toy, but this is how the render looks so far. If you have any ideas for me to add on, feel free to comment
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setting color thickness kinkiness over time really great idea f11_.mov
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Actually, it's supposed to look like that... I went through Colin's tutorial, but I used front and side rotoscopes of two different women, one chinese, one japanese. (I wanted her to look asian, but of indeterminate origin). The only thing I'm not quite happy with is the ears, other than that this model went swimmingly. I'm still kind of new to A:M, I've had it for a couple of years, but I've been too wrapped up with a couple of other programs to learn, so I still have a lot to study, but I'm looking forward to it.
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well September is nearly over and here is my blog for the month (choose month and select september) http://www.barkerfamily.plus.com/ Its been a pretty tough month as I decided to go and learn Flash as I thought the Flash/A:M combination was something worth exploring. Only today (this morning) have I put together my first movie with these two apps. Its nothing to write home about but as I say the potential is huge. http://www.barkerfamily.plus.com/flash/handshake/index.htm enjoy the blog and the update - feedback as always is very welcome
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i went back to basics with animating after quite a few failed attempts so i just started with a bouncing ball tell me what you guys think ball_bounce_test.mov
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please does any one have an idea, of how i can make lighten and thounder light in AM V13.
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I know this is to be for WIP, but it's the only place where you can post an image, although I guess I could upload the file to my website. I'm having a problem decaling a beveled box. The decal ends up skewed, regardless of the format (.tga, .jpg). Tried different decals also. thanks, d
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I was making a small model for a bigger project that I am working on. I did a testrender just to see how the model did turn out. Its a very simple model(s) and a standard AO render, but I thought the result turned out nice, so I want to share it with you guys. I might if I find the time make several more bottles and fill the environment with them, but for now, I'll settle with this render Let me know what you think
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hi ive got half a model in progress and was wondering if this was ment to be here or if i should tuck it in edit: better pic is the normal curviture ment to be there if i want to copy, flip, atatch or should i pull it in
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as I read through the newton physics and rebuild notes I had a thought. An hour and a couple of old models later I got this. Basically I took simple models and used the rebuild plugin to create panelled versions. I thought it was cool and potentially useful for high tech backgrounds, although it does waste a lot of patches. [attachmentid=14460]
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Hey guys, this is my Robotic Character running, what do you guys think? I had to get used to animating him again, his rig is a little different. Comment and critique please. Robot Character Run Cycle
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Here's the latest Ernie piece, a reaction to the SF zoo tragedy. Again done with Zign Track.
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So since I have a day or two off from work this week I decided to start a new project. I been drawing sketches of cars and other vehicles for a while now So I decided to start with one of my favorite ones. I call it the person mobility machine (PMM) for short. it is good on roads but also gas rockets to fly with Hehe. Here is the design. probably start modeling it tomorrow.
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Trying to do some modeling/animating with fan bones I came across a blog http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005...killed-him.html with a poem by Bob Dylan http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bobdylan/do...nmetonight.html
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This is part of an idea for the DVD ball in out project but I'm wondering if its too weird I animated Shaggy running and saved it with an alpha channel made a flat plane and added hair using the Shaggy animation as the hair image moved the plane in the chor made ball model and roughly animated it as if the crowd of Shaggys were moving it along that needs tweaking But I'm wondering is this too weird of an idea to finish Have a few other ideas Has a deadline been set for entries? q1test.mov
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Hello everyone, As you all should know this weekend is Mother's Day. I won't be with my mom on Mother's day morning, so I decided to make her breakfast in bed anyway using A:M! BTW, does anyone know how to make a solid looking klieg? I still have to texture and add a lot more but heres what I have so far:
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Could a few people try this displacement map test? Load DisplacementShadingTest.prj and compare a Progressive render with a Final render. DisplacementShadingTest.zip I don't recall this not working before but i can't get this displacement map to shade properly in Final render In progressive render I get an expected result.... But in Final render i don't get the shading...
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Here's part of what I showed a potential customer. It really pales compared to the work the rest of you guys do, but it performs a very specifc function for the industrial equipment buyer. Most purchasers (VP's etc.) of industrial equipment are not engineers, and have a VERY difficult time understanding CAD drawings. They very quickly understand an animation. I can communicate in 15 minutes what would take an hour otherwise. Remember, most automated equipment STARTS at $150,000 and can easily cost millions, so they need to understand how it will work. This approach works very well. My hope is to continue to build a library of industrial items so …
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I have made this little animation. It is my first attemt on using particles. BUT, when rendering this, A:M crashes when the particles are visual on the frame, it even crashes when I use 'render lock mode'..... Is this an common problem (software or hardware?). The animation is rendered in shaded mode soundunc_Custom.mov
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It tries animation of the tentacles of the whole body of the alien one the rest of the animation is approximate http://www.webalice.it/zeus1972/assets/mul.../tentacol33.avi
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Now that I have your attention, please check out my new website featuring some of my Animation Master work at SuperMegaFox.com Only three models for download at the moment but I hope to add more soon
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It is the first time I get this far in a 3d project. Actually, it is done but these is a problem with the camera, you will see that it does a 360. Is there any way to prevent this? the project was proposed to me by a friend promothing sciences to high school students. He needed visual support. thanks for comments! btw, I didn't waste time animating the character to open door... tido fus_e.wmv
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Well this morning I was messing around in the garage trying to fix my dad's grill. And right after I fixed it I thought you know I havnt modeled anything in a while...so I decided I would model my dads drill! So far its gone smothly which is bound to change very soon! And I decided I would show yall the progress so far. Well so far for me my work on it has been off and on all day. This is it so far... This is the wireframe from a different angle. The post is supposed to be called CORDLESS DRILL Sorry
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I am still a beginner in AM, here is a room I modeled. Let me know what you think.
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I need to improve the textures. Any suggestions?
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OK sorry to be a pest.... I read the help file on this, I followed the directions but there must be something I'm missing because while I am getting the mirroed part that I want, it is not attaching. I am working in front view, its mirroring along the y-axis properly, but does not attach. I am grouping the left half of the body, then right click, choose CFA, and I get the mirrored part but it doesn't attach. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Do I have to move the pivot? thanks in advance Roger
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It's hot out here at LegoDude's college summer camp, so I made this little fan to keep him cool. Set the movie to loop and you too can stay cool! (Unfortunately for LegoDude, when the conference ends, and he goes on stage to close things down, he's going to be melting in the heat, lose his footing, and get sucked into the fan... sort of a LegoDude meets Mr. Bill ending to a fun debut of LegoDude! ) If anyone wants the project, I'd be happy to share. Need to zip together a package so you'd get the decals (cookie cutter and transparency map). This represents about two hours of work, so things like on/off knob and (d'oh!) electrical cord are left to you to do! …
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