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I've never used a cookie-cut map before. But I need to use one on a model I'm making. This model has a whole bunch of these gears on it. With the gears, the model has an insane amount of patches. (15647 to be exact ) However, if I remove the gears, it is only 5567. So you can see why I have to do something else. My computer would burst into flames trying to render it in a scene. So, is there any pointers on cookie-cuts?
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Hi all: This is a quick test of the Nautilus on the surface with a klieg as the sun and a fill light in front of the sub for a little ambiance. The problem lies with the sub's shadows reflected on the surface of the water - they are casting in the wrong direction. The light source is in the back to the left, ergo the shadows should be pointing to the front right, yet they seem to be pointing straight at the viewer. No diff with the fill off. Any ideas?
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Here's a quick bathroom I made. Took no time to render at all. I just used progressive render in a radiosity scene and used neat image to give it a gloomy look. [attachmentid=21112]
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Wish you all a Happy New Year ! This clip is a part of a planned greater project which includes 2 and 3 dimensional actors. happy_new_year.mov
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I've got everything in place except the fingers. When I started opening the hidden bones, I discover that there's a single bone labeled "Right Thumb", but below that there are additional bones for each joint. What do I do? Do I put the "Right Thumb" bone in place, and layer the other three joints over it? Or...
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This is a new image I've been working on as part of a redesign of my site. (January is turning out to be a slow work month.) "Trails" took a bit over 24 hours to render on a single 1.8Ghz G5, with 16-pass oversampling. It's lit with five dub lights and the practical below the peak of the roof. The clouds are a seperate layer, to simplify things, and because I wasn't sure how much work I'd need to do on them in Photoshop. (I ended up applying a half-pixel gaussian blur, but that was it.) Each cloud is a tube with something like 50 cross-sections. I ran my Punk&Bloat AppleScript on them twice, and crossfaded between the two action files between frame 0 an…
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Parrot: -Money, money, money [attachmentid=13978] [attachmentid=13979] [attachmentid=13982] parrot08.mov
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I've got a new Theodore N' Fink script in the works and I figured it was time to revamp the characters from a short I did back in 2004. If I can pull it off there will be a childrens series on the way! My dream would be to make a living with AM doing such a series. Here is the link to the old clip. http://migrate.hash.com/amfilms/search/entry.php?entry=1096 At any rate. The old rig had lots of issues and so i've been able to redesign him incorporating all the new things i've learned since 2004! I'm still trying to decide if I like the more realish look as compared to the older more cartoonish look. Also the new one takes 13 seconds to render as opposed to 6 on …
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Was trying a few different things tonight. Photoshop and Winmorph and of course AM morphed a face and applied it as a decal then set some poses in the chor original model face belonged to eddie on the cd wanted to see how well it would work beside the fact that the decal morph has a few flaws it worked okay check it out sort of pre halloweenish decaltest.mov
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A figure I'm working on for a short animation. Crits welcome.
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My bread and butter job is it, to edit and layout magazinea about cheats for computer games. While most of this work is basicali quite boring, i get for each mag the chance, to produce on full page illustration. Most of the time i have to do it quickly because i am most of the time on a tight schedule. So i put them pieces together and look what i can get out of the leftovers. This one on these pictures, the latest one, which turned out to be quite nice, in my opinion. It is made out of a couple of dungeon wall and floor pieces, two root modells, a couple of DT-Textures, one particle system and a modifyed bloom post effect. Hope you like it! Cheers Heiner
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Was thinking of doing simple expresion tutorial with rotating blade and got off on a tangent [attachmentid=15600] v13 [attachmentid=15601] Maybe later express.mov express.zip
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Heres a modified weapon Id love to contribute to the DVD. Ive spruced it up for originality sakes. Its been laying around for a long time! Let me know if I should send it to you RODNEY? [attachmentid=17041] [attachmentid=17036][attachmentid=17037] [attachmentid=17038][attachmentid=17039] Added the Lights Today(Sat5-27).
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Howdy Hashers I couldn't resist posting this WIP showing my intrepid heroes getting into trouble. I am quite pleased with it but it certainly ain't finished. You will need QuickTime 7 to view and it is just over 1mb if you want to take a peak. Lift Off Once this scene is done and dusted I think I am probably nearly half way through my film... OH MY GOD I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!
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does anyone know any tutorial from which i can learn how to use the graphical editor and the dope sheet. thanks
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I am trying to model a rose, but I figured I would ask to see if anyone else has modeled one I can use. I am making the "Magical Rose" from Beauty and the Beast, but I am making it wilt (as it's in it's final days). Anyone got anything I can use?
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Here's the first half: a red Albatros. [a DV instead of a D III] Now, on to the DH-2.
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I'm working on the principle that if you move points around enough, eventually you luck into something that looks like what you are trying to model. I do have the rest of her, but the body looks pretty bad. Now I need to figure out how to decal her. sept0.tga
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Just sharing. No golden triangles used, simple columns, very basic ground and background. I will attach the project file. But it was easy to do.
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I render 1 animation short (TGA sequence), when the camera zoom n pan the line have flicker (shake). What render setting i should be to do? i'm use AM v11.1. please help me. thank q.
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clothtesting2.mov Just another test with cloth trying to get a splash effect. Still a little rough.
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this is the second piece with my animated self-portrait. Mostly it was a test to see how easily a second mo-cap session could be dropped on the puppet. My approach tries to do all adjustment on the puppet, rather than the mo-cap data. The goal is to just drop the action on the character and be 95% done. The reality was only about 85%, but that's not bad for a first shot. Here is a link to the piece on Youtube: As with the last piece ( ), I hope to post this on A:M films, but I'm waiting to hear back from HASH about that. Ben
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I am wanting to make a whole Medieval/Renaissance motif of stuff. Here's a cart I put together in about an hour last night. It's not complete, no textures or maps. And I need to add handles to the front. But I just wanted people's suggestions for details to add.
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I don't know why I made it, but I think it looks good. //Korken Sweden
Last reply by John Bigboote, -
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There was a "death star Laser" tute but the link is broken...I made up my own method. Check it out. I can post up the project file if you want it laser_idea.mov
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[attachmentid=17517][attachmentid=17516] O.K... Heres an Update... (6-16-06) Working on Controls, buttons, switches etc. This is just a getting started preview...(6-14-06) [attachmentid=17475][attachmentid=17474] This is hopefully gunna be designed for the camera view (via constraints), some sort of 1st person view model design.
Last reply by Dark_Jedi, -
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Anyway through these results togethr all are sweeper results with crazy shapes [attachmentid=19568] and project file ..pick path or circle then sweeper change numbers an see weird results [attachmentid=19569] Night dshape.zip
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Anyone know where ican get some rotoscopes?
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Putting this little animation together as a learning thing along with the other one in the other thread ,Trying to impress Robcat lol I don't think so,anyway its giving me some choices wether to use constraints on the cards or not and wether to use fk or ik this is the question ,what do you guys do test_cards_2.mov
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Hello, Since I'm diving into movie creation, I realize there's a process involved, beginning even before any 3D work is done. Concepting, etc. This is an area where I'm a bit unsure how to start. I have stories in my head, but if I was to get them out in the scattershot way I tend to imagine them (thinking of different scenes at random, etc), no one would have any idea what's going on. It would be like Pulp Fiction edited by someone on hallucinogenics. I also have this tendency to constantly second-guess myself and doubt if I'm doing something correctly. I end up getting hung up worrying about it, and all my enthusiasm deflates. I think if I had a fairly solid idea of…
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having a problem lighting it and allso had a problem getting the image for the decal on the side of the tin .I photographed it but can't seem to get it without reflections on .Oh well here it is anyway sweet tin 400k wmv
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I am trying to design a computer screen, a kind of login in screen, such that i can type name and login, the screen shows prcessing, ...... and so on. Just like the normal computer screen will be very interactive. Please what can i do. thz
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You know, making simple medicine tablets are fun! lol.It's mainly to learn about cycles, and some basic modeling..very basic...I've posted a zip folder wiht a walk cycle test...anything to change? P.S. Ibu brothers is short for Ibuprofen brothers Walk_Cycle.zip
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Made everything in 5 days using version 11. Was my first character as well. That is 256 passes and took about 1 hour and 15 minutes to render and I know I probably could of gotten away with less passes but I was going to take a nap while it rendered so what the heck . Hope you all like it. Please let me know what you all think. Paul
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Usually before I mess around with things, I like to fully understand how things work... well, after awhile I finally decided to jump in and just mess with things in AM. I learned a lot from the experience so far, and it has been a ton of fun, so I hope to continue in the future. Anyway, here is a short animation of Thom doing some sort of umm... exercise or something. (more like a very crappy gymnast's routine). It didn't really start out with a plan any more specific than to Animate, so any storyline you think you might see... is an illusion. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, --Ross K. EDIT: Apparently it is possible t…
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a short motion test with gratuitous textures. turntexd.mov
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I started this thread in another forum section....but here is the clip showing whats happening..... Im not even sure if its caused by the boolean.....Ill remove it and try another render tonight..... I have a model of a castle Im working on, The walls of the castle are enclosed so a boolean cutter can cut out a doorway (i have a shape of a doorway as a named group with a bone set as a boolean cutter) it works fine at certain camera angles when rendered in the Chor. but at other camera angles the floor group (below the wall) or some of its patch areas will become transparent showing whats underneath....Ive set the floor group with decals, materials and just strai…
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I just re-opened the .prj doc. for the Albatros fighter and the DH-2, only to find massive decal loss on both. The textures are present in the PWS. Their icons are showing in each entry in the decals folder. Where do they go? Is there a way to stop it?
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I'm working on a flying robot model for a friend's movie. I have a model that has been rendering in Shaded mode in the model window without issue. I see the colors assigned and decals applied. I was in Bones Mode and was picking points for a bone. I then exited to Modeling Mode and have lost the expected Shaded functionality. I mean, I see the object shaded, but no decals, but the render is very dark and the light for the rendered view appears to be from below. 1. Does not reproduce w/ another model that I created. 2. Appears to be localized to the actual model data! I reopend the .mdl into a new project and observed the problem. 3. Restarted AM…
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Hi This file is a heavily compressed version of my entry to the April Competition at 10secondclub.com. I missed the deadline due to last minute compression problems. I was taking a 640x320 avi file, (13+ Mb), and attempting to get a 320x240 MPEG-1 file which fell between 1.5Mb and 1.8Mb. In the end I failed. The file shown here has been compressed as follows: 640x480 to 200x180pixels compressed with Sorenson3 at 20%. Audio compressed to 8bit mono using MACE 6:1 The results are not good so I am hoping that one of you wizards out there will be able to offer some advice. What is the best way of creating an MPEG-1 at 320x240 with decent sound and a legible …
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I never played with the materials like evironmental map so I decide to try it with a tga i had played with in PS. I created a planet which looked good until I "flew" toward it. I'll post the project on my site if anyones interested because its too big for the forum because of the tga aplanetdecal.mov
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Hey, Well I haven't been doing much with AM lately and I kind of abandoned my gangster project, but here's a quick model I made yesterday and today of a lizard on a log:
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Alright, experimenting with animation some more here. Tell me what you think about timing and movment and such. Enjoy! [attachmentid=9680] Also, if anyone wants to host files for me, I wouldn't mind. I am looking for a good webhost, but I don't want to get screwed out of about $70.00 a year or more so it's a W.I.P. as well. R_ur_f1small.mov
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Hey guys, this storyboard is actually for a class I am taking, but I decided that what better presentation then a video? Let me know what you guys think. Storyboard - 'Unexpected Headache' Crits please, it's due Thursday.
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Im m new at animation master and have lots of interest of learning modeling and rigging......I RECENTLY M WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES MY MODEL TO MOVE OR EVEN DANCE AND I SAW SOME TUTORIALS ABOUT MODELS THAT MOVED AND DANCED AND STUFF.. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WOULD I HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH AND CREATE THAT MODEL OR CAN I IMPORT IT AND IT WILL STILL RESPECT OR CREATE BONES AND SO I CAN MANIPULATE IT? MY MODEL IS A MAN THAT HAS HHIS ARMS STREACHING OUT IT IS 2D BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT 3D AND ALSO MANIPULATE IT IS THAT POSIBLE ON ANIMATION MASTER..... how diificult is it to create your own model
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When I Copy and Paste between two documents [like between Model#3 and Model#7, but both in the same .prj] I usually get three copies stacked on each other. Any clues as to why that happens? Thanks.
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Hi, Thought i start a new thread so as to not hi-jack another. I've always used decals to kind of make material for my models. This is what it really looks like this is what i've done so far. I havent been able to find a Tee shirt type material. I tried looking in the darktree materials but i couldnt find it Any pointers or tutorial you can point me to Thanks G_shirt2.mdl
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Hello everybody. I'm a italian boy. My name is Antonio. I use Lightwave 3d for hobby. I want learn Animation Master, but not found a tutorial for modeller a simply head. Please help me...Thank you My little work. http://www.lwita.com/vb/showthread.php?t=417 ( the link of the video http://www.lwita.com/lwers/atomik35/files/...a_Macchina.avi) http://www.lwita.com/vb/showthread.php?t=437 Ciao ciao
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I've been playing about with A:M for a couple of weeks and got a little too carried away. Once I'd got my head around reusable actions and lip synching, I put together a music video featuring my brother-in-law. If I can finish it in time, it may well be presented to him on a DVD for Christmas! Any tips, pointers, critiques welcomed (don't be too harsh, I'm still battling with the newcomers tutorials....) You should spot that the body is ripped from the Robber and I've had to decal all my facials on, as I'm rubbish at modelling!! Link to a 5.5Mb zip file (10Mb compressed quicktime movie): http://www.multiedge-net.co.uk/nothing.zip Comments welcome, Chri…
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blobwet.mov Tried to have blobbies act as a slow moving puddle but wil wait for fluids or try others ideas first about a hour to render on p4 1.7
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