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Well I first started out with AM back in '99 and dropped it for a new hobby (Astronomy) in 2002. Now I'm back and have just moved from v9.5 to v11 (wow - what a difference) and am working on a short of a very short story written by a collegue at work. Anyway, I am using Alan Desroches (Spelling??) models from his Archive CD's so I do not claim the modelling :-) The link provides access to a couple of tests - Hopping (it will be a hopscotch thing when completed) and a walk cycle and I would love some feedback (I am very much the novice so don't hold back - I need to learn) http://users.bigpond.com/higginsdj/my_3d.htm Cheers
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New to AM: I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but I know this is the only one I can post a pic. Usually after saving and then reopening a project will this glitch occur. Upon reopening, I may see some artifacts or slight changes in alignment that I want to correct (another glitch?) When I try to move the CP's or the CP Bias points, the Bias handles jump way off the working area and can't be brought back in line. I have to shut down, not save and start over. In the attached pic, you see a sphere that I wanted to tweak in a very close view around the bottom where all points converge. When I clicked on a Bias handle, it jumped to the…
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As I said before, I couldn't do and can't do lip sync with my teeth, but I can make some simple noises with them..here's a clip of them yawning... Note: Due to angelfire policies and privacies, you must right click, hit properties and copy the full address. Then you must paste the address in the address bar. Or What you can do is right click and push "Save target as..." Yawning clip
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CSS Hunley
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Hello All, A few years back I modeled the confederate submarine the CSS Hunley (C.L. Hunley) for a Hash image contest, I think it was my first model as well....sense that time the Hunley has been raised from the depths and its actual configurations are known, so I have started a new more acurate model of the Hunley...I also plan on detailing the inside at some point. I've attached a couple images of this WIP below.....far from finished inside or out. Mike Cossey
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This isn't complete (the animation is still fairly rough) but I've had to put it down due to other animation commitments. I thought, rather than having it sit on my computer at home people could have a look. When I get a chance I'll get back to it, but in the meantime I'd be interested in peoples thoughts. http://www.shaunfreeman.com/samples/night_...ld_mountain.mov Its about 9.6 Mb Many thanks for William Suttons generosity in letting me use his model!
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Ok..this is getting really frusturating. I'm creating a set of teeth following the tuturial of "baby face", by Colin Freeman (see link below) I'm at the part when I delete half of the gums and all of this weird spline "web" shows up. (screenshot below). Link: http://www.colins-loft.net/CoopMouth.html (scroll down to the teeth part) I'm thinking it's when I create the gum...the tuturial says "Make sure you draw this at the height of the gum not the low point." I don't know what that means so I just tried to copy the pic...also, I can't tell if I'm supposed to connect that gum to the the tooth, or what! Help me please. Thanks in advance
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Well, its that time of year again so i thaught i would make a pumpkin, i think it turned out well. And i learnt a bit about using booleans. Im hoping to add some mist on the floor for that extra creepy look, when i find out how. If anyone has any advise about making the mist it would be appretiated. Any suggestions/comments welcome By the way, if anyone is interested, it was made using this tutorial.
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Hey all I'm going to use this WIP portion to show you the work going on in A:M Hope you like, this is for my movie. This character is called a Tengo, one of many Hope you like. Tell me what you think
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A while back I was contacted about donating one of my car models for the 2005 Hash cd, well I've decided to go ahead and finish the interior and basic upper engine components to give it more substance... Been working on the door jam and back seat area, here's a sneak-peek.
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Here is a short clip of Bender from Futurama saying his trademark phrase - there is one potentially objectional word, so be warned. Bender Speaks! My first version of Bender used a decal for the teeth, but I wanted to do lipsynch. I thought of just using spline rings set to "Render as lines," then I decided to use mesh in case I want to do non-toon rendered clips as well (I do). Enjoy, and critiques are welcome!
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First off, I want to try the terrain plug-in. Where do I put .hxt files and .atx files for plugins to work? Second, is there an easier way to get water like this than model it?
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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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been working with v11 hair...thanks Collin for the tut..anyway wanted to see how well the dynamics work so I set up thom with the skip action from the cd added some hair and got this. the skip action didn't like thom's arm though test.mov
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I have created a great back for a seat to be used inside a vehicle I'm creating. My problem is this...What's the best way to create the bottom? (see screenshot below)
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I have no idea how to get Golden color in Animation Master. AIM is Psyx9x Yahoo is Psy_9x@yahoo.com and so is MSN. Email is Psy_9x@yahoo.com or you could just post here, thanks.
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Hi dudes and welcome to the topic based on Against The Author, The War of the Worlds. 'ATA', as it is called, is a movie about 3 characters who have to set out to destroy and army of 10,000 clones. The movie is bieng made in Animation Master version 10.5 and edited in Windows Movie Maker 2. For more information please visit the home for Against The Author, www.Simons-magic.com!!! On this topic you can post any ideas you may want in a movie, you could post music which you might like to be in the motion picture and you can over-all talk about it. The movie will be using techiniques in Animation which I have been working on which nobody so-far has created, making this even…
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Was playing around for the shear fun of it and came up with the following holloween classic. The skeleton is our old pal eugene. I used TSM to rig him. The rest I threw together. Shows a wee bit of flame on the candle..good practice of constraints (using the "Door is stuck tut") Enjoy...as always crits are welcome Eugene
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Finally got the effect I was looking for. It's a sensor to detect a pallet moving into position. d Pallet_Sensor_w_dp_logo.mpg
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I have modeled a bicycle card and the main reason I did such a simple model is because I want to study the physics of true animation. So, what you'll see below is an animation of a card fluttering down to the ground (hard to see where the ground is, but the card hits the ground at the end). Critiques would be much appreciated... (Note: Due to angelfire privacy, you must right click on the link, hit properties and copy the full address in the box. Then push ok and paste the address in the address bar) Card Flutter test
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Just started learning AM two weeks ago. Am modeling this metal object as an excercise. It has complex surfaces with smooth and sharp edges (no porcelan.) All normals are facing out. Been tweaking this a long time but can't seem to get the creases out. Any help?
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I think I messsed up on the question but got my brain going with this only 37k flares in objects and volumetric light at the right scrub through slowly to get the real effect project file available v11q lights.mov
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Here's a WIP I have of an Industrial Fork Lift. The steering wheel turns the rear wheels, the mast tilts and the forks go up & down. I've got a LOT of work to do massaging the body to get the realism where I'd like it to be. Decaling would help a ton here as well. Technically the mast is telescoping (second and 3rd sections that extend as the forks move beyond the vertical limit of the lower mast section.... whew), but I haven't added those portions yet. I would also like to make the forks spread apart and come together (Real fork lifts have a shift function, to move the forks in tandem, left or right). If anyone is interested I can post the mod…
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Mr.Ball 2.5
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Inspired by the short animation by matricks (and follow up film by Xtaz) I made my first kamikaze run at animation. Learned a lot in the process , such as how difficult it is to create convincing motion as well as how obsessive/addictive this sort of activity can be. Fun Stuff!!! I don't have a website to post the quicktime but here are a few pics to give some account of my efforts: Pics2.zip
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I'm not sure if this is just something I'm doing wrong, so I thought I'd ask before I submitted it to Hash. I posted it here so that I could attach the sample project. I have been getting some errors when making a key frame when there's a bone that rotates on the "Z" axis. I put together a project file here that illustrates what I'm encountering. In "Action1", rotate the "redhalf" bone (it should be the only one visible) on the "Z" axis (the limits are set where it should only move that way anyway), then set a key. If you are getting what I am, the geometry will move when you set the key and it will move a little more if you hit the button to set the key agai…
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We recently posted some animations to help voice talent get a feel for the characters we were holding auditions for. They are kind of fun, but pretty rough. Comments welcome, Mike CNTZ test renders
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I need to improve the textures. Any suggestions?
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I'm trying to set up a mast light with 3 different colored lights. I want to be able to turn the glow on for the desired color, red, amber and green. Not all at once. Any thoughts? Attached is an image. P.S. Mast lights are used in industrial equipment to indicate status. Red means fault. Amber means alert. Green means................ Everythings OK (you thought I was going to say go, didn't you). Thanks in advance for your help d
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Helping a buddy at work with a MMORPG; he needed a character artist so I did a quick test for him. Though I code all day now I loaded the latest version of A:M 04' up and cranked away... This render is with no materials or decals (just groups) The concept art My 12 hour attempt Hair and the body armor details (ammo pouches, radiator on the back, etc) are coming after some sleep and a stupid protocol problem at work gets resolved. Hope you like! ~Delaney {the video is DivX; sorry mac people}
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Hi all! We just finished a new commercial, which is released in Germany and soon in the Netherlands, too. Check it out, as always under "Our Work" on our homepage. Have fun!
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Well, Daleks outside the house, at any rate. Still have a lot of texturing work to do, but I thought I'd throw this up there for commentary, especially from other Dr. Who fans about how I can improve the shape. The plunger arm does extend, though I forgot to show it here. Click on the image for a much larger version.
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Here is a lesson in backing up your work. This is an old image I found of a whole group of characters I made for a project which died with the messed up hard drive they were stored on! :( Maybe someday I'll rebuild them, they were pretty simple...
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The co-producing team of Frederator Studios and Animation Magazine is happy to inform you that Day Off the Dead has been selected to appear in the second epsiode of the Nicktoons Film Festival, airing on Nicktoons Sunday, October 31th, at 10:00pm (ET) / 7:00pm (PT). Encore presentations include: Monday, 11/1, at 1:00am (ET) Monday, 11/1, at 10:00pm (ET) Tuesday, 11/2, at 1:00am (ET) I also hear it's been selected as one of the films for Spike and Mike's animation festival. DayOffTheDead.com
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QT - Sorenson3 - 1.3mb I realised that I'd done some alterations to this piece (under the great advice of Mr J Barrett) and hadn't posted the final version. It's been sitting on my hard drive, neglected and alone for a month or two, and seeing as it's a finished piece, I thought that I'd post it in here. (The version posted on this forum and elsewhere is different to this one). The alterations are fairly minor, but definately add up to a much stronger little scene. They mainly relate to arcs, and carrying an action through more. I'm a sucker for details. I learnt a heck of alot from this one.
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Turbot WIP
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Hi All, Well, I was modeling away and I came across this idea of a turtle robot....yes, a TURBOT. I really like the way it is coming out, although I would have approached this much differently next time around (that's what it's all about no?) I would like some critique on this model as I might clean it up for the Mascot Entry. Thanks, Eugene
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Anyone have any ideas for a teaser trailer for my series Clone Commander? It will just be hype, nothing fornt he actual series. Anyone? I want it to have some text and images that go well with eachother.
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In late-July, I had the honor to speak on presentation design at the Answers in Genesis (AiG) Creation College, which was a conference to train people in creation ministry and to present the Genesis messages like Ken Ham, Carl Kerby, other international speakers from AiG. My talk title was "Making Your Presentations Zing!" I taught graphic design principles, eye candy skills, dos and don'ts of design, and more as relates to presentations—digital and otherwise—for the look of high class and professionalism. I used Apple Keynote as my presentation software for its advanced multimedia technologies and awesome transitions. The globe and all silver 3D elements were modeled in …
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As you can see below I am still piecing him together. The coloring is temporary and I am going to try making a bump map so he has the right shell. What I want to use him for, however, requires him to speak. I discussed this with a few people on the IRC chat and they said the best way to do it was to animate his face, then apply it to the model as a decal. Someone also mentioned that it is possible to use pose sliders with the decal so I could apply the decal and still change it. Does anyone know how this is done? This sounds like what I need to use.
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Hi all! Since I suck at modeling.. I figured I'd focus on the animation for a while and try to get good at that. I went back to the 'Door's Stuck' tutorial and played around a little.. this is just the first un-polished pass so there's a lot of anomalies and timing issues.. but it's just a beginning. Steve Door's stuck first pass..
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if reference to this http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8971 do not look at decal used in eample was something I grabbed to get this done not to do length etc
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Yea, so I was playing around on A:M and I made a 2d character. Just thought it ould be neat to share, and I think someone started a post on wanting to do something like this?
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Started playing around with an idea. Let me know if this guy demonstrates a personality. If not what could be different so that it would for you?
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Help, When I rendered this scene, there are weird elliptical lines that show up ONLY when a particular model moves. I'm using lines in the guarding section to simulate wire mesh (mesh is commonly used in these types of industrial installations. The lines are then "rendered as lines". I didn't think it was an issue till I ran the presentation through the projector. They stick out like a sore thumb. Any help would be appreciated. d
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Hey all, this is my first finnished model I've done. I saw a Cingular commercial today and was like "that logo dude would be fun to make".... 6 hour later, and with some help from the IRC guys (thanks RodneyB and Larry_ I had a very good looking model. Click here to see him
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Well, some of you may have wondered what the heck happened to my project Clone Commander. I've actually been slowly sworking on it and had the entire opening sequence, but I realized that if it took me that long to do that with the time I was putting into it, it would take quite awhile. So, I might make it into more of a series. I need suggestions. Series or film? Film would give me more room to work in, and series would probably let people see my work more often. I await your comments!
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I modeled these potion bottles and wanted a place to display them. So I modeled the table. However the bottles were lonely, so I modeled the vase and lamp to keep them company. Any suggestions (and I know there are going to be many) please post them. The Red, Green, and Orange bottles are pretty much textured. But I am wanting a more clear-colored-glass effect for the purple and blue bottles. I've tried messing with the settings and the best I've been able to come up with is what is in the pic. However I'm still a newbie, so I'm sure there's a way to do it. Thanks
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I need someone to do landscapes for my series, CLone Commander. Mail me if you think you're qualified. This is a non-paying job. We need 3 different deserts (if you know about Star Wars, it's for Geonosis). Later we'll need 2 dank forests, an ocean, a cave, and 2 snowscapes. For now, though, just the deserts.
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I was bored, so I tried modeling ym computer. This is what I have so far. I plan on doing the keyboard, mouse, and tower next. Yes, I realize the speakers have no grates yet . And yes, I realize the wire for the right speaker is hovering over the ground a bit, I was too lazy to retake the pic. Crits pls!
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Hey there, I just finished this animation for the Art of Animation Tutorial. I first did the lipsync (manually...I didn't really like the results from the dopesheet) and then did the rest of the animation in the Choreography. Here is the Hi-res version (about 3MB). Kee Kat Secret Hi-Res And a lower res version (250kb). Kee Kat's Secret I really want critiques/comments on how to make it better. I feel like I am at a point where I can make the characters "move around" but I want to start getting to where I can really make them have a believable performance. Any help is appreciated. Here is the link to the basic lipsync animation...the…
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What can I say, 3 day weekend... lot of time on my hands I know its not the best, but it sure is fun to look at *zones out* **EDIT** Sorry this should have gone in the OT section
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Hi All, I tried the technique to build a tree as used by Brian Taylor who is working on Rustboy (www.rustboy.com). I think the results were quite good and this is a much faster technique when compared to using hair (or at leas that is my experience). Here is a quick summary of what I did. 1. Create a patch and past a Cookie Cut decal of leaves. 2. Animate the patch (by tweaking splines and cp's) to give a wrustling movement to the leaves. 3. Render as a QT with an alpha channel (do not use any compression for the QT, just use Animation). 4. Make a model of a tree trunk 5. Make a patch and add a decal of the animated QT as a Cookie Cutter. 6. …
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