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After reading Vern's ps rock wall method I fooled around in PS a little and then did this the project file have the decal the background is on the cd verncage.zip
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[attachmentid=17093] This looks plain because of no textures. But you should get the idea? At least 95% finished. Also another to ADD towards the Extras DVD if desired. By the way..... Rodney..... I have these 3 newer models: G_Loader Gun/Corridor and this Fence Enclosure. Should I send them for the Extras DVD? Heres an Update. May not seem like much, but the single piece that goes to the Right Angle is detachable to expand the enclosure to any number in length. I also varied the Fence Rails height for more interest. [attachmentid=17120]
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Was bored so I tossed this together
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tried it in v11 other examples here http://www.sgross.com/plugins/plugin5/sample_e.html v11exploded.mov
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Yves Poissant's Primitives page has this to say about the Squared Wy: "Note that this primitive is not completed. There is a 6 point patch in the center and I did not find an elegant and satisfactory way to close it. If anybody finds an elegant solution, I would be glad to hear about it." Here's my offering as to a possible solution. Anyone else have a good one? I think the underlying problem with this shape is that there is not elegant way to do it in the real world. Take a lump of clay and try it, you'll see what I mean. My method is far from elegant, but it works. Then again, does anyone even use any of the primitives besides the cube? -Zev Squared_Wy.mdl
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I thought about this when I posted my first tutorial on johnl3d.blogspot.com I used a pose without explaining how... so I guess that should be my next tutorial. I find creating a pose to do an effect very useful . In this example to show what I mean I have a rough egg shape change color then disappear..go transparent.. I set this up with two simple poses..which are set up in the action window where you set up a new pose. I could have made an action but that would require more work and more setup in the end. Here I imported the same model into the chor and scaled it so each fit inside the other then simply move the pose over time for each one ...pose 1 to change the …
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Hi Guys! Can somebody help me? I'm working on a "sharkman" model and I have a problem in the pose relationship! I want to make the poses with bones,but I don't know ,how can I do left and right-side will be equal? Only manual? Thanks before, Sharky
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Hello all. It's amazing what great things happen on #hash3d, not only interesting conversations, great guffaws and of course now the monthly lectures But for me a couple weeks ago the idea for a "new" story came out of IRC. I don't want to give much a way but the 2 main characters are loosely based on 2 of our well known A:M ers. It will be an action adventure type story if all goes well. Hopefully through diligence on my part my skills will match up to my imagination and I can do the story justice.
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Hello, Here's link to the still image of the chain link gate and dumpsters I modeled for the animation: Gate and Fence jpg 001 Please let me know what you think. There's a model of the victim involved in the animation but I'm having trouble with the basics of layered animation with actions, walk cycles, etc. Something I'll have to practice with training videos and tutorials first. Get used to it, THEN do that in the project for a client, not while working on said project.
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http://johnl.inform.net/pages/flake.htm the link is to a 1.4 meg 7 sec version with a few tweaks still needed ...keyframes that didn't set and a pose slider that delayed abit.. so I tried to hide most of that by compositing it for now below is last frame of the rendered sequence the balance is from an older project looped to alternate
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I've modeled this small RC plane for my day job and I'm getting a weird dark or shadowed patch that I can't account for, which I've circled in red on this jpeg. I'm also attaching the prj file. If anyone can look at this quickly and see what might be causing it, I can't figure it out nohow! 924290.04_Hor_airplane.zip
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Ooops.... Ok just pretend that this thread never existed Photoman
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Ok, I'm trying to setup my choreography using a smaller mini-sub that I built. As you will see in the "mini-sized" movie clip the sub comes towards the camera from a distance passing over head, the problem is after the sub passes by- the two lights from the front of the sub re-appear and look like they're moving away from the camera. I though originally that the lights in the sub model had corrupted themselves somehow and so I made a new model using just a light this time. In the Project file I'll post shortly; although the light is behind the camera if you look through the camera it appears that the light is in front of the camera. Is this some sort of funky mirror…
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did a quick palm tree in v11.1 palm.mov
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I was working on an opening slide for a presentation, and tried using particles and the water material. Started out OK but later frames in the render had a strange flickering effect. This was rendered on a farm. There is no pattern to the flicker related to a specific machine in the farm. David dustglasssmall3.m1v
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Howdy: Have an idea for the mini-film contest (shhh!) and decided to test to see if my ending is feasible. Shaggy busts through a curtain. Not much yet, but I decided I'd share. All settings are default except that I lowered the collision radius to 1. endtest.mov
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testing out an idea morph1.mov
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toon render artifacts
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Hello, Ok. Something wierd here. Does anyone know why I am getting artifacts on my cookie cut map(hair) in toon render? Help! Bill
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i made some modals for the extra CD Vol II ill be having more coming out this is the GNK power droid from star wars [attachmentid=18428] and the modal [attachmentid=18429] and here are some paintings that you can use for furniture to decorate your scene [attachmentid=18430] modals [attachmentid=18431] [attachmentid=18432] and heres a project with paintings and wall [attachmentid=18433] gonkpowerdroid.zip painting1.zip painting2.zip artgalery.zip
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Just trying the rigg out to make sure I got it fixed ok ,sorry its a bit big exersize.mov
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v11.1 fonts all one model all "letters" have a bone translate to constraint with lag based on position then model constrained to path fontline.mov
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I have created a path in the chor and have tied a character to the path and then applied an walk action to the character. I have set the time of the action/walk. The time only goes 3/4 of the path. I have render the chor. My question is this, why does the character continue to move on the path with out the action the last 1/4? What I want is to apply another movement before the character moves on the path later in the chor. Steve
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I use AM as a general 3d workhorse, so I though I'd show a couple of simple and very quick projects. I thought I'd put them into a single WIP thread so that people can ask any questions they may have, and because I don't think they'll be worth a thread each. Amway Business Centres.. total project time was 1 and a half days, although it wound up at two days when I needed to alter one of the render settings and had to redo a render. That's for the sequence shown and a global map animation showing the centre locations. The project is based around the final image of a man climbing a building, the rest of it was pretty much up to me. I started the project using newton p…
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Posted the image here because some may be just as lazy as me and not look in the other forums
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" I'm really glad that most of the songs dealt with peace and understanding. There's hardly any one of them that says: 'Go on kids, tell them to sod off, leave your parents.' It's all very 'All you need is love'. There was a good spirit behind it all, which I'm very proud of. Anyway it were a grand thing, The Beatles" Paul McCartney To me it seems that those times are gone! Now people - even leaders use the sign of the devil. And some people are proud of that they are devils - act like devils. They are believing they understand their own best. I regret them. Sorry - I believe in Love Peace and Understanding qualities you hate - you are laughing at - …
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As I was programming the new A:M Action export function for Zign Track, I needed to do a good test myself. I choose a song from one of the best Dutch bands and play backed it. OK, it turned out I'm not very good at this because I forgot my lines a few times, for the rest it was pretty good. I exported the Action with only poses for the facial expressions. I have used Squetchy Sam for this example. I added a some poses to Sam so it matched the poses in Zign Track and applied the action. I needed one little tweak on the lower lip so the mouth closed better, that is because of the neutral frame I selected in the video. Besides that I haven't done any tweaking at all, and i…
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well it's a start
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Displacement experiment today.
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Here's a technique for quickly laying a surface texture over an irregular object without first needing to decal it. The various projection map types work well for regular-shaped objects like sphere's, planes and cylinders. For irregular rounded shapes a projection mapping type which is based on the surface normal is often a better solution. AM doesn't currently have this option but for stills you can use the environment map to project a texture. Just add an environment map material and select an image. A spherical projection is ideal because it avoids pinching at the poles, but even simple photographic textures work well. On larger flat areas the texture will stre…
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Hi gang - Attached is my logo and the start of a little 'signature' that I'll be showing at the beginning of my film(s). I have a short short animation planned for it that I'll be working on and posting here. I'm going for a very shiny floor but so far its not working out. Also I'm getting some major banding on the floor. Is this a lighting issue? Doug
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threw this together
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Trying out an idea straight from a comic like cartoon The old thought balloon in very very rough 3d manner lots of tweaking to be done This uses a animated sequence as a decal with two layers animated with displacement material You have to imagine it over a character head as he/she /it walks along Yes good or Huh what you thinking Thanks johnl3d oh its set to show double size so might look even rougher than it is if thats possible [attachmentid=19893] huh.mov
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I animated a simple distortion box on two simple models to see it this works in beta first shows boxes going over model [attachmentid=16200] the second is results [attachmentid=16201] you might want to move the slider to see the effect slowed down animdistortw.mov animdistort.mov
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hello, i made a short animation, how can i add sound to it.
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sometime ago, i saw diamond texture on this forum, please does any one have the link, otherwise does any one have the material settings to create a diamond material.
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exphair.mov Hair in three sections controlled by the same expression with a fudge factor to follow along exhair.zip
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Hi This is one of the first projects I did in 2000 with animation master. I am trying to get a reel together for my website and thought it would make a good intro. I did a new render of it with ao. You can see here the improvement in me and a:m over the years. I atached the old and new one. 3dfroglogoold.mov 3dfroglogonew.mov
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OK, I am just getting into the game with AO. I have been frustrated with it so far but see potential. Others can create a wonderful look of daylight with it. Here is a shot with basic settings. How do you get a better light for the front? I know someone told me to increase the ambiance of the object but that did not work. Steve
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Rodney - attached is a render from my sequence that I am trying to save as a QTime .mov. For those reading about this issue for the first time here is the original thread ... Rendering TGA's and Quicktime conversion issues Thanks again! You're a pal. Doug *NOTE* I failed to mention that I'm using A:M version 10.5r. Sc7_0006.tga
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I've added a couple new screen shots to my Star Wars short. It is at http://www.dogst.com/vaderss.html So far I'm a little over 9 minutes long, with 2-3 minutes left to do. Any feedback is appreciated. Dan
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i have a tripod modal that needs nulls in it it has bones all ready but i want some nulls in to make it easier to animate any help with it will be much appreciated hears the modal [attachmentid=13196] tripod3.zip
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Here is a screenshot of the place in the Property panel where you can swap your model in the chor for another model. At the very lease, both models must have the same bones and bone naming convention. If the first model uses an animation rig, the replacement should have the same rig installed.[attachmentid=12459]
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Core My concept of the powering source for a giant berserker - a small self-contained sun. This image is just some basic shapes and textures before beginning to add lights and massive detail.
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Hi all! Here is a clip of Shaggy riding a tandem bicycle that I modeled. (it still needs chain rings and a chain, but I couldn't wait). The tandem is rigged such that when you translate it, it automatically spins the wheels and pedals. Learned how to use expressions on this one. A cool feature. Enjoy, Scott Shaggy_Rides.mov
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Didn't have much time tonight so tried an abstract idea that quite didn't work as I thought it would but might be interesting to someone asquare.mov bsquare.mov Second is closer to what I was trying to get
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This is a little jagged but just testing the idea targas ..to PS then find edges then history brush Jane model on cd with her action and 1 multipass slow scroll to see effect better test000.mov
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I am having a bit of trouble getting the decal to look right on this. it is supposed to look like orange paint applied to the glass. right now it looks like orange tint applied to glass.
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this is a picture of a robot dog in a movie about robots in their own world and own vilians me and my brother have been working on for a few days now. oops something hapened and it posted twice
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just looking for some C&C on my idea for a movie menu screen. I will render and probably put together in iDVD. Of course the text is just a place holder for this shaded version. intro_test1.mov Thanks guys...
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If I wanted to make a sphere about 6 feet in diameter and wanted it to radiate a light or glow for several feet in all directions (like a giant lightbulb with volumetrics turned on) how would I do it? I want the falloff to be further out than "glow" can provide. Any ideas? In the pic, you'll notice that the light projection is coming from slightly in front of the dome (klieg) I want the light projection to come from all around the dome.
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