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Hi Guys, About 4 months ago I started working on a short animation (keeping up with the Mid Term Goals in my profile 😄 ) I'm getting close to posting the final video, so I might as well get the ball rolling. Will be posting some Time-Lapse videos here in the comings weeks as well. Cheers.

At long last... the results of the "Finish the Unfinished" Image Contest! See all the entries, hear the winners interviewed and, yes... The Big Scratch-Off! Congratulations to the medalists and a BIG THANKS to everyone who entered! Get yourself a soda, fire up the big screen and... FINISH THE UNFINISHED! There was more than one winner in the Big Scratch-Off... you'll have to watch it to know who you are! Send me a PM on the forum and I will arrange to PayPal you your winnings! @Shelton @johnl3d @Goss @Roger @ChuckGram @R Reynolds @Vance G @wedgeeguy @Michael Brennan @svetlik @createo @Madfox @Rodney @Tom

Thanks for all the comments guys, yeahh I like the topic of food and drink for an image contest great subject for still life. Finally uploaded my short to YouTube, after many months of hard work, I give you a whopping 1:4 minutes of distraction.

Thanks to RobCat for cajolling me out of hibernation. He is such a tireless hero of A:M! I sort of 'dropped-out' during covid... life got weird, as it does. After 35 years in TV graphics (started in film production as there was no computers...) and found A:M around 1997 after seeing a Greg Rostami demo at Siggraph in LA. Had a LOT of fun and always felt like AM was just a toy to be played with. I used it for many years professionally, and after covid and health setbacks I took a break from the business and just did other things and never really went back. I'd like to get back into 'playing' again now. I am inspired by the entries for the 'finish the...' cvontest. GREAT WORKS! I am poking around the forum, lots of memories, great people! Its been 5 years... I'm BACK!

Well done guys, great work.

Once again I must remind everyone of the sage advice offered by my friend three-finger-Pete ... "If it's explodin' ... Don't be holdin' " ... Have a safe and happy 4th of July! [Mod note: Posted on behalf of password-unremembering forum member.)

Fun to participate! Although it concerned pictures and not animations it still was a joy to join. watching out for the next contest. congratulations to the winners and all who entered the contest!

Still checking the forum and still have an old copy of am on my computer. I need to start using it again after all these years. I started when am was running on my Amiga 3000. I remember even talking to Martin on the phone once. Not sure if Steve is still around. Great software.

Hi Everyone! I am enjoying the entries and interviews in Robs fantastic 'Finish the' production! Great work! Cant wait to see who wins... is it too late to enter?

Congratulations everyone! Excellent work.

Congrats Everyone!!! Thanks again Robert for putting this together and for the added scratch tickets prizes. You totally went above and beyond what anyone would expect for an image contest.

Robert thank you for putting this together. It was a great project

Great work guys! Congrats to everyone for finishing and congrats to the winners!

Congrats to the winners! Rob, thanks for taking the time to run these contests.

Congratulations everybody. Very well done! And of cause thanks a lot to Robert too for hosting the contest and all the work you did there. Best regards *Fuchur*

The results of the "Finish the Unfinished" Image Contest are finally here! Watch the video at FINISH THE UNFINISHED

thats mad ! you got me digging the crates for old work lol , TVC for Doritoes

Been working on this little guy since AM 98 !! haven't had much time t work on it with workload and life stuff .. . 10 versions later in AM 19 . . some things screwed up but fixed now, new version of Momentum / Perry Animations Rig in place, love this rig, very simple and does the job ! we've got a local animation gathering weekly I think called loopdloop where you send a little loop animation, got invited to submit something by Perry Animation so doing a little 30sec one, more to come soon, need to work on the animation routine those skills have become super rusty

Your last comment is exactly my sentiment.... ( " there must be some reason we don't want to do this " ) Trusting Microsoft is a big leap of faith...

In 2001, I was commissioned by a designer friend to create a book illustration for a novel called Angry Young Spaceman. A few years earlier, I had done the back cover illustration for Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask by Jim Munroe. For this next novel, I got to illustrate the front and back cover and even created a short looping animation, which we made available as a screensaver. It's always so fun to work on book illustrations and then go into bookstores and see your work on the shelves. Proudly all made in A:M

That looks fabulous, Michael! That is Pixar-level food depiction, and Homer looks good too! I especially like the A:M credit.

Amazing!

Outstanding!

Found a workaround. Changed the map type to Legacy Bump instead of Bump

Very cool! Great work.

Neat! How long did it take you to do a credible version of a certain nuclear plant worker?

Perfectly executed commercial for donuts I would say. Very nicely done. Best regards *Fuchur*

Can't wait to see it. Ironically, I'm working on a scene involving a doughnut shop.

Mmmm! It looks good enough to eat. I'm eager to see what comes next! I have sometimes thought "Food and Drink" would be a fun contest topic but I'm not sure we'd get many entries.

Looks cool, can't wait to see it!

Rob, that animation came out better than I thought. Thanks to you and all for the contest. So much talent in this competition.

Congrats all around!

Sage advice indeed I will follow that with a man BBQing on a jet board. Stay safe guys!

Great stuff Aldrich, So entertaining and now I'm craving Doritos, thanks! :P

test animation for World Industries TVC for Globe Skate comp over here, they originally started to do this in 3DS Max until they realised AM was the best for this type of work, dont know where these models are though that was a while ago, most of the work was left on the company servers as I only worked there freelance

Thanks fellas, its been a long time coming ha ha true about the animation thing Michael, finally getting there and def about to have some fun David ! Happy UFO Day ! ( didn't know this was a thing lol ! )

bluemeawaybird.prj

Please load the PRJ and tell me if "Happy New Year.wav" show its waveform in the Chor. Can you hear it if you scrub the chor timeline? Then import "slurp2.wav" and drag it into the Chor. Does it show? What version of A:M are you on, including the version letter? SoundTest001.zip

In 2002, my friend Paul and I started our own 3D animation studio using the old office that Streamline Media originally occupied. It was one of the most exciting yet stressful times of my life I never thought keeping a sleeping bag in the office closet would be a good idea until then. We were trying many things to promote the studio, Focus Chaos Inc. so I submitted my Valentine's Hash image contest entry to 3D World magazine and then completely forgot about it. It wasn’t until our friend Steve, who rented us the office came in one day and told me he saw my image in a magazine at the bookstore! I still have a copy of the magazine, 3D World May 2002.