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    Exercise 11.5: Make A Face

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 11.5, Make A Face

     

    Date Completed: Nov. 6, 2008

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: A couple rounds of working on the face. At one point, I had the full head textured, but no ears. It was impossible to add the ears simply, so I went back to the half head, modeled the ears, flip attached the head and re-textured! Wife asked, "Is he supposed to be an elf?". So, I could see tweaking the ears. :)

     

    Most challenging AM model to date.

     

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    exercise_11.5_anim_draft2.mov

    Graveyard set for potential zombie short

    in Work In Progress / Sweatbox

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    I completed some more of the set. I'll need to look at the IBL and other suggestions for the next round!

     

    1. removed shadows from green and purple side lights. Nice feature!

    2. added more trees

    3. add the moon

    4. create a camera movement down

     

    I'm working on the Zombie Girl at the same time and will post progress this weekend. I really want to get to the animating!

     

    scary_fun_final_ver1_camerab.mov

    Exercise 11: Giraffe

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Thanks for all of the feedback.

     

    I've been using the UV Editor and that is where I see multiple copies of the CP's. I guess that I have multiple copies of the decals? But I would expect that the Stamp only show the associated CP's, but I see more after moving the CP's around. I'll check, but I think that I see the other CP's in the Stamp:Edit view even though they are hidden in the model view.

     

    I've figured out how to control the DOF by enabling and adjusting by selecting the camera. I'd expect the values on the "Render to File Settings" dialog box to change as well, but they didn't. I'm not sure how they all work together, but I need to research.

     

    Latest good DOF. I was able to keep all of the giraffe in focus and fall off by the closest trees.

     

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    Weird DOF w/ MultiPass (4 passes). Didn't repro w/ Final quality and DOF. How the heck does this happen?

     

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    Exercise 11: Giraffe

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 11: Giraffe

     

    Date Completed: Oct. 18, 2008

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: I had some problems w/ groups and adding CP's to the group. I'd select and then go back to the group, yet the points were unselected. Is there some issue w/ too many groups or subset of groups? I also noted that the stamps for the decal would overlap (the CP's that is). Is this expected? Added some bones for the neck, head and tail and composed a bit of Africa! Can't wait to start building out more complex sets and animations.

     

    I tried the depth of field feature w/ my image. Still learning the ropes here.

     

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    exercise_12_draft7.mov

    Exercise 10: FW-190 Fighter

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 10: FW-190 Fighter

     

    Date Completed: Oct. 16, 2008

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: The model was completed last week, but I couldn't resist a small animation for the takeoff! I just completed the sky texture and the ground texture today. Not seamless, but learning a lot. Nice exercise for a mechanical model. Using Adobe Premiere as Vegas had issues w/ the quicktime out of A:M

     

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    Exercise 8: Custom Car

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 8: Customized Car

     

    Date Completed: Oct. 05, 2008.

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: Customized the car. I noticed that the "Car Bump Diffuse.jpg" can generate some extra noise around the door sections. I cleaned up the image. Couldn't resist running the car around a corner. ;)

    Used Vegas Pro 8 for the NLE. I'd like to explore the rotoscope method outlined in a forum post.

     

    ex_08_final.mov

    Exercise 1: You're the Director

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 1

     

    Date Completed: Sep 22, 2008

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: Good to go through all of TaoA:M again and this time, complete every exercise. After doing some modeling and animation, I can really appreciate this nice manual. I love the forum feedback and seeing the work of others. Nice, positive driving here, folks.

     

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    Exercise 7: Can You Say That

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 7: You Can Say That

     

    Date Completed: Sep. 30, 2008.

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: Starting to get more of a feel for key pose workflow, but still need work. Choosing just a few key poses is a real discipline. I tend to make everything move and then simplify, but that doesn't help. Just need to, practice, practice, practice. Comments, as always, welcome.

     

    exercise_7_final.mov

    Exercise 6: The Door's Stuck

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

     

    Exercise Completed: Exercise 6

     

    Date Completed: Sep 27, 2008

     

    Instructor: Manual, forum

     

    Comments: Fun exercise with all sorts of challenges for poses. I ended up setting the interpolation to zero to remove slipping, but don't recall this being explicitly called out.

    I clearly exceeded the 5 seconds, but had more fun adding more elements and two camera angles and a title sequence. I used Vegas Pro to create the overall sequence. I'm not clear on how to get two camera angles into the same choreography, so I levered the NLE.

     

    the_door_is_stuck_final.mov

    Exercise 5: Take A Walk

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Tim Roberts

    Exercise: Exercise 5: Take a Walk

    Date Completed: September 22, 2008

     

    Instructor: The manual and the forum

     

    OK, time to really complete all of the exercises. # 5 is my first submission.

     

    I have a little slippage here. adjustments to stride length doesn't fix this. Should the hips be completely static (front-back) when you create the action?

     

    thanks.

     

    exercise_5_my_walk_test_preview.mov

    Sign

    in SO:Modeling

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    final texture tweak done and added to SVN.

     

    Final action done and submitted.

     

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    I've got no more open issues.

     

    done done? (as we say at work)

    Sign

    in SO:Modeling

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    Sure, no problem. May take a couple days given my current schedule.

     

    I have yet to save out an action. I see an actions folder in the set, so do I save there?

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