itsjustme

Great start, Gerry!

Looks great, Mark! The only issue I saw was Tom's feet..they didn't look like they were on the ground solidly, might have been the heel movement.

Very cool, John!

Still fantastic, Stian!

Good luck, Mark!

I probably should have used a qualifier in my statement. Of the codecs in this testing, the best quality and smallest file size came from converting the Camstudio lossless codec encoded AVI's to H264 encoded Quicktime movies using SUPER. I have never used the Camtasia lossless codec, so I can't say whether it is better than the Camstudio lossless codec...Camstudio was $299 cheaper though. Thanks Steve! I'm thinking I should ask whether people have problems with the videos in a more traveled part of the forum...I'll add the question in the Off Topic section as well.

I put together five test videos to see what works for everyone and put them in my online storage...I didn't want to add to this forum's storage, and these are only going to be around until I get the results. The videos are located here (1.5MB). All of the videos are H264 compressed with no audio and last about five seconds. The videos with "SUPER" in their name were converted using SUPER and the videos with "Quicktime" in their name were converted using Quicktime Pro. The source file compression is either "MS1", "Camstudio" or "uncompressed". In order to get the video into Quicktime Pro, the source couldn't use the Camstudio lossless codec, unfortunately. I've used MS1 compression to transfer from the Camstudio codec to something that Quicktime Pro would recognize without using a huge uncompressed file, but there is some noise added to the video when I do that. The cleanest, smallest files have come from the Camstudio losseless codec being converted to an H264 encoded Quicktime movie using SUPER, but that might not work for everyone. I have been able to play all of these videos without any problems using Quicktime Pro v7.5.5 and VLC v0.9.8a. If I can get an idea of what works and what doesn't for everyone, it would be very helpful. Please mention the player and player version if possible. Thanks in advance for your help with this!

Hmmm, I'll have to set up a test so that I can figure out what's causing this...I'd hate to have the tutorial videos cause people problems. I'll post the test stuff late tonight. Thanks Nancy! I added a Quicktime Pro exported video with "new" in its' name to the same post.

It took a few days, but I think I got what I was after for the upgrade I was working on...it hasn't been peer reviewed yet, so it might need a little more tweaking. What I was working on was improving the squetching of the feet. The way it was before worked, but you would have to re-position the foot if you used the foot squetching Poses. I didn't want to have to do any re-positioning and I didn't want to lose any of the functionality...ideally, I didn't want to have to change what the controls look like. Here's a quick video showing the results...it'll probably need a little more tweaking. ---------------- EDIT ---------------- I updated the naming of the file. ---------------- EDIT ---------------- I added a Quicktime exported from Quicktime instead of SUPER...it has "new" in its' name. foot_squetching_upgrade_H264.MOV foot_squetching_upgrade_H264_new.MOV

I'm not sure why it's not showing up...it's 900x600 in size, H264 encoded video at 5 frames per second with no audio. I converted it from a desktop capture that was an AVI (made with Camstudio) using SUPER. It plays fine in my Quicktime (v7.5.5) and VLC (v0.9.8a). Here's the same video exported from Quicktime Pro...does this one work for you? I'd like to get this figured out because I'm using the same method to make the tutorials I'm presently working on. five_point_patch_selection_H264_new.mov

I've been using this for a week or so now and i'm still baffled. Where on EARTH is the pentagon tool/5-point patch? I have also been using the patch group button. But I cannot find the 5-point ptcha maker. The tool isn't active until you select the five points...here's a quick video that might help. five_point_patch_selection_H264.mov

Looks great so far, Josh!

Kickin' ass, Mark!

Better with every update, Mark!

Fantastic so far, Stian!

This week I fixed another little problem I found in the Squetch Rig...very minor. I also saw an area that might be improved upon. I don't think it's an absolutely necessary upgrade, but it would make one thing a little easier. I've spent three or four days tearing a few things apart and experimenting (with some minor victories), I'll probably spend a few more days seeing if I can get what I'm after.

Very cool, Steve! Looking very nice.

Very cool, Ethan!

Happy Birthday to the four of you!

Very cool, Luuk!

Very cool, Michel!

Absolutely!

Very cool, Mark! The working drive shaft is a nice touch. Fantastic, as usual.

This week so far, I've finished another video for the tutorial, started a second video and did some tweaking and fixing on the biped Squetch Rig. I found one of the things that needed fixing while working on the second video...that's what this process is partly meant to do. Hopefully, I'll find everything that needs attention by the time the process is finished. Still a long way to go, but it's getting whittled down.

Very cool, Nancy!