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Thanks for the tips guys. I managed to fix the black spots by flipping the normals. Unfortunately, every time I open the project it still looks all garbled like above and I have to mess with the bias settings to get it back to normal. Anyways... I also modified the body a little to make it closer to my own. (I made the muscles less defined) Hopefully, I'll be back to making some quicker progress soon.

I just can't catch a break with this program. Now when I open my project (atleast it finally opens) the model looks like what you see on the left. I figured out that changing the Bias InMagnitude and OutMagnitude to 0%, then back to 100% fixes the problem, but even if I save, I get the same problem every time I open the project. This is getting just a little bit ridiculous. Animation Master would be such an awesome program if it would just work without all the little bugs.

Well, I deleted 10.5 and reinstalled again without the update and it atleast starts now, but I'm having loads of other problems. For one, every time I try to open a project, the program shuts down. Not to mention the fact that it still shuts down randomly for some odd reason. I'm also having trouble with the porcelain material. It's beautiful where it works, but all of my 5 point patches and some non 5 points have a wierd black area around them. I tried flipping the normals and it atleast makes them not black, the shading is still off. I even tried breaking and remaking some of the splines and it fixed some, but not all of the problem areas. I'm just getting really frustrated. I heard upgrading would fix the stability issues and thought it wouldn't have to run off the cd anymore. :sigh:

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Dang...I got my upgrade installed and noticed there was an available update (10.5o) so I downloaded and installed it as well. Now the program won't even start.

No worries. I'm curious about this myself. Does it just change the way the default on the bias handles? Personally, I've used vector programs for quite a while and when I started using A:M, it was very difficult for me to leave those alone. After seeing a demo of how much trouble they can cause on animated models, I've been able to control myself though. On a side note, does anyone know what company delivers for Hash? I ordered next day service for my upgrade and I'm hoping to get it tomorrow, but I'm not sure if they deliver on Saturdays.

Yay!!!

Awesome! I'll be upgrading next week. Merry Christmas to me!

thanks a ton for the links guys!

with hair:

I worked a lot on smothing out the face and correcting problems with the ears. Also, some other minor things here and there. If anyone has seen something explaining a good way to approach teeth and the inside of the mouth with spline modeling, I'd love to see it.

I worked on the abs a little and smoothed out some other areas that seemed off to me as well. Also finished the ears.

a little more... I'm using my own face for reference, btw.

I'm working on a personal project I hope to animate sometime soon. When I finish this model, it will be my first real completed 3d model. The entire thing is being modeled in Animation Master 9.5 (atleast until I upgrade to 10). As I get further along, I'll be posting finished models, textures and storyboards. Any tips, crits, or input are greatly appreciated. I'm teaching myself as I go.

This is a remake of the "Without Meaning" image I made several days ago. It seems the point wasn't getting accross with the original, so hopefully this time it's a little more clear. Comments and critiques are more than welcome! Oh ya, here are wallpaper versions: and here are wallpaper versions: Black BG http://www.pensnpixels.com/postedimages/wm2black1024.jpg http://www.pensnpixels.com/postedimages/wm2black1280.jpg http://www.pensnpixels.com/postedimages/wm2black1600.jpg White BG http://www.pensnpixels.com/postedimages/wm2white1024.jpg http://www.pensnpixels.com/postedimages/wm2white1280.jpg http://www.pensnpixels.com/postedimages/wm2white1600.jpg