MJL
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The image is not looping, but I would assume that it's because it is stunned into paralysis by the characters incredible good looks!
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Delightful image, Nancy! However I'm certain that that's not my liver. My liver is not nearly in that good of shape.
And by the way, I might tease you mercilessly, but I would never make fun of you.
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Thanks, Largento.
Valuable information, well presented. Does this mean we'll see some more of these again in the future? I hope so, I have the whole collection so far.
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Robcat,
I volunteered to do some music, but then I got side tracked with a few other things, (like animating, working on my CD, etc.) and I never got off the ground with it. I like the music in the movie, but perhaps it could use a little Strauss somewhere in the middle there just for contrast. I wonder where it could go? But I don't know how much trouble it would be for Matt to re-edit.
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Great Job Matt!! All the way a-
"round"!Nice Clips Everybody!
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Hi Rob T,
I bought A:M a year ago. I had a loose plan and something I wanted to animate. My past experience with other softwares of various types left me with a certain state of mind that I brought with me into A:M. I breezed through ToaA:M (though I didn't post my projects) and got frustrated because there wasn't any one place to get the tutorials that I wanted to learn. My experience was very much like yours. I finally came to the realization that I would make progress faster if I let go of "my way" and approached A:M "it's way". I began to "lurk" the forum and read every new post that was posted. Some I could understand, many posts were talking a whole other language. It took a couple months to get a handle on the terminology. Then another few months to learn how to pose the questions I needed to ask. This program is so deep and so powerful that you need to approach it with a different mindset than what has worked for you in the past. The A:M "mountain" is too big to go to "Mohammed", "Mohammed" has to make the journey. Do what Robcat tells you to do. He, Rodney, Nancy, and a slew of others have nursed a ton of us newbies through the initial stages. Start with the outer layers and work your way to the Newton core (You'll find Vern there). Your timetable will only slow you down. If you take a little time you will be impressed at every turn. You will learn to love this program as only us "Forum Freaks" have come to love it. Look at how we freak out when the forum goes out for a day.
Sorry for the long post. I just had to respond to the frustration I could read in your responses.
Happy Splinin',
Myron
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Google Chrome is my normal browser and it didn't work. Firefox did. Got the Zips. Thanks
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Jason, thanks for your thoughtfulness, however when I click on the link I get a webpage not available message.
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Thanks Matt,
I'm working on the neck now. Gotta run, I just came into some bundles of $1 bills and i gotta go spend em.
Some kind of A:M stimulus package or somethin.
Gerry,
Bookmatching is a wood working technique of taking two slices of wood veneer, reverse one and mirroring the grain pattern.
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Very,Very Nice. Made me reach for my transfer.
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Thanks again, everybody, for your responses and your help.
Largento: When I get in a little deeper I’ll be studying that uv mapping tute
Matt: For this guitar I wanted the long wood grain lines. I’ll be trying the patch images in a couple of things coming up.
Gerry: I did the sides in two pieces, and book matched the seam
Nancy: Once again you saved the day. I followed and saved your instructions and pictures. Thank You.
Here’s what I ended up with. I book matched the front and the back. I’m learning tons. Like the fact that if your splines are under control everything else is easier. Oh yeah, and save often. The good thing about forgetting to save often is that you get to do everything many, many times for lots of practice. It's been a lot of work, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.
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Handsome son-of-a-gun. Are you sure we've never met in person?
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Thanks for the reply, Holmes. I hope someone get's an inspiration to take one of these on, it's the only way I felt I had any viable contribution to the film. (Plus the "Ham" in me wants to see my name roll by in the credits.
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Great ! Now I can worry about whether or not I've plugged in my pitcher of water!
As usual, great work John, (or Matt,
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WOW ! I should have subtitled this thread: "A LOT of help from my friends"
Thanks Everybody! I just got up, so I'll have to fix some coffee and try to absorb all this. More Later.
Thanks Again,
Myron
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I'm working on a realistic model of my Acoustic guitar, I plan on putting a mahogany decal on the sides.The grain will be running lengthwise on the sides. I would think that I should "flatten" the sides to apply the decal.
I did a search and tried to follow Rusty's wonderful tutorial, but I'm not doing a face, and I think I could get by with a simple overview of the process. Mainly, How do I flatten and once there how do I get it back to where it was?
Thanks,
Myron
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Seeing as how S.O. is going to be finished, is there a possibility that Greed nor Bubbling Goo might make it into the movie?
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These were already offered, but you can put them on the list.
http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showt...mp;hl=lamp+post
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The Spleenster did such a great job with my “Antique” song on his Ain’t No Way video, we decided to collaborate on another.
After seeing the finished video, with a cartoon version of myself, other ways to use this guy began to present themselves to me. I felt that it would be to my advantage to have a more sophisticated model at my (our) beck and call.
Neither Spleeny nor myself are any good at character modeling so I prevailed upon a friend (now a very good friend) for help. So in between changing among his various hats bringing you “The Scarecrow of Oz” (See The Credits) my friend managed to model and rig a new Avatar for me.
So please allow me to introduce, due to the Skill and Talent of Holmes Bryant, my new alter –ego, to be seen soon in the upcoming “Spleen-star Production” - - Two Trains . . . . . . . . (Drum roll Please) . . . . .. THIS GUY:
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As usual, excellence abounds in skillful hands.
There's really only one thing to say: AAArrrrrhhhhhhtfully done!
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Very well done!! Great Look & Great Animation!
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I'm so impressed with the improvement my co-conspirator, Mr Spleen
, has been making in his modeling and animation. Here are a few images he's allowed me to show you from the video under construction.
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Having viewed your many tinkerings, I was under the impression that all your ideas were bizarre.
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He looks like a very fun robot, like a kids friend. He also looks like he could express a wide range of emotions.
Nice Job.
Now, Where did I put that?
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A few months ago, someone posted a thread on making bump or texture maps using a photoshop type program and layers, using a rock wall image. I remember thinking, "Someday, I'm gonna wanna see this again, when I'm ready to absorb this information." Well, today's the day, but for the life of me, I can't seem to find it again. I've done searches, but to no avail. Does anyone remember the thread I'm referring to and do you know where to find it?
Thank You