MJL
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You guy's are havin' just tooo much fun with those BVH files.
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Sorry Steffen
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Rob,
As I said in my 'Camera Actions In Chor' post. Your keyframing tutes helped me over a major hurdle in getting control. Having two tutes did give more perspective. When I first got A:M I was expecting a more linear learning curve and step by step instructions, but Animation Master is such a deep, comprehensive, and profound program that it has to be learned in it's own way. It took a while for me, as a newbie, to understand that.
All of your tutes communicate information clearly and concisely. Nancy's right, a person just has to mess with stuff to make progress. Your tutes give us a basic starting point. Because of A:M's complexity if you were to make comprehensive tutes they would be ponderous instead of simple (Which is what us newbies need) and not nearly as penetrating.
Don't get frustrated with us. Just make more.
Thank You Robcat,
Myron
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File a report and maybe Stian can fix that in 15f. Now you have to give him helmet hair, put the vine on Xanax, and let us see what you had in mind.
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I did most of this a few months ago when I said I was going back and redo ToA:M.
Finished up the Camera moves and played with the lighting last night.
At this rate I'll probably be eligible for my certificate in a few years.
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Robcat, Nancy,
Thanks again for your help. I watched your keyframe tutes and if you are a newbie reading this post, WATCH THOSE TUTES.
After a couple of days of fighting things. It all came together. On one key keyframe I needed to switch to the "in all filtered channels" and then everything worked.
Its just the opening, with no background, but I made tha camera do what I wanted!!!
:D Next up lighting and environs.
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Very Cool, Gene!
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With a little examination of the proj file, Rob, the color coding of the lines are apparent. I'll play around with things. I could probably try to copy and modify those actions and constraints. But I wanna learn how to do it from scratch, myself.
Unfortunately I gotta quit for now, and get ready to go play a gig. I'm anxious to get back to this and will post results.
:D Thanks Again
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You nailed it, Robcat. I'll use that technique to graphically capture and display my falling on my knees in blubbering gratitude, thanking you profusely, . . . I'll forev . . . . wait . . .I'd have to animate that first . .. wouldn't I?
I'll examine that project file and implement the proper incantations
Robcat, Nancy, Thank You Sincerely, Myron
Here, have a cookie, there's a couple left and they're not even stale.
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Believe it or not I almost think I understood you. For the first time ever I'm beginning to dabble with the "Graph Looking Window Thingee" in the PWS.
I had it almost working, but things weren't happening at the frames they were supposed to, and the camera was jumping along the path. But as my golf instructor use to tell me: "I can tell you're getting better, your're missing the ball closer than you used to!"
Am I right in thinking that I may need to refine some things in the timeline and the PWS Graph Looking Window Thingee?
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When I got to step 3 and constrained the camera to the path it jumped to the second CP node on the path. How do I stop that?
Also, do I constrain the Camera or the shortcut to the camera?
Edit: Idiot me, it won't let me constrain the camera, only the shortcut.
Thanks for gazing down from Mount Olympus. In the immortal words of Valentine Michael Smith: "I am only an egg."
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Thanks again, Nancy.
I'm getting in over my head trying to do a Pass The Ball, I have the vision in my head, trying to get it to come out my monitor.
Those hot key moves are great to know, but my level of sophistication isn't quite there yet.
Do I just key frame the camera (at frame 10), constrain it to the path, then keyframe it to point B at 30 frames?(along with the Aim At constraint)
I'm after a continuous sweep.
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Thanks for your response and help, Nancy.
At point A there is a stationary rotate pan for 10 frames, then for the next 20 frames, I wish the camera move, following the path, { "aim at" constrained to the stationary null } ending at point B.
*Null Purchased Separately
LOL you edited while I was figuring out my screen capture software
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I have two moves I need the camera to make. The first is a mere rotation pan done with key framing. But on the second I want the camera to follow a curved path starting at point A and ending at point B, using (I'm assuming) an aim at constraint. Is this done in the chor or in an action? Or is there some obvious "other" thing I'm missing?
Thanks, Myron
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What Baseball Team does he play for?
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Perfect!
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Very good animating, George. Very nicely done.
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I LOVED this clip. I watched it several times and each time wanted more. If you can flesh it out can keep the same charm it will be incredible.
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Thanks Rodney,
Gene did all the hard stuff. Like a proud parent, I did my part 30 years ago.
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Holmes,
I'm not sure which participants to compliment & congratulate but I really like the way S.O. is shaping up. It's looking (and sounding) very good. Kudo's to everybody. (By the way, Holmes, are you going to animate "Greed"? Sorry if I'm being selfish but these clips make me anxious to see one of the songs done.)
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Mark,
When I first became a professional musician. I was told the story about the professional musician who won the state lottery for 12 million dollars. When asked what he was going to do now, he replied: "I'm gonna keep being a professional musician 'til the money runs out."
Artists do what they do because of something inside them that has to get out. You are embarking on the best endeavor of you life. The frustrations, irritations, naysayers, and just plain bulls*it (and there will be plenty of all of it) will all be washed away by the inner satisfactions you will feel with each little success. Improvisation will permeate all aspects of your venture.
Be who you are, do what you do. (and by the way, you're pretty flippin' good, so your skill and artistry gives you a leg up on the competition.)
Enjoy your journey.
Myron
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Very Well Done!
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Major improvement, Gene. Looking good
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As usual, Nancy, inspirational work. Cute mouse. I like both versions, although the long hair version somehow seems to me to be so. . . .Well .. so French
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Two Trains WIP
in Ain't No Way
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Nancy,
Gene prefers to render to AVI for posting to u-tube. He sent me the AVI and I used "AVS Video Converter 6"
to convert it to QT format, then sent it back to him. I don't know why but the QT vid played a little darker than the AVI for me on my computer as well. I believe Gene is experimenting with lighting as we speak. I also noted that the file size is quite different. AVI> 14.3 Megs, QT>2.04 Megs