Ben28

I know I'm doing something wrong, but could anyone make some suggestions. Thanks. Ben.

Robcat, Thanks a zillion, that worked. Ben.

Robcat, Thanks for the link. So, I started in on the eye's, I figures I'm put them on my fish body. But I'm having some weird thing happening. When I try to make the eye, it comes out "box like" not smooth like an eye is supposed to be. Same with my fish body! Any thoughts? I'll Post some pics. Ben. Crazy_Boxed_Eye_2.bmp Crazy_Boxed_Eye_3.bmp Fish_Side.bmp

So I was reading a bunch of older post's and it talked about excersize 11.5 making a face. I was just wondering if anyone know's where that excersize went? I can't find it anywhere. Ben.

I can say from experience that Rodney is a better animator than most of the people in this forum... And if you exceed Rodney's expertise then Robert (robcat) has been known to help someone who's struggling and there's darn few animators better than him. That's awesome! I hope to get that good someday soon. I am really greatful to all of the animators who are giving me advise. I didn't mean anything bad by asking if Rodney was an "animator or a web forum janitor"... It's just nice to get to know people and maybe try and find some of their creations on line. I get inspired that way. So in no way was that meant as a put-down. (Maybe I should have worded it better! Sorry Rodney) I'm guessing Martin, you are the admin... and creator of Hash? Nice to meet you! You have a wonderful product here. I'm really enjoying it so far! Ben.

Rodney, Sounds good! You had me at "unscrupulous middlemen" !! LOL Yeah, I'll forsure get one of the websubscriptions. Are you an animator or a web tech-forum janitor who answer's all the questions? Whatever the case, I've gotten over a couple of my hurdles and am really starting to love this software. When I finish a few of my charactors and I figure out how one post's pics of them, I'll post some. PS: the online video tutorials are awesome. I finished the leaf and now am heading to the next one. I hope they show me how to attach fins and eye's and such! Thanks for answering my questions. Ben.

You Gentlemen are so wonderful. Thank you so much. Sorry for such a dumb question. I know that you guys probably get these questions a zillion time. But that's for helping me out. I love this community!

I just tried to click on one of the control points, and pushed the forward slash key on my keyboard and it still didn't group the whole stem. I'm wondering if I have need to go into the properties and the default is not set. So so frustrating. I can't go on, because I can't even move the whole stem. Grrrr. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Nice to meet you Rodney. I know that the company lost money on the deal. The way I look at it, they have gained someone who will actually put their software to good use. Also, what is a web subscription? Subscription to what? Is it like an online magazine where they keep me updated on their new products and such? My friends voice is awesome. I can't wait to start building my charactors and the scene back grounds. I'm excited too.

So I'm working through the flower tutorial. After drawing my line with 7 control points, and clicking the lathe, I wanted to adjust them. Every time I try to group a line of cp's it's always leaving one or two control points out. and therefor cause my stem to disform. Does anyone know what I can do about this so it'll change the way it groups?

Howdy and welcome, Ben28! Not sure about a fish tutorial, but some of the more knowledgeable ones around here might be able to help you on that. Regarding documentation, be sure to read this thread: http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27379 You'll find some introductions from the real masters here, and the second post gives you links to downloadable versions (in .pdf form) of "The Art of Animation: Master" manual (filled with tutorials), as well as the more technical reference manual. There are also samples and videos of the exercises available. You'll also learn a lot just reading these forums. That's a great looking fish! GizmoMkI, Thanks for the link, I'll check that out. I like that fish too. I just hope I can do him justice in the 3D part. You will definately be seeing and hearing more from me. I think I'm gonna be a lifer! This stuff is fun! Ben.

Hi and thanks for this area. So this all started with a friend and her voice. (she sounds like a cartoon charactor) I told her this a few weeks ago. As we talked we decided to script a cartoon and see if we could make it for the kids in our extended family. (My Nephew, her cousins) I am a musician by trade, with a recording studio. (where we will do all the voice overs.) So I started looking for animation software. (which was a chore and a half!) I found a free software called "Truespace" which had a video course on how to use the software, but I found that the stuff he was doing on the software did work for me. So I decided to keep looking for software. I found that a lot of reviews for A:M were really positive especially for beginners. So I did a search on where I could buy it. I saw that a local film producer was selling his copy for $150.00. on craigslist. So I called and bought it. The only thing: he didn't have the book for it. I was a bit weary of buying the software without it's manual, but he let me take the software home and load it up, and he even gave me the extra's DVD. So I did purchase it. So I have it loaded went online to find help and came across a tutorial for modeling people. I tried following the steps. I was doing fine, but I couldn't get the body off of the Green Axes. I don't even want to model people. I want to model fish. (the cartoon that we are doing is about three fish... Not Nemo! LOL) I started looking for a tutorial on how to model fish and I couldn't find one. I spent the whole weekend trying to model a fish without any luck. One of the main charactors in the cartoon is named "B-Boy" (named after my nephew - Brendan) The drawing I have in my profile picture, is "B-Boy". (the fish) So if anyone can help with fish modeling, I would be forever in your debt!! (Well, maybe not forever... But I'd sure like you a whole lot!!) PS: I love this software. It seem's really user friendly. I think once I get over a couple of hurdles I'll be off to the races. Also: I saw the fish that the user: "thefreshestever" did for your A:M Project. That's what I'm looking for a tutorial on. Thanks. Ben.