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Hahahahahahehehe... (That stomach is great!)

Thanks, Caroline! (Anybody who writes a tutorial is A#1 in my book.)

You might be able to use A:M's built-in NLE. A:M Editor

Yeah, like that.

Everyone should start from exisiting models, especially when they're getting started. You'll learn more and be more satisfied with the results. Building an entire character from scratch is educational, and some people may want to do it as an exercise but you should be working out of the Library.

First let me say, that's a great "walk," and unless I was STARING at the feet intently (slowly, multiple times), I wouldn't see any slippage - but there is some on the back foot as it lifts off, (near the end - maybe coming around a corner?)

Awesome idea.

Very cool. I want to see this guy finished and throwing punches! (Top of Crusher's head is shaped more like the top of an egg. Nose to mouth also shorter... But if you're not doing the exact Crusher, that's okay.)

Good, Katt. Comments: There seems to be two shots of Mac Flin falling down at the end - need just one. Mac Flin has a run cycle that's used 3 times. That would be a good reusable motion to refine because it is used multiple times. (It needs refining - he runs too slow.) Story notes: What caused the gold to stop pouring - the book?

Mark, we got a bunch of Courtiers for SO coming down the pipe - I hope we can use the 2008 rig in those.

Awesome! Thank you, Dusan, for using Animation:Master to create that work of art.

Those all look really good, Caleb.

Hey, those pictures aren't from the video clip?! I recommend: Lena is turned away from the banshee when she says "come to me." If she said "follow me," that would allow you to turn her back but if "come to me" is the correct dialog then keep her pointed at the banshee while she's talking. At the end, there are 3 cuts while Lena talks to the banshee (looking through the spider's web). Ditch #1 & #3 and stay on #2 throughout the dialog.

Lookin' mighty fine. (Hey, I want him to SAY something...)

Rupert Murdoch talks like a pirate every day. (At least the Keith Olbermann version does.)

Very interesting... When I watched those pocket gymnastics, it got me thinking about complex rigs that need to be transitory, (turn on only when needed so that they offer no clutter and take no processing time).

Oh, yeah, that's good. Music is perfect... Voices too. (You might have the music too loud or the voices too quiet on this one but I still heard every word and sound effect.) Put some pictures up too, Ernest. (Put them in the first post - I added the link and changed the title.)

You're really coming along!

Congrats! (Mark should be proud.)

IK Switching is easy to add to any rig.

Try it. You'll beat that dang TSM if it's as easy as the 2001, (drag-n-drop).

This is your movie, Katt, and for heaven's sake, I've got my own movie directing to do, but as directors-in-arms, I've got to make a few suggestions: 1) Separate the lines of dialog - they run into each other. 2) Do some establishing shots, (your other clips usually showed where the action was taking place but not this one.) 3) These are all medium shots - try some closeups and wide shots. 4) When the dialog changes pitch, it is misleading if the same person is talking - perhaps you shouldn't do that except when the effect is truly needed. I watch every one of these clips, and I'm enjoying your progress.

If this is right (and I follow you so it could be right), all images that are imported into A:M need gamma correction (.45 usually). Is that "Current gamma" value on the Render dialog the same one I write in the Targa header? (I can't find the one I used to maintain for the Targa files.) Additionally, this brings up an interesting quandry... If A:M applies a 2.2 gamma every time it saves (under your scenario), and gamma correction does not occur when the image is reimported again, it will get progressively more gamma applied if the cycle is repeated.

That is correct. Images imported into A:M are gamma corrected so they look right on a gamma 2.2 display. Their image data is not linear anymore and they must be linearized. This I do not agree. If the image data had a 2.2 gamma already on the pixels, the 2nd time the image was displayed in an A:M window would get an additional 2.2 gamma (from the monitor) and would not appear the same image as it originally was in the Photoshop window. No. I'm talking about any RGB color that are entered in the color properties. Those colors were selected in a gamma 2.2 display device so they must be considered as having been intrinsically gamma corrected and must be uncorrected. One very obvious case is picking a color from a photo. But picking a color from a color dialog is also the case. Think that the color dialog lives in a display color space that is made so gamma corrected photos look good. Thus any color that looks good on this device must be considered as gamma corrected when the user sees them and selects them. This I follow and agree.

My understanding of your understanding is that images imported into A:M are NOT gamma of 1.0. (When you mention "materials," you must be talking about image-based materials). Hmmm... I need to research that assertion some before I comment further.