heyvern
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Okay I will try to explain my problem:
I have a model that is not keyed on frame 0. I then go to frame 30 or wahtever and hit the make keyframe button but it only keys the model bone, it does not key the bones...UNLESS there are keys in existence on those bones in previous frames.
I have all of the little keyframe filters clicked on. I was just wondering if there is another thing to set to force a key on bones in a choreography that have not been keyed on frame 0.
What I mean is that sometimes I have to "move" a bone with the arrow keys in order to set a keyframe at a later time for that bone if one has not been set previously. I thought that hitting that make keyframe button should put a key on all of the bones of the selected model.
I am not explaining this well.
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Vernon "I can't find my keys" Zehr
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This may sound absolutely crazy but here goes!
There is a book out there that is...a clock. You cut it apart follow the directions glue everything together and you end up with an actual working paper pendulum clock.
Why I think this might help you is that it is very simple in design and function but still looks like a clock with gears and levers and you can see and feel how everything hooks together.
You can find this book in hobby and craft stores. I have bought 2 so far (the author admits the first one usually doesn't work).
I found the book on Amazon here is the link
The idea I had was that the book could be scanned in before cutting and assembly and "rebuilt" in A:M. You would still need to rig it but it probably won't have as many moving parts as a traditional clock.
This book is a reprint from a very very old book that the author found in an old book store years ago. He bought the only 3 copies left built 2 and kept the third one to republish. I think this is the story. It's in the book if you get it. It isn't expensive, under $30 I think maybe less.
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Vernon "tick-tock" Zehr
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if you're up for long render times, you can use a bump map containing the brushing, or just set the roughness value to 1 (play with this value) and the roughness scale to 0.01 (this will distribute your rays in a random fasion)
in both cases use reflectivity!
http://www.kci-group.com/z/images/008.jpg
does the same thing, but using transparency instead of reflectivity.
the image above was created by rendering to a very large format (like 10.000x 7.000) and then scaling down.
the multipass renderer will produce similar results much quicker and more stable (and without 100 meg files and the manual scaling)
you might want to try the multipass blur feature
http://www.hash.com/am2003/Multipass/index.htm
scroll down to 4. Soft Antialiasing
Perfect! I thought this might be the way to go but wasn't getting the expected results. Obviously I just need to play with the settings.
As a last resort I was going to use a blurred environment map but I really need "real" reflections from the characters ad objects that move through the scene.
Thanks!
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Vernon "I love the forums!" Zehr
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I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for a material or settings for simulating those soft blurry reflections in brushed metal like aluminum or stainless steel.
Thanks kindly.
Vern
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Holy freakin' cow batman! I want one I want one!
Unfortunately even if I could afford it my house isn't wide enough...I could knock out the wall to the kitchen...
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Vernon "I like my 17 inch monitor" Zehr
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I love
the new forum! 
it is great!One of the things I really like about it is that I will be able to use bold and italics and all of those extra font tricks to better convey my thoughts. There is only so much you can do with caps and quotes to convey emotion in your writing.
I still miss spell check.
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Vernon "YeeHaa!" Zehr
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What goes in the topic description is...well...it seems kind of redundant...but you put a short description of the topic. It shows up in the list of topics.
For instance the "topic" might be "Help!" and the description could be "I've fallen and I can't get up!" Help is vague so adding a brief description helps us know what it is about.
Of course this post should go in the "OT" or off topic section since it has nothing to do with A:M unless your really need help, then you should send it to the main section so someone will read it right away and call an ambulance for you.
...if you can send a message to the forum I would expect you could call your own ambulance though...
Probably a bad example really.
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Vernon "I've fallen...but I'm okay!" Zehr
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Well it looks like the end of an era! I can only have one signature in the forums and I can't even edit it while I am posting. I guess I will have to create a macro or something to type it in for me.
Change is good but sometimes we must make sacrifices....
I would prefer sacrificing a goat but I checked and they frown on that sort of thing here and it would not help with the only one signature problem apparently.
I also really really miss my spellchecker. I pride myself on having (almost) perfect spelling in all of my posts.
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Vernon "how do you spell signitchurre?" Zehr
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Patience my friends...
Forum posts will soon be sent back to the list. (At least from the AM2003 forum) Should be working sometime Monday. I saved the easiest for last. Getting the mail from the list was going to be hardest to do. Now that it is working I'll go the other way.
Will
That is why you are the MAN! That is why you are the ADMIN of the FORUMS and get all the really big bucks dude!
You rule!
Sorry for that outburst. I really have not been smoking anything illegal.
Physical simulation?
in (2003-2004)
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I am going to reveal something about myself that most people don't know.
I love marble rollers. I bought a huge build your own marble roller set.
With that in mind... I felt compelled to do this. I always feel the compulsion to create an animation of a marble roller and I have given in once again.
Marble Roller Animation
I used a rigid body constraint.
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Vernon "I've lost my marbles" Zehr