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OK, I have been away for a bit. I got out of doing video and started faceting gemstones in the basement (the computer is in the house - not so sure it is a trade up ). Well, never say never again. The new hobby started meeting the old one. So now I am working on a video about a faceters' meeting (Franklin Faceter's Frolic 3 if you must). Back to old reliable for doing covers and titles, A:M. My new hobby has a tool, GemCad for Windows, for doing design work on stones. And there are large libraries of stones around (including famous diamonds). I noticed that it will export dxf files. Yippy! Well, not too fast. The plug-in import is a little clunky. But if I import into ####### and then export from there as 3DS and import, I have something to work with. A bit of cleanup (like the font extruder sometimes requires) and presto. Attached is a 161 facet Portuguese cut model. Oh, and if anyone has materials for ruby, emerald, or other gemstones, I would love to know. I have not yet figured out how to do refractive index, dispersion, and birefringence in a material. And if you are curious there, here is a table of common gems and there material properties. http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/gem_des...properties.html Thanks George Ellis Portuguese2.mdl

Now, now... As is nVidia's in my NLE. Different hardware for different goals.

As the former OS/hardware integrator for a large company, ATI is fine as is nVidia. There are issues with using OpenGL at times in A:M, but I don't believe they are completely related to video cards. Now running ATI X200 and X800XT AIW (replaced 9600XT). I cannot state this for A:M, but the latest review at CGTalk shows that nVidia Quadro still kicks CG butt.

I have seen this issue before using AVI. If you expand the AVI setting and click Set, you will find that it is set to Full Frame (Uncompressed). I hesitate to recommend an alternate setting as I edit video and have about 15-20 different codecs listed there and most won't be on your list.

It wasn't your intent, but I laughed. It is not a 'bad' walk cycle, it is a 'mince' walk cycle

Thanks!

I saw one of our other illustrious members do something like that and wondered how he did it. With your second grab, the light just came on! You rotoscoped the overlay area, posed around it, then output with alpha on, right? Then you just merge in in PS or such... Cool! BTW, think they will recognize themselves with jellybean heads?

I forgot to add that. I was going to take the last frame and give it a 1 second hold. All of that is done with Alpha channel on, so I am not sure if it will overlay another piece or not yet. But will mix it with a title. I attached a jpeg still (alpha on, so saved with white background.)

Since it is the season... I did this quick and dirty to replace a Festival Of Trees (FOT) graphic that turns out not to be as original as it was shopped to them. My mom wants a video for the big FOT get together with all of the other FOT folks around the country. Still need titles and may shorten, length it. But in the meantime, my new NLE is in and now better supports WMV-HD output and SmartSound. So, Merry Christmas 9MB WMV-HD Christmas Tree

I like the backdrop cloth too. Thanks for turning that light on.

Shaun, are you done yet, huh, huh, huh, done yet, huh? Very cool and I do want to know how! Wow.

I think the mismatch is in blur. The mic does not have the same blur quality as the cross. It is better with the stone, but the mic cover needs to lose more sharpness to match. As an alternate, you could also change the mic cable to ivy or some other vine like grape vine?

I worry about you Colin. You are living too close to the edge of civilization. Move inside the perimeter, QUICK! I hear banjo music looking at your latest stuff Same thing with the martian, but the banjo riffs are done on a synthesizer.

Those are good. I am still working on the materials thing, but could not find one that worked in the short time I was spending. I wanted something that sort of fit the theme the band used for a DVD jacket. One of the neglected things about A:M that people miss (those that have yet to really discover it). I can do add-in stuff and even accent animation without much sweat to add to video.

Project file without text inserts greekthing2.prj

Just sharing. No golden triangles used, simple columns, very basic ground and background. I will attach the project file. But it was easy to do.

Is it just me, or was anyone else waiting for the bull to come charging in from the left and make it more dynamic? Toro!

I posted, but having ISP DNS issues... I think I see the issue. This would be powered armor, right? There is no powered bounce. It should take off like running on the moon, but with normal gravity down. It would be Boom - Boom - Boom, not dink-dink-dink. There would also be a hesitation to wait for the landing. That will also give him/her the "Space Marine" look instead of some old ground hog in armor.

That's not a dress, its a kilt. Cool John. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks David. This is my first attempt at a project. I am still working through some of the tutorials and materials and bones are next (another project for another video.) I like your suggestions. I can fix the hand, but I won't have time to add more. But, I had a 'Star Trek' beam out last year, so a fade it will meet expectations. Just adding an animation will exceed what they are expecting If I had the time and money, the camera tracking software (the Hunter examples) would be good and I could add it over the action. But, I need to try to finish the video by the end of the month and I am at tape 12 of 14 and do not have the rough cut pieced together In fact, I keep messing with the models for the next video for the end of the summer and I need to STOP and focus.

I wanted something different in our band video. There was a piece in the talent show that was not G rated. I wanted to remove it and have fun with it. So, I exported a screen shot, put it in as a rotoscope, added Keekat, and did a voice over (Sound Forge 7 with pitch change). It took a little to get the render settings to work. No shadow yet, but it is not that important on the floor. Thought I would share. Attached is a wmv in a zip. chhskeekat.zip

Checking on my schedule (may have a planned activity) with the keeper of the calendar. I might want to come as it would be just nice as a newer user to watch some folks who use it more that I do. Coming from Suwanee (GA). Edit - I am going.