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First try to rename the file u received to master0.lic and put it in the installation folder of A:M. Best regards *Fuchur*

Nice .

Yesterday I received a package with a real gorgeous content. A really VERY nice looking and feeling medal including a very nice stand. I received a Hash jacket of Siggraph 2000 too. I could choose which year I'd like and I took 2000 because that was the first time I got involved with Animation:Master. It was A:M v8.0 at that time. It is a great honor and really a great price. I will surely never forget that . Thank you very much to anybody who was involved in making this happen and my special thanks to Robert for making all this true. Best regards and thank you very much again *Fuchur*

Fun and somehow crazy See you *Fuchur*

i9 is meant to compete with AMD Threadripper... but we do not know of neighter of them what they really can do till now... concerning Xeons: The competer from AMD will be the new AMD Epyc... it is no yet out, but it has a new architecture too. If they are more or less as nice as the Ryzen 7 lineup and have an equal performance boost over the previous CPUs, it will be a serious competor... but we just do not know about those till now since none of these (neighter i9 nor Threadrupper or Epyc) are available to the public till now. See you *Fuchur*

That is quite correct, with the exception of the Intel iGPUs being the only integrated graphic solutions. For Intel CPUs with integrate GPU are called "CPU with iGPU"... AMD calls them "APU". APUs are much more powerful for the graphic card component (and behave much better with A:M concerning the realtime display) but less fast for the CPU part. APUs are used for instance in the Xbox One S, the new XBox Scorpio, the PS4 and laptops (I myself have a HP Elite Book 745, which has a APU A10-7800 in it) or lower entry desktop computers (for instance if you want to play a few games but you are not that much into gaming). New APUs with Ryzen are on their way, but not yet available. But in any case: Dedicated GPUs are just faster and better than those integrated once. That is true for APUs and even more for iGPUs vom Intel (at least in most cases). So if you are considering a real workstation or a gaming pc (or anything else more or less demanding on the GPU), you really should get a GPU from Nvidia (if you want to use Cuda at all) or AMD (OpenCL is a litle faster on those cards but they can't do CUDA => owned by Nvidia). See you *Fuchur*

Xeons are server processors for the most parts. I can not say too much about those but if you want to go in that direction you should have a look at AMD Epyc or threadripper. Those are not yet released so, but they are targeting the server and workstation market. (they have alot of cores...) Both are based on the new Ryzen architecture too. See you *Fuchur*

I really like the first website you showed there... very good to choose stuff . This is the 1700-build I showed above (more or less): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QHFRXH You may need an optical drive (blu-ray or dvd burner) and maybe a card reader would be nice too, but that is optional stuff. And of cause a display, mouse and keyboard. Best wishes *Fuchur*

In general that is true, BUT we are talking about very little differences per clock here... I doubt you would notice it. Running both at the same clock speeds, the Ryzen is even a little faster. You would very likely not do that because you can overclock the i7 7700k to about 4.5 (without going too crazy on overclocking... 5 GHz is possible too, but that is quite risky and needs a very good cooling solution and consumes a lot of power) while Ryzen can only go to 4.0 to 4.1 GHz (that is quite easily done, but there it will stay... maybe 4.2 GHz if you are lucky but over that is even with a good cooling solution just not possible). That is normal... a 8core chip (for instance i7-6900k) from Intel can not be run at 5 GHz or something like that neighter, because there is just more heat generated by 8cores than by 4cores. If you see it like that, the i7 7700k is slightly faster for single core (maybe 5%) but if you are using After Effects, Premiere, Rendering out with Netrenderer or even compressing stuff using 7zip and stuff like that, it gets beaten up by about 50 - 80% by the Ryzen 8-core. (it highly depends on the tasks thrown at it) That is a no brainer for me, simply because the average performance increase is that high and it is just more future proove to have an 8 core CPU instead of a 4 core simply because it is very unlikely that software will be written for less cores (or even single cores) in future and the software that is already available is not changing in performance anyway... that means you will receive a very reasonable performance today but potentially get even more out of it in future while lower core count-cpus will stay what they are now. If you want to go the middle route, the AMD 1600 is a 6 core-CPU... it is a good one too, but for rendering the additional costs of the 1700 => 8 core are just small enough to get the 1700 too. See you *Fuchur*

Just to say it if you are not a tech person: You may want to skip this post . AMD is no longer using FX-based architecture (bulldozer) but a totally new one (Ryzen) closer to the one of Intel (but a little different because it is the much newer architecture). IPC of AMD Ryzen is much higher compared to the AMD FX architecture (more or less at the same as Intel to a little better, so it has to be said, that for instance the i7 7700k will win these single-core-tests in the end because it has a higher clockspeed... but we are talking about low % values here). Ryzen is supporting hyperthreading (SMB) and it is kicking anything Intel has at the moment when it comes to productivity/multi-threading for the same money by a factor of about 2. Actually the 1800x (8 core machine) is competing with the Intel Core i7-6900K (8 core machine) from Intel (about $1000) but only costs half the money (about $500). In some situations it even is faster then the 10 core intel which is much more expensive than even the 6900k. The only CPU from Intel which is currently better suited for gaming (at a reasonable price difference) is the i7 7700k, but for productivity or multi-threaded applications it is only about half as fast, simply because we are talking about a 4 core vs 8 core systems (both with hyperthreading, so 8 threads vs 16 threads). For gaming that does not matter much (or is even a little less good to have more cores) and there you still can/should buy a 7700k but if you are after multithreaded applications or you are using your computer for gaming and productivity tasks, it really is a no brainer at the moment. And while the 1800x is a little bit faster, it is basicly the same chip as the 1700 but the 1700 will save you some additional money. So overclocking the 1700 will bring you close to the performance of the 1800x. Of cause the 1800x is a little easier to run at the same clockspeeds, but that is really up to you if 3% performance is worth $100-200 there... For A:M we are really only talking about rendering... anything else in A:M will run with very equal speed on both systems, simple because both CPUs are very fast once. The i7 7700k might be faster or at a close to even performance if you are only using one instance of A:M to render, but if you are using Netrender or multiple instance, the Ryzen 1700, 1800 and 1800x will allow you to run 16 instances simultationously compared to 8 instances for the i7 and than AMD is the much better offer. Even the Ryzen 5 1600 will beat it here very noticeable but that chip is again less expensive. Ryzen is currently quite a big deal all over the place. If you are only gaming with your computer (and it depends on the games...), than I recommend a i7 7700k which is faster on CPU-limited games or resolutions. In any other situation the Ryzen is the better choice especially if you combine it with high frequence RAM. If you are interested in benchmarks and technical stuff like that, you may want to have a look at this: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5RP1CPpFVE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caDxAJMAu0w - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf_pUECRmAo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3HwjOLghQw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XHDug7PNE Intel is reacting to that with price drops and in a few weeks to month with the i9 will be out, but is to compare with AMD Epyc and AMD Threadripper-LineUps but that is not here yet and will be very expensive... I'd say both (AMD Epyc/Threadripper or i9) are over the top for any person which is not using the computer in a work environment and really needs MANY cores in a full blown workstation. See you *Fuchur*

Just to mention it: Those are all very new and very powerful systems. It does not need to be that fast for A:M. But it will be helpful especially for rendering. Especially 1700 will be a beast for rendering with netrenderer. (there are even better once, but those add little for too much money if you ask me... like 1700x or 1800x) If you are after a less expensive computer let me know. It will be less powerful but should still be quite nice for A:M work. It just will be less fast when rendering stuff. See you *Fuchur* Very helpful *Fuchur* I needed a detailed technical baseline and now I have that Cheers Bruce No biggy . See you *Fuchur*

Those should be very nice systems... they are quite new and quite fast. Mid-Range: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Boxed (Quad Core), 3.6 GHz - GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon RX 550 OC 2 GB OC - Mainboard: MSI B350M Gaming Pro - RAM: G.Skill DDR4 Value RAM 2400 MHz 8GB - SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB - Powersupply: Corsaid VS-Series 550W - Case: Antec Three Hundred Two (this really is not too important... you can use anything you want

Semi-HighEnd: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Boxed (Hexa Core), 3.4 GHz - GPU: Sapphire Nitro Radeon RX 460 4G D5 OC 4 GB OC - Mainboard: MSI B350M Gaming Pro - RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Schwarz 16GB DDR4 Kit (2x8GB) 3000MHz C15 - SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB - Powersupply: Corsaid VS-Series 550W - Case: Antec Three Hundred Two (this really is not too important... you can use anything you want) - Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S (only if you want to overclock... which you may want to do... if not, the boxed cooler will do very well)

If you are after a desktop, these are my current recommendations: Highend: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Boxed mit Wraith Spire 8-Kern (Octa Core) CPU mit 3.00 GHz, Boxed mit Lüfter - GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 4 GB OC (if you are a gamer too, you might want to get a more powerful GPU here... but for A:M it really is more than enough) - Mainboard: ASUS PRIME X370-PRO - RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Schwarz 16GB DDR4 Kit (2x8GB) 3000MHz C15 (the most important thing is the frequency here... the higher the better for Ryzen-CPUs) - SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250 GB - Powersupply: Corsaid VS-Series 550W - Case: Antec Three Hundred Two (this really is not too important... you can use anything you want) - Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S (only if you want to overclock... which you may want to do... if not, the boxed cooler will do very well) Best regards *Fuchur*

In windows you could open the task manager and see, if and how much RAM you are using. (I am sure there is something equal for Macs) If it is always (more or less) the same, than it could be a hardware problem. For instance one of the RAM pieces could have a problem then. See you *Fuchur*

Hi Bruce, for A:M better use Windows 10 or 7 (or anything inbetween, but those are the best options in general), so I would recommend to go with W10 today. Best regards *Fuchur*

What Intel-chip did Mac Pros use then? I think it stillis i5 / i7, just an older versions of them. If we are talking about non-intel-based chips (powermac, etc.) it will not work with newer versions of A:M. See you *Fuchur*

Hey Steve, how are you trying to view it? For me it works in Firefox and Edge without a problem. What browser are you using and are you on a Mac, Windows or for instance iOS? Best wishes *Fuchur*

Very cool – thanks a lot Steffen, Jason and all the Beta testers – very well done . One of the new features "Snap Bias Handlers to Grid" is shown in this video-tutorial: https://www.patchwork3d.de/snap-bias-to-grid-195-en ...and another one I covered in a video is "Remove internal patches": https://www.patchwork3d.de/remove-internal-patches-196-en Hope you can see some of the potential of those features... there are a lot more to discover of cause as you can see from that LONG list . Best wishes *Fuchur* PS: Sorry for the heavy accent in the video tutorials... I am not a native speaker .

Hey Martin, thanks a lot . It was sometimes hard, because I try (and till now I was able to) create one each weekend. 52 will be another anniversy somehow . In general Saturday evening or Sunday morning (Europe/Berlin) it goes online. But anyway it is fun and just plain interesting to do to and like that, if I can, I will continue to do them . See you *Fuchur*

I am not sure, if I ever showed this off, but for my YouTube channel, I created an intro with A:M. Most episodes are in German, but every 10 episodes I have a special episode which is in (bad, non-scripted) English. Now I created the 50th episode, so I thought it would be time to show it here too... Hope you like it : https://youtu.be/7LB6dXBxazM Best wishes *Fuchur*

Looking quite nice (so the smoothing isn't perfect). You should be able to use the same workflow as A:M2Unity3d / FBX Pipeline to Unity3d in my signature...

Thanks a lot Martin . About the forum: It really is Rodney's achievement not mine. I did the website and a few other things acompanying that... And a few other things out there .

100? That are many different countries... I've been to... I think 9? (at least if we are not counting Bavaria as one too... ) Don't know exactly but I am way behind... See you *Fuchur*

That is DarkTree 2.5 itself... can be found here: http://www.darksim.com/html/download_darktree2.shtml (you would need to compile that) or here: http://www.darksim.com/html/download_demos.shtml Can't see why it should not work, but I think it costs something. See you *Fuchur*