adamjames
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Maybe I read it in a science fiction novel somewhere. Possible called a "waldo"?
Hey, Vern
You're probably thinking of Robert A Heinlein's story "Waldo" about a guy with a muscle-wasting disease who invents remote-controlled hands called "Waldoes".
They, however, are controlled by a human limb, and so "Waldo" is probably not the term you are searching for.
Adam
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Yeah, this looks like a good tool.
I ran through the demo and it seems to produce a pretty solid plot structure and makes you think about your characters' motives.
Thanks for the link.
Adam
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HOWEVER, if you are an animation person, and animation is the most important thing to you, and you accept that we know what we are doing, then Animation:Master IS for you. You can say, "I could probably model or render this in some other program - but I'm going to use Animation:Master!"
Martin,
I agree that your product is a fantastic animation tool. I bought it because I wanted to use it to animate, not because I wanted to model.
The drawback to this is that, because A:M will not import models from other sources, the number of models that can be used when animating with it is limited.
The solution would be a greater resource pool of spline and patch models available on the internet (as there are poly models)..either free or for sale. Because most people use poly's however, the number of resources wll always be limited.
If a poly import plug-in were available, AnimationMaster would surely be received by a larger audience...I understand the difficulties associated with such a plug-in, however, and realise that it may not be feasible.
Maybe a bigger pool of models could be made available to users somehow?
Adam
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Frank,
I've just seen your town pic in Issue #54 of 3D World! Congratulations!
Adam
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Fred,
I'd be interested to know how you got those 3ds models into A:M.....whenever I've tried, I've just ended up with a mess.
I would definitely support better import plug-ins in A:M!
Thanks
Adam
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ON Jeff Lew's DVD, when he's working in A:M, he has a window in the lower right of his screen with the frame number in BIG type.
Anyone know how to replicate this?
Thanks
Adam
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Great shading, Kricket.....any chance of a tutorial?
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Amar,
Thank you for your demonstration, it has taught me a lot and I'm sure it will be helpful to many people on the forum. I know I've got a steep learning curve ahead, but you've helped get me started.
Yves, thanks for the tip on the camera focal length....very useful to know.
Right, I'm off to lay down some splines.
Adam
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Wow! That's really helpful, Amar...you work fast!
I'm downoading all these pics to study and looking foward to the prj file.
Thanks for your help.
Adam
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....then use the Dope Sheet to make the sounds fit whatever's happening in the animation.
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Will,
That's a great model and a great tutorial!
Adam
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and side...
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if u post the pic the side and the front view I'll lay down the spline to help you understand how to do this....sort of like creating a template.
Thanks, guys...you're helping me lots.
Amar, these are the front and side views.
Adam
Front...
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And this is the perspective. It's those sharp bumps I don't want...
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This is the side view...
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OK, I'm trying to get to grips with the patch modelling. Once I start laying down the CP's, it's like a juggling act to get four-point patches without destroying the ones already there.
Could someone pleeze tell me if I am going about this the right way, or if I need to scrub this and start again.
When I see other people's works (just seen Ken H's start of a face model), they seem so neat compared to mine.
Thanks for taking a look...
Adam
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This a great idea....thanks for the link.
Adam
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Smudge,
You've done some really great work here. Your project looks ambitious but it's obvious from your hard work so far that you can manage it.
Well done.
Adam
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I can't model in A:M...every time I try I end up with a mess, and that's even when using rotoscopes.
I have polygonal models that I want to import into A:M...I also have the facilitiy to reduce the number of polygons, quadrangulate the polygons,whatever...
I don't mind having to clean up an imported model up as long as I can get the basic thing into A:M.
Can someone please tell me how to get a model into A:M so that it looks halfway decent and doesn't crash the program. I've tried obj and I've tried 3DS formats.
There must be SOME way. I am starting to get really frustrated with A:M...I can't do what I want to do with it (i.e. animate) without first importing (because building is out of the question for me) some models.
Help!
Adam
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Looks good so far.
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Yeah, Ark does look much better than Aerotroopers.
It's good to see independent studios bringing out CG films...as long as the quality is of a high standard.
Adam
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Hi, fellow Hashers
I found a company called Dosch Design in 3D World mag and checked out there website. Some of their models are listed as compatible with A:M and others aren't.
Anyone have any experience of importing their models into A:M? They aren't rigged, so I assume they are obj's , but how well do they convert to splines?
Here's a linkto the products they say are compatible with A:M:
Dosch's A:M Compatible Products
Cheers
Adam
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This is looking really great!
The hair is amazing.
Adam
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You got the shape down, MATrickz. Should look good once you get a reflection on it.
TSM2 Stuff
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Steve,
Will the Maya version of TSM2.0 be released at the same time?
Adam