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this is a laptop. nothing has changed on it except for the new install of A:M. It seems that I can't switch the OpenGL settings, or to DirectX. My 16b version is OpenGL, and works fine. Also, I found on my hard drive the 32bit installer for 17a. Reinstalled that version, it works fine "out of the box". Seems an issue with 17g only.

that's the odd part...they're both on the same machine!

So I had to renew my license at the worst possible time (budget, time, job change (hopefully), Rear Window project, and a Christmas project). Bought a new copy, downloaded the latest 64 bit copy (17g) fired her up and tried to get back to work. But, after opening a chor that I created last weekend and tried to switch to shaded mode, A:M crashed, repeatedly. If I open the chor in 16b I have no problems. So I take a look at the OpenGL settings and notice a definite difference between the settings of my two versions. My problem is that A:M won't let me change the settings in 17g....so what to do guys (and gals)? settings in 16b settings in 17g

The other night my youngest announced that she had a great idea for a Christmas short. She told the story of a Christmas tree that really wanted to go home to spend the holiday with a family of it's own, but was ultimately left in the tree lot all by itself. I liked the story, we chatted, and came up with a quick outline. I tasked Nicole to compose the soundtrack and I would start work on the models. We might not make it by the holidays, since the story has grown to include a lot of elements, one of which is the delivery truck below. Hopefully in a day or so I can put an animatic together to post up here. We could use some help if anybody wants to lend a hand in the story telling. If I/we can get this done, I intend on letting it lose on the internet via my blog site and youtube, so credits given where due! Here's Papa Bear's Christmas Tree Delivery truck.

Instead of the comic strips, how about a true blog, posting articles/discussions on the creation, writing, whatever. Place adwords on those posts. On youtube, build a channel that links back to the blog, that way you drive traffic/pageviews. The comics can create a following, the blog entries generate the revenue. Create a facebook page for it, google+ authorship, etc. It's not easy or quick, but it can work.

I have been trying to monetize content on the web for years now. First with a web version of a printed magazine, to news papers, etc. Now I'm working in the direction of creating a studio blog post and adding advertising content. I use wordpress (free) my own domain (few bucks a month) and google adwords. It takes some work getting the SEO set, but in time it could generate a decent revenue stream for you. If you want we can chat about a good approach (perhaps another forum thread since others might be interested in the same thing) or offline. But, it is the most common approach now a days to monetize content on the web.

I'd stick with win7 over win8 myself. While I don't have first hand experience with win8, I tend to stick with the more mature versions of the win OS. Hell, I'd still be running XP if I could!

Congrats! don't think I'll ever get there myself, but it's great to see someone livin' the dream!

hmm...the WD is exactly the Disney logo....so now I'm stumped

so what about Disney are you announcing?

that's pretty cool...but the jitter at the base (trunk) was distracting to me...

I thought I'd throw a note out here to give you all a quick update on the Rear Window project. I've spent the last week+ rendering the short put together by Matt Campbell. 30 seconds of animation at roughly 15 minutes per frame took some time! I've come to realize that I need to invest in a render farm if I'm going to continue the dream. At any rate today should see Matt's submission done. I am working an some quick 5 second or so pieces that I will use to tie each segment together, then it is time to put it all together. So rest assured, Rear Window is still alive and moving forward.

A Star Trek satire is mostly a boy thing. What sort of things do girls like to see satires of? I have no idea. Have you been to a comiccon lately? There as many woman as men at those things now. Nerdy is in these days, and the media market on a whole is starting to take notice.

If the desired effect is to make the spiral tree "grow" from the ground, why not model it as the corkscrew tree, add one bone vertically, then in the chor, start with the tree underground, rotate the bone to get the spiral effect, then raise the tree to match the spin. Let the viewer infer the rest.

Just as an FYI, Rear Window is not dead. I am working on putting the submissions together now. So this particular community project will see a successful end in just a little bit more time.

Guy sounds like a real hoot at parties! At any rate it's a nice set, and I'm still looking forward to it being in your story.

cool dad??? nah, I'm an A:M user! Actually I'm having fun with this guy, since it has been surprisingly easy to model and rig. I've got roughly 3 hours in the model, perhaps 1 hour installing the rig, a little bit of more time with smartskinning the joints. I've spent more time monkeying with the dynamics on the bow than anything else. My goal is to get the character to the point of actually having personality (for some reason I have the image of the Planters Peanut dude in my head). It's been a good diversion, and I am picking up some tricks as well. Time well spent.

So for a break from the toils of everything else I've added the Lite Rig to this character and built a walk cycle, just to see how it performs. walk.mov

Man I'm looking forward to seeing those streets bustling with traffic! Fantastic look.

Robert, here is the ground model. Ground.mdl

Robert that's grass. My laptop is getting flaky (largely because I am outside in the sub I'm sure) so I'll try to suss out where it is set up in the set, but perhaps you'll track it down before me.

YupYup. It truly is a case of 'ask and ye shall receive'. I am told that if you download this you can easily turn it into one million dollars. And I believe it is in small (but not unmarked) $1 bills. That's a pretty good return on investment if'n you ask me. Free Money! Not that's service with a smile!

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The bar has definitely been raised for the next time!

Love this place..ask and you shall receive. Now for my next request..a million bucks! how about a set of binocs. I'd do Rodney's search, but I'm at work.