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jon

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  1. the headbone's connected to the neck bone, etc...

     

    i've never messed with the complex rigs you'll hear folks talking about. i don't do enough animation to bother with 'em.

     

    i'm sure they're excellent for all that fancy moving around and such, but until you have the need to do complex animation, just start attaching bones together and see what happens.

     

    -jon

  2. unless you're going to model a very old man, you don't need all those splines.

     

    try removing two-thirds of 'em, and the model will be easier to work with, and you'll have much less creasing.

     

    you might need most of those splines for the nose, but use hooks to trim down the splinage once they leave the nose.

     

    a good first step!

    -jon

  3. vista and video cards don't yet work perfectly together. try upgrading your video driver.

     

    i'm running vista x64 myself, and might just kill aero until nvidia/hp gets their act together and updates my little notebook's drivers.

     

    -jon

  4. well, it's prolly too late, but other than my complete disgust with all this hp it sounds fine.

     

    your marketing hype doesn't mention ram, but it most likely comes stock with 1 gig. get two.

     

    -jon

  5. Whats is the minium package that runs A:M? 32 or 64 bit versions?

    they will all run a:m. i can't think of any direct impact changing flavors of vista will have on running a:m.

     

    for other uses, check this microsoft chart for the differences. it's mostly about networking and media handing.

     

    i run vista premium x64, and have had only a little trouble finding the right drivers. most programs however, -- including a:m -- are 32 bit native, so there's no real need for x64 unless you desperately need 4 or more gigs of ram.

     

    -jon

     

    update: this page says windows x64 is about 10% faster than the 32 bit version. again, prolly not worth worrying about.

  6. short answer: vista works, but xp is better for now.

     

    notebook video drivers are updated by the machine's company, not the video cards. this can be trouble, but not all vendors wait a year for driver updates.

     

    i can't recommend hp, since their customer service is total, complete, comedic crap, but they do update the nvida video driver for my vista-ridden tx every few months or so.

     

    -jon

  7. heyo,

     

    it's been months since i left v8.5 for the latest production version of a:m, but i'm still struggling with some of the new tricks.

     

    fer instance, how do i set up a relationship that changes one or more group's colors. ideally, i'd have 6 or 8 color sets in one pose, but i'll take what i can get. ' ' )

     

    thanks!

    -jon

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