robcat2075

Hey! It's the astronomer! Welcome back! Yes I think Windows is your surer bet. Note the "Planes Trains Automobiles" Image contest coming up soon. I bet you have something like that already to dust off and submit!

Yeah, there is a wireframe needed. I'm sure we can problem solve the rendering.

Helmet hair, with displacement map

I've been using hypercam 2... only because it is free. i have to recompress it in Quicktime after I record.

At this point, i'd have to see you do it to know what is different. Sounds like a topic for.... Live Answer Time, Saturdays noon CST!

Hold on... i just tried a pose slider in v19e and it worked fine. clip4400AmbientColorByPoseSlider.mp4

I'm in 19g (I'm an alpha tester) which should not look any different than 19e. However, I recall there was a bug in v19e regarding pose sliders. I would have to see what you are doing to see if that is what you are encountering. Try version 18 as an experiment. You can run it with your current license. Copy the master0.lic file from your v19 folder to your v18 folder.

Edward, here is a more specific answer to your question of controlling Ambient Color with a Bone rotation. It's actually done with Smartskin which is a kind of Pose. Clip4399AmbientColor_controlled_by_bone.mp4

I haven't rewatched this yet but the video in this post shows how to change material parameters in a pose.. If that doesn't help, ask here again.

When i say "Make it less than zero" I really meant "make it more than zero" 🙄

Hi Roger, here's what i get when i try something like that... clip4397MultipleActionObjects.mp4

That is a clever solution, David. Thank you! Thank you, Dan and Rodney for your contributions also!

Without seeing the actual case... Is the red bar of the first action getting compressed down to nothingness when you add the second action?

Looks great, Gerald!

What other CPs are there that are common to both that are not selected?

That would work for many uses but in this case i'm trying to find a way to keep it all on one mesh. thanks none-the-less!

I have no idea why this doesn't work. 🤔 Anyone know what has gone wrong? I can make the copy I need by making a whole new selection on screen, but why doesn't selecting it with the Groups work? PRJ: Gremlin67HatchOnly.prj clip4391CopyPasteTrouble.mp4

Dan, i presume that is an actual 2nd model and not a 2nd instance of a single model, right?

i guess there was a translation problem. I wasn't trying to key off a material, I'm trying to key OFF a material.

Can you tell me a bit more about what is happening?

This test model has several groups, each with a different color, and one "all" group, containing a gradient material, that overrides the color groups to make a gradient from black to white. GradTest01.prj Is there a way to key off the influence of the "all" group on a certain frame to let the native colors of the other groups show through?

Someday we'll all be archived

Wonderful looking work, David!

Welcome back to A:M, Rodney!

Thanks, Roger! I better do my own modeling for my contest entry, though! 😀 However, I do hope to see an entry or two from you in Planes, Trains Automobiles. Three weeks to go!