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Now with both short and tall Rabbit...

Update: It occurs to me that I left Rabbit at his default size, 1 meter tall, which might be appropriate for one of the sand people. However, if we scale him up to Chewbacca size, 2 meters, the divergence of the two shadows becomes more prominent.

Gerry Mooney asked: If Tatooine has two suns, why doesn't everything have two shadows? To test this I set up a chor with two lights, each about 0.5° in width (similar to our own Sun) as seen from the center of the Chor, and about 1.5° apart (as suggested by images in Star Wars. PRJ: TatooineTest02.prj (Move the suns by rotating the nulls at the center of the Chor.) When the suns are low in the sky, 20° above the horizon and can cast long shadows, the two shadows are very close together but visibly distinct: When the two suns are high in the sky, just after local noon, the shadow difference is barely visible:

Not nearly as dizzying as I expected.

I would say that the reflection in that shot is "wrong". It's brighter than what it is reflecting.

Looks great, but is there something there we can't do in A:M?

It is interesting that you CAN keyframe values for X and Y for a decal, although it has no effect. It's not something that has ever been a known feature of A:M so I'm not calling it a bug yet. Svetlik... if you could describe your particular case more we could possibly ascertain a best solution.

I have an example PRJ that moves a projection map across the surface of an object. Look in post # 8

Press page up a few times to increase the real-time subdivision level.

A brief interview where Brad Bird reveals he is writing and will direct Incredibles 2 as his next project https://youtu.be/uU4LMmBQp6U

Hold on to your Hair Map! Episode 7 is now live. Check the link in the top post.

He looks ready for business! His forearms seem to have a bend to them that is not quite right.

I like the high-kick!

And they would love to see you demonstrate. You're the one who knows most about it.

That would be a good candidate for a dedicated demonstration/tutorial.

That is fabulous news! Thanks for pursuing that!

Yes, I will get back to that.

Sounds fabulous!

I agree, that looks damn strange!

the keyboard (not number pad) 1 2 and 3 keys will constrain most movement to X Y or Z. The World Axis Button will make objects obey the chor's XYZ rather than their own model bone's.

If you have a machine that can run 64-bit Windows... go 64-bit. There's no downside to it. Steffen does all his initial dev on a 64-bit machine so that ought to be its happiest environment. I'm on "Windows 7 Home Premium" and it's been fine.

Thanks guys! Fasten your seat belts, the very bumpy Episode 6 is now live! See link in the top post.

Welcome back to A:M!

That works great!

Very interesting! Maybe you used a Boolean?