robcat2075

I suppose this is old news, but... Microsoft is ending security updates and bug fixes for Windows XP Does A:M v18 still run on XP? I couldn't find the current system requirements on the Hash.com page. support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014

Thanks for the good reviews, everyone! Yup. There's lots of potential in it. That's kind of why i picked this "painting with light" topic, I thought it might provide a good case study for explaining text editing. I'm glad the Spreadsheet stuff works; i hadn't actually tried any of that before I got started. A big breakthrough was when I realized i could export in "Comma Separated Value" format... without commas!

nice skirt! Try increasing the drag on the cloth and that may reduce the jitter.

Don't miss... my tutorial series "It Can't Be Done" is a ground-up explanation of text editing for people with no previous experience at such things, using a practical project need as the premise for exploring it.

Ferocious fourth episode is up. Link in top post. (It's OK to watch even if you didn't do your homework from episode 2. )

Yes it is on the same frame.I am attaching a small project. Pasting from left to right works, but not mirrored. The first thing I notice is that the bones aren't labeled "right" or "left". That will make it tough. Try this... clip3306RolfMirror.mov

And are you trying to paste this mirror on the same frame or a different frame?

Can you post a test case PRJ with the necessary bones to duplicate what you are trying to do?

I'm still not quite sure what you are dong but I'll note that you can easily refind a bone position in a regular smartskin by using the keyframe forward and back keys while you are in mesh editing mode.

Smartskinning isn't really done in an "Action", it's done in... Smartskin. Are you sure you really mean an Action? in the tutorials link in my sig there are some tuts on mirroring Smartskin. Do a search on "mirror" to find them.

From one action to another action? Tell us more about what you are doing.

I'm guessing the 256Mb was the whole system memory and not just the graphics card? That sounds like a tight squeeze these days.

There was a segment on the Daily show a few days ago where Jason Jones was in Russia showing a picture of Rocky&Bullwinkle and Boris&Natasha to see if they'd identify the Russians as the bad guys. Hey, Mark, if you could show a wireframe of one of those characters I'm sure people would find that educational.

That looks excellent, Mark! That occurred to me too. It almost looks like an airbrushed drawing.

That's pretty good! You should do "It can't be done!" next month.

Happy Birthday, Bob, where ever you are!

That's looking real good!

Good looking shot, Will!

Whoops! Fixed now. Thanks, Rodney!

The third thrilling episode is now online! Link in top post of thread.

That's look much more appropriate!

In my collection of tuts there's something on animating a decaying pendulum that could also be used for the side-to-side motion of a fish, ifyou leave out the decay part.

My theory is that he's there to counter the recent Meryl Streep attack on Walt Disney as being racist and sexist and anti-semitic. The View is a Disney-produced show so that would fit. But yeah, the book will get mentioned too.

Episode 2 is 2 good to miss. Now live with a link in the first post.

FYI... If you are in the US or get US TV shows, long-time veteran Disney animator Floyd Norman will be on "The View" on Tuesday. It's a very odd place for him to show up but my guess is that his personal experience with Walt Disney will come up and it will be framed against recent claims that he was not a nice person.