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I don't know Nancy's exact parameters but I'll note that I've gotten unexpected results when benchmarking with just "one" A:M running. Apparently just running A:M by itself isn't perceived as enough of a panic situation (on my 4 core machine) for the OS to always run the CPU at full speed. Once I did get a result that o newer version was slower than an older version If I run two A:Ms at once that will force the CPUs to run at 100% speed and i will get better apples to apples time comparisons.

First, I would fix the splining so that there are no dead end splines, In the middle of the pic there s a CP that appears to have five splines coming out of it. At best, that is two splines crossing (good) plus one spline ending on that same CP. That will always be bad, porcelain or not. I suspect I see something like that where the leg joins the hip, also. Then we could figure the porcelain out.

Here's a post from the Benchmarks thread with a speed comparison of v15, v16 and v17 http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=365392 A:M comes with NetRender now so if you have a multi-core PC you can get rendered faster with that also.

Here are several threads that new features get discussed in; I'm not sure we have a official list. http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?act=S...ite=%2Bfeatures Faster, faster, faster is my favorite new feature. On editing apps... I've not found a free one that i liked. I'm still putting stuff together in my 13 year-old version of After Effects. Other people may have opinions on editing apps, however.

Welcome back to A:M! That one is easy. AM is capable of TV/DVD broadcast quality. For old NTSC (including DVD) you could choose the D1-NTSC preset for Resolution at render time. That renders squashed NTSC -shaped pixel. If you want to work in square pixels choose VGA For Newfangled HD you could choose HDTV-720p or HDTV-1080p

This thread will hold links to the new A:M Quickstart Videos and copies of the files used in the demonstrations (It will be "closed" until it is fully populated.) 1 A:M Interface 2 A:M Spline Modeling 3 A:M Spline Techniques 4 A:M Rigging 5 A:M Keyframe Animation 6 A:M Curve Editing 7 A:M Texturing 07_Texturing_PRJs.zip 8 A:M Rendering Options

That's the first cogent explanation of Hyperthreading I've read. thanks Yves!

Somehow the Youtube 3D option got turned on (at least when I'm watching it). It thinks you've upload a left-right pair for stereo but you didn't so it's making a mess of it.

Some smile line speculation... ObamaSmileH350.mov

I'll also note that just about everyone who is not asian has a substntial lump of flesh hanging from the brow over the eyelid. Spline for that might come down from the brow, bottom out just above the level of the top eyelash, head back towards the top of the eyeball a ways, then head back down to make the actual eyelid.

There's a line that most middle-aged people, including Obama, have that runs from just outside the nose down past the corner of the mouth. Sometimes it's called a "smile line". It's the most visible crease on most people's face and it would make sense to stake that out with an actual spline. If you have that there it will make rigging the face easier to have actual CPs at that landmark to move around rather than try to suggest it by folding the middle of patches. Same line now pulled to the sides and up...

I think this is a side-effect of the way A:M steps thru "undo" one morsel at a time, but I find that it also works if you select a CP, then SHIFT-select more CPs then hit CTRL-Z interesting find, Gerry!

You have 8 cores and you're not using Netrender? Yes, I would presume that 4 cores plus 4 threads would not be as powerful as 8 cores. But maybe it is more powerful than 4 cores? Every definition of Hyperthreading I've read looks like technobabble to me so I'm not sure what Hyperthreading does that regular multi-tasking does not. Well, this clears things up... (Wikipedia diagram of "Hyperthreading")

Has any one been running A:M Netrender on the newer Intel CPUs that have "hyperthreading" virtual cores? What is the difference in thru-put with 4 real cores vs. 8 threads?

How to Make Windows 8 look like Windows 7

Hey, that looks ready for someone to climb up to the crow's nest!

And A:M isn't quite ready for the full touch screen deal yet.

It probably will need some new investigating now that the new OS is out. Perhaps there are some other Windows display settings that might be involved?

Well... that is peculiar

It's like one of those strange sea creatures.

Only three hours to wait? You're getting off easy.

It's a bit of an usual shot. I presume that what is on the screen is really the main attention-getter so maybe... maybe the animation of the characters isn't all that critical. Maybe they are like extras in a crowd, they just need to create a little motion without doing anything that presents key information. the guy on the right seems unnaturally stiff. His shoulder, arm and hand all pretty much stop and start at the same time. If a left hand is moving out to the left, usually the motion will start from the shoulder and the hand/arm will lag behind then catch up and arrive later. The opposite, where the hand is moving back in is harder to make a rule about, but leading with the shoulder is what I will try first.

A glass of milk? Welcome back!

Is it possible for you to post one of those v11 files? Some detective work may help.

We're waiting for some bouncing balls