robcat2075

Here's a test for a concept that didn't make its way into a BUS STOP segment. This was inspired by one of JohnL3D's experiments. UP_0000.mov It's all cloth.

Nice set, Paul! That's defintely "Rear Window" I think some texturing on the plain surfaces is probably the main missing element.

Don't worry! She didn't look bad, I realize it's just a test.

She's getting somewhere fast!

Yes it's some sort of video card drawing thing. i get it only when i am using the rotate manipulator. Try closing all other windows in your view. If you have "Workbook" on you can see a tab for every open window.

Yeah, ground-on-top seems to be common today. I've heard some urban rumor style explanations of why it's "safer", but I really think the outlet should make a face. I'm old-fashioned that way.

I just tried it with the center spline not exactly centered and got this. Select everything that is supposed to be Center spline, set that group's pivot to X=0, scale it to X=0% then do the CFA

Are you 100% sure your center spline is 100% center and 100? flat?

I tried your hand mesh and did this CFA... ... and it seemed to come out alright. I still think hooks are something to do with it but apparently not a simple case.

It looks like there's a hook near each problem spot. That shouldn't be a problem, but I seem to recall there's somethign to that. Just to try.... detach several hooks on your source side, try the CFA again and see if you at least get a true copy of the unhooked mesh on the other side.

When did people start putting the ground on top?

In the Project workspace, import this model into your Objects folder. HorizonRing.mdl Then drag it from the Objects folder onto your choreography in your Choreographies folder. The ring sits about 1 km from the 0,0,0 point in the chor which will be an approximate horizon line as long as the camera remains within a reasonable height above the ground.

Not built into A:M. You could lathe out a circle and expand it to very, very large size to approximate the horizon.

I'll second Rodney's advice that a dedicated editing program will likely be advantageous. I'm not sure what's out there in the "free" category but If you have bought any sort of a camcorder in the last few years they almost always come with some sort of program that does basic editing.

In v15 or later you can drag an image sequence from the Images folder to the chor, use it as "Rotoscope" and it appears as a green bar in the chor that you can slide and trim. In V13 you can't do that in the chor. Possibly the feature was added in V14 but i dont' have v14 to test that.

In V15 and later you can put rendered clips into the Choreography time line and adjust start and end times like in a video editor, but v13 doesn't have that.

He looks good! He looks like he likes his shorts.

Welcome to the forum! This is the answer place!

I like that Bones view, Rodger! Fun to see Brian drop in, drop in some more!

Welcome back! I believe render times are pretty similar now with a small edge to Windows computers. The larger edge is that there are several 3rd party plugins (TSM2 for example) that are Windows only. The downside of Windows is that Quicktime is not yet directly available in 64-bit programs. However, you can have both 32-bit and 64-bit A:M installed on the same computer, no extra charge. You could render to a TGA sequence with 64-bit A:M and use 32-bit A:M to convert that to Quicktime or use Quicktime Pro (what I do).

He sure has a bouncy butt! I suppose in a real world situation if he was thrown back that strongly he would tumble after he hit the ground. His butt would catch the ground a bit while the rest of him kept going causing his legs to fly over his torso. But you may not want to pursue real world motion that much. i'll try to look at that a bit more later.

I notice you are using v15. I'd be interested to hear if the same thing happens with v16.

Welcome back! Hope you are better. When you go to render go to the "Output" tab To the right of "Format" you choose your output type (Quicktime, Targa...) (Quicktime is only available in 32-bit A:M) Then expand the Format triangle. To the right of "Save Options" click on "Set" The dialog that comes up lets you choose codec parameters. For Quicktime try "Animation" first. It will make a huge file. If that works then try others like H.264 or Sorenson.

The current bake doesn't do that?

Those look wonderful!