robcat2075

the rulers are turned on with the... you'll never guess... "Show Rulers" button! It's at the top and looks like a ruler. the background grid is turned in Options>Action>Display Grid There's one like that for chors in Options>Choreography too. You can also turn them on and off with SHIFT-3 And you make markers by clicking on a ruler.

More comments... jumpCommentsB.mov

I didn't know that one either!

thats where the problem is. i don't know where the right place is suppose to be. Did you watch the tut on counter animating? that shows exactly how to line the toe up with a marker so it isn't moving. In general, for a character with such long feet, you should pose him at the start so that his body isn't right over his heels, but somewhere between the heels and the toes. If he's going to jump straight up and he's pushing off with his toes he'll really have to have his weight over the toes, but with his feet so long that wont' look right. You'll have to cheat it a bit. Is that what you mean by "the right place"?

I like the "depth of field" look.

What about move-it-to-the-right-place is not doable?

Those toes are definitely not staying in place. Here's a tut on counter animating Also notice that you're up and down aren't the same length of time any more. The up trip in the air needs to be the same as the down trip in the air. Also note that the rig doesn't simulate anything about proper body motion for you. It's up to you to put everything where it needs to be at the right time. If something is not in the right place at the right time, move it so it is.

Control the rig, don't let the rig control you. Sometimes you have to work around the rig to get the pose you need. This example shows how to raise the heel on a rig that doesn't have an independent heel bone. CounterAnimatingAFootAndToe_250.mov

Presuming you made all your changes on one side you just do a CFA again.

Yup, I should have studied that more closely. The good news is that was the part I was most dreading trying to animate... and now I dont' have to! You may get a finished shot yet.

that is much improved! Comments: JobeJumpComments_300.mov and the marked animations in the comment video: JasonJumpMarked.mov RCHJumpMarked.mov

No, I dont' think that was mentioned. You mean he's not on camera then? That would dramatically simplify things.

You will be appalled at the state of this but I've got the core concept working now and i think I can get it finished. WeSail.mov

One quick rule. You jump by pushing your body away from the earth with your legs and hopefully get enough momentum built up to keep going after your legs can't reach the ground any more. The fastest the body will move will be the last instant that the legs can reach the ground to push. After that, there's no push and gravity immediately begins to slow you down. If the body moves faster up after leaving the ground than it ever moved during the push... something is wrong. It can't do that. Damn near impossible, except for birds and flying saucers.

Looks promising!

OK, I will get you some comments on that! And if anyone else has comments, don't wait for me, have at it.

Eyelashes with the fringe on top!

The vid looks like it's working. The vid looks completely different than the pic. However... - you can get dramatically smaller files by not leaving the Quicktime compression codec set to "Animation". Choose h.264 or MPG4 to try. -did you peak all the CPs inthe cloth? it looks like a bunch of square tiles instead of a continuous splines.

My character jumps up in the air and lands again. Your character jumps up in the air and lands again. There's a lot in common. Do this... do one broad jump seen from the side. Jump and land. Just that much and post that and we'll look at that.

Copy the v15 master0.lic file to your v16 dir after you do the install.

i toyed with it a bit, but nothing robust yet. Is there a way to turn "attached to parent" on and off?

Jumping is a basic but still complicated motion. It's difficult to get it all right on the first try. I made some notes on jumpin a while back... http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&am...st&p=304249 take a look at those (mostly just the notes in white for the extremes) and tell me what you think you missed.

Can you show an example?

Different programs seem to interpret and create PNG transparency differently so i avoid using them with A:M. However, when i test your PRJ I don't get any missing geometry. Is this what you intended?...

300 downloads! Thank you! Don't miss out on the next forum project, coming sometime soon.