robcat2075

Looks like Shaggy is working hard! Quicktime is better. It has better codecs than AVI. here's are some settings to start with: compression dialog Avoid Quicktime "Animation" codec for posting here. It makes very large files.

That lighting looks much improved. You still have some creases on his face that shouldn't need to be there.

Is ti that way in final render or just real-time?

i made a checker material and put it on a light. If the checkers are black and white I get a bright pattern If the checkers are black and gray I get a darker pattern If the checkers are black and black I see no light pattern at all. Is that not what you want? Eample: materialOnLight.mov PRJ materialOnLight01.zip

We should clarify what you want to do. Import and export are two different things. You said you want to model in A:M and export that to AutoCad. Not going the other way. Modeling to scale in A:M shouldn't be a problem, it's got built in rulers in the modeling windows. Just test your workflow out first. Make a simple test model, export it to DXF (or whatever format you decided will work) and open it in AutoCad. Do not expect that changes made to that model in Autocad will be able to be imported back into a normal A:M model. Most polygons models are bad candidates for import to A:M.

easier solution.... reduce the darkness of the color in the material that is casting too much of a shadow. For example, instead of a material that is a black and white checkerboard, change it to a gray and white checker board. OR a black and gray checkerboard.

Is that a change from previous versions? one work around might be variously reducing the intensity of the light and adding a non-materialed fill light to compensate.

I wouldn't' expect that to work. I've always had to drag a pose to the top of the list to re-order. It's a bit like the "Towers of Hanoi" puzzle. Arbitrary re-ordering doesn't seem to be suportted. you should be able to create them anytime. Did you in the User-Props to do this?

You can see the finished test now on my 2D blog.

Great character. I think you should resolve to properly attach the ears on him.

We're glad you asked instead of wandering away mad!

I believe she went missing over the Pacific. Is there a way to make that hair cast shadows on the head?

I'm torn between the two. They are such graphic shapes that either seems to work. Although i agree the 3D versions could be brighter overall.

Poses are part of a model, not a project. You probably meant that, but FYI... Did you do this: in the properties window for that model, expand User properties and on the pose you want to delete>choose delete. Then delete the (now empty) folder for that pose in your PWS. Of course you have been saving versions of your model as you went along so you could always go back to then one before you added the bad poses. I'm not sure about what you mean in your second post. detail that a bit more.

Do you have A:M already? If you do, start experimenting with the available formats. That will tell you more than I can. And if you dont' have A:M... it's only $79.

Welcome to A:M! what formats does Autocad import? If you inthe model window>Plugins>Export you can see the list of export formats A:M has installed. DXF might be a likely one. try exporting a simple object and see if you like the results

Looks great! Are you doing something to blow out the edges of the trees where they meet the sky?

Hey, I enjoyed that! As always, the devil seems to steal the show in these sort of things. So what sort of program was this a thesis for? Animation? Media? Movie-making?

Cute! I feel bad for the butterfly though.

That's a snazzy looking car! But that garage isn't going to help much in a hail storm! Is the underside of the car red? is that what's causing the odd red shadow underneath?

Wow! That's a first-class looking head.

Here;s what the "rough" looks like. Lotsa work to do. jumprough.mov

Yeah i think if you make it less spherical it will look like an elbow hinge. Unless you really do want it to be able to swivel in any direction, but probably not. I guess I shouldn't say it's ALL in the body language. But you can do a lot with that. Animated faces never have the same life that real faces do so getting the body to help is useful. Good taste should rule, it can get corny either way. Watch some silent dramas made before , say, 1920 (like Rudolph Valentino in "The Sheik") and you'll see some pretty ghastly body and face acting. On the other hand someone like Clara Bow had an amazing face that could say sentences without speaking. We don't think of her as a pantomimist like Chaplin, but she knew what she was doing. I just looked at that Bow clip again and it occurs to me that between the lighting and the makeup her face has been simplified down to not much more than the mouth and eyes. Geez, in that last shot she's practically a panda bear! If she can work with that I suppose our robots can too. If you have a chance to watch a Clara Bow movie she is a real study piece even in the weak ones.