robcat2075

There's a limit to what people will be able to do with general questions. Post a picture of your model doing something wrong and ask a specific question. We really don't know what you mean by "applying" a bone. We can guess but you haven't liked any of our guesses yet, so... you need to be more specific and clear about what the trouble is. For example, you don't explain what you are trying to do with nulls , so we can't really know if you're even using them right to begin with. post some screen captures.

That was quite successful! What would be cool is to have the speeder react a bit more to the proximity of the ground. That would make it seem even more "there".

I know a number of apps can load OpenEXR files but what current apps can load them and give individual access to the various buffers that one file might contain, such as the depth or normal or light buffers, much as the composite feature of A:M does Does anyone have After Effects CS3? Does it do that sort of thing? If there aren't apps that do that, is there a way to extract these buffers into separate files?

First, make sure you have completed the tutorials in "The Art of A:M" that came with your CD. Most of your questions about "Applying" and "Manipulating" bones are answered there. And any other tutorial you do will expect thatyou already know what is in "The Art of A:M" Here's a simple tutorial about constraints The simplest IK leg

I think they are in the middle of changing servers. Try again in a day or two. Then ask again.

Is the character made to scale? Is he normal adult size?

I think it will be easier to shoot the keys with a key fob attached and used that as a guide for placing the 3D character.If the character is a bit bigger than the fob it will be easier. You may have to paint out spots where the fob is still visible. Anything flying thru the air is going to be very blurry. Matching that will be tricky.

a painted car won't look like metal, it will look like a painted surface. quick and dirty car paint... http://migrate.hash.com/forums/index.php?s...st&p=210376

right click and save the action to any folder, even your desktop. It's a file like anything else. Import it into your actions on your other computer.

Normally, The force keyframe button will only force keyframes on bones that already have keyframes. Watch this to make it force keyframes on bones that do not already have keys. http://www.hash.com/two/RCHolme...ngbasicsMP4.mov

Great looking character! I think the enormous size of the torso may be a problem in animation, but we won't know until you try.

I haven't done much with hair, but I've sometimes wondered if something could be gained by scaling the time after a simulation. Like maybe the hyperactivity of the cloth could be reduced by animating my character for five seconds, stretching that out to 10 seconds, setting the cloth to half its mass, simulating it, then scaling everything back to 5 seconds. Not that that is the right recipe, but maybe time scaling might get an effect not possible otherwise.

Great looking truck!

keyframing basics and... if you move your keyframes farther apart, then it takes longer for something to go from one position to another

Remember, CTRL+C is just a keyboard shortcut. You can select copy and paste from the menus at the top also.

or... look at it this way... keyframingbasicsMP4.mov

Bascially if you want a bone to stay still from 00:00 to 00:10 you need to have it keyed in the same place at both those times. If your bone is moving from 00:00 to 00:20 then you can copy the keyframe from 00:00 to 00:10 to get the above effect. note: What bones the keyframe button (and copy/paste ) operates depends on what filter (single bone, branch, whole model) is selected.

It doesn't look VERY bad, but a shaded wireframe would help to diagnose CP motion No. Move it to whatever angle you wanted to correct the mesh at. smartskin can be done at any interval. Usually the fewer the better. For what you are doing, CP weighting and fan bones (topics covered elsewhere on this forum) may result better than smartskinning. Smartskinning works but requires much skill.

can you put up a version of your project with proxies substituted for your models (and embedded in the PRJ)? You'll have to put it in a zip to post it.

I think that's a fine looking model! I agree something looks a bit noisy in the uphlostery in the back. What this really needs is some automotive "glamour" lighting. Typically they'll put some huge squarish lights above the car to make big reflections in the paint.

That looks pretty good, although I can't know how close it comes to the "original" live action. But it's certainly within the range of other such demos I've seen. There are a few moments where the head seems to freeze in position.

Looks good. I still think rendering at 12 fps rather than 24 would give you a more authentic toon look. Are those bandage lines decaled?

Great looking renders! Full steam ahead!

Good anime-look toon rendering. In the contest I couldn't tell what this was. A clearer pose on the character would really help the viewer.

I doubt it's a 5-point-patch problem, but could you show a wireframe of that same shot? What happens if you render the same thing in V13 or V11.1 ?(depending on which CD you have)