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Thanks for the kind words guys. Do you have the same issues I have with the jitter when you turn the speed to low then panning the camera?

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Just download the latest version of Quicktime or Itunes. This will give you the .h264 codec. One of the most advanced codecs out there.

Thanks Robcat

Not trying to slam anyone or ruffle feathers. I sometimes forget that anything said on a forum is said with a megaphone. But there is truth to my statement. Zaryin, you are a master at SSS and AM paint, I have offered to pay you for video tutorials regarding those subjects. My intensions were not for resale. I would donate the tutorials to the community. Agep is a master of modeling, surfacing, rendering IBL and HDRI. Heyvern Is a master of Newton Dynamics, modeling, and animating among other things John Bigboote does great professional work as well. I shouldn't name any names because the list goes on and on and I don't want to hurt anyones feelings. So if I didn't list your name please don't be offended. Thank you to those who do contribute. In my opinion there is a lack of in context tutorials regarding SSS, AM paint, IBL, HDRI, and Newton Dynamics. Sure you can spend countless hours tracking down a useful thread of info here and there but that is such an inefficient way to go. I am going to take on the challenge of creating a well rounded complete set of tutorials for IBL and HDRI rendering. I have spent at least 16 hours so far researching on the forums about these subjects. I appreciate all the help I have gotten. What happened to the tech talks and the feature focus tutorials? They have not been updated in years. I wish Hash would put some money behind creating Video Tutorials and turning his site into something like Lynda.com but for all the features in AM. I pay $250 per for a subscription to her video tutorials. There is money to be made in Video tutorials and better than that it will advance AM because a product is only as good as the examples of what it can do. The easier it is to learn the faster we can create cutting edge cg using AM. I could be wrong on some of the points I have outlined and I am sure people will let me know of that, however there is truth to what I have said.

I'm still a NOOB at modeling, but I'm exceptional at animating. Any Tutorials over making practice models that I can brush up on? This tutorial series is well worth the money. But the rigging part although important to watch and learn is far to difficult to do from scratch. I recommend using the TSM2 rig. I would recommend the lite rig but the tutorials are still under development last I checked. After you purchase this and do all the tutorials contact me and I can point you in the direction of more training. I believe I have every video tutorial ever made concerning AM. It would take you 1 year of non stop training every day to get through all the material. For now start with Barry's Training its the best most well rounded video tutorial made to date for AM. My only complaint with the AM training community is that the people who start to Master AM move on to Maya soon after. The people who don't move on but know the program best don't often if at all make video tutorials and share their knowledge. I guess the problem is that CG in general is very complex. Learning CG in my opinion is like Learning Photoshop, After effects, Final Cut Pro, Pro tools, Motion, and Compressor, all rolled into one package. Modeling, Rigging, Surfacing, Animating, and Rendering all require a large investment of time and practice to achieve Photo realistic results. I don't know that many generalists who do it all professionally. Most Just do one or two jobs, Modeling and rigging, or just animating, or just surfacing. To do it all is like asking a professional director to Act, operate camera, Produce, do makeup, and write. Sure it can be done but something often suffers. Even if you study hard and you have lots of talent, you may not have the time. The good news is. AM is one of the more user friendly packages as compared to the big dogs. AM's concepts are mostly universal aside from splining. Your efforts will not be in vein if you need to learn the other packages for a job. Tutorials are here. http://bzundel.googlepages.com/animation%3...ter2005training

Great work as usual. keep them coming

Actually that's *normal*, as AM prj files are plain text. Normally what you would do is copy and paste into a plain text editor (I use Wordpad on a PC, but TextEdit or BBEdit would work on a Mac) and save with a .prj extension. But when it wouldn't then open in AM, I looked at the code and there appears to be large blocks of gibberish text that look like they don't belong. Not sure what to make of it. Maybe it should be zipped before uploading. I will send zipped version soon

Free Power mac book Laptop Model embedded laptop7.prj

I here that from some people. But the link does work. The problem is on your end. I recommend installing additional browsers like. Firefox IE8 Opera Safari try them all Try using another computer Both of these solutions have seemed to work for people in your situation.

I am still uploading, please check this post in a few hours

The QuickTime Movies are Zipped Please fallow these instructions Do Not !!!!!!! double click on the zip file. This site is not for streaming. Click on the link below. Right click on the Zip file Choose save link as or save as to your desktop. This action will get the zipped file to your computer then you can double click the zip file to unzip the 7 movies. Do Not !!!!!!! double click on the zip files. This site is not for streaming. You can click on the link below however PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE ZIP FILE BEFORE TRYING TO OPEN THEM: ftp://upload:dropoff@ftp.postgroup.com/Gale/TSM2/

Sorry to high jack Can you explain how this works, "this was a 48fps PRJ rendered with "step" at 2 to get just 24 fps" I have never understood the step option and its relationship to the project frame rate.

Your Key frame test works for mac and win on V15. Any thoughts to my problem with your video tutorial? Do I need to help you purchase V15 to get an updated video tutorial?

Done

Tell me more about what doesn't work. Here is the link. We discussed this but I never got a solution. http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showt...mp;#entry292993

Thank you Also can you update your keyframe video tutorial. It currently does not apply. Atleast for V15

What's the best way to do this?

I agree the white render is a great look and it is very simple to achieve. I recommend you use these settings as an initial jumping off point then play with the values from there. Create a new choreography. Turn off all your lights in the chor. You don't have to do this it depends on how much ambient intensity you have. Turn on AO global color 80 x80 is a good jumping off point. lower the intensity if the render is to bright Make the objects/models in your chor a slightly darker grey, it gives a nice clay look. render with ambient occlusion on. lower % give more grain and take less time to render. I would use multiple passes atleast 4, but the more the better.

Do you add them in an action?

Are the clothes a separate model? Are they apart of the body mesh? I am trying to grasp the concept.

The Squetch rig is versatile. And to add to the reasons mentioned before, you have seamless IkFk switching that TSM2 doesn't have. Not only arms, legs, also torso, every switch actually. Squetch rig is so much "modern". Michel thanks for the info

Thanks for the info folks.

Very cool My firs reaction is why do I want to switch to this rig? So It would be nice if there was a button that lead me to a video that sells me on the rig, lets me know why I would take the time to learn this rig when I have invested time in TSM2. Dont get me wrong, my instinct says this rig has its advantages or you folks wouldn't have put all this time into it. It would just be nice if I could see a short infomercial style video illustrating why I want to learn this rig over the next. I know its a lot to ask for but those kinds of things get me excited about the product.

Thanks again