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MacQuarrie

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    Exercise 4: It's a Pitch

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Jim MacQ.

    Exercise 4: It's a Pitch! (I might substitute a B in that last word...)

    Completed 8/15/05

     

    Notes: I'll probably do this one over again, now that I know about turning off constraints. For some reason the knees insisted on bending backward at every opportunity. I also had a weird experience when trying to move the camers, for some reason all the key frames changed on my and I had to reposition the feet in each one. They look funny to me in a number of places, but I expect turning off the constraints will fix that.

     

    Thanks for the tip about the OSX forum; I found out my problem isn't unique. Now that I know about it, I can work around it.

     

    Anyway, here's version 1 of the lesson.

    Lesson4.mov

    Exercise 2: Chorus Line

    in TaoA:M and the A:M Technical Reference

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    Name: Jim MacQuarrie

    Exercise: Lesson 2, a Chorus Line

    Completed 8/13/05

    Instructor: You

     

    Notes: A:M doesn't seem to like my Mac much. It runs better on my wife's PC laptop than on my G4 tower. It also seems to want to save files in hidden system directories, and for some reason refused to save the animation the first 3 times I rendered it. Hrm. Guess I need to get a PC for this.

     

    Anyway, the only quirk in the file is that the knight pops his right knee sideways at one point, and I don't know why. I thought maybe I bumped something, but couldn't figure it out. I didn't do anything fancy with camera moves or lighting (couldn't figure out how to), but I did augment the cast a little; it needed to be done.

     

    I ran the file through After Effects to reduce the file size from 4mb to this itty-bitty file. It's kinda blurry and mushy, but you can see enough to tell who they are and that they're dancing. I am open to suggestions regarding optimum render settings. Anyone? Bueller?

    lesson_2.mov

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