D.Joseph Design
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Weird. I started re-arranging things and then decided to render out at higher resolution (previous was 720 x 360, this time rendered at 720p), and it came out fine!
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Here's a weird error. I'm making a Vacation Bible School kit in A:M 2005 12.0w (Windows). For several of the models, like posters, I just use a single model but imported the series of images into a single decal stamp. I then use a pose slider to turn on those images. Like this:
1% pose
Image-1 = 100%
Image-2 = 0%
2% pose
Image-1 = 0%
Image-2 = 100%
After setting this up, I then select the relationship splines and set them all to Hold interpolation method so that they "snap" on and off at their designated points.
In preview mode within A:M, the models show the correct decals. But when I actually render (16-pass), the decals seem to be partially transparent or showing the wrong one. In the attached image, the back row of posters should spell out BASIC, but you can see that it's a transparent AS followed by opaque ICC.
I'm pretty sure I've successfully rendered things like this before, so I can't figure out what might be wrong.
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I ended up just mirroring the lights so that I can keep one camera and just render two frames. The only problem with this is that the mirrored lights aren't exact mirrors of the originals, due to the complicated rotation stuff, but it's close enough that it keeps my workflow easy.
Workflow on this is important, because I render these photos out a lot.
Thanks for the help!
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Luuk Steitner, The problem with rendering an actual relfection on a transparent surface is that it won't appear in the PNG (A:M 12 bug?). The PNG renders a transparent object as nothing there, even though A:M will show a reflection. Targa is not an option because of the halos it produces.
Ganthofer, what do you mean by "mirror the camera"? Because flipping images never produces a correct reflection of a three-dimensional object (the vanishing point goes the wrong way). But your suggestion of mirroring the lights is probably my best solution.
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(Peaking out from my corner)
Hey, everybody!
I'm working on completely 3Dizing my workflow to make promotional product images. I go for a dramatic angle and perspective, and like a subtle reflection as if the product is on a piece of glass. I need the reflection and product to be their own frames, so that I can use them as layers in Photoshop and further manipulate them. I had been accomplishing this by mirroring an object at it's base and rendering the top object in one frame and the bottom "reflection" in another frame. But I discovered a problem when I statered working with more complex models: the reflection captures light at the wrong angle.
Imagine a sphere with light shining directly above it. The relfection would be an exact representation of this, with the light at the top of the sphere. But using my fake reflection method, the light would end up being at the top of the object and on the base of the reflection, which would be terrible incorrect.
So how can I render a real reflection without the reflected object being visible? And how can I make that reflection work with PNG transparency so that I can layer it over other things? What normally happens in my A:M 12 is that the reflection is not included at all in the transparent PNG.
Thank you in advance for the help!
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Wow. This is old. Good thing that forum subscriptions are working.
Yes, the video was outdated a while back. It was simply my same animation, just used as a major part of a site redesign, which was seen by tens of thousands.
What 3D work I've done lately at AiG has been much smaller scale, like product imagery, simple models, and such.
Yes, Creation Museum is now open to the public, and even critics are quite impressed with the production quality and obvious attention and thought in every detail. If you're near Cincinnati and decide to visit, I can get you a discount and would maybe be available to go through with you if you want. If anyone comes, just have someone call me up and I'd come out and meet you.
Okay, so now I go back to the shadows.
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The comment on the cropped images was for Matt. In the context, I can see that you thought I meant your site.
I did not personally start the group that runs my new servers, but hired the private group only after considering nearly all the major-brand hosting resellers.
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You had recommended Ready Hosting previously, and based partially on your recomendation I switched my 7 sites to them.
Yeah, I'm done with them. I now have a private group running much better servers.
BTW, your images get oddly cropped in Firefox on my Mac PC.
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Very nice!
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Looking cool. Are you able to make categories with Blogger? It would really help to keep things organized.
You've got some great work in there! I don't know what your hosting solution is, but if you need up to 5 GB with 100 GB bandwidth, look me up.
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If the suggestion works, please repost a render because I've tried to accomplish the same thing.
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LOL! I love it!
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Looks great! The light from the candle does seem strong.
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The forum email notifications haven't worked since a few months after Hash started the forums.
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I like it! I could have many uses for this.
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Nice! It looks quite believable. Things do seem to float around just a tad too much.
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Hash has already notified me that they fixed one of the major particle problems in NR 12.0. But I haven't had time to test it lately.
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Very cool!
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Cool! Keep up the good work. There aren't many (if even any) spider models in the A:M community.
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You're doing good. Everyone needs to start somewhere, and your goals of thirty models and thirty animations is a great motivator for progress. And some of your models look pretty good!
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I know a guy there, he ask if I could do it, I said yes .... then I went and learned how to do it, though I didn't tell "him" that. That's exactly how I got into web design, ecommerce, and web hosting. It's these challenges that provide the best opportunity to learn.
Very good work! I hope that you got paid well.
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I'm downloading it. Thankfully, I'm on high-speed internet right now to grab the 403 MB file.
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Cool! You've created a very unique character, which is always a great accomplishment.
What kind of personality will this guy have?
Pose-affected decals not rendering properly
in (2008)
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Strike that. The problem recurs when I render at the high-resolution that I need (4,000 x 2,000, in this case).