SCDonnelly
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Luckily, I don't plan on upgrading to Vista. I'd eventually get a Mac for my video work and to get Final Cut Studio 2, but I bought a brand new Desktop at the end of XP's Run, and it's still in mint/straight out of the factory condition! I've tried Illustrator, but it just doesn't hold up in my opinion to Freehand (Damn monopolies!). I like what Adobe's doing with all of their products, but Currently i have no plans on investing in Illustrator, as anything vector related, I can produce in Freehand and export to AI if needed.
That's kind of rediculous. $199 for an upgrade? I bought at my college's bookstore the Student Edition of Freehand for $60! And it came with all the functions of the professional version, along with two installation discs....one Mac, one PC. Oh well.
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Excellent! Thanks for all the replies. I actually use Freehand at home, which can export to AI files.
Although I must say I'm a Ranger's fan, the company I'm interning at does work for the Columbus Bluejackets, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Red Wings animations look great man!
Again, thanks for all of your help!
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The production company I'm currently Interning for uses a combination of Maya and 3DS Max for all their 3D work.
We work closely with sports teams and produce 3D logos for in Arena playback. To do this, we import Illustrator files as editable splines and texture and extrude the logo's faces.
As i use A:M at home, I'd like to know if anyone has tried this function?
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Yea
It takes a grayscale image and turns it into a terrain mesh. If anyone knows of annother program that does this please let me know
It's a vague answer, but search around the Tutorials threads. I downloaded 2 programs, haven't tried them yet, but one was totally for A:M and was free, the other was a basic free version of a more expensive program. This one was "World Machine"...i forget the name of the other one bud!
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nimble, i did, but thats gettnig STUCK to the door, i want both to move together, thanks Bendy though, a few issues, but im getting closer..now i got the sword in the hand moving with it, now, i cant change the angle of the sword, like, its stuck facing forward? wat do i do
Trinrixpro
I always had issues with this, but eventually got it to work just by adding a bunch of constraints to see what they'd do.
Make sure Compensate mode is on, I always forget that step (Follow the basic instructions on The "Getting Stuck")
Then add Orient Like, Translate to, and Roll Like Constraints to the sword, connected to the hand bone. Whether or not that's the proper way to do it, or if it randomly works for me, that's how i've gotten it to work.
Check out some books on A:M. There's a few good ones out there. I use one for version 5, even though i'm on 2006 and it all works the same!
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Anyone know of some software I can use to make custom sound fx files?
Personally, I like to make my own sound effects. Sony's Acid, Adobe Audition and Sony Sound Forge are good recording and mixing programs, and Sony's come with Sound Effect Discs. You can also purchase sound effect CD's from stores, or Sony offers 2 full libraries full or effects that they have made.
But, like i said, for that perfect quality and perfect sound, it's best to make them on your own. If you name off some effects you're trying to acheive, let me know and i can give some ideas on how to create that sound!
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New Animation:Master User (since July) and still trying to get used to it. (Previous experience with Maya).
Can one explain how to create these water effects? I'm working on a short film which requires a large ship on a large body of water (done in A:M since there are no large bodies of water and ships near me, compositing into AVID later on)
I have a large grid with the water material applied to it (standard in v13), but i need the water to ripple around the base of the boat, and waves to splash onto the deck. I just now started rendering on my other machine, so once it's complete i'll put the vid. and some pics up here for reference.
Any help would be great!
e-mail: s_c_films@yahoo.com
-Chris
Thanks again!
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Hello all!
I'm an Interactive Media Student, majoring in Film, Video and Audio Production. After taking a class in Maya, i bought this program to help myself with my own projects. I have owned Animation Master since July and have worked with it very little due to time constraints. I can model efficiently and compile images together and know some basic animation in A:M.
Now that you know where i stand skill wise (beginner) my question.
Does anyone have any tips on creating fluid effects such as a body of water? I can create a simple grid and apply the water effect to it, but as far as animating it and compositing into a live action video, i need to get waves and the ripples moving.
Any help would be great!
Reply here for everyone to see, or e-mail me at: s_c_films@yahoo.com (subject: Water Effects in A:M)
Thanks everyone!
-Chris
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That's what I like about having a student ID, discounts on software and Mac offers student discounts! Unfortunately I only have it for a few more days and I'm done!
Yeah, the last version of Freehand we were able to buy was MX (2004 i believe) and that was taught up until about a few months after the Adobe buyout, so still very recent.