Admin Rodney Posted June 24, 2004 Admin Posted June 24, 2004 The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of Animation Master Part III: Technical Directors Training TECHNICAL DIRECTORS TRAINING 14 - Playing Marble (Materials) 15 - Eat My Dust (Volumetrics) 16 - Smoke, Wind, and Fire (Particles) 17 - Cosmic Bowling (Dynamics) 18 - Waving the Flag (Cloth) 19 - Flying South (Flocks) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exercise 17: Cosmic Bowling ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- View the online video: Web (4.6MB) Download: Zip (2.8MB) Quote
animateden Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 Name: Den Dotson Exercises Completed: Seventeen Date Completed: Friday April 8, 2005 Instructor: Rodney (my Bowling Buddy) and that guy on the web tutorials still kinda gettin used to the new web guy Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: Need to find a way to make the ball roll the whole way. Here is a link to the 17th completed exercise: http://homepage.mac.com/animateden/hash/CosmicBowlingsm.mov Thanks Rodney, -Den Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 8, 2005 Author Admin Posted April 8, 2005 Need to find a way to make the ball roll the whole way. No kiddin'! It looks like you really threw that thing down the alley with power! Nice quality to that render as well. We had a discussion on rolling the ball several months back. I'll try to dig it up. Looks like I had better start prepping your certificate! -Rodney Quote
animateden Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 Now we are rolling... I just couldn't leave this one alone until I got the ball rolling. Keep prepping that certificate I can smell the ink on it from here. Here is a link to the rolling version of the Cosmic Bowling Exercise. http://homepage.mac.com/animateden/hash/CosmicBowling04s.mov Thanks Rodney, -Den Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 9, 2005 Author Admin Posted April 9, 2005 Gahh... I'm stuck in a place I can't see your movie... but I will first thing in the morning. Pardon me while I try to distract you so I get more time to personalize your certificate. Quote
peterpan Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 Nice one, animatedene and I expect anyone who`s watch`d it will wonder as to how you made the spining ball? Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 9, 2005 Author Admin Posted April 9, 2005 Den, Now that is how you bowl! Nice spin on that one. Now you have to tell everyone your secret. Quote
animateden Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 Ah you want secrets.... Here ya go it is really more about math and patience than anything else. I keyframed the animation on top of the already running dynamic simulation. I decided a bowling ball should rotate about three times a second. That is a complete rotation every ten frames. So I did some math. On each frame I added 36 degrees to the ball's X rotation. It took awhile but in the end it worked the best. I tried an action and it didn't look right. The simulation seemed to fight with it and the ball wobbled instead of rolling. -Den Quote
Fishman Posted April 9, 2005 Posted April 9, 2005 Nice job! Doesn't the asphalt bowling lane tear up your bowling ball? Scott Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 9, 2005 Author Admin Posted April 9, 2005 Doesn't the asphalt bowling lane tear up your bowling ball? Scott, You obviously have never seen Den bowl before... or his patent pending bowling ball. Quote
tommyj1112 Posted May 10, 2005 Posted May 10, 2005 Name: Tom Jansen Exercise: #17 Cosmic Bowling Date: May 9, 2005 Comments: I really liked the way Den's ball rolled, so I used his technique (props to Den). Hehe.. of course, wouldn't you know that I went through and added the rotation frame by frame all the through.... before realizing that I had the ball rolling backwards!! D'oh! I knew something didn't look right. So went back and fixed it up again... frame by frame. All better now. Now... I'm not a great bowler (actually, my greatest bowling accomplishment is to get a gutter ball while playing bumper bowling! It takes real skills to suck that bad!), but I don't think I've ever seen a pin slide quite like that last one That was all a part of the simulation... honest! Here's the clip: http://cybersummit.org/AM/Ex17_Bowling.mov Thanks! Tommy Quote
Admin Rodney Posted May 10, 2005 Author Admin Posted May 10, 2005 I don't think I've ever seen a pin slide quite like that last one Most excellent all around animation! Well lit... great atmosphere... sound.... ball rolling the right way... Well done! The movement of that last pin makes me think it would be fun to create a little animation of the pin hopping around trying to avoid the ball. As it stands it's more than a little strange. Quote
forevernameless Posted May 26, 2005 Posted May 26, 2005 Name: Tenez Waggoner Excercise Completed: 17 Cosmic Bowling Date Completed: May 25,2005 Remarks/Suggestions: I knew I wouldn't be satisfied without a rolling ball, so I animated it frame by frame. whew! Bowling.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted May 26, 2005 Author Admin Posted May 26, 2005 Hmmm... what is up with that pin sliding over?? Everyone seems to be getting that these days. Quote
Leo73 Posted June 8, 2005 Posted June 8, 2005 Name: Leo Mitchell Exercise Completed: #17 Cosmic Bowling Date Completed: 08 June 05 Instructor: Web tut guy Cosmic Bowling Quote
Admin Rodney Posted June 8, 2005 Author Admin Posted June 8, 2005 I almost didn't think that last pin was going to fall. If your ball rotated that would be a perfection execution of a cosmic strike! Quote
pwaslen Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 Name: Paula Waslen Exercise Completed: #17 Cosmic Bowling Date Completed: Jun 25, 2005 This one was interesting, although I didn't take too much time to play with the settings. Cosmic Bowling Quote
zowat Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 Name : Erik Kirschberg Excercise : #17 Cosmic Bowling Date Completed : 9/17/05 Instructor : Web tutorial and Manual Comments : I had some trouble getting the simulation to work right in Version 12h. So I opened it in version 11.1b and ran the simulation there instead which worked fine. SOrry for the small size i dont have my own web space yet so i had to make it fit here Bowling0000.mov Quote
Elissa Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 Name: Melissa "Elissa" Heldenbergh Exercises Completed: 18 Date Completed: Oct 18th, 2005 Instructor: A few years of A:M use, the book, and web tutorials, plus also doing the mentor program with Paul Daley. David Rogers book... Jeff Lew's DVD. Comments: I haven't used Rigid Bodies beyond this exercise, but this does seem useful for jolly characters and knocking objects over. Though I understand there are easier plug-ins that also so this. Not really my area. Bowling.mov Quote
Dhar Posted November 2, 2005 Posted November 2, 2005 Name: Dhar Jabouri Exercises Completed: 18 Date Completed: Nov. 01, 2005 Instructor: Online tutorial. Comments: The ball didn't turn the way I wanted, but hey, it's a strike Bowling.ZIP Quote
Odog2020 Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Names: James A. Owens Exercises Completed: 1-10, 12-19 Date Completed: 22 October 2005 This video is really small, I have posted a larger file on my TAMO page. My TAMO page [attachmentid=10741] Bowling_Project1.mov Quote
kuep Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 Name: John Kuepper Excercise Completed: 17 Date Completed: Nov 11, 2005 Remarks/Suggestions: lesson_17.mov Quote
c-wheeler Posted November 18, 2005 Posted November 18, 2005 Ages since I submitted to this thread Rodney Heres mine:- Bowling.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted November 18, 2005 Author Admin Posted November 18, 2005 Great to have you back Chris. Quote
noewjook Posted December 7, 2005 Posted December 7, 2005 Name:Marc Vancouillie Exercise completed #17: Cosmic Bowling Date completed 12/06/05 Instructor:t.a.o.AM book and reading in this topic what people have done before me.[attachmentid=12041] dynamics_web.mov Quote
splinesmith Posted December 20, 2005 Posted December 20, 2005 Name: Splinesmith(Kurt Lange) Exercises Completed:17 Instructor:the manual. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement:N/A Bowling_Project.zip Quote
dkarpp Posted December 27, 2005 Posted December 27, 2005 Name: Douglas Karpp Exercise: Exercise 17: Cosmic Bowling Date Completed: December 26, 2005 [attachmentid=12628] Ex17.mov Quote
MMZ_TimeLord Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 Name: Jody Krivohlavek Exercise Completed: Exercise 17 Date Completed: January 5, 2006 Instructor: AM Handbook, Video Tutorial and everyone that's ever posted to these forums. (Been around since the Playmation days ) Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: I got the sliding ball as well. Didn't bother to tweak with it. Also, contrary to the tutorial video, you have to turn the pin constraints to 100% or they won't budge! (V12.0q) CosmicBowling.mov Quote
rossk Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 Name: Ross Klettke Exer Completed: 17 Date completed: 1-24-06 remarks-- Tried to delete rotational data put in by the rigid body simulation and then put in several keyframes to control the bowling ball's x-rotation but encountered circularity error or something. Is there any way to change the curves view back to what it was in previous versions? I'm using v12q and the curves timeline, especially when I try to move a keyframe up or down is scaling very weirdly... So end story is that the ball doesn't rotate bowling.mov Quote
Robert-Jank Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 Name: Micah Jank Exersise Completed: 17, Cosmic Bowling Date completed: January 25, 2006 remarks-- wow im better in the movie than in real life! http://media.putfile.com/Bowling-Project Quote
Atomike Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 Mike Dalton Exercises Completed: 17 Completed: March 9th 2006 Notes: I didn't like the camera-move in the Chor, so I changed that. I think a simple "aim at" camera constraint to the ball (with some tweaking) works better. I had to crack into the rigid body constraint keyframes to fix the "sliding pin" syndrome too. Bowling_Project.mov Quote
bobkoonce Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Name: Bob Koonce Exercise Completed: 17 Cosmic Bowling Date Completed: 3-25-06 Instructor: Individuals on forum, TAoA:M, Video tutorials, and other material. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: None at this time Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated. Thankx, Bob Koonce Quote
Leo73 Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Excellent job Bob. Keep at it, your almost done. Leo Quote
stinkyu111 Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 Name: Stephen Molloy Exercise: #17 Date: March 31, 2006 Instructor: Web bowling_three.mov Quote
Leo73 Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 Excellent work Stephen. Only two more to go, unless your doing the Wookiee and the Cooper tutorial. Good luck with the end of them Quote
stinkyu111 Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 i skipped 3 and i'll go back to them later giraffe, show some back bone and fire smoke Quote
jbooker Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 What is the best way to render a Mov. file to fit on the this website (settings) any help would be greatly appreciated Quote
jbooker Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Name : John Booker Excercise : #17 Cosmic Bowling Date Completed : April 5, 2006 Instructor : Web tutorial and Manual Comments :I figured the format out... I didn't add a roll though... [attachmentid=15768] [attachmentid=15767] Ex17John_Booker.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 5, 2006 Author Admin Posted April 5, 2006 Comments :I figured the format out... I didn't add a roll though... He shoots. He scores!* Figuring out how to get work published (formats and size constraints that is) is an important part of the over all TAoAM experience. In the end... nothing works quite like success. Nice work... very colorful too. We are definitely going to have to devise a quick method of adding roll to really bring home this exercise. Hmmm.... *I should've said 'SteeeeeeeRIKE!" but hey... it sounded good at the time. Quote
Leo73 Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 Excellent job John. I like the over all lighting of it. Rendering this project small enough to be put on the forum can be quite a challenge, but you nailed it. Keep up the good work Quote
cuboos Posted April 14, 2006 Posted April 14, 2006 i have finished the project but it is to big for the forum and i cant load it on youtube.com or zippyvideos.com can emile it to some one so the can post it? Quote
cuboos Posted April 29, 2006 Posted April 29, 2006 Name: sam wiley comments/suggestions: i found a way to get rid of the remaining pins that the ball didn't hit and dose any one know why the glow disappeared? Quote
Neu_Type Posted August 7, 2006 Posted August 7, 2006 Name: James M Glover Exercise Completed: Exercise 17 Date Completed: 6 Aug, 2006 [attachmentid=19365] Does this count as a strike? My computer choked on the ridgid body, but I found its easier to roll the ball with physics... Exercise_17.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted August 7, 2006 Author Admin Posted August 7, 2006 HOLY! I am NOT bowling with you... EVER. You're going to have to reveal all your secrets... what is it? Top Spin? Steel cored ball? Seriously... that's very cool. Quote
LurkerAbove Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 Name: Glen Clarkson Exercise: 18. Cosmic Bowling (Dynamics) Date Completed: 8/24/2006 Notes: I have rendered, hear me roar! Bowling for Cosmics Quote
JohnnyB Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 I can't seem to load the Cosmic Bowling project. I get the following message and if I try work-arounds it crashes the program. Exception #004. Loading Cosmic Bowling Objects JohnnyB Quote
Admin Rodney Posted August 29, 2006 Author Admin Posted August 29, 2006 JohnnyB, I'm not sure what to diagnose. Not enough information to go on. You might try to turn off any unnecessary settings (hair etc) and see if that helps. I haven't seen anyone else report a similar problem so that is both good and bad. I'll reload the exercise here. What version of A:M are you using? Quote
Neu_Type Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 When you installed, did you have it copy all the files to the HDD..? If so, try to load the project from the CD, I had one of the projects corrupt some how, but it still loaded fine from the CD... Quote
JohnnyB Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 When you installed, did you have it copy all the files to the HDD..? If so, try to load the project from the CD, I had one of the projects corrupt some how, but it still loaded fine from the CD... That did it! Cosmic Bowling loaded fine from the CD. Thank you Johnnyb JohnnyB, I'm not sure what to diagnose. Not enough information to go on. You might try to turn off any unnecessary settings (hair etc) and see if that helps. I haven't seen anyone else report a similar problem so that is both good and bad. I'll reload the exercise here. What version of A:M are you using? Rodney See below. I'm back on track. My version is 13.0e. I had to download the update and since then things haven't quite been the same. But I'm soldiering on. JohnnyB Quote
JohnnyB Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Exercise 17: Cosmic Bowling John Bailey August 30, 2006 http://media.putfile.com/Strike-23 [attachmentid=20143] No problems, once I loaded it from the CD (now why didn't I think of that? Duh!). I even scored a strike. Thanks to all for the hand holding. JohnnyB Quote
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