fybs Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Name: Claudio Ravenstein (fybs) Exercise completed: 19: Flying South Date completed: 2. March 2006 Instructor: The handbook I toooo want my certifffffiiiiiicaaateeeee!!!!!! But I am not able to get the wings flapping yet…….. Fybs 02FlyingSouth.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomike Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Mike Dalton Exercises Completed: All Date Completed: March 9th 2006 Notes: none birds.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Hey Mike, Congrats on finishing up all the exercises. Are you planning on doing the bootcamps next? They are definitely some fun exercises in that thread. Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomike Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I guess I haven't really thought about it. I'll probably give them a look, and do some as time permits. I guess it will depend on how in-depth they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 9, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted March 9, 2006 Congrats guys! I haven't forgotten your certificates. Its just going to take a little time to get them out. I won't offer any excuses... just my apologies. In the meantime definitely push on into the Bootcamp. You'll really be glad you did as it'll really get your animation skills exercised. As I get back to the real world I hope to work* through Bootcamp myself. *Emphasis on the word 'work' here of course because it doesn't look all that easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkoonce Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hello, I am having trouble finding the geese that are suppose to show up in Ex 19, when I first did this exercise they showed up (when I finished I forgot to save) Now I am trying to recreate this exercise and when I am instructed to drop the goose.mdl onto the "Shortcut to Birds1" the geese do not show up. Here's a snapshop of the screen [attachmentid=15426] can someone please help Bob Koonce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 25, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted March 25, 2006 Bob, Do you have particles turned on? Flocking uses particles to determine where the flocks will form and um... flock. Try it. I think that'll work for you. Added: Now that I look closer at your image I think perhaps you should open up the Project Workspace and see what that is showing. Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkoonce Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Rodney, That did the trick, I turned the (Draw Particles/Hair) setting to on in the render settings under options and that worked. In the past I would tun it off when I did a final file rendering thinking that it would speed up my rendering time, I will keep that setting on from now on even though I no how to resove this issue Thanks again, Bob Koonce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 26, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted March 26, 2006 Great news... I may just be starting to get the hang of this troubleshooting thing. I'll add the particle options requirement as a note in the first post. Who knows, if someone actually reads it there it might save them some frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkoonce Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 TAoA:M finale (final but only the beginning ) Name: Bob Koonce Exercise Completed: 19 Flying South Date Completed: 3-25-06 Instructors: Individuals on forum, TAoA:M, Video tutorials, and other material. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: Thankx everyone for all your comments and constructive criticism on the exercises that I completed, I am planning on going back and put some personal touches on some of the TAoA:M work that I did and repost. Should I post them here? Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated. P.S. Sorry for the long D/L's, the file size of some of the movies are large, I will try to reduce the size of the files that I repost. On to Bootcamp Thankx again, Bob Koonce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Congratulations on finishing your cert Bob. I think you will find the Bootcamp to be alot of fun. It's full of animation lessons but you can learn alot and have a great time doing it. Good luck with the BootCamps Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Name: John BookerExercise Completed: 19 Flying South Date Completed: 04-06-06 Instructors: Video tutorials and manual Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: [attachmentid=15803] Ex19John_Booker.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Excellent job John. You really went through these quick. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkyu111 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Name: Stephen Molloy Exercise #19 Flying south Date: April 28 2006 Instructure: Web Tute Remarks:Well i'm Happy to put in my last exercise, i've learnd alot and had fun doing them. so what's next? or which boot camp do i follow up on thanks sm Hash_and_birds__2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-wheeler Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Nasty case of Bird-Flew??? That made me Larff! Amazing how good that looked against the setting sun. I would start you own bootcamp thread. Do all the exercises you can and post them all. If you havnt got one, try and get hold of a copy of the Animators Survival Kit by Richard Williams - and Acting For Animators is worth a look to. Good Luck. look forward to seeing some fun stuff Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 28, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted April 28, 2006 I thought I had seen just about everything that could be done to poor ol' Thom. I'm still in shock and stand corrected. Congratulations on completing TAoA:M! I hope to get certificates back on the press this weekend so look for yours soon. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuboos Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Name: same Wiley you know every thing els [attachmentid=16371] birds.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neu_Type Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Name: James M Glover Exercise Completed: 1-19 Date Completed: 16 Aug 06 [attachmentid=19694] Time to bring it home.... Exercise_19b.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LurkerAbove Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Name: Glen Clarkson Exercise: 19 Flocking Birds Date Completed: 8/24/2006 Notes: Ah, sweet birds and certs (well, gotta do skeleton first) Get these M* Birds off this M* plane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Exercise 19: Flying South (Flocks) John Bailey September 5, 2006 Here's the last one Geese at Cape May Point. It's really a common scene at this time of year. http://media.putfile.com/Headed-South [attachmentid=20278] What's next? Is there a place to post Exercise 20? JohnnyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tralfaz Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Name: Al Dinelt Exercise Completed: Exercise 19: Flying South (Flocks) Date Completed: December 13, 2006 Instructor: TAoA:M Ta Da!! The Final Exercise! Wanted to take this final exercise is right out of this world! Tried playing around with front projection so the birds would fly behind the spires and then pass in front of them. After the rendering was done, I noticed that some of the birds fly through the spires. Al [attachmentid=23123] [attachmentid=23124] exercise_19.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted December 14, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted December 14, 2006 Very nice Al. Nice touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I think that's the most unique take on this exercise. Very nice. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted December 15, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted December 15, 2006 I wonder how well Will Sutton's Terrordactyl would flock. Hmmm.... Strange creatures flying in that terrain would sell the shot even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjohnsn Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Name: Dick Johnson Exercise Completed: Exercise 19 Date Completed: 12 Dec 2006 Instructor: None The rendering in this JPG image is how the MOV should have rendered. Not sure what the problem is yet. [attachmentid=23204] Here is the movie file version [attachmentid=23205] Ex_19.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tralfaz Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Hi Dick: I have been playing around with live action and CG in A:M today. When I first rendered the video, the live action was coming up completely black. In order to fix it, I went to the "Shortcut to Camera1" in my chor, and expanded the "+" sign. It showed me Actions and Rotoscope1. My video was added as a Rotoscope, which is why it shows up under Camera1. In the Properties of "Rotoscope1", there was a selection for "Include in Alpha Buffer". Once I turned this "On", the video appeared in my renders. Hope this helps with your project... Thanks Dhar and Rodney for your comments on my exercise. I would love to have added something more otherworldly in the flock. I never even thought of looking on the Extras CD. Thanks again... Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 It may also just be in the rendering. If you click the Advanced box on the rendering options window, then you can change Buffers > Alpha > ON. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjohnsn Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Name: Dick Johnson Exercise Completed: Exercise 19 Date Completed: 18 Dec 2006 Instructor: Forum help Thanks all for the help. Turning on the Alpha channel was the key. Here is the corrected file: [attachmentid=23228] Ex_19b.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Name: Caroline Begbie Exercise: Exercise 19 - Flying South Date Completed: 19th January 2007 4 months doing TaoA:M - what's the record? Almost finished now.....gasp..... I'd forgotten how difficult it is to do a walk cycle Exercise19.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted January 19, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted January 19, 2007 When I read in your post your hook... remembering how to do walk cycles... I started preparin myself for what I was about to see. My mind raced through the possibilities. You succeeded in surprising me. Ha Ha Ha! That was cute... funny. Nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunato Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Name: Michael Fortunato Ex: Exercise 19 - Flocking Date Completed: Jan. 29, 2007 Instructor: Das Book Comments: Looks like the camera man should be fired. Good thing this is a small render, anything larger would have caused people to have motion sickness . I'm off to kiss a wookie. EDIT: I forgot to mention that the reason the camera and bg are a bit herky jerky is because of a glitch I was experiencing in A:M. After loading the flock of birds, the screen wouldn't refresh correctly and I couldn't get a good sense of what my camera was actually looking at. The screen would keep the previous image still displayed - so I was getting a ghosting effect. I have since corrected this error. For anyone else having the problem, switch the Real-Time render from OpenGL to DirectX (under Options, Global). This corrected the problem. I cleaned up the movie file and reattached - still need to clean up the camera and sky movement, but it's certainly better. I really like that Bloom effect . - Michael Ex.19_Flockthisway03.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Gamblin Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Name: Joseph Gamblin (Achilles Desire) Exercise Completed: Exercise 19 Date Completed: February 2, 2007 Instructor: just the book Comments: Nifty. Lots o' potential here. flock.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted February 2, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted February 2, 2007 Michael and Joseph. Between the two of you you've rendered this sequence out in both the down and the upshots. I can almost see them combined together as if they were in the same movie. At any rate... great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmf3d3d Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Name: Jeremiah M. Faries Exercise Completed: #19: Flying Sou... er... West Date Completed: Feb 11, 2007 Remarks: something whacked out on take one and I was getting horrendous render times. I deleted the elements in the cho one by one but that didn't seem to make a difference. I figured someone was trying to tell me I needed more practice so... you see take two. The geese and their friend decided to go to Oregon instead of flying south. They wanted to meet the guys responsible for all their fun and very existence - but they apologize for not following directions. I hope they get there... exercise_19_westward_ho.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted February 12, 2007 Author Admin Share Posted February 12, 2007 Jeremiah, That was outstanding. Nice touch there at the end. It reminded me of my 2000 mile motorcycle trip (going west but not to Oregon) about 18 years ago. You are quite the storyteller. What were we talking about again? Oh... Flocking. Nice birds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totlover Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Name Caleb Gunby Excerise completed: 19-Flying South Date Feb 20 2006 http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/ret...urrent=Ex19.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj2 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Name: Al jolly Exercise Completed: 19 Flying South Date Completed: February 22, 2007 i have been alittle stuck on this exercise,,, the goose don't fly right .. so i started over with some land in the movie . no goose's any idea's ??? No to the next one thanks Ex_19_Flocks.mov Ex_19_Flying_South.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffi Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Name: Ralf Kampp Exercise: Exercise 19 - Flying South Date Completed: 24th March 2007 Remark: I had some strange effects during render. Sometimes the birds just wildly flew in different directions. Then they did not "lie into" the curve but directed all the time into the original direction. Quite weird. flock.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logrus Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Name: Big E Exercise: Exercise 19 - Flying South Date Completed: March 25, 2007 Comments: This project was fun to do, Not to fun to Rendar. 2 times now ive done the project only to have A.M close on me 1/2 way thru the rendar process.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohammad Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Name: Mohammad El-Abid Exercises Completed: Nineteen Date Completed: Saturday April 9, 2005 Instructor: Rodney and that guy on the web tutorials Here is a link to the 19th completed exercise: http://geocities.com/name_here44/flock.avi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrury Sanson Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Name: Chris Exercise: #19 Date: a week ago Comments: I'm rather bummed about this. While, yes, I did learn a few things and ,yes, I got the animation working; trying to implement it into something of my own fell through spectacularly. All sorts of troubles with multiple instances of a flock system in one chor, action merging and timing pulled the plug on my first attempt. The second, simpler attempt should have worked fine. It's rendering along and then AM decides to take 2 hours per frame instead of the 42 seconds it had been doing previously. The result? I'm finished with just an unpersonalized mov for proof. {sigh} Well, at least I finished before college. (I move in on the 7th) flock.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 I haven't used flocks, so I can't comment on that - I remember seeing posts, so you could chase those up. However, the bright side is that you are now a graduate of TaoA:M! (Aren't you?) What are you going to do for a postgraduate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrury Sanson Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 However, the bright side is that you are now a graduate of TaoA:M! (Aren't you?) Yes I Am! What are you going to do for a postgraduate? I'm going to go to college and learn to draw! AM wise, I'm planning on redoing 'The Doors Stuck'. Maybe over Christmas break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playerktw Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Another nice feature of AM. Kevin Woods Exercise 19 10/22/07 Exercise_19.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 So just hair to go (yet another great feature) - hope your computer's up to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDDHABUCK Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Looks good Kevin, It's a great idea to go back and redue all of the exercises in the book a number of times. That way all of the features stay fresh and sink in faster. Good luck Keith Another nice feature of AM. Kevin Woods Exercise 19 10/22/07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterFunk Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Name: Sean Concannon Exercise Completed: Exercise 19 Post the results of your work in the New Users Forum under the specific exercise topic. Date Completed: 2/26/2008 Instructor: Manual flock.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torak Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Name: Shane O'Sullivan Exercise Completed: Exercise 19 Date Completed: October 1, 2008 Instructor: None / Manual and Online Video tutorial Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: yeah I'm done, I think now to start working on some of my own projects. exercise19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpleen Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Name: Robert Thompson / The Spleen Exercise: 19 Flocking Date: Oct. 16th 2008 Instructor: Video I can smell the ink on that certificate! birds.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Name: Tim Roberts Exercise Completed: Exercise 19: Flying South Date Completed: Nov 27, 2008 Instructor: Manual, forum Comments: Taking advantage of the long T-Day weekend. Pretty, straight forward exercise. One more to go! ex_19_test2.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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