jo b. Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 We here at the Soulcage Department hope you had a good 2005 and wish you an even better 2006! Check out our season greetings: ALAN OFFICE BIG - 36 MB ALAN OFFICE SMALL - 15 MB Have fun and please don't post this links elsewhere. cheers. Quote
NancyGormezano Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Ahhh Happy New Year to you too! It's always great to see how others in different parts of the world celebrate ... (hee hee heee - loved it) Quote
luckbat Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 You guys are the greatest. That is one of the best A:M animations I've seen. P.S. Dynamic constraints rule! Quote
rossk Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Woah! You almost made my 2005 end in a heart attack! I kept turning up the volume on my computer to hear if the guy was muttering something... and... well... a certain event in your movie caused me to be a bit startled. Excellent job. Happy New Year! Quote
Paul Forwood Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Wow and Wow again!!! Brilliant, outstanding and the lighting is soooo good! Happy New Year to all at Soulcage. May 2006 be another great one for you guys. Quote
arkaos Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 WHOA! Happy New Year to you too! That chair incident made me JUMP! Spectacular work, SoulCage! Quote
kuep Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 you guys are crazy! Love the work. You all have a HAPPY TO!!! and thanks for making me laugh my azz off. Quote
Dearmad Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 I can't believe it's been a YEAR already since the last one you guys did! THANKS AGAIN for sharing! I love your stuff... Quote
Dhar Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 LOL I laughed so hard my chair almost did the same thing. LOL Oh...haha...LOL... that was good. Happy New Year to you too. LOL Quote
phnxpyre Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 That was really really REALLY funny! The sound effects sure got me to jump. That was awesome!!!!!! Quote
jo b. Posted December 31, 2005 Author Posted December 31, 2005 thanks, we're glad you like it! @ luckbat yeah, they rule. but there are no dynamics in this spot. all hand animated. Quote
martin Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 SoulCage always makes me feel so insecure, (what if they left for some other, more prestigious software?) You guys are geniuses. Quote
cosmonaut Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Ha, awesome as usual. Happy New Year! Quote
Eric2575 Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Ganz toll gemacht!! Wie immer. Prost Neujahr!! Quote
Luxo Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 You guys must be cheating---- Do you have a "create awesome animation" button in A:M or somethin'?!? Ah yes, the hidden dangers of hydraulics----Soulcage is the best! I loved it. Have a happy 2006. Quote
nimblepix Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Wonderful! I'll be showing and sending this one to a lot of people! You guys rock!!! Quote
nino banano Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Hey man That´s great, You´re an animation machine...Just the best for you as well...Happy New Year!!! Quote
DanCBradbury Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 That is amazing! Are the buildings in the background full sized or are they a small mockup? Anywho, this animation may even top an earlier movie made in A:M from 2004, "I'm Walkin" by Soulcage. I'm Walkin Quote
Elm Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 That is amazing! Are the buildings in the background full sized or are they a small mockup? Anywho, this animation may even top an earlier movie made in A:M from 2004, "I'm Walkin" by Soulcage. I'm Walkin Hi! Thanks again! The background is simply a photograph of the skyline of Bremen, our home base. Quote
shaunf Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 LOL!!! Very funny!! Great stuff as always chaps! Quote
heyvern Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Okay... Don't answer if it is a deep dark company secret... but I am dying to know the constraint mechanism for the "springy" window shade thingy. I can understand a "wobble" on one end from a dynamic constraint... just curious how you got the dual action. My guess is two constraints back to back? Newton Physics plugin? Hand keyframed? Anyway... great stuff. -------- p.s. That was my New Years celebration for a few years back in the day... of course the company I worked for bought cheap chairs and the hydraulics never worked that well... so I was never in any danger... I was periodically seen during the day with my chair upside down spinning, and pulling it to get the height back up. Vernon "!" Zehr Quote
jo b. Posted January 2, 2006 Author Posted January 2, 2006 hey vern, no there is nothing like a secret about it. first i animated how it comes of the ceiling and bounces on the table. quite easy to do, if you animate in curve mode. (see timeline curves) when the overall timing seemed correct, i added a simple muscle pose (-100 to 100) to make it wobble (see the poseslider - "biegen" means to bend). i animated using the curves as well. than a little correctin was nececary cause of the deformation i had to readjust the positions where it hits the table. that's it. why do so many people think it's simulated?!? that would take soooo much time to tweak to get the desired timing. i'm not patient enough for stuff like that. Quote
heyvern Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Hee hee... I had a feeling it might be done "by hand". At the last minute it kind of hit me... so I added it to my list of options. I always forget that the "old school" skills of animation didn't have the luxury of dynamic simulations. You guys are the "poster children" of "getting it done"... ... so many of us want "automation" when in reality... doing it the "old fashioned" way is quicker... ... it just requires more talent! Basically... just a variation of the traditional "bouncing ball" animation tutorial. Look and learn people! This is great stuff! KISS! Vernon "!" Zehr Quote
Dagooos Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Great animation! Are you guys using the A:M composite feature for rendering now or are you still using the same technique you used in the "I'M Walking" short? Quote
Elm Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Great animation! Are you guys using the A:M composite feature for rendering now or are you still using the same technique you used in the "I'M Walking" short? No, we still use our old method. But in this case, there weren't that many passes to render. Quote
jo b. Posted January 2, 2006 Author Posted January 2, 2006 Hey jo b., what are your computer specs.? the cool thing using AM is that you can do everything! if there is something like a a specification, it's propably previz, modeling, rigging and animation. but i'm also interested in lighting, rendering and compositing. Quote
cfree68f Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Hey jo b. First off.. you guys.. well.. you're my inspiration. Not to sound like a fanboy. But I've been dying to know... How do you guys do your render. I know you use multiple layered renders to simulate GI.. but I've never been able to get the same result. Have you posted the proccess anywhere on this or other forums? I know this may be proprietary and I understand if its an issue to describe the proccess, but you guys rock with this renderer. And I'd love to be able to get the same results. Can you point me in the right direction? Oh.. and for the record.. Sunny Side of the street .. My alltime favorite. That short rocked my world. Keep up the fantastic work guys. C Quote
luckbat Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Colin-- You've seen this thread, right? http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&sh...ndpost&p=119045 Quote
cfree68f Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Thanks Lucbat, no I hadnt seen that thread I don't think. That answers many questions thanks. Now to play ;-) C Quote
martin Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Thanks Lucbat, no I hadnt seen that thread I don't think. That answers many questions thanks. Now to play ;-) C Make sure you use A:M Compositor. That's what is was designed for. Quote
Eric2575 Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 If I don't ask, I 'll never know: What is the AM Compositor? Quote
luckbat Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 http://www.hash.com/htmlHelp/v12.0/v120/composite.htm Quote
aaver Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 This is one great movie! Thanks for the laughs and a Happy New Year to you too! Quote
jo b. Posted January 8, 2006 Author Posted January 8, 2006 Hey jo b. First off.. you guys.. well.. you're my inspiration. Not to sound like a fanboy. But I've been dying to know... How do you guys do your render. I know you use multiple layered renders to simulate GI.. but I've never been able to get the same result. Have you posted the proccess anywhere on this or other forums? I know this may be proprietary and I understand if its an issue to describe the proccess, but you guys rock with this renderer. And I'd love to be able to get the same results. Can you point me in the right direction? Oh.. and for the record.. Sunny Side of the street .. My alltime favorite. That short rocked my world. Keep up the fantastic work guys. C thanks, glad you like it. yeah, usually we use the described method to achieve a cartoony look. it always differs in some points cause we try something different. but mainly it always is tha same compositing idea with flat shaded passes combined with white model passes for the lights. but this time we didn't do that. we only used one beauty layer(color, lights(no specs)), specs, a shadow layer and a light effects pass rendered in a white room for the lights flashes of the firework. the light setup in the beauty pass consists of a 25-poissant dome, not rendered with bulps but with spots and z buffered shadows to simulate gi. i think 4 spots (also z buffered) to simulate the lights situated at the ceiling and one brown very soft brown light without shadows from the bottom to simulate the light reflected by the floor. Quote
TheWoz Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 Wow, that was great (I'm very late in looking at it... I know). Any hardcore Arrested Development fans have to LOVE the song selection! Quote
Bruce Del Porte Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 I've been on vacation and missed it but Bravo! Very well done guys, very fun. Bruce Quote
williamgaylord Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 Only just caught up with this thread. Brutally funny!! You guys are amazing! Bill Gaylord Quote
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