Simon Edmondson Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 As some of you know, I had a few problems in December with files going awry. Fortunately I haven't had a recurrence of those problems yet but I have noticed a curious factor with the current iteration of AM. If I work in the current project, save, close the project and shut down AM. When I reopen, there is a little asterisk on the actions folder indicating there has been a change which needs saving ? When I open the folder it varies as to which action has the change indicator showing. Has anyone else noticed this and, has it given any problems ? Pt two Working on an action file I noticed that there is an option to 'Smooth' the interpolation method. I looked in the technical reference book but, could not find any reference to this option. Could anyone point me to reference material on that option ? Thank you. Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted January 31, 2011 Hash Fellow Share Posted January 31, 2011 Pt two Working on an action file I noticed that there is an option to 'Smooth' the interpolation method. Smooth/Peak does the same to channel splines as Smooth/Peak does to model splines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Smooth/Peak does the same to channel splines as Smooth/Peak does to model splines Rob Thank you once again for your help. As someone who had the same problems with the mystery channels, have you noticed the save prompt when reopening your current project ? I've noticed the prompt but, when I try to trace the change I can't seem to find it. A bit of a puzzler... regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 1, 2011 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 1, 2011 I haven't noticed it yet, but If you can make a test project that will always do this when it's opened that woudl help identify it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeSlice Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I have never gotten a "Save" prompt immediately upon opening any of my models/chors/projects. I can't imagine what would be causing it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I have never gotten a "Save" prompt immediately upon opening any of my models/chors/projects. I can't imagine what would be causing it.. I think he means he gets an asterick - indicating there is some change. I have noticed that on occasion, I will get an asterick on something but I ignore it, if I know I haven't changed anything. It is safe to ignore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 I haven't noticed it yet, but If you can make a test project that will always do this when it's opened that woudl help identify it. I'm in the middle of a prolonged render of the project I'm working on so, it might take a few days but, I will try to do so as soon as I can. regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think he means he gets an asterick - indicating there is some change. I have noticed that on occasion, I will get an asterick on something but I ignore it, if I know I haven't changed anything. It is safe to ignore. You are correct, that is exactly what I mean by a save prompt. It only seems to happen to the action folder ( which is why I wondered if it might be relevant to the previous problem ?) but it doesn't happen to the same action each time. Curiouser and curiouser ( said Alice )... regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBREIT Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 As some of you know, I had a few problems in December with files going awry. Fortunately I haven't had a recurrence of those problems yet but I have noticed a curious factor with the current iteration of AM. If I work in the current project, save, close the project and shut down AM. When I reopen, there is a little asterisk on the actions folder indicating there has been a change which needs saving ? When I open the folder it varies as to which action has the change indicator showing. Has anyone else noticed this and, has it given any problems ? These pop up from time to time. This can happen to any file. It seems if the prj file has the entrees for a give file and the file has it also it will prompt a save when you load it up. Another one of those quirks they never got around to cleaning up. This may not be the only one to cause this problem. But this is what I have found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 This can happen to any file. It seems if the prj file has the entrees for a give file and the file has it also it will prompt a save when you load it up. Another one of those quirks they never got around to cleaning up. This may not be the only one to cause this problem. But this is what I have found. Thank you for the info. I'll have to go back to trying to spot the cause of the other problem. regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Slight update Another thing that seems to be happening ( which I'm unused to ) is that Some of the the changes made in a project, don't save properly, even though they were saved carefully. ? For example. This morning we had a power cut which stopped the rendering. Although I had carefully saved all the changes, when I reopened to begin again, the project did not hold the previous settings ( even though they had been saved ). So, the choreography had reverted to 10 seconds long instead of 4, The file to render to was now a QT movie rather than a TGA sequence, The resolution was now low instead of 1080HD, Render in passes was turned off instead of on and, the frames to render had changed as well. This is mildly irritating but, is it a problem others have had and, most importantly, is it significant ? regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 4, 2011 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 4, 2011 The file to render to was now a QT movie rather than a TGA sequence, The resolution was now low instead of 1080HD, Render in passes was turned off instead of on and, the frames to render had changed as well. The way to burn render settings into your project is to set them all (and i mean all) in the camera properties in the chor and set your render options to "use camera settings" Alternatively, at render time, you can save a "preset" that captures all current render parameters in a file you can re-load at future render times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 The way to burn render settings into your project is to set them all (and i mean all) in the camera properties in the chor and set your render options to "use camera settings" Alternatively, at render time, you can save a "preset" that captures all current render parameters in a file you can re-load at future render times. Rob Thank you for the info. I will try to implement it from now on. regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 8, 2011 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 8, 2011 I should note that to make sure a setting that is normally a default be explicitly saved in camera settings, you must set it to something else, then set it back. If you just leave it at the default it will have no setting and might be overridden by whatever was set in the last work you did in A:M. The render presets are simpler since they automatically capture even unset default settings, but they are a file separate from your PRJ and you have to remember to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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