Animation Master Update v18.0k

[Jason Simonds]

Installers:

• Windows 32Bit
• Windows 64Bit
• Intel Mac
• Intel Mac SSE4.2

Change Log

• Fixed All

    - 6601:  Percentage pose and skeltal keyframe bug

• Fixed All

    - 6599:  Filepath recognition is not the same as used in master.exe and renderserver.exe

• Fixed All

    - 6311:  Patch Images do not Bake

• Fixed All

    - 6598:  realtime display error for textures with alpha channels

• Fixed All

    - 6595:  Boolen Cutter is working from some viewpoints perfectly, but from other not....

• Fixed All

    - 6539:  average normal

• Fixed All

    - 6597:  Crash when rendering from a non camera view and Motionblur is active

• New All

    - 6391:  Set camera to current view two new menu entries for camera objects in a chor

  • Set camera to bird view" transfer the actual camera view into a birdseye view in perspective mode
  • "Set bird view from camera" transfer the actual birdseye view to the selected camera, switch to camera view and make keyframes for rotation and transformation, the birdseye view must be in perspective mode otherwise this option is not avaible
• New All

  new plugin "Textured Grid", avaible only from the objects folder self

  • "Select Image", opens a image selection dialog for selecting the decalimage to use
  • "Pixel per Unit", let You define the gridsize for the create model can be a float value (as example 6.4)
  • "Subdivision x" , how many subdivision in the width axis should be createt
  • "Subdivision y" , how many subdivision in the height axis should be createt
  • "Offset (Pixel)", how much pixel the decal should moved on the gridplane in x and/or y axis , if there any other value as 0 in this editfields a wraparound for the decal is done
  • "Copies", how many models should be createt , minimum value is 1 makes only sense if a offset is used , the offset is shifted for each model
  • "Use offset for the first model",if the checkbox is checked the offset values are used also for the first created model
  • "Orientation" , in which view the grid should be created
  • "Modelname" , the name for the created model , if "Copies" > 1 then a numericalvalue is add to the name
• Changed All

  new button for "Zoom Selected Object", add this button manually from "Customize->Commands->Navigation" to a toolbar keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Z (as before), but can be changed now

  if You use this from camera or light view , it creates a keyframe for the computet new rotation

• Changed All

  ViewSettingsDialog added a "Apply" button applied changed settings without closing the dialog

• Changed All

  Switching viewmode to perspective has now as default keyboard shortcut VK_NUMPAD9 (9 on the numpad) , only active if You have not changed any keyboard acceleration at "Customize->Commands->Keyboard" to get the default acceleration back , You need to delete the file Master.MAC(Master_64.MAC for the 64bit version) in the A:M directory

• Changed All

  Particle systems speedup for Blobby (rendering) and Fluid (computation)

• Changed All

  Final rendering with SSS on speedup, if OpenMP is enabled

[Jason Simonds]

I know the links do not work. I guess I did not get the drag and drop error on the fresh install of filezilla and they did not upload. But I'm reuploading now.

[Jason Simonds]

[Jason Simonds]

The links are fixed.

[johnl3d]

I get version J installed not K

[Jason Simonds]

You may have a cached link I just tested it I get K

 

Try this.

ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/updates/

I'm testing the mac now too

[Jason Simonds]

Mac Is k too

[johnl3d]

Okay cleared cache ,uninstall all versions of AM 32bit , cleared all versions from download folder, used your link, it downloaded and said it was installing K but when it starts it shows J and the master.exe file show 3/22/2015

[Jason Simonds]

Hello,

 

Yes it looks like the splash screen and about did not get updated but the plug in and fixes are there sorry for the confusion

[Rodney]

Wow. I can't recall when an update to A:M was as immediately useful as this one has been already.

Specifically the Camera View addition, Textured Grid (haven't delved deeply here yet but I will soon) and.... better rendering Boolean cutters!

And I haven't had a chance to look yet at some of the others but I know the SSS speedup will be appreciated and rendering from Perspective view is something I've just committed to using for a project.

 

Very nice!

 

Edit: And oh my goodness... I completely skipped over the lineitem for ' 6311: Patch Images do not Bake'

Thank you!

[jimd]

Camera view addition love it

 

Jason Brilliant!!! Thank you

[DrPhibes]

Am I the only one that lost the ability to rotate my view on the local axis of a control point while modeling? A:M will only rotate on the global axis of the model when I turn it.

 

Is there a keyboard shortcut to turn that on or off, or is it broken?

[Fuchur]

Did you select a CP while turning the view around?

A:M should always rotate around the current selection you make.

(this is normal behaviour since this is extremly fast to work with)

See you
*Fuchur*

[DrPhibes]

Yes, that is what I am saying. Selecting a control point and then turning only rotates around the global axis of the model, not the local axis of the control point any more. I went back to version J and is works fine. Version K it does not.

[Fuchur]

I could confirm that... I have told Steffen about it.

Seems like the selection is no longer the Center of the turn-tool. This is not intentional...

 

See you
*Fuchur*

[yoda64]

Is fixed in the next version , sideeffect from the camera switch

[John Bigboote]

Can someone confirm this feature is missing?

 

The backslash key (/) 'used' to toggle between a perspective view and an orthographic view in a model, action or pose. I see it is gone now in 18.0k ( I think I have K installed... splash still says J and so does the about screen...) Just wondering.

[robcat2075]

Matt, I'm testing v18m now and in that version, the backslash ( \ not / ) does still toggle between perspective and Orthogonal view, although the shortcut doesn't show in that menu.

 

Note that you can't go to Orthogonal view while looking through a camera.

[John Bigboote]

Okay- good to know it will be back in VM... can anyone confirm or deny VK? (Hey- what the L happened to VL?)

[robcat2075]

Have you tried just setting \ as the keyboard shortcut for that in the Customize window?

[yoda64]

It's changed as default to Numpad9 as in the changelog written , must look why it's not displayed .

[John Bigboote]

I see. Yup- numpad 9 does that now... good to know! I must read and remember the changelogs! Thanks Steffen

[Jason Simonds]

I have to ask since people are talking in here did you see that I posted v18.0L?

[robcat2075]

It's changed as default to Numpad9 as in the changelog written , must look why it's not displayed .

 

I just did a Reset Settings on v18 m and it still uses backslash as the toggle for Perspective view and doesn't use Num9.

 

What am I missing?

[Rodney]

I just did a Reset Settings on v18 m and it still uses backslash as the toggle for Perspective view and doesn't use Num9.

What am I missing?

 

I note that in v18L (and I checked this before on v18K when it was released) that the Number 9 (on numberpad) toggleds between Orthogonal and Perspective *only after* the view has been altered from the default camera view. In other words if you click in the Chor window and turn out of the camera view the Number 9 keystroke will work.

[John Bigboote]

Downloaded V L... in a model or action/pose... the 9 key will toggle between ortho/perspective... the backslash does nothing anymore... and right click to see the view/menu has no shortcut key listed (should say 9)

 

I may program the backslash key to do the toggle(as Rob suggested) just because it is ingrained in my workflow...

[robcat2075]

Nope... in 18m the backslash is still what does the toggle and not the Num9.

 

Well, I'll just wait and see what happens....

[Fuchur]

you could try to delete the mac file in you A:M installation folder. although have a look which version you use by looking in the info. (is it sse avx, sse3 or sse 4.1?

 

see u

*Fuchur*

[Rodney]

you could try to delete the mac file

 

I had to do this per Steffen's instructions in the changelog for release of v18k.

Although I don't recall every changing the default keyboard acceleration.

 

• Changed All

  Switching viewmode to perspective has now as default keyboard shortcut VK_NUMPAD9 (9 on the numpad) , only active if You have not changed any keyboard acceleration at "Customize->Commands->Keyboard" to get the default acceleration back , You need to delete the file Master.MAC(Master_64.MAC for the 64bit version) in the A:M directory.

 

Because I tend to be a bit wary of deleting installed program files directly I usually rename the file, see if the new one works, and then delete the old file if all is well.