Using Pose to change material color???

[svetlik]

The manual states (but doesn't show) that you can use the Pose of a bone to change color.(page 75 of the Tech.Ref.) Been trying to change the ambient color in the pose dialog but has no effect. Any help would be appreciated.

[robcat2075]

I haven't rewatched this yet  but the video in this post shows how to change material parameters in a pose..

 

If that doesn't help, ask here again.

[svetlik]

Nope, still dead in the water on this. The color attributes show up but any changes to the pose slider and the color have no effect.

[robcat2075]

Edward, here is a more specific answer to your question of controlling Ambient Color with a Bone rotation. It's actually done with Smartskin which is a kind of Pose.

[svetlik]

What version is the video from? I'm using v19e and the items in the pose dialog are different than mine(transform relationship, etc.) I thought it was because I wasn't actually moving the geometry but tried that too. I'm just not seeing or able to generate any keyframes for the ambient color. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[robcat2075]

I'm in 19g (I'm an alpha tester) which should not look any different than 19e.

However, I recall there was a bug in v19e regarding pose sliders. I would have to see what you are doing to see if that is what you are encountering.

Try version 18 as an experiment.  You can run it with your current license.  Copy the master0.lic file from your v19 folder to your v18 folder.

 

[svetlik]

Ok I'll give that a shot and thanks for all your help. I'll post here if I have any progress later. I'm trying to achieve an effect from an old movie, "Forbidden Planet", where the robot's mouth would animate with sequencing neon tubes to simulate a moving mouth just FYI.  Thanks again

[robcat2075]

Hold on... i just tried a pose slider in v19e and it worked fine.

 

[svetlik]

This is exactly what I've been doing but no effect. now I'm truly confused but thanks for your help robcat I'll keep tinkering with it and let you know if I have any luck.

[robcat2075]

At this point, i'd have to see you do it to know what is different.

Sounds like a topic for.... Live Answer Time, Saturdays noon CST!

[svetlik]

BTW what do you use to record your desktop to make these videos?

[robcat2075]

I've been using hypercam 2... only because it is free.  i have to recompress it in Quicktime after I record.