svetlik Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 6, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 6, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetlik Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 7, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 7, 2018 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. Clip4399AmbientColor_controlled_by_bone.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetlik Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 7, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 7, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetlik Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 7, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 7, 2018 Hold on... i just tried a pose slider in v19e and it worked fine. clip4400AmbientColorByPoseSlider.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetlik Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 7, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 7, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetlik Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 BTW what do you use to record your desktop to make these videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 7, 2018 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 7, 2018 I've been using hypercam 2... only because it is free. i have to recompress it in Quicktime after I record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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