John Bigboote Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Posted these yesterday but they got bumped so I am reposting today... Some characters we are working on, my friend John Aretekis had A:M for about a year and then sort of gave it up. When I asked what kind of work he had accomplished he said he had modelled some characters, so I asked to see them and they were WONDERFUL! He has this wolf, 3 male fat hiphop piggies and 3 female fat hiphop piggies, all decalled and modelled. So I borrowed them and rigged them and now we are trying to conjure-up a '3 lil pigs/ goldilocks' modern day takeoff. This is a quick animation test with minimal lip poses for tracking to a clip I nabbed off TV... In this re-post I am using the clip that rendered overnight WITH reflections. Notice how the floor reflects fine (except it pops) for the character without hair but will NOT reflect for the girl with hair...this is a problem I can't get around and need to know if its just me or is anyone else having trouble with hair in reflections... BigED.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 And here's another...my 'girlie-girl' in cheerleader form...Pom-Poms and hair all with V11. I had to turn-off collision detection because it was causing cofusion amongst the models, the hair was going everywhere. This was to test action-blending and how hair reacted (very well) and how multiple hair instances work on the same model (short hair on head...long hair on head...and pompom hair) as well as on 3 instances of the model. I rendered this at 30fps at D1 res...looks GREAT! cheerleaders.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Frame from Big Ed...with reflections anomoly illustrated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Okay---I'm WIGGIN out over these reflections! I just made a new project, put two spheres into the chor...one sphere WITH hair and one sphere WITHOUT over a reflective floor and rendered. Worked fine. I reopened THIS project and got the same results...no reflections for the chick. It looks fine in a preview (render lock mode shift+Q) but WILL NOT RENDER RIGHT! I'm going to send this project to Randy Croucher and Noel Pickering but do I send the .mdl files as well? Or does the project file contain all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 Me again. I thru a mirror model into the mix. Notice anything unusual? Oh, I checked the model's 'options' and cast reflections is ON. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Lookin good! Maybe she's a closet vampire? You should test to see if it's the model/material by trying it in a brand new project with a new mirror material. If you still get the same, send that cut down project to support....with everything embedded of course. But not images. Because you can't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Bob said that he made a test case, and it rendered fine (hair and geometry). Send your data to support@hash.com and we will "Get'r done". Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 25, 2004 Author Share Posted June 25, 2004 Done deal- did it yesterday the 24th, let me know if you did not recieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacman Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 I have nothing of value to add. I just wanted to state that the hair looks great! I am curious how long it took to render the cheerleader scene. I know it is small but that is a LOT of hair! Wade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 Hey Sacman- The cheerleader scene did not bogg down the renderer too badly. I think it was about 1:30 per frame at D1 (720X486) resolution and reflections off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted July 1, 2004 Author Share Posted July 1, 2004 Hats off to Randy and Bob and Noel and all the rest of the A:M programmers! I was unable to get reflections to work properly in v11 G and H but now in v I everything seems to be reflecting fine in my test render so far. That is GREAT tech support! I'm off on vacation for a week(no pewter), can't wait to see what I missed whenst I come back! This is a good note to take off on tho- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoBallZ Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 Cool characters, love the wolf guy, but... I LOVE YOUR AVATAR! I am a big Buckaroo Bonzai fan.... *pets his Oscillation Overthruster*.... *my precious* -Mark A.K.A. TacoBallZ on #hash3d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bigboote Posted July 1, 2004 Author Share Posted July 1, 2004 Thanks TacoballZ! I wonder how many hashers see my avatar (Christopher Lloyd) and think I am some kind of mega-nerd. Bucaroo Banzai was a great flik, way ahead of it's time. My favorite line was when Perfect Tommie is leading the cowboy (The dude from 'The Fly') thru Bucaroo's engineering room and he notices a watermellon wedged amidst the machinery and asks 'What that watermelon for?' to which Tommie pauses and replies...'I'll tell you later'--- for some reason THAT just stuck with me for years! I'm sure it was supposed to be explained in a sequel that never happened...would'nt it be GREAT if they made a sequel? The wolf was modelled by my friend John Aretekis, a great Hasher whom I am trying to get back into the app. He and I are hoping to start a Detroit area users group...(Detroit Animation:Masters Network aka DAMN) details to come... ANY DETROIT or Michigan users out there? please contact me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzamataz Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 Oooowwww!!! I like it mate I am looking forward to seeing more. Nice to see Hash fix your problem so quick... mind you they ain't fixed mine yet but it was a prob with 10.5... I love your Avatar too, I didn't realise it was Christopher Llyod I thought it was you anyway I never saw the flick - did it come out in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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