A beginner's trials... and errors. ;)

[showson1]

Hey all..

 

Well, I just got my software about a week ago and I've been going through the tutorials, but decided to do a little animation outside the tutorials.

 

I used Thom to do a little jumping jack action.. first try was ok, but I got some suggestions and polished it a bit... still not perfect, but I am learning.

 

Then, since I'm a Matrix fan (the first movie anyway), I decided to figure out how to do a simple 'bullet time' sequence.

 

Took me almost all day to figure it out, but could do it in about 5 minutes now if I had to.. haha.. guess that's what learning's all about.

 

Anyway, if anyone's interested I'll link to it here... nothing earth shattering, but you gotta' start somewhere.. right.

 

Steve

 

Before there was Neo, there was Thom!

[showson1]

Ok.. well rather than adding a new thread I thought I'd just tack on to this one.

 

This is my first attempt at a run cycle.. think it turned out pretty well.

 

Opinions and suggestions are appreciated.

 

Thanks.

Steve

 

Run like the wind.

[starwarsguy]

wow, nice job for your first time! hope to see your work in the future!

[nimblepix]

Steve,

 

Nice job!

 

Are you using stride length on the run?

He seems to be slipping.

[showson1]

Yeah, for some reason stride length is one thing giving me a bit of a problem trying to get it just right..

 

I also looked at the run again and it looks more like a fast walk then a run..

 

But trial and error is probably the best way to learn.

[entity]

The A:M online video tutorials have the subject pretty well explained:

3:30 minutes into the video they talk about stride length...

 

the link direct to the video: http://www.s1.hashmirror.com/ftp/VM/walk_w...walk_wheel.html

 

Or link to the actual page (it's the walk/wheel cycle tut under MISC.):

http://www.hash.com/VM/

 

That pretty much explained it for me.

 

EDIT:

Ohh... and if you should change the size of your walk cycle remember you have to do a new stride lengh setting for it, too.

Edited October 9, 2004 by entity

[showson1]

Ahh.. that may be my problem.. I kept tweaking the walk cycle and may have a different stride length now.

 

Thanks!

 

Steve