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Welcome to the A:M Forums. We are glad you are here. If you are returning, we are glad you're back. If you are just getting started please make sure you spend some time in the Newbies forum and read through the A:M Manual (The Art of Animation:Master and The A:M Technical Reference). Ask questions. Join in the discussions. Give and get feedback. Explore A:M! This Welcome topic is a continuation of introductions to the forum from previous years. Click here to read some of the past introductions General Overview of Animation:Master Anyone can create 3D pictures and animation at home or in the studio with Animation:Master. Animation:Master includes everything you need…
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First Off ---Welcome. Hope you are enjoying checking out AM and the forum here. I have to say it may be one of the best 3d forums going. Almost every question posted here gets answered within one day for sure and most within hours. And more importantly -----folks are happy to help and share their knowledge . No matter how new you are or your own expertise. Beginers are always welcome. So have fun here. Don't be shy either ---register up and join the party. Post some questions, models, or pics whatever. We all would love to get to see some new names enjoying AM.
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This thread will hold links to the new A:M Quickstart Videos and copies of the files used in the demonstrations (It will be "closed" until it is fully populated.) 1 A:M Interface 2 A:M Spline Modeling 3 A:M Spline Techniques 4 A:M Rigging 5 A:M Keyframe Animation 6 A:M Curve Editing 7 A:M Texturing 07_Texturing_PRJs.zip 8 A:M Rendering Options
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Made sure the Dynamic option is OFF but still getting this happening when I turn/move this head in a relationship/action. The grooming tool was used on this if that is helpful. Any help appreciated.
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Patchwork3d.de is down
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Every frickin' year same thing. I pay for an update, got the activation code and cannot download the install exe. What am I doing wrong? Any help appreciated.
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How do i start the Treez plugin in AM 16?
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How do I make a image file using Hash? is it even possible to make it? Below are the files I'm trying to use to make a image file with. When I screen shot the Render scene looks terrible. any tips would be helpful! Special thanks to Michael Brennan for helping me with the models pose.avi Slippy Toad.mdl Falco Lambrade.mdl Fox MCloud.mdl Peppy Hair.mdl pose.cho rob.mdl
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It's probably been there for decades but I swear I can remember a time when it wasn't there and must admit I don't know how to use it. When viewing the material in it's viewer I crank the setting from zero to 100 - no difference. I know I'm risking terrible humilitation by admitting this but just couldn't live with myself anymore til I came clean. As always any help greatly appreciated.
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Hi, I'm interested in getting into Animation Master, I have very little experience with modelling software (only Sketchup) but would like to use Animation Master for some top down game dev. I'm working on a top down game with pre rendered graphics, but so far I've only used pre made sprites, which I want to replace with my own. I'm working on a MacBook though and was wondering if this OS is still supported? And maybe there are some people who can give me some tips at the same time on how to start. That'd actually be great. So far what I've seen the software looks intuitive, which is actually what I'm looking for.
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I would like to know where the 8.5 or 9.5 version of this plugin is? regards, felis
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is there a way to lock the camera so it can’t be moved by accident? I seem to be always moving the camera inadvertently in the choreography window. I can’t seem to see a way to prevent accidental movement when( I move around the camera window as I would in a front or side view, the camera as well. very annoying.
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Hey, guys, I'm wondering if you can help me smooth some models out. I struggle with making the models smooth and less cracked. I'm in a time crunch as I'm working on an animation series, so any help would be great. I just need the models smoothed out. Thank you! the models are down below. Half Heads (smooth).mdl
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How's my Jabba model. Feedback tips all is welcome! Editing is also helpful to. jabba 2024.mdl
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Hey all. Been using A:M mainly for creating 3D printable models over the past few years, but looking for ward to getting back into rendering and animating. Looking forward to bothering all you Maestros again. Thanks, Rich
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Adding Sound
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How do I add a sound clip to a video?
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Hello everyone What is the one best method of texturing models in AM? I know there's Decals and Stamps, and I've seen the various videos on this topic @zandoriastudiosvideo on YouTube was a big help Although it seems the process might be a little too involved? Or has it changed in recent versions of AM? Is there a video tutorial that explains the process of taking a model to texturing and decaling and baking for export? Thanks!
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When I am setting up the relationship for this head and turn it to see if constraints on the neck are working it won't return to zero (looking straight ahead) when I type in zero in the y rotation. I've set up other heads the same way and they work but this one won't. Must be missing something. What am I doing wrong??? Brow2.tga EyeBallPupil2.tga HedNek.prj Wilbur2.mdl
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Why don't the two "four-siders" in the selected group ("problem") form patches? It is not a problem of back-facing normals. What am I missing? Try it... HandProblem.mdl
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so when i first learned to use animation master in high school my teacher taught me how to generate trees unfortunately its been 15 years since then and i dont remember how to do it and im hoping someone can lead me in the right direction on where to look for how to do it in the latest version ive been scouring the forums for about two hours now however im not seeing the information im looking for
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So i purchased the non expiring version of animation master when i tried registering for an account the site said my email was already registered and when i tried logging in and resetting my password i never received an email to be able to reset the password
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Trying to get a Leafy type material using the hair function but can't shape like it shows in the tech manual (Sutton's Dodo bird) using the thickness timeline. Keep getting this octoganal shape instead of a smooth curve (see image). Render is set to multi pass final quality. Any help appreciated.
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Hello! Thanks to Jason Simonds, I got the free trial version to open and work, but not until after my Power Supply Unit croaked, which I had to replace today. Anyway, I'm going through the tutorials, and they show an option to save the animation in AVI format. The free version I have (v 19.0) does not show that, only .tga format. Is this something that only comes with a paid version? I'm happy to report that my wimpy Dell Optiplex 990 SFF running Windows 10 with a 240 power supply, intel factory integrated graphics card, icore 5 and 16GB RAM.. seems to be able to render a short animation just fine, so far. That's why I wanted to try the free version first…
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Help! I was approved for the 14 day free trial. I had to go out of town the next day so I waited til I got back 6 days later to download the 64 bit version (Windows 10). I clicked on the temp license file and… nothing. I searched my entire hard drive, and cannot find it anywhere under any of the possible names Hash suggests in the approval letter. I clicked on the file link again but it tells me I’ve already downloaded it or are not approved. I tried opening the shortcut on the desktop on the off-chance that the file is somewhere within the program and hidden, and it says I’m missing a “mfc140.dll” file. Ack!!! I’ve emailed Hash, but no response. I plan to buy the…
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Same crap every YEAR. I buy a subscription renewal for one of my two machines and - NO download, no activation code-nothing. When I go to the download page it tells me that I haven't bought anything. Is there something I'm doing wrong EVERY year same thing happens. Any help appreciated.
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Have tried all the free video players I could find online and still can't find one that plays in "real time", but then used AMs ablility to read in sequences of numbered images and when you open the loaded image/sequence and hit the play button it plays great the first time but then will only play in hyper speed but it's still better than the results of all those players I tried before. I've had terrible luck trying to get all those free video players to read in image sequences as a single clip (even with a toggle button "read in as single clip" is activated) I know that the speed of your computer is most important but then why do all the Youtube videos play smo…
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Am updating from 7 to Windows 10 and wondering if I'm to expect any bumps with AM? Thought I'd ask here for a heads up. Any help appreciated.
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Thought I could just make an action with the character applauding and add it to him during a chor but no. Even tho the ONLY things moving in the action I made is his arms when I add it to him in the chor. he gets all "whacked out" - jumps to a different position and every joint in his body is twisted horribly. Also, how do you copy a figure's pose at a given frame? Have tried Copy Keyframe/Paste Keyframe - no effect!!!! Shouldn't this be a simple thing to do?? Any help appreciated.
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Right clicking on an action (Actions folder) shows a "shrink length" function but does nothing or i just don't know how to use it. Any help appreciated.
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I have tried many video players from the internet and even found that AM when importing jpgs animation can play clips by opening the image and hitting the "play" button in the playback bar at the bottom. (something that would have been handy to know yrs. ago.) But it plays slowly first time and then at hyper speed or unpredictable speed after 1st time. And the windows playback is just as unpredictable. My question is-Anyone know of a good player? Need'nt point out how much an animator needs to see stuff play in real (correct) time. Any help appreciated (sorry, no cash awards)
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Methinks it was mentioned that you can resume a netrender fail and it would remember where to resume? Not sure how to do that, do you need to have the Job save out first?
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Had thought that an ease function was possible with all the constraints but I'm not finding it. Any help appreciated.
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So I wanted to use a bone connected to a simple model to cut a hole through the side of a vehicle that has a Darksim Material on it. 1. I went to the "Boolean" bone's properties and turned "Boolean Cutter" to "ON." 2. I did both final renders and progressive renders and the boolean doesn't seem to work. Did I forget a necessary step......or might some misfortune have happened to A:M's boolean function?? Detbear
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Been using AM for more than just a few yrs. and still having trouble understanding action blending. Does the blending function mean how it blends with previous or next actions? I understand the transition to next action when you have a gap from one to another but doesn't have anything to do with the blending directly, right? Been trying to match the end of a saved action with a chor. action (just one lousy arm) and thought that just entering the rotation numbers from the position in the chor. into the last keyframe of the saved action would work but just whacked everything out. Been trying to duplicate the problem in a smaller chor. file but can't even get that …
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Does Netrender get angry when you have it running and minimize it or switch the monitor to watch cable? It was running fine on the desktop and I switched the monitor to cable and when I came back all the nodes were offline and the messengers disconnected. After much vulgarities I found there was AM running in the Task Manager, even after I had shut Netrender off and once I ended the task I was able to use Netrender again. So, that's my question-can you NOT minimize Netrender or switch your monitor to something else whilst it's running er whut????
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Never have to wait very long for something new to pop up. Animated decal on leg. Have tried AVI, JPG & TGA with and without alpha channel. No change. Granted the skin is flexing but have run out of ideas for fixing it myself. Any help greatly appreciated. Results are the same when rendered with Netrender.
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While working on my model (which is inside a project) I constanly used 'Save Project As', thinking I always have previous versions of my model if I dont like the current edition. Only now I realised that all project versions have the same version of my model. Is this how it should be? Maybe there is an option to have all models inside a prj file or smth?
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Hey, just wated to ask if there is any way to show objects in viewport faceted rather than smooth. Here is a pic to illustrate what i'm looking for https://imgur.com/RSqtLWT
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Question on hair direction [solved]
by Guest Dan- 4 replies
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Hi, I'm using the 2008 version on animation master on xp. When I place hair, a lot of times the program places the hair on the wrong face of the object, so it's pointing the wrong direction. Is there a way to change the face? Thank you
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Everything checks out but yet this decal is rendering chopped off like this in the chor. Any help appreciated.
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So I set up a Dynamic constraint in an action and it is working very well. But when I go to render it, there is no constraint in the resulting render. Do I need to run some kind of simulation or bake it to get it to show up in the render? How might one get this to work?? Detbear
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Hey all, its been a tough few months but I'm really doing all I can to learn this beautiful app. Just need some help on a few things on modeling if y'all can be so helpful to clarify how it's done. When I select CPs to hide or lock, it will do the operation on the unselected CPs instead. Is there a way to reverse this feature? Can't seem to find it in the settings. Also I use to monkey about in NURBS back in the day when foolin around with Rhino and was wondering if there's any way to do a Rail Sweep or a loft? Seems like I'm just stuck with lath and extrude. I'll keep this thread active with my modeling progress and hope to really excel in this wonderful…
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Anyone run into this besides me? Lots of work lost if there isn't a fix. Any help appreciated.
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Apologies for the butt shot. Anyone else run into this??? Cps wrinkle in objects when twisting/turning and whatever it is is truly happening to The CP and shows up when rendered. Only happens in action or Chor. As soon as you click on the Cp it straightens out but then goes right back to being twisted when you advance a frame. This seems to show up randomly.See Pic This is shutting down my 5 yr. project unless I can fix it. As always ANY help appreciated. These CPs are in their natural state - no bias tweaking at all.
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What is Move CP along Spline key shortcut I have not used this in a while. I forgot must be getting old thank you Whoops Found it Number 4 is key short cut
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Boy these quirks just KEEP finding me. When copying a Prj from Computer 1 (System 7) to Computer 2 (System 10) the Prj files refuse to update. Have tried re-naming the Prj files-no effect, tried closing AM down before transfer-no effect. This involves 3 Material effector objects. When the transferred Prj file is opened on machine 2 the objects are in the Object list but will NOT show up in the Chor and with none of the animation that was saved. Have tried to replicate this with smaller sample Prj files without success. Also had this problem with Lights and Models not showing up when transferred. Anybody else run into this? Have run out of ideas to try. Any …
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Got a new mini pc but it came with OS11. Anyone know of any compatability issues?
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I've searched, poked and clicked and can't figure out how to adjust sound volume when compositing in AM. What am I missing this time???? Any help appreciated.
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HI A:M community! Just want a quick intro. My name is Matt I am a 46 year old cg boomer (darn kids and their zbrushes and material nodes!), I have been doing 3d on and off for over 20 years now I am a 2d artist by trade but 3d is my passion hobby. Turns out doing what you love as a job really kills your love of that thing. So I will never do 3d for money haha. Animation Master was the first program I learned 3d on. I got the millennium edition in 2001ish. Still have my big fat instruction book and cd after that I jumped to 3dsmax as I was dabbling in game modding in Unreal 2004 then moved onto Softimage XSI. But I always dipped back to this wonderful program. e…
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Go thru this every year when I renew (Got a new Computer and trying to get AM on it.) but run into this every year, I buy it-money is charged from my card- and ??????? no serial number, no download and no instructions- just a receipt in my email with no serial or download instructiions. Is it just ME? What am I doing wrong? Any help appreciated. Admin update: Jason has fixed this license mishap and Edward is back in operation!
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