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This last area is likely the source of much confusion because many see the A:M Forum as the official outlet for Hash Inc... and it is. But the forum is not designed for conducting business and private matters best resolved by going to Hash Inc directly. Similarly, bug reports are best resolved by entering them directly into the A:M Reporting system.
Many problems can be easily addressed at the user level just by asking fellow users in the forum. If someone at Hash Inc suggests the forum as a source, it is very likely a problem can be easily resolved. For tougher issues there is even more reason to take the issue directly to the source... you don't want the issue discussed... you want it resolved quickly.
Finally, remember that we want to pass this forum on to future moderators and generations of A:M Users in the absolute best condition possible. A:M is just that good a program and is worthy of our consideration.
Thanks for making the A:M Forum a great community.
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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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In what version did this end? You can no longer apply a decal in a Pose or Action? Please tell me I'm not crazy I would swear that I've done this in the past. Mandella effect?????? Trying to get some texture on this model.
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This began with trying to make a crease such as you find on suit pants. Keep getting this weird anomaly (see attached pic and prj.) decal is a bump at 888% but this happens at any percent and as you can see it doesn't happen on a flat or bumpy grid - just the cylinder. Tried using only the front geometry of the pants/cylinder - same result Tried using multi-pass render - same result Have also had same problem with other bump maps but this one is repeatable. What am I doing wrong? Any help appreciated PantsCrease.tga BumpA.prj
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After the TSM2 rig is installed, then what? Do you save out the .mdl by turning off the embedding option for import into newer AM version er whut? And are there any problems with importing an older rig into newer versions of AM?
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Just curious. I'm looking into this and wondering about pros & cons so I thought I'd ask.
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Apologies for being a pest but the Sept. 5 video doesn't cover how to find & install the TSM2 plugin. Where do I find it?
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Is this just on my machine er whut? Please try to rotate the Lbicep bone in the Smartskin window, either with the manipulator or scrubbing the Y axis in the PWS. On my machine it goes WACKO rotating spastically in large increments and the bone is way off. Even tried saving the model to disk & importing it into a new Prj. but no difference. Recently had similart problems but was resolved with AVG anti virus but it's not working now, so any help appreciated. SuitCoat3.prj
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Made 2 seperate smartskins for bicep & forearm and driving them both with ArmsShoulders pose & making some progress. Not sure if that's the correct way to set that up but so far so good. See attached Prj. SuitCoat3.prj
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How do you set up keyframes for muscle/skin in a Pose as opposed to Smartskin? Been trying but can't get it to work. I thought Pose was able to do this but don't remember how to set it up. Is this something that has to be done in an Action? Been looking in the manual but can't find instructions for a dumb-ass, you know "Do this and then do that." details. thanks in advance.
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Been struggling with this for years (not an exaggeration) and using Mike Fitzgeralds rigging CD but wondering if anyone has made a more recent tutorial for this? Attached is one I'm trying to rig for a suit coat and the funky way it folds in the shoulder but can't get it dialed in. Even shldrs I rigged in my robot movie never looked good so hoping somebody has made some more recent tutes on this. Any help appreciated. SuitCoat.prj
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Just me or did something happen to the Lasso tool? See attached .prj. On my machine no matter how I use the lasso tool it selects all sorts of seemingly random CPs - other than the ones I'm trying to select. Did I activate an unseen "moron mode" somehow? Is it just on my machine? Please see attached .prj and try it - any help appreciated. LassoTest.prj
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Context: I want to create a simple on/off toggle control that switches a selected group's surface color (on being red, off being black). I'm still pretty new to animation:master so I'm still discovering new stuff each day but have spent some time on this and just wasn't sure if it's possible or not.
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Thanks to RobCat for cajolling me out of hibernation. He is such a tireless hero of A:M! I sort of 'dropped-out' during covid... life got weird, as it does. After 35 years in TV graphics (started in film production as there was no computers...) and found A:M around 1997 after seeing a Greg Rostami demo at Siggraph in LA. Had a LOT of fun and always felt like AM was just a toy to be played with. I used it for many years professionally, and after covid and health setbacks I took a break from the business and just did other things and never really went back. I'd like to get back into 'playing' again now. I am inspired by the entries for the 'finish the...' cvontest. GRE…
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Anyone else run into this? Decal is applied to hand but has a weird "split" down the middle of each finger. This does NOT appear on another character using the same hand. (Orville and Wilbur Wright) Tried deleting the stamp and remapping and then deleting the entire decal altogether and redoing it but still get this shit. Any help appreciated.
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Sorry if this has been covered but can't find it in the manual. Is there a way to copy multiple bones and the CPs linked to them for pasting in another model?
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Sorry forgot how to get on LAT. I to to clubs/live answer time and it takes me to google meeting page but it only shows how to start a meeting.
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Anyone know of an app that can make images tileable for decaling/texture mapping? Would really be handy.
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Last 2 weeks have been plagued by strange interface anomalies. Arrow cursor disappearing, can't select CPs, trying to drag material onto group in the project tree just drags (scrolls) entire tree or the whole interface becomes completely unresponsive & have to shut it down with the task manager. This of course is random and is temporarily fixed with a restart but then returns. Just wondering if anyone else has seen these things or is it just my "curse" acting up again? I tried installing 19.5 but problems are still here. Anyone else running into this???? Any help appreciated. [MOD EDIT: Edward found malware to be the problem: https://forums.hash.com/to…
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I have abused this forum because I was more concerned about my own needs. There was a lyric that we could all join together as a team, but still just a lyric I have posted thinking wow this could be big and I put a lot of effort into it and here goes... I wake up like oh boy... only to find out I texted or posted or whatever.... And then answer to .... I honestly dont know! Could have been my 82 Dad typing while I sleeptalk, or I could have sleeptyped or please... It happens. Main thing is I push through the crap. ... How much crap is there? We can help! See... no... that;'s just a thought We're talking a lot …
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Keep clicking on this link for latest AM update but keeps taking me to same page and no download???? What am I doing wrong?
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Don't know if anyone wants to look into this but when trying to copy two of these groups (Cap1 & Cap2) by selecting the group in the project list AM crashes, but if you select with a box then they copy with no problem. I had to make 36 of these assemblies for the Wright Bros. flyer one-at-a-time until I tried this work-around. Just FYI TestCap.prj
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This time there are NO poses involved. Attached is the model but it doesn't happen all the time just randomly. Last time the problem was having a pose window open but now it happens with no poses, and it shows up in the render. Please don't send this model anywhere as it's taken a lot of hours to build. Let me know if this happens for you or not. I'm using v19.op [I've temporarily removed the model so it doesn't get sent around - Robert]
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Made sure group is NOT a closed patch, select render as lines to ON and set a line width and randomness but NO lines. Once again I need to know where the "idiot" toggle is. Any help appreciated.
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Anyone know how to make the "fog" work?? I've turned it on in the camera render options and set the start and end distance but nothing. Any help appreciated.
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Apologies if I've asked this before but what's with this red border on the windows, some kind of error?
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I don't understand how lock mode (Shift+A) works, it creates two CP's at one point. Please explain.
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Hi guys, Well, I come to you now because I find myself at another impasse. This is something which I get the impression should be simple but I’m making it harder than it really is. This is also an instance where I think I would benefit much more from an in-person, class type setting then trying to interpret words out of a book. It’s a communication issue. The project is the creation of a gear. Everything up through the first image I am fine with. I can get something which looks like figure 6.13 I have also gathered that when they go on to say “select two CPs, skip two CPs”, we are actually talking about groups of eight CPs at a time. The illustrations …
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Got a 2nd machine which is not on the net, do I download Am installer to a USB and install on it or is it more complicated than that? Any help appreciated.
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Currently using v19.op but want to see if there's a newer version I could install but when I try to go to the AM FTP site it wants to open up Edge. Is the FTP site where you get updates? Been so long since I've done that and don't remember. Am I going to the wrong link? Any help appreciated.
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I know you've helped me with this before but don't remember that there was a resolution; clicking on the CPs fixes some of them some of the time but these aren't going away. Tried to isolate the model in a chor by itself (just the face and moustache) but it only manifests in my big fat chor on this project. As always any help appreciated. Using v 19.op on Windows 10
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I might be a bit absent minded, but I forgot how to obtain fonts scripture into Animation Master. I know there is a restriction for only Ariel fonts, but for now I can't find a way to reach a way to access fonts when I'm in AM. For the good of all I would reconstruct scripture fonts myself, but I know there was a way. At least I did in the past. Thank you.
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laserbeam.mdlHEY HEY HEY !!!! Its your favorite slice of pizza! Yummy Hey guys I was wondering. What are some ways I can make laser fire come out of a starship. I'm trying to make Mutiple shots come out of the cannon of the starship it seems like a headache. Check out the zip file "Rwing attack mode" for my progress any help would be great!Please any method that can be less of a headache would be nice thank you all! this what I would like. Rember Pizza is good on Friday!!!!! My attempt.avi Rwing attack mode.zip laserbeam.mdl laserball.mdl Rwing attack mode.cho rwingdemo.mdl
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I have a video "Happy Birthday" Card save as a PNG sequence. I would like to add various names as the occasion calls for. I can make animated names. How do I add them to the generic birthday video? Thanks
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Anyway it's been a very long time since I've used A:M but it's almost all coming back. One thing I can't remember or find or maybe it no longer exists was the hotkey to change the "levels" of smooth rendering in shaded view while modeling. I thought it involved "[]". I recall there were like 4 or 5 levels of smoothness? You could lower it to work faster and raise it up quickly to get a better view.
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I selected the hand bone and used the Ctrl Scale icon (top toolbar) to scale the hand and all its children finger bones. That worked but then all dem finger bonz disappeared from the pose window even tho they're turned on in the model view. Then I saw that there was a "Hidden" channel added to ALL those frickin' finger bonz in the relationship window. I had to delete that Hidden channel from all the finger bonz one at a time to make them reappear. So, my question is: Did I cause that to happen using the Ctrl-scale function? and is there a way to turn them all off easily?
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I'm having trouble with my main star, she want's to be called Mony... And I think Vera in the Mirror... could be like 2? "Where she at?" I'm sorry the way you looked at me at the mall. I don't know how to look when it's going all. But Vera in The Mirror... I got to pimp her out you know... Go Pump and Blow and you know how to suck and why don't you go././/. Mony bringing food like the hub and you know you can do that.. The Middle sucks. This is going to the mall now! It's just insane! Vera's new song is "What's up, what's up". I'm just warning…
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I have seen a model from sample as character on the face has some shading artifact ? Why? Can we eliminate this artifact by a better modeling ? What is your experience from this ? Thanks !
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What is your experience in modeling for character with Hash animation master ? My purpose in long term is to create a beautiful a character and to share you all my work I have seen some very good character from website to hash animation master itself and all are impressive 😁 Have a good day !
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Hi all I am new here and I hope to look forward on what I am doing with Animation master And to meet you all for talking about 3D as well I am learning from now and I hope to bright some of my work too. Thank you to Team and all to artist for keeping this wonderful 3d software. See you soon.
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I am attempting to buy the latest version of A:M for my computer. Received an email with code numbers and was directed to this forum. Now what?
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Do we have any type of measuring tape feature in am aside from Guides and grids. In other programs you can draw a line between 2 points to measure, thats kind of what im looking for.
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Hello there, I have recently started diving into 3D animation using Hash Animation, and I am looking to optimize my workflow to make the most out of the software. As a newcomer to the 3D animation world; I am excited to learn from those with more experience and refine my approach to ensure efficiency and creativity. Currently; I am working on a short animation project that involves character modeling; rigging; and scene composition. I find rigging quite complex; and sometimes my rigs don't behave as expected during animation. What are some best practices for creating stable and flexible rigs? Are there specific tutorials or resources that you recommend for …
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I have this issue every year, I buy the sub and then it shoots me a link and that link only takes me here to the forum. What can't Hash make a dedicated download link in the store and once I have my serial I can just activate it? Does anyone have the link to the software? Thanks
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In past models I have seen in a model's User Properties various Folders that contain Pose Sliders. Such as: Face. Or Hands, or Rig etc. How do I do that, and how do I put various Pose sliders into it's respective folder?
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Oh BOY! A new mystery. Trying to use the Mirror function with the attached model - no luck. What am I doing wrong? I've used it with other models/projects before but can't get it to work at all anymore. Any help appreciated. MirrorTest.mdl
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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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