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    [Plugin] Camera Recorder v1.7.2 UPDATED May 23, 2013

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    • TIGT Offline
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      It motoring... 😍
      What next ?

      TIG

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      • Chris FullmerC Offline
        Chris Fullmer
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        Next will be to save, export and import animations from one model to the next. I'm planning on writing simple csv files that can be easily written and read.

        I'd love to improve the file save dialog window.

        @Equadorian - Sketchyphysics has game controller code? If you install SP, you can control SU with a game controller? If so, then I would'nt need to include it in the script. You can start recording and then navigate with his controller and my plugin will still record it.

        Chris

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        • Mike LuceyM Offline
          Mike Lucey
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          Thanks for the video Chris. Hey you have quite a talent for voice overs, very natural with a nice flow and easy to follow πŸ‘

          Its looks like you have excellent colaborators coming on board for CR that will make it a super easy to use animation output tool.

          Mike

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          • ely862meE Offline
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            Impressive!! Well done!

            Thank you!

            Elisei

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            • E Offline
              Ecuadorian
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              Chris, the game controller code is there but the user must implement it. There are entire videogames made using SketchyPhysics.

              Now I regret having sold my XBOX 360 wired controller. Oh, well.

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              • CadFatherC Offline
                CadFather
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                @plot-paris said:

                hey Chris. I am afraid, the buttons of the toolbar end up blank.

                the zip file, you posted contains a ruby file called 'clf_center_on_origin.rb' and a folder with the Camera Recorder files.
                within this folder there is the camera recorder ruby, several images and an empty folder called 'images'.
                but no matter, where I placed the images (within the images folder. or the images folder directly in the plugins folder) it doesn't seem to be working 😞

                Thank You Chris - this is something i wanted for a very long time..

                any thoughts on the above?

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                • Chris FullmerC Offline
                  Chris Fullmer
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                  yeah, clf_camera_recorder_loader.rb and the clf_camera_recorder folder go into the plugin folder.

                  All .pngs and the clf_camera_recorder.rb script file go into the clf_camera_recorder folder. THe IMAGES folder also goes into the clf_camera_recorder fodler, and it should be empty. It is there only as a default location to export images into. It should not have any of the icons in it.

                  If you do that, it should work like a charm. I recommend not using winzip to unzip your files if they are not automatically unzipping with tehir full folders and paths. Just use the built in windows explorer if possible. Its superior to winzip in so many ways.

                  Let me know if that does not work. I suppose there could be some other unknown issue?

                  Chris

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                  • CadFatherC Offline
                    CadFather
                    last edited by

                    yes but like plotparis said, there isn't any loader

                    just some clf_center_on_origin.rb

                    am i missing something?

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                    • Chris FullmerC Offline
                      Chris Fullmer
                      last edited by

                      😳 😳 😳

                      I missed that litle fact, sorry guys! I didn't put the right file in the zip. I'll fix it in a little bit.

                      Everyone who downloaded the first version got the loader, and that is why it is working for them. Everyone who is trying to install this version fresh is left without the loader.....sorry!

                      Chris

                      Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                      • CadFatherC Offline
                        CadFather
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                        cool.. thanks Chris! πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

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                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                          Chris Fullmer
                          last edited by

                          ok, the download files have been updated. And it includes the new icon set. Please redownload! Thanks for your patience,

                          Chris

                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                            • spenceS Offline
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                              This is a very nice addition to SU, thanks Chris, your work outstanding. πŸ˜„

                              Spence

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                              • CadFatherC Offline
                                CadFather
                                last edited by

                                Chris, at some point it may be useful to add 'stop playing the animation'

                                at any rate, this is a genius script.

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                                • plot-parisP Offline
                                  plot-paris
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                                  @cadfather said:

                                  Chris, at some point it may be useful to add 'stop playing the animation'

                                  is it possible to change the play button to show a stop button when the animation is running?

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
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                                    Yeah, thats a good idea and I think its possible to do. I could do a play/stop button. If this plugin ever gets any editing capabilities, then forward and backwards 1 frame would be nice too.

                                    Chris

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                                    • soloS Offline
                                      solo
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                                      Now the inevitable question...

                                      This plug-in will record raw SU output as a series of images, what will it take to get it to play nice with a render engine so that a rendered animation is possible?

                                      Kinda like recording all the frames as camera scenes so that it can render them sequentially.

                                      http://www.solos-art.com

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                                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                        Chris Fullmer
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                                        Thats a good question. I'm not sure how render engines have implemented animation support. I would guess that it will be fairly simple to get it to work. Do they just need a scene for each frame?

                                        I was also wondering about separate program like VUE. Do those softwares have a standard camera path file type that I could export this to? That would be itneresting also.

                                        Chris

                                        Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                                        • soloS Offline
                                          solo
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                                          I'd think Vue would be able to use this if an exporter could be worked out, there is a script that Alex made which exports SU camera's into Vue.
                                          Currently Vue is interchangeable with XSI, MAX and C4D as far as camera animations go.
                                          Vue has a bezier type camera path creator.

                                          http://www.solos-art.com

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                                          • soloS Offline
                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            Actually I thing that if you can make the path editable, I could use it in Vue as a camera path.

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

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