How to make animations faster?
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Hi,
Even though I set the transition time and delay time to zero it my animation is still not really smooth. I also downloaded the smoothanimation.rb but it goes too fast this time. Does anyone have nay solution to my problem?
Thanks
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This is what you can do with SketchUp Ruby programming: http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial/movie.html
The how-to is in my tutorial's Chapter 16.
Never programmed? Start with Chapter 11.
Sorry to say, Ruby programming is required. (More exactly, "still required.")
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Oh, ok. Yes, I don't have an experience in ruby programming. Is it something that will take a lot of time? Because the only thing that i want to do is that soft transitions btw the scenes.
Thanks
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@emy said:
I don't have an experience in ruby programming. Is it something that will take a lot of time?
Well, start 11 and decide for yourself.
In the long run it will save you tons of time.
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Also, will I be able to make that fluent animation as in flash when I write the code?
Thank you very much
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Hi Emy, I'd have to recommend staying away from any ruby scripting until you are familiar with SU. Not many people really ever get into it.
As for smooth transitions, that is a little bit tricky sometimes. The main thing to do is try to keep the distance between all scenes approximately the same. And dont have any sudden camera u-turns. You can right click on a scene and choose "play animation" and it will try to play your animation for you. This can help get a beter feel for the animation before you take the time to export it. Also, try exporting it at a low resolution with a low frame rate (15 for example). This helps make a quick render of your movie, that you can check to see if your camera passes through walls, or is too jerky ever.
Those are the main things you can really do to help make a slightly smoother movie. Try that and see if you make any progress.
Chris
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