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    [Plugin] Animator - v4.5a - 22 Jul 25

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    • M Offline
      mast1987
      last edited by

      First: Big Thanks to FREDO for this Genius plugin.

      Theres just 1 Thing I got a Problem with: Camera Fade out.

      If I use more than 2 views/cameras the Animation stops at the second view/camera and doesnt fade to the third one.

      what did I wrong?

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        @mast1987 said:

        If I use more than 2 views/cameras the Animation stops at the second view/camera and doesnt fade to the third one.

        what did I wrong?

        Could you please post or PM your model so that I have a look.
        Maybe you simply disable fadeout for the second camera.

        Fredo

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        • M Offline
          mast1987
          last edited by

          ok I got a solution:

          when i set the camera Position with the eye tool it doesnt works.
          when I set it with the Orbit and Hand tool it works fine.....

          thanks for the quick answer btw

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            Glad to see it works.

            Still, I don't see why you have a difference, since Animator does not really care HOW you set a view: it just capture the camera when it is set.

            Fredo

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              New Release: Animator - v1.8b - 19 Nov 17

              Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.0b

              Maintenance release

              • bug fixing
              • Handling of cases where scenes which are part of an animation are deleted in Sketchup.
              • improvement in circular camera interpolation (fadeout) if you also install LibFredo6 8.0b

              See main post for RBZ files

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              • M Offline
                Mike598601
                last edited by

                Just upgraded VRay to 3.6 but it no longer appears in the 'Render with' options in animator - is this version of Vray supported by animator in SU 2018?

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  Is Vray 3.6 installed in SU2018?

                  I will investigate on my side

                  Fredo

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                  • soloS Offline
                    solo
                    last edited by

                    Go home Thea, you're drunk!

                    Why is Thea acting like a drunk uncle? see the animation in SU, this is what I want to render in Thea:

                    right.gif

                    However, when I choose to render the animation I get this:

                    wrong.gif

                    Is there a way to fix this? reset Thea in some way?

                    http://www.solos-art.com

                    If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                    • ntxdaveN Offline
                      ntxdave
                      last edited by

                      I am assuming that when you went to create the animation using the Animator plugin you clicked the Thea button. I have not seen anything like that happen but I have not used Animator for a while

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                      • soloS Offline
                        solo
                        last edited by

                        @ntxdave said:

                        I am assuming that when you went to create the animation using the Animator plugin you clicked the Thea button. I have not seen anything like that happen but I have not used Animator for a while

                        If I did not press the Thea button then it would not have rendered with Thea, I did what I always do, use Thea animation with the Animator plugin selected.

                        Besides Thea, does Animator support other renderers? may be time to move on.

                        http://www.solos-art.com

                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                          ntxdave
                          last edited by

                          I remember for sure that it also supports Twilight Pro and Ambient Occlusion. Not sure which others.

                          Yes, I thought that is what you did (clicked). I guess I was "grasping at a straw" for an explanation but I know you are much more of a sage that that. Dumb remark/question on my pattern. 😳

                          Hope you get this sorted out.

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            Solo,

                            Did you generate the rendered animation from within Animator, or from Thea animation ?

                            I guess the best to understand what could be going on is to send me the model.

                            Fredo

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                            • soloS Offline
                              solo
                              last edited by

                              @fredo6 said:

                              Solo,

                              Did you generate the rendered animation from within Animator, or from Thea animation ?

                              I guess the best to understand what could be going on is to send me the model.

                              Fredo

                              I tried with Animator but for some reason that failed to do anything, I interrupted after 10 minutes only to find an empty folder, no images were saved so I then rendered within the Thea window and got the messed up result.

                              Here is the basic model with animation set up.

                              sorril t.skp

                              http://www.solos-art.com

                              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                              • ntxdaveN Offline
                                ntxdave
                                last edited by

                                It has been a while since I tried anything with Thea but so far all I am getting is a black screen. No content!!

                                I am rendering it with Twilight though. I will share that when I am done rendering it (going pretty fast).

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                                • soloS Offline
                                  solo
                                  last edited by

                                  @ntxdave said:

                                  It has been a while since I tried anything with Thea but so far all I am getting is a black screen. No content!!

                                  I am rendering it with Twilight though. I will share that when I am done rendering it (going pretty fast).

                                  You are getting a black screen because you do not have an HDRi in the illumination slot, the sun is switched off.

                                  http://www.solos-art.com

                                  If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                                    ntxdave
                                    last edited by

                                    Still working on it Pete. Creating an MP4 with Thea did not work correctly and I had a problem trying to create a GIF. In the process again.........

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                                    • ntxdaveN Offline
                                      ntxdave
                                      last edited by

                                      I did not do a good job but at least you can see that both of these render engines will work correctly with Animator (if you know how to user the renderers).

                                      Thea

                                      Twilight

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                                      • soloS Offline
                                        solo
                                        last edited by

                                        @ntxdave said:

                                        I did not do a good job but at least you can see that both of these render engines will work correctly with Animator (if you know how to user the renderers).

                                        Interesting, I had someone on the Thea forums test it out and they also got an abnormal result, now I'm more confused.

                                        http://www.solos-art.com

                                        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                        • ntxdaveN Offline
                                          ntxdave
                                          last edited by

                                          @solo said:

                                          Interesting, I had someone on the Thea forums test it out and they also got an abnormal result, now I'm more confused.

                                          Maybe it has something to do with versions:

                                          • Your skp file: SU Version 8.0.1
                                          • I used SU: Version 2017 Pro
                                          • I used Thea: Version TheaForSketchUpBundle_v1.5.07.480.1447
                                          • I used Animator: Version 1.8a
                                          • I used Fredo LibFredo6: Version 8.0a

                                          Do not know if that will shed any light on things but maybe I have something in versions might make a difference. If there is anything else I can do to help (other than a nice clean render), just let me know.

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                                          • soloS Offline
                                            solo
                                            last edited by

                                            @ntxdave said:

                                            @solo said:

                                            Interesting, I had someone on the Thea forums test it out and they also got an abnormal result, now I'm more confused.

                                            Maybe it has something to do with versions:

                                            • Your skp file: SU Version 8.0.1
                                            • I used SU: Version 2017 Pro
                                            • I used Thea: Version TheaForSketchUpBundle_v1.5.07.480.1447
                                            • I used Animator: Version 1.8a
                                            • I used Fredo LibFredo6: Version 8.0a

                                            Do not know if that will shed any light on things but maybe I have something in versions might make a difference. If there is anything else I can do to help (other than a nice clean render), just let me know.

                                            I have the most recent version as well as new LibFredo v8
                                            I am using SU 2018 pro and Windows 10, I just saved model as V8 for those that do not have new SU versions.

                                            http://www.solos-art.com

                                            If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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