[Plugin Beta] Animator - v4.3d - 17 Mar 25

fredo6 · 19 Nov 2017, 11:49

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

Mike598601 · 29 Nov 2017, 14:45

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?

fredo6 · 30 Nov 2017, 03:33

Is Vray 3.6 installed in SU2018?

I will investigate on my side

Fredo

solo · 4 Dec 2017, 16:39

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:

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

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

ntxdave · 4 Dec 2017, 17:04

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

solo · 4 Dec 2017, 17:20

@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.

ntxdave · 4 Dec 2017, 18:16

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.

fredo6 · 4 Dec 2017, 22:25

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

solo · 4 Dec 2017, 22:34

@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

ntxdave · 4 Dec 2017, 23:55

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).

solo · 4 Dec 2017, 23:57

@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.

ntxdave · 5 Dec 2017, 02:09

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.........

ntxdave · 5 Dec 2017, 04:06

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

solo · 5 Dec 2017, 17:46

@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.

ntxdave · 5 Dec 2017, 19:05

@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.

solo · 5 Dec 2017, 19:08

@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.

ntxdave · 5 Dec 2017, 19:27

@solo said:

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.

I am installing a new version of SimLab Composer right now. When it is done, I will update Animator to the latest version and try in 2018 to see if I see any differences.

solo · 5 Dec 2017, 19:39

I give up, not working for me, this was just a basic test, the whole model has tens of animated sequences including furniture and multiple camera views, it should have been simple as it works so well with SU animation, for some reason Thea has failed me. Can Simlab do this kind of animation? how good is the render quality?

ntxdave · 5 Dec 2017, 20:16

I downloaded the trial version and it does no give me the option to install it for SketchUp 2018. Was going to give it a try for you...........

Is there something I need to do differently to get a trial version to work with 2018?

solo · 5 Dec 2017, 20:22

@ntxdave said:

I downloaded the trial version and it does no give me the option to install it for SketchUp 2018. Was going to give it a try for you...........

Is there something I need to do differently to get a trial version to work with 2018?

Maybe they do not have a version compatible with SU 2018 yet, or an installer, try SU 2017