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

fredo6 · 19 May 2018, 09:44

Copy that. I have that option showing up in the Thea panel. See attached gif. It's at the generate video that the only option is an image sequence. I thought previously this would generate a video, or was it always only an image sequence? I can easily stich an image sequence together but was curious if there was a video option...or did I just imagine it?
[attachment=0:13ky44ub]animator.gif[/attachment:13ky44ub]

Your are right. It seems that Thea only generates a sequence of images.
I must say that I never used the generation from Thea and thus did not notice.

Fredo

fredo6 · 19 May 2018, 19:53

@whiterabbit said:

I'm glad we got to the bottom of it ! Thanks for your help. It's an amazing piece of work it should definitely be a paid plugin![flash 640,480:2qtuw4ba][/flash:2qtuw4ba]
[attachment=0:2qtuw4ba]Who cut the cheese.swf[/attachment:2qtuw4ba]

Well...it's going to be a paid plugin actually (with an evaluation version). Just need to have the right amount of features and also a sufficient quality to justify the cost.

Fredo

PS: by the way, better post a .MOV or a .gif. It's usually diffciult to do anything with SWF files.

whiterabbit · 20 May 2018, 06:33

I'm glad we got to the bottom of it ! Thanks for your help. It's an amazing piece of work it should definitely be a paid plugin!

whiterabbit · 20 May 2018, 06:35

I only used the swf as the interface looks like that's what it prefers.

fredo6 · 20 May 2018, 10:49

New Release: Animator - v2.1a - 20 May 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.4a

Major release

Added Movement Apparition, allowing to make object progressively appear or disappear, based on section planes.

Note: hose models by Eneroth3

If you install LibFredo6 v8.4c, you have the option to use section planes for partial apparition, between 2 boundaries

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

junphuc17945 · 29 May 2018, 09:37

in version 2.1, i cant generate video

fredo6 · 29 May 2018, 13:45

@junphuc17945 said:

in version 2.1, i cant generate video

Small bug coming from LibFredo6.

Fixed in LibFredo6 v8.4f, just published.

Fredo

fredo6 · 13 Jul 2018, 05:50

New Release: Animator - v2.2a - 13 July 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.5a

Minor release

Extension of validity
Prompt for sequence names can now be configured from the Default Parameter Dialog box. If you set at NO PROMPT, then a default name will be used. You can change it later.
Note also that there is fast way to insert the current view camera in the timeline, by clicking on the small button in the Insert palette.

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

fredo6 · 14 Jul 2018, 22:00

New Release: Animator - v2.2b - 14 July 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.5b

Minor release

Full screen option: All Sketchup toolbars, native and extensions are automatically hidden when starting Animator. They are restored in their original position when exiting Animator, either temporarily or fully.
This option can be activated in the Default Parameters dialog box.

The idea is indeed to give you more space on the screen when designing animations.

Here is a short video illustrating the Full Screen option.

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

pilou · 14 Jul 2018, 22:06

Tricky!

fredo6 · 16 Jul 2018, 19:52

@pilou said:

Tricky!

Don't know if it works on Mac!

Takkegek · 1 Aug 2018, 17:34

Hello,

I was doing some tests today with Animator (just discovered the plugin and looks very promising!) and Thea Render for Sketchup v2 (recent version).
This is a very basic quick animation in sketchup I made with Animator:

I would like to render it in thea but thea can not find the clip when I push the button 'render Animation' ( like shown in printscreen )

Anyone an idea why Thea doesn't find the clip I made? Or has this something to do with the fact that Thea is a demo version? It is possible to render it in Animator itself but I want to render in thea because I think I will have more control over the network rendering settings.

Thank you!

Takkegek

fredo6 · 2 Aug 2018, 08:51

@takkegek said:

Anyone an idea why Thea doesn't find the clip I made? Or has this something to do with the fact that Thea is a demo version? It is possible to render it in Animator itself but I want to render in thea because I think I will have more control over the network rendering settings.

I think the external rendering from Thea requires that you have the licensed version installed.

Fredo

Takkegek · 2 Aug 2018, 10:11

Thanks Fredo for answering! I have almost the licensed version, bought it but still waiting for the serials to come from Thea render. I can't wait to test this plugin any further.

I was wondering something. Is it possible to import a whole animation of one sketchup-file into a other sketchup-file? For example; I make a animation of a car driving. Can I import this car+animation into a other sketchup-file?
Or is it only possible the other way around: to import the second sketchup-file in the one where I have allready made all the animations that I would like to use?

fredo6 · 2 Aug 2018, 17:26

@takkegek said:

I was wondering something. Is it possible to import a whole animation of one sketchup-file into a other sketchup-file? For example; I make a animation of a car driving. Can I import this car+animation into a other sketchup-file?
Or is it only possible the other way around: to import the second sketchup-file in the one where I have allready made all the animations that I would like to use?

Animator does not allow this, because you would need to import exactly the same objects and contexts (layers, etc...).
However, if you do a Save-as of a file with animations inside, the new file also include the animation, since all animation data are stored within the model.
You can also create several animations in the same model. All elements of animations (i.e. sequences, clips, films) can be re-used.

Fredo

Takkegek · 3 Aug 2018, 07:14

Actually it does not take much time to do the setup for a driving a car or for some flying birds. It is not really necessary to import it from one file to another because the workflow in Animator is pretty quick. Below a quick test with some flying birds.
This plugin can make a walkthrough for a project much more interesting (like opening a door in a interior walktrough).
Great plugin so far Fredo, if this all works well with Thea4SU v2 (have not yet the serials so can not test everything) than it should be a paying plugin!

Floorguy · 9 Aug 2018, 20:11

Disappearing group? When I choose the Translation movement and then go Selection of Objects, I select my group to move and it disappears, never to return. Even when I quit Animator and return to Sketchup, the group is gone. If I go back and purge all sequences, it comes back. Any ideas? (I'm pretty new to Sketchup and Animator)

Disappearing Group.mov

fredo6 · 9 Aug 2018, 20:27

@floorguy

Strange, indeed.

Could you post the model so that I have a look.

Many thanks

Fredo

Floorguy · 10 Aug 2018, 16:22

@fredo6 said:

@floorguy

Strange, indeed.

Could you post the model so that I have a look.

Many thanks

Fredo

Here's a link to the Sketchup file Fredo. Thanks for looking.

(drive.google.com)

solo · 10 Aug 2018, 19:25

Is Animator and Thea 1.5 still working? I cannot get them to work together, I tried both from Animator dialog and from the Thea window to render an animation to no avail.