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    [Tutorial] Animator Quick Start

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      TonyAU
      last edited by

      Awesome..
      Thanks for the quick response, I'll have a play with it and see how it works..

      Cheers.

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        ctrlaltf1
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        Hello! I'm trying to animate a scene using STATIC SCENE (the ones created in SKP).
        Here is the prob.
        I add Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3....
        and it ALWAYS forces a transition between them.

        Whereas I want:
        Scene 1. ...5 secs.
        CUT to SCENE 2..... 5 secs.
        CUT to SCENE 3.... 5 secs.

        NO TRANSITIONS between scenes.

        I'm getting a bald spot looking for a solution :S

        Any comments appreciated.

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        • jujuJ Offline
          juju
          last edited by

          @ctrlaltf1 said:

          Hello! I'm trying to animate a scene using STATIC SCENE (the ones created in SKP).
          Here is the prob.
          I add Scene 1, Scene 2, Scene 3....
          and it ALWAYS forces a transition between them.

          Whereas I want:
          Scene 1. ...5 secs.
          CUT to SCENE 2..... 5 secs.
          CUT to SCENE 3.... 5 secs.

          NO TRANSITIONS between scenes.

          I'm getting a bald spot looking for a solution :S

          Any comments appreciated.

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          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            @ctrlaltf1 said:

            NO TRANSITIONS between scenes.

            When you click on each element for scenes in the timeline, you have a dialog box appearing in the corner.
            Just click and disable the 'Fade out' (it's a toggle button)

            Animator - View params.png

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              Hi, Is it possible to reuse the animated object in another sketchup file?

              Not possible at the moment.

              I am trying to think whether it could be possible and how to do it, but not obvious.

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                I did an APPARITION in animator to create a section cut effect of a particular object. However, after rendering, the section cut effect affected the whole scene instead of that object.

                This is one known problem with rendering software. They don't seem to take section cuts into account.

                Could you try to render a model with an active section cut using Ambient Occlusion Ex and tell me if you see it.

                Thanks

                fredo

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Ambient occlusion does not render section cut correction when export via animation mode.

                  Section cut does work in Ambient occlusion in a static view.

                  Animator interacts with Ambient Occlusion Ex via an API. Maybe it caches the state of objects. Let me see if there is a way to force a refresh. I noticed the same behavior with Thea.

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                    Saumil12345
                    last edited by

                    Hi,
                    I have a question regarding explosion effect in animator, is there a way to control direction of elements that explodes, currently they are exploding in all the directions but i cannot control them as in which element should move in which direction.

                    This plug-in is super useful, thanks for making something that can convert your imaginations into something visual.

                    Regards,
                    Saumil

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      @saumil12345 said:

                      I have a question regarding explosion effect in animator, is there a way to control direction of elements that explodes, currently they are exploding in all the directions but i cannot control them as in which element should move in which direction.

                      Currently Animator explodes away from the center of gravity of the object. There is unfortunately no way to customize it at the moment.

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                        Saumil12345
                        last edited by

                        Greetings,
                        Thank you for a quick reply.

                        Check out this turn table animation I created using animator , v-ray for rendering and some post production.

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                          juju
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                          @saumil12345 said:

                          Greetings,
                          Thank you for a quick reply.

                          Check out this turn table animation I created using animator , v-ray for rendering and some post production.

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                          nice one, loved the finger snap with accompanying disintegration at the end

                          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                            Saumil12345
                            last edited by

                            Greetings,

                            Can anyone suggest quick rendering plugin(other than V-ray) for basic rendering of the animation. It has nearly 2000 frames.

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                              ntxdave
                              last edited by

                              Have you looked at Twilight Render? Animator also supports it.

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                                Saumil12345
                                last edited by

                                Not yet, I'll go through it.
                                Thank you

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                                  Saumil12345
                                  last edited by

                                  Greetings,
                                  I have been trying to render my animation using sketchFX. In the progress bar & even in the sketchup it shows that frames are being generated , but when it is done I don't get the full video or all the frames generated, I only get 2-3 frames out of 300 frames in my folder.

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                                    Saumil12345
                                    last edited by

                                    Can we add safe frame in animator?
                                    Or is there any way I can get an idea of how much area will be covered if I export in 1:1 aspect ratio while setting up the camera.

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                                      aweardon
                                      last edited by

                                      How do I save the video I create?

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                                        smai31
                                        last edited by

                                        Bonjour Fredo,
                                        J'adore ton plugin et je souhaiterai l'utiliser pour visualiser et rejouer la trajectoire de drones ou robots dans une pièce.
                                        Je m'explique, les robots sont équipés de capteurs qui me communiquent toutes les secondes leur position X,Y,Z + ID. Pourrait-on imaginer lire ce fichier et écrire en automatique le script de toutes les séquences d'une seconde (ou X secondes) de chacune des translation des différents drones ?
                                        En clair, peut-on créer un code pour générer un script en automatique et l'ajouter au modèle pour qu'il puisse être accessible à l'ouverture d'Animator, visualiser les mouvements et réaliser les films des séquences de ces mouvements ...

                                        Merci d'avance de ton éclairage sur la faisabilité de cette idée

                                        Bien à toi

                                        Stéphane

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                                        • fredo6F Offline
                                          fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @smai31

                                          J'ai prévu de faire des animations par script, mais ca prendra un peu de temps avant que je me remettes aux évolutions d'Animator

                                          Pour l'instant, on peut faire l'inverse et visualiser les trajectoires sous forme de courbes de points choisis sur des objets animés.

                                          Fredo

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                                            Frankoi
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                                            Hi,

                                            I have installed the fredolib and the animator plugin on my macbookpro, on SUPRO2017, i can see the animator tool bar wtih four buttons, but when I click on the first, nothing happens, I can't see the time line and all the other panels!.

                                            Could someone help me?

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