[Plugin Beta] Animator - v4.4a - 01 Jun 25

fredo6 · 1 Dec 2020, 14:57

@mitch7780,

Strange. Last update did not touch the video part.

Did you generate with NO rendering or with a rendering software?

What is the format of the video?

mitch7780 · 1 Dec 2020, 15:20

Just a standard video, no Vray etc.
File formats in .mov & mp4

Thanks

fredo6 · 1 Dec 2020, 17:02

@mitch7780 said:

Just a standard video, no Vray etc.
File formats in .mov & mp4

Thanks

What happens if you download your video posted on DropBox onto your own computer. Would they be corrupted too?

mitch7780 · 2 Dec 2020, 10:48

I just tried transferring the file, via DropBox, from my PC to my Imac and it downloaded and played fine.
I'm not too sure what's happening when I send the file over to a client. I've been using WeTransfer previously for other animations and it's been no problem.

Your extension is absolutely fantastic by the way, please don't think that this issue has any effect on how I continue to use Animator. It's probably just one of those things but I had to bring it to your attention just in case you had a solution.

One thing I would like to ask is about the sizing or dimension of the viewport before I start processing, is there a rule of thumb for optimal size, i.e 1920 or 1200 etc...

Thanks again.

fredo6 · 6 Jan 2021, 08:32

New Release: Animator - v3.0a - 06 Jan 21

Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.3

Maintenance release

Extension of validity

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

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

fredo6 · 17 Jan 2021, 11:06

New Release: Animator - v3.1a - 17 Jan 21

Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

Major release

Introduction of Camera Around, allowing the creation a camera travelling around a set of objects
Bug fixing
Cosmetic and technical adjustments

Here is a short presentation on Camera Around:

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

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

JClements · 17 Jan 2021, 18:09

A great way to begin the new year**!** THANK YOU.

Really nice features and interface/easy-to-understand controls.

Should satisfy long awaited needs. The demo is well explained.

Could Scenes be generated? Export to movie formats or images (jpg, gif, etc.)?

fredo6 · 17 Jan 2021, 21:47

@jclements said:

Could Scenes be generated? Export to movie formats or images (jpg, gif, etc.)?

What do you mean 'generated'?

JClements · 18 Jan 2021, 00:50

Have scenes created at specified intervals along the camera path (eg., at 10% intervals or intervals at a specified distance).

fredo6 · 28 Jan 2021, 07:39

New Release: Animator - v3.2a - 28 Jan 21

Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

Maintenance release

Extension of validity

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

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

tomasz · 4 Feb 2021, 10:51

Great to see the beta. It is good timing since we prepare a new release too.
I always appreciate how detailed and well thought your feature implementations are!

fredo6 · 22 Feb 2021, 10:56

New Release: Animator - v3.3a - 22 Feb 21

Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

Maintenance release

Fixed a major bug for Camera Tracker introduced in v3.3a. Unfortunately, you will have to remove camera tracker sequences created with v3.3a and recreate new ones.

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

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

axetect · 23 Feb 2021, 06:21

Hello, first of all I would like to thank you for creating such ingenius tool, now I would like to ask if there is any way to make it render at cloud, it would be a game changer for me as a low spec pc user. Thanks

fredo6 · 23 Feb 2021, 17:03

@axetect said:

I would like to ask if there is any way to make it render at cloud, it would be a game changer for me as a low spec pc user. Thanks

Unfortunately, this is not under control from Animator. It could be done by the rendering software if it interfaces to Animator (via a dedicated API). In a next release, I will try to improve the rendering time for VRay 5, because there are new features.

Fredo

TonyAU · 23 Feb 2021, 23:29

Thanks Fredo, amazing work.

Just one thing, will you be re-implementing the aspect ratio buttons.
I miss just hitting 16:9 and changing one value..
Bit lazy I know..

Cheers.

Tony
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sectionaa · 25 Feb 2021, 11:38

I am still experimenting with this excellent plugin - many thanks.
For animating camera I can only see two real options - Tracking object or rotating around object.
Is it possible, or will be possible, to have camera follow a path? Two options would be useful, either looking ahead, or turning left/right up/down.

In a post from Treadshot A1, Dec 29 2016 earlier version, he mentions camera path option of bezier.
Has that option now gone.
Best wishes

fredo6 · 25 Feb 2021, 15:41

@sectionaa said:

For animating camera I can only see two real options - Tracking object or rotating around object. Is it possible, or will be possible, to have camera follow a path? Two options would be useful, either looking ahead, or turning left/right up/down.

Camera Path is on my plan. It's a little bit longer than planned actually.

@sectionaa said: