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    DarkParadise Newcomers
    last edited by 4 Jan 2023, 17:09

    The problem remain... πŸ˜•

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      DarkParadise Newcomers
      last edited by 7 Jan 2023, 15:09

      Hi Fredo,

      I still haven't found a fix to the problem... I'm getting πŸ˜• πŸ˜• πŸ˜•

      Is the setting of the sky in vray correct ? Should I try to re-install vray ? Could I send you the files so that you could do a test on your machine ?

      Any help greatly appreciated,

      Thanks in advance,

      Olivier


      Vray sky settings

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        fredo6
        last edited by 7 Jan 2023, 18:01

        If you do a Natural render, do you get the sky displayed?

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          DarkParadise Newcomers
          last edited by 8 Jan 2023, 15:25

          Thanks again for your help Fredo...

          Yes I do... so strange...

          here is a comparison of natural vs vray render through animator...

          natural vs vray.JPG
          but within vray alone, everything works...

          vray-only.jpg

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            DarkParadise Newcomers
            last edited by 12 Jan 2023, 19:18

            Hi Fredo,

            I'm desperate... Do you think that a reinstall of Vray would change something ? Any other idea ?

            Best,

            Olivier

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              fredo6
              last edited by 12 Jan 2023, 20:35

              This may be an idea. On my side, I am short of clues to understand how Animator could prevent things to happen (or not) in VRay....

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                DarkParadise Newcomers
                last edited by 12 Jan 2023, 20:49

                Thanks...

                That's why I'm desperate, πŸ˜‰ What other renderer would you use ?

                I'll keep you posted for the re-install.

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                  ntxdave
                  last edited by 12 Jan 2023, 20:59

                  You might try Twilight Render. I have used it with Animator and never had any problems. πŸ˜„

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                    DarkParadise Newcomers
                    last edited by 13 Jan 2023, 16:58

                    Hi Dave,

                    thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a try with the hobby version... Are you aware of any limitation with this one ?

                    All the best,

                    Olivier

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                      DarkParadise Newcomers
                      last edited by 13 Jan 2023, 17:08

                      Dear Fredo,

                      I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

                      I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

                      Vray only on the left, animator and Vray on the right

                      It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

                      thanks again for your support.

                      Olivier

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                        ntxdave
                        last edited by 13 Jan 2023, 17:21

                        @darkparadise said:

                        Hi Dave,

                        thanks for the tip ! I'll give it a try with the hobby version... Are you aware of any limitation with this one ?

                        All the best,

                        Olivier

                        Not really. I have used it many times with Animator. They also have several tutorials and a good support team.

                        Let’em know I recommended them. πŸ˜„

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                          DarkParadise Newcomers
                          last edited by 13 Jan 2023, 21:28

                          Dave, hi again !

                          I've installed Twilight 2 in Sketchup. Rendering seems fine with the render engine from the software itself, but I can't see it in the Generation of Video in Animator.

                          twilight missing.JPG

                          Any way to fix this ?

                          Thanks again,

                          Olivier

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                            ntxdave
                            last edited by 13 Jan 2023, 22:34

                            I am having problems with my laptop so I cannot currently explore this for you, but Twilight Render should show up in the Generate Video toolbar. It has always been there for me. It has been quite a while so I cannot remember how to add it.

                            I would suggest you post in the Animator thread. Fredo is always pretty good at responding. You might also post the question in the Twilight Render forum.

                            Sorry I cannot run it to help you.

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                              ntxdave
                              last edited by 15 Jan 2023, 00:25

                              Any resolution to your issue?

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                                fredo6
                                last edited by 15 Jan 2023, 11:57

                                @darkparadise said:

                                I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

                                I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

                                [attachment=0:3b2vx4d8]<!-- ia0 -->Vray vs vray and animator 20020113.JPG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3b2vx4d8]

                                It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

                                I don't think you need to uninstall Animator (the video management is in LibFredo6 anyway).

                                Likewise, if this happens with any model, I don't think this is useful to send me the model.

                                There must be a setting left in VRay which is used by the VRay API. So, I would recommend you post to the VRay forum, asking whether the API has a separate configuration versus the direct rendering within VRay.

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                                  ntxdave
                                  last edited by 15 Jan 2023, 14:33

                                  Why isn’t Twilight Render showing up for him in Animator?

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                                    DarkParadise Newcomers
                                    last edited by 16 Jan 2023, 13:49

                                    Dear Dave,

                                    Sorry for my silence, unfortunately no resolution yet. I'll try the vray forum as mentioned by fredo6 and will keep you both posted !

                                    Thanks,

                                    Olivier

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                                      DarkParadise Newcomers
                                      last edited by 16 Jan 2023, 14:16

                                      @fredo6 said:

                                      @darkparadise said:

                                      I also tried with a prior version to the crash and the problem persits. So it's not due to some file corruption of some sort.

                                      I uninstalled Vray and re-installed it, and the problems remains as it is:

                                      [attachment=1:a4kjdtxc]<!-- ia1 -->Vray vs vray and animator 20020113.JPG<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:a4kjdtxc]

                                      It is so strange. Should I also try to uninstall/install Animator ?

                                      I don't think you need to uninstall Animator (the video management is in LibFredo6 anyway).

                                      Likewise, if this happens with any model, I don't think this is useful to send me the model.

                                      There must be a setting left in VRay which is used by the VRay API. So, I would recommend you post to the VRay forum, asking whether the API has a separate configuration versus the direct rendering within VRay.

                                      Dear Fredo,

                                      the vray forum is locked unfortunately

                                      [attachment=0:a4kjdtxc]<!-- ia0 -->vray forum locked.JPG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:a4kjdtxc]

                                      Am I missing something ?

                                      Thanks,

                                      Olivier


                                      vray forum locked.JPG

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                                        ntxdave
                                        last edited by 16 Jan 2023, 14:44

                                        Did you ever get Twilight Render to show up?

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                                          Fletch
                                          last edited by Fletch 17 Jan 2023, 15:52

                                          So basic SketchUp animation and some plugins do work with Hobby, like the standard SketchUp animation, but Animator requires something we call "external control". It allows Animator to actually execute Twilight Render calls. And that is limited to Twilight Render Pro.

                                          I just downloaded latest available versions for LibFredo6 and Animator and Twilight Render is appearing for me as an option using Twilight Render V2 Pro.

                                          This machine is using Windows 10/(actually 11), SketchUp Pro 2022

                                          I had to restart SU a couple times during install of "LibFredo6_v13.6a.rbz" and Animator_v3.8a.rbz but they eventually worked properly.

                                          Step 1 set up the animation with Animator
                                          Step 2 Set up frame rate and other settings in Animator>Generate Animation dialog

                                          -choose Images Sequence
                                          -Twilight Render
                                          -set F/s

                                          Step 3 Open Twilight Render animation dialog (Extensions>Twilight V2>Animation Editor), set resolution and render settings to use for Twilight to render animation

                                          Step 4 Inside Twilight Render animation dialog, open the "Advanced" pulldown menu and set up your animation FPS to match that of your settings for the Generate Animation dialog in Animator.

                                          • set folder and name of animation sequence

                                          Step 5 In "Generation of Video for Animator click the "Generate Video" button. It should start rendering using Twilight Render and placing the sequence of animated images in the "base image" folder you specified in Step 4.

                                          We will see about creating a tutorial for this powerful animation plugin.


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                                          Fletch
                                          Twilight Render Cross-platform Plugin for SketchUp on PC or Mac

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