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    [Tutorial] Smooth Animations from Sketchup - WIP

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      arvmehta
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      Excellent tutorial , very similar to how are produce animations except for a twist , I don't use Premiere or After Effects but instead a piece of Free software (GNU GPL) called Mencoder . Using a commandline switch like
      "d:\programs\mencoder\mencoder.exe" mf://*.jpg -mf fps=12:type=jpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=12000 -oac copy -o output.avi -ffourcc XVID

      I have compressed about 2500 1200x900 frames to Xvid format in under five minutes . Notice the vbitrate=12000 , Jacking it up really improved the picture quality . You can get Mencoder here .

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        anglaret
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        Paul
        could you re-establish the link with your tutorial please, I would like to see it
        Thanks - Marc

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        • Paul RussamP Offline
          Paul Russam
          last edited by

          Umm, I don't seem to be able to get on the su.porta.ca site

          I've set you a PM

          Paul Russam
          English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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            Gaieus
            last edited by

            Hi Marc, Hi Paul,

            I hope you have received Coen's board PM about Kelly's server and the transfer of the content into the current SCF server. I hope everything will be available again soon.

            Gai...

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              Paul Russam
              last edited by

              Thanks Guys, thought it was something along those lines.

              Paul Russam
              English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                StarWarsKnower
                last edited by

                The tutorial won't work. I click on the link, and it comes up in a new tab, then says 'HTTP Coulc Not Be Found'. Everyone says it is so good, I wan't to see it! 😞 😒 😞 😐

                Mike

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                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  @starwarsknower said:

                  ...Everyone says it is so good, I wan't to see it! 😞 😒 😞 😐

                  True it is a great tut - be patient, please; the srever change is just being done (as you can read in your PM).

                  Gai...

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                    Paul Russam
                    last edited by

                    OK, here's an updated Tut with the first part of the Premiere stuff in it.

                    kannonbal:
                    I've always used TIFF's and for some reason never really got used to using PNG's.
                    I actually had to look and see if Premiere actually imported PNG's and Low and behold it does!! Whether it will import them as 'Numbered Stills' (See the revised tut) is another matter.

                    As for the "dreaded moire" well that's the next bit I've got to do in the tut!
                    Here's it quickly:
                    Select the sequence
                    From the menu select CLIP/VIDEO OPTIONS/FIELD OPTIONS
                    Select 'Flicker Removal'
                    Repeat for every Sequence (Very tedious)
                    Drag into the time line and export.

                    EDIT:
                    Final tutorial linked here (from later post below)

                    Paul Russam
                    English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                      Paul Russam
                      last edited by

                      Done a bit more this lunch time and its now on a prototype SCF template.

                      Edit:
                      Opps sorry about the quality of the images in the PDF, I squidged them a bit too much.

                      EDIT:
                      Final tutorial linked here (from later post below)

                      Paul Russam
                      English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                        Paul Russam
                        last edited by

                        Here's the first finished version:
                        Tutorial
                        Its a 1.2mb PDF

                        I'm going to add more stuff in regard to adding titles, effects, editing etc. but not just yet.

                        Please be critical and point out anything that's not clear, misspelt etc.

                        Paul Russam
                        English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                          Paul Russam
                          last edited by

                          Links fixed

                          Paul Russam
                          English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark allies, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            Thanks Paul.

                            Gai...

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                              brodie
                              last edited by

                              I'm just getting into animation so this was extremely helpful. I've been looking for a program to use for exactly this sort of thing so I'll check out the Adobe program you mention. If that flicker thing works at all it'll be well worth the money!

                              I can't wait for your following tutorials!

                              -Brodie

                              steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                                dolphus
                                last edited by

                                Just what i was looking for. I am just now putting my foot into the "other side" of Sketchup ie rendering & animation, will let you know how it goes thanx 😍

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                                  Charlie__V
                                  last edited by

                                  Paul,
                                  Very well done tut,clear and concise.
                                  Thanks Lots,

                                  Charlie

                                  Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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                                    dylan
                                    last edited by

                                    Paul do you have a link to any avi you have created with this method?
                                    I would be really interested to see a comparison of this method and standard SU animation.

                                    http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                                      chango70
                                      last edited by

                                      Wow if there was an award for the most detailed tutorial this should be it. Great tutorial, thank you.

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                                        sadz
                                        last edited by

                                        Dear Paul or anyone who may be able to help,

                                        I have used your tutorial to create several very smooth animations. However I am now onto the biggest and I am struugling. I am trying to import the files and have checked 'numbered stills' yet it keeps on just importing the first file as a still. Any advice?

                                        Kind regards,

                                        Sadz

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                                          firestrike
                                          last edited by

                                          could you relink, it doesnt seem to be working anymore, thanks

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                                            mhtaylor
                                            last edited by

                                            The link doesn't work for me either - is this tutorial still around?

                                            The Other Martin Taylor aka: The SketchUp Fanboy

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