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    • J Offline
      Jim
      last edited by

      You can use the Proper Animation plugin for this. Use 2 scenes for the van position, just don't change the camera position between scenes.

      Hi

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      • M Offline
        mogogirl
        last edited by

        Ok sounds great. I haven't done the plug in thing before. Where do I get it and how do I download it? (See, I really am a newbie!)

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        • M Offline
          mogogirl
          last edited by

          Actually I've got the plug in downloaded, just have to figure out how to use it πŸ˜„ Thanks/

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          • honoluludesktopH Offline
            honoluludesktop
            last edited by

            Jim, Mogogirl, Not sure but I don't think that you can do both in SU. Don't think that you can animate a moving object.

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Oh yes, there are endless possibilities for animation (even extremely complex ones) in SU. This was made with Sketchy Physics for instance (true that the tank doesn't seem to hit anyone)

              [flash=570,300:3vsn4u84]http://www.youtube.com/v/q3Lp-fAg0oM&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash:3vsn4u84]

              Gai...

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              • honoluludesktopH Offline
                honoluludesktop
                last edited by

                Wow, I stand corrected:-)

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  I could only say that when I first saw it, too. 😲

                  True however that mastering SP at this level takes almost as much learning as to learn SU.
                  Proper animation is easier to understand and handle - but of course cannot do such complex things (at least to my best knowledge) and first of all, doesn't respect "real world physics" like SP.

                  Gai...

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                    mogogirl
                    last edited by

                    Wow! The tank animation is impressive... Not quite ready for that level yet but I am working with the Proper Animation plug in and am slowly figuring it out. I believe it is going to serve my purposes quite well. Thanks for all the help everyone!

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                    • M Offline
                      mogogirl
                      last edited by

                      One more quick question...am I correct that you can not export this animation as an AVI file? Is there another way to do it if not?

                      Thanks.

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Well, the above animation was also exported (true that via another plugin which is - on top of all - a photorealistic renderer). Twilight can export animations both from Sketchy Physics (above) and Proper Animation (although they may be able to export it by themselves, too now already).

                        Gai...

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