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    [Plugin] Camera Recorder v1.7.2 UPDATED May 23, 2013

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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      yeah, clf_camera_recorder_loader.rb and the clf_camera_recorder folder go into the plugin folder.

      All .pngs and the clf_camera_recorder.rb script file go into the clf_camera_recorder folder. THe IMAGES folder also goes into the clf_camera_recorder fodler, and it should be empty. It is there only as a default location to export images into. It should not have any of the icons in it.

      If you do that, it should work like a charm. I recommend not using winzip to unzip your files if they are not automatically unzipping with tehir full folders and paths. Just use the built in windows explorer if possible. Its superior to winzip in so many ways.

      Let me know if that does not work. I suppose there could be some other unknown issue?

      Chris

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      • CadFatherC Offline
        CadFather
        last edited by

        yes but like plotparis said, there isn't any loader

        just some clf_center_on_origin.rb

        am i missing something?

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          😳 😳 😳

          I missed that litle fact, sorry guys! I didn't put the right file in the zip. I'll fix it in a little bit.

          Everyone who downloaded the first version got the loader, and that is why it is working for them. Everyone who is trying to install this version fresh is left without the loader.....sorry!

          Chris

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          • CadFatherC Offline
            CadFather
            last edited by

            cool.. thanks Chris! πŸ˜„ πŸ‘

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              ok, the download files have been updated. And it includes the new icon set. Please redownload! Thanks for your patience,

              Chris

              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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              • CadFatherC Offline
                CadFather
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                • spenceS Offline
                  spence
                  last edited by

                  This is a very nice addition to SU, thanks Chris, your work outstanding. πŸ˜„

                  Spence

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                  • CadFatherC Offline
                    CadFather
                    last edited by

                    Chris, at some point it may be useful to add 'stop playing the animation'

                    at any rate, this is a genius script.

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                    • plot-parisP Offline
                      plot-paris
                      last edited by

                      @cadfather said:

                      Chris, at some point it may be useful to add 'stop playing the animation'

                      is it possible to change the play button to show a stop button when the animation is running?

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                      • Chris FullmerC Offline
                        Chris Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        Yeah, thats a good idea and I think its possible to do. I could do a play/stop button. If this plugin ever gets any editing capabilities, then forward and backwards 1 frame would be nice too.

                        Chris

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                        • soloS Offline
                          solo
                          last edited by

                          Now the inevitable question...

                          This plug-in will record raw SU output as a series of images, what will it take to get it to play nice with a render engine so that a rendered animation is possible?

                          Kinda like recording all the frames as camera scenes so that it can render them sequentially.

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                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by

                            Thats a good question. I'm not sure how render engines have implemented animation support. I would guess that it will be fairly simple to get it to work. Do they just need a scene for each frame?

                            I was also wondering about separate program like VUE. Do those softwares have a standard camera path file type that I could export this to? That would be itneresting also.

                            Chris

                            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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                            • soloS Offline
                              solo
                              last edited by

                              I'd think Vue would be able to use this if an exporter could be worked out, there is a script that Alex made which exports SU camera's into Vue.
                              Currently Vue is interchangeable with XSI, MAX and C4D as far as camera animations go.
                              Vue has a bezier type camera path creator.

                              http://www.solos-art.com

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                              • soloS Offline
                                solo
                                last edited by

                                Actually I thing that if you can make the path editable, I could use it in Vue as a camera path.

                                http://www.solos-art.com

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                                • TIGT Offline
                                  TIG Moderator
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                                  In a rendered TwilightRender Animation it processes the Model's Scene Tabs and 'betweens' between them... so an additional option/button to 'Add Frames as Scene Tabs' which then adds the needed page (scene) tabs would be very useful too...

                                  TIG

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    Do we know how many scenes a model can have before it explodes? Its easy to make thousands of frames with this plugin. If I convert them all to scnes, is that going to do some massive damage? or is SketchUp ok with that?

                                    Chrs

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                                    • soloS Offline
                                      solo
                                      last edited by

                                      I say try and see...what's the worste thing that can happen? Bugsplat? I get them often enough one more won't hurt.

                                      http://www.solos-art.com

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        If your model dies with 1000 then set that as a limit ? πŸ’­

                                        TIG

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                                        • E Offline
                                          Ecuadorian
                                          last edited by

                                          Walkthroughs look best when the motion is slow and smooth, not jerky and with sudden changes. I've rendered SU animations with 50+ frames in-betweened between scene tabs, and they look good. I used only 18 tabs for a full minute of video. What matters is that the path must remain more or less smooth and not become too obviously polygonal. I used RickW's flightpath2 for that, and this Camera Recorder promises to be more intuitive. πŸ‘

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                                          • X Offline
                                            xrok1
                                            last edited by

                                            nice plug!

                                            how does SP send animation to the render engine? it doesn't make scene tabs!

                                            β€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                            http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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