Proper animation

df_glazer

Hi this is my first post-hope someone finds it interesting:

I have been animating a cabinet using proper animation. There are 5 scene tabs. Without shadows all moves well. With shadows the shadows don't move during the transition phase. They "catch up" during the delay phase. So they are not actually animated, they just turn on when the image stops moving. Has this been a problem for anyone else. btw, edges are set to profile and edges and faces to shaded with texture.

Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated

Thanks

Daniel

StilTeg

Unfortunately, I think proper animation does not take shadows into account. but the moves are covered by proper animation alone. So SketchUp does not "see" the part moving.

pilou

Look this little animation, shadows works fine
But maybe it's Mover and not Proper animation!
I must verify the name of the Script !

Ok It's Proper Animation
Shadows must be enable Scene by scene and updated Scene by scene !

shadows.zip

df_glazer

I posted the video per below:
http://vimeo.com/24516200

I have been playing with it some more this morning. Problem persists after implementing Pilou's suggestions, hmm?

Also noticed that animated shadows are fine when I first launch SU. After I start CamStudio to record video from screen the shadow problem starts. Even if I turn CamStudio off the problem persists until I reopen SU. Maybe SU and CamStudio don't like to play nice on my computer.

Rich O Brien

Camstudio is using alot of your resources to capture so it probably impacting on SU's performance. When SU hits any display issues it'll remedy by turning off shadows/styles while navigating around. Textures will dull also.

df_glazer

thanks for the reply Rich. What screen capture device is popular with SU users.

pilou

Not aespecially for Sketchup but free BBflashBack Express is very Cool!
Very good quality for tiny files result!
Maybe you can down flickering with enable to 0 second the transition between scenes' animation?

Buckyman

Try as I might, my proper animations all take place in the first scene transition. I want to animate different components between several scenes. Currenty I have a channel that falls into place between Scene 1 & 2. Works fine. Between Scene 2 & 3 I want 5 screws that fall into place: I have tried putting Set Position 1 on Scene 2, then Set Position 2 on Scene 3. I have tried putting Set Position 1 & 2 on Scene 3. Either way, when I view the animation, the channel & screws move simultaneously between Scene 1 and Scene 2. What am I missing?
If someone could please clarify, do we set position 1 on prior scene and position 2 on next scene? Or are both positions set on the next scene? It seems to work either way here.
Thanks.

panixia

why you want export video via screen capture?
did you try exporting using smooth step animation, i don't know about the specific shadow thing cause never did it, but it generally works fine, so i would try and see what appens..

see also http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=47400

hope this can help a bit.

Buckyman

Thanks Panixia
I did not say I wanted to export via screen capture.
Actually I plan to use smoothstep with virtualdub

I was hoping someone could help me program my animations to occur between the correct scenes. At the moment, both of my animations only work between Scene 1 and Scene 2, despite my many attempts to get the second animation to occur between Scene 2 and Scene 3.

Buckyman

Ok I found the problem.
I seemed to me from the instructions that the position was set to the active scene. So if I wanted to animate an object from scene 8 to scene 9, I would set position 1 while viewing scene 8, and set position 2 while viewing position 9

I realize now that Set Position 1 = Set Position on Scene 1, Set Position 2 = Set Position on Scene 2, etc.

So if I want to move an object between scene 8 and scene 9, positions 1-7 are empty.

Explained here in detail in case some other dunderhead encounters the same problem

Buckyman

I am having an issue with Smoothstep & Proper Animation
When I run the animation from Sketchup with Proper Animation observer active, the animation is smooth and all movements take place as expaected.
The Smoothstep export is missing some animations and is also showing some items in scenes that are supposed to be hidden. Could this be some limitation when a model becomes too complex or does Smoothstep not support hidden entities??

susangh208

Hey B,
Did you find the answer to export wtih Proper/Smooth Step? I'm just beginning to learn plugins and your posts have been termendously helpful! Tks.