[Plugin] Animator - v4.5a - 22 Jul 25

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v2.3a - 14 Nov 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.6k

Minor release

Mouse Wheel can now be used for scrolling on Mac platforms
Various bug fixing

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

palphd

Hi Fredo,

Is there an option for achieving transparent backgrounds when generating a video as an images sequence (PNGs)?

Cheers,
Chris

fredo6

@palphd said:

Is there an option for achieving transparent backgrounds when generating a video as an images sequence (PNGs)?
Chris

Good point. I have to test, but it should be possible. I'll have to add the option in the GUI too.

Fredo

palphd

@fredo6 said:

@palphd said:

Is there an option for achieving transparent backgrounds when generating a video as an images sequence (PNGs)?
Chris

Good point. I have to test, but it should be possible. I'll have to add the option in the GUI too.

Fredo

Thanks so much for the reply! Animator is such a fantastic plugin, but I was going insane trying to find that option since MSPhysics and ClothWorks have it. Adding it to Animator will truly complete the SketchUp animation trifecta as far as I'm concerned.

Good luck and thanks again! I'll stay tuned

Cheers,
Chris*

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v2.3b - 16 Nov 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.6k

Minor release

Mouse Wheel for scrolling now works in parallel projection mode

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v2.3c - 18 Nov 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.6m

Minor release

Bug fixing and GUI adjustments
Option for Transparent background for generating videos. It only works for Natural rendering and generate the PNG images with no background. I don't know if this makes its way through the video generation via FFmpeg. You need to install LibFredo6 8.6m.

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

palphd

@fredo6 said:

New Release: Animator - v2.3c - 18 Nov 18

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.6m

Minor release

Bug fixing and GUI adjustments

Option for Transparent background for generating videos. It only works for Natural rendering and generate the PNG images with no background. I don't know if this makes its way through the video generation via FFmpeg. You need to install LibFredo6 8.6m.
[attachment=0:1f6ufy1r]Animator - Transparent Background toggle button.png[/attachment:1f6ufy1r]

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

Thanks Fredo,

Good news: I can now see the Transparent Background toggle button on the GUI.
Bad news: I don't get transparent backgrounds in my PNGs when I export them with the option selected

fredo6

@palphd said:

Bad news: I don't get transparent backgrounds in my PNGs when I export them with the option selected

Did you upgrade to LibFredo6 8.6m?

palphd

@fredo6 said:

@palphd said:

Bad news: I don't get transparent backgrounds in my PNGs when I export them with the option selected

Did you upgrade to LibFredo6 8.6m?

That did the trick! You're the man, Fredo!

rong1937

Hope to support Enscape render

chals375

Hello.

First of all, I hope you understand the awkwardness of English.

Writing on the translator.

I used the animator 2.1a version and thea render v2.

I was using it well, but after updating the animator to 2.3c, I can't turn it on.

When I press the render button, the word "no clip defined in model" appears.

So do files with dozens of clips.
Everything went dead.

I want to use version 2.1a again, but it is not possible because the period of use has expired.

If I set my computer time to the past, I can use it, but because thea render license is not available, rendering is not possible.

How shall I do it?
Please help me.T.T

fredo6

@chals375

First of all, can you play the animation interactively within Animator
Can you generate the video in natural mode (No rendering by Thea)?
Can you open the Ruby console while you are in Animator, to see i there are errors showing.

Finally, the best would be that you post or PM me your model so that I can have a closer look.

Fredo

PS: do not play with the clock of your PC, as you can have many other bad side effects on other applications.

Tranthanhvu

Can you help me.
https://youtu.be/eLUiA4i01Yo

fredo6

@tranthanhvu said:

Can you help me.
https://youtu.be/eLUiA4i01Yo

For the rotation, you need to select the two arms objects, instead of the components which includes both arms.

Comial

@fredo6 said:

@chals375

First of all, can you play the animation interactively within Animator

Can you generate the video in natural mode (No rendering by Thea)?

Can you open the Ruby console while you are in Animator, to see i there are errors showing.

Finally, the best would be that you post or PM me your model so that I can have a closer look.

I'm having the same issue since upgrading to v2.3. In response to your questions to @chals375

Yes, I can play the animation without any problems in Animator
Yes, I can generate the video in natural mode. Also, Thea render's animation tab can render Sketchup default animations but does not open a dialog when selecting Animator as the plugin.
Ruby console does not display any errors when trying to render from Thea Render

Rendering with Thea works just fine if I initiate it from Animator, but the only reason I want to render from Thea is so that I have control over what format the exported image sequence is in. If there is a way to do that from Animator then that would also solve my problem.

PS. I love all your plugins. Thank you for all your contributions to the Sketchup community!!

fredo6

@comial said:

Rendering with Thea works just fine if I initiate it from Animator, but the only reason I want to render from Thea is so that I have control over what format the exported image sequence is in. If there is a way to do that from Animator then that would also solve my problem.

I fixed the issue with the generation from Thea render in Animator 2.4a.
Please advise if this is ok for your now.

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v2.4a - 10 Jan 19

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.7e

Minor release

Extension of validity
Fix a problem preventing to generate the video from Thea render

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

Comial

@fredo6 said:

I fixed the issue with the generation from Thea render in Animator 2.4a.
Please advise if this is ok for your now.

It does! Thank you, this is really great. I appreciate you providing such great support for your plugins.

Oxer

It works fine on Mac too.

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v2.4b - 12 Mar 19

Requirement: LibFredo6 v8.7e

Minor release

Extension of validity
Some bug fixes

See plugin home page of Animator for Download of RBZ from the PluginStore.

See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.