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

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Animator Beta
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    • M Offline
      mitch7780
      last edited by

      I just tried transferring the file, via DropBox, from my PC to my Imac and it downloaded and played fine.
      I'm not too sure what's happening when I send the file over to a client. I've been using WeTransfer previously for other animations and it's been no problem.

      Your extension is absolutely fantastic by the way, please don't think that this issue has any effect on how I continue to use Animator. It's probably just one of those things but I had to bring it to your attention just in case you had a solution.

      One thing I would like to ask is about the sizing or dimension of the viewport before I start processing, is there a rule of thumb for optimal size, i.e 1920 or 1200 etc...

      Thanks again.

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        fredo6
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        New Release: Animator - v3.0a - 06 Jan 21

        Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.3

        Maintenance release

        • Extension of validity

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

        See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

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          fredo6
          last edited by

          New Release: Animator - v3.1a - 17 Jan 21

          Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

          Major release

          • Introduction of Camera Around, allowing the creation a camera travelling around a set of objects
          • Bug fixing
          • Cosmetic and technical adjustments

          Here is a short presentation on Camera Around:


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

          See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

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            JClements
            last edited by

            A great way to begin the new year**!** THANK YOU.

            Really nice features and interface/easy-to-understand controls.

            Should satisfy long awaited needs. The demo is well explained.

            Could Scenes be generated? Export to movie formats or images (jpg, gif, etc.)?

            John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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              fredo6
              last edited by

              @jclements said:

              Could Scenes be generated? Export to movie formats or images (jpg, gif, etc.)?

              What do you mean 'generated'?

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                JClements
                last edited by

                Have scenes created at specified intervals along the camera path (eg., at 10% intervals or intervals at a specified distance).

                John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  New Release: Animator - v3.2a - 28 Jan 21

                  Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

                  Maintenance release

                  • Extension of validity

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

                  See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

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                    tomasz
                    last edited by

                    Great to see the beta. It is good timing since we prepare a new release too.
                    I always appreciate how detailed and well thought your feature implementations are!

                    Author of [Thea Render for SketchUp](http://www.thearender.com/sketchup)

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                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      New Release: Animator - v3.3a - 22 Feb 21

                      Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

                      Maintenance release

                      • Fixed a major bug for Camera Tracker introduced in v3.3a. Unfortunately, you will have to remove camera tracker sequences created with v3.3a and recreate new ones.

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

                      See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

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                        axetect
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                        Hello, first of all I would like to thank you for creating such ingenius tool, now I would like to ask if there is any way to make it render at cloud, it would be a game changer for me as a low spec pc user. Thanks

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                          fredo6
                          last edited by

                          @axetect said:

                          I would like to ask if there is any way to make it render at cloud, it would be a game changer for me as a low spec pc user. Thanks

                          Unfortunately, this is not under control from Animator. It could be done by the rendering software if it interfaces to Animator (via a dedicated API). In a next release, I will try to improve the rendering time for VRay 5, because there are new features.

                          Fredo

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                            TonyAU
                            last edited by

                            Thanks Fredo, amazing work.

                            Just one thing, will you be re-implementing the aspect ratio buttons.
                            I miss just hitting 16:9 and changing one value..
                            Bit lazy I know.. 😄

                            Cheers.

                            Tony
                            9Design

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                              sectionaa
                              last edited by

                              I am still experimenting with this excellent plugin - many thanks.
                              For animating camera I can only see two real options - Tracking object or rotating around object.
                              Is it possible, or will be possible, to have camera follow a path? Two options would be useful, either looking ahead, or turning left/right up/down.

                              In a post from Treadshot A1, Dec 29 2016 earlier version, he mentions camera path option of bezier.
                              Has that option now gone.
                              Best wishes

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                              • fredo6F Offline
                                fredo6
                                last edited by

                                @sectionaa said:

                                For animating camera I can only see two real options - Tracking object or rotating around object. Is it possible, or will be possible, to have camera follow a path? Two options would be useful, either looking ahead, or turning left/right up/down.

                                Camera Path is on my plan. It's a little bit longer than planned actually.

                                @sectionaa said:

                                In a post from Treadshot A1, Dec 29 2016 earlier version, he mentions camera path option of bezier.
                                Has that option now gone.

                                Not sure what it is... and probably not related to Animator.

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                                  chrisn
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi, thanks for the plugin! Is it compatible with Vray 5.10.01 (latest as of 03/09/2021)? All I'm getting is a black screen for each frame.

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                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @chrisn said:

                                    Hi, thanks for the plugin! Is it compatible with Vray 5.10.01 (latest as of 03/09/2021)? All I'm getting is a black screen for each frame.

                                    Normally, it is compatible with VRay 5. I did not test V5.1 however.

                                    Could you try to press the button Test Image before you launch the video generation. And also open the Ruby the console.

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                                    • fredo6F Offline
                                      fredo6
                                      last edited by

                                      New Release: Animator - v3.4a - 30 Mar 21

                                      Requirement: LibFredo6 v11.5

                                      Maintenance release

                                      • Extension of validity

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

                                      See Main Post of the Animator thread for more information.

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                                        Kelvinos
                                        last edited by

                                        I'M finding that Vray 5 will render, or at least show CPU/GPU usage thats consistent with a render but doesn't actually show any render progress in the VFB or the progress Window. I'm not sure what Chaos changed since my last version 4.2. I hope that you can fix it, I love Vray and Animator but now that I updated Vray I can't easily downgrade without completely resetting my scenes and remapping all the textures 😞

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                                          olegbo
                                          last edited by

                                          Just a question, it is very complicated to implement the ability to clone / copy clips in Animator and make them unique in the sense of "deep copy". I mean, basicaly, recursively coping / cloning sequences inside the clip and grouping them under the new name. From my point of view, it will make the workflow even more efficient and will help to structure rather long and repertive animations or serve as a template.

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                                            Viveca
                                            last edited by

                                            Hello,

                                            Thank you for this wonderful extension. Since I upgraded to Sketchup Pro 2021, I have not been able to export videos. I believe I have the latest version of Animator and of FFmpeg.

                                            When I click to generate a video, it lets me select options, and it generates the png files, but I get an error message and can't generate any video. I made a screen recording of one attempt, but it is too big to attach to this notes.

                                            My specs:
                                            Mac OS Big Sur 11.2.3
                                            Sketchup Pro 2021 Version 21.0.392
                                            Animator version 3.4a - 30 Mar 21 (but was already having this problem with the last version. I just installed that today to try to fix it)
                                            ffmpeg-4.3.2-2021-02-27-full_build

                                            Any help appreciated.

                                            Thank you!

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