[Plugin] Animator - v4.6a - 18 Dec 25

[ntxdave]

OK, I have installed a trial version of Drop Box and am trying to share the SketchUp file that I need for someone to look at and see if you can generate a video.

Here is a link to the file.SketchUp Animator file

[fredo6]

@ntxdave
Could you leave the Ruby console open when generating the video.

There might be an error worth reporting.

[ntxdave]

@fredo6 That is what I had in mind this morning. I will go do it now and see what happens and if there is anything in the Ruby Concols.

[ntxdave]

OK, when it got to the point like I posted before, the Ruby Console suddenly filled up and here is what was in the console:

#<TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Float>
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:192:in *' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:192:in create_final_camera'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:342:in interpolate' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:56:in sucamera_interpolate'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6viewpoint.rbe:372:in sucamera_interpolate' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6viewpoint.rbe:283:in blend'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:1582:in animal_post_processing_visual_interpolation' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:1530:in animal_post_processing_visual'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:1602:in animal_animate_finalize_execution' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:578:in animal_animate_film'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorclipmanager.rbe:1359:in clip_animate' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorclipmanager.rbe:1537:in notify_from_clip_animation'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6animationengine.rbe:243:in call' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6animationengine.rbe:243:in notify_event'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6animationengine.rbe:451:in perform' c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:2183:in movie_robot'
c:/users/doppy/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:2241:in `block in movie_continue_after_frame'

I am trying to create a link on Drop Box to share the file with you so that you can see what is going on.

BTW: A silly question is, where are the images stored while it is generating the video?

Never mind, I clicked on the Folder link and see where they are stored.

[ntxdave]

Here is a Drop Box link to the file so you can look at it and see what I am dong wrong that will not allow me to generate the video. Jesus Plaque SKP file

[Rich O Brien]

You need to provide more info. Does clicking the Generate Video button open the dialog?

If it does screenshot that dialog so we can see the settings.

Is FFmpeg properly linked?

[ntxdave]

@Rich-O-Brien If you look earlier in this thread you will see the screen shot of the dialog box when I am trying to create the video. You will also see that I posted the Ruby Console that popped up when the generation of the video stalled.

Did you download the skp file I posted a link to yesterday? If so, have you tried to generate a video? If you did, did you have any problem (i.e. did it stall for you)?

I was holping to hear something from Fredo6 today but have not heard anything so far.

I really would like to understand if I am doing something wrong, and if so, what it is.

[Rich O Brien]

It fails at frame 252 with the following in the console

#<TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Float>
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:192:in `*'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:192:in `create_final_camera'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:342:in `interpolate'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6camerainterpolator.rbe:56:in `sucamera_interpolate'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6viewpoint.rbe:372:in `sucamera_interpolate'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6viewpoint.rbe:283:in `blend'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:1582:in `animal_post_processing_visual_interpolation'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:1530:in `animal_post_processing_visual'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:1602:in `animal_animate_finalize_execution'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatoranimal.rbe:578:in `animal_animate_film'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorclipmanager.rbe:1359:in `clip_animate'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorclipmanager.rbe:1537:in `notify_from_clip_animation'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6animationengine.rbe:243:in `call'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6animationengine.rbe:243:in `notify_event'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_!libfredo6/body_lib6animationengine.rbe:451:in `perform'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:2183:in `movie_robot'
c:/users/rclub/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2026/sketchup/plugins/fredo6_animator/animatorvideomanager.rbe:2241:in `block in movie_continue_after_frame'

[fredo6]

Do you have a camera in Parallel Projection mode?

[Dave R]

The scenes called "Animation" and "Csonclusion" [sic] are set to Parallel Projection.

[ntxdave]

Yes, I see that now and the Introduction scene is set to Perspective. I made sure all scenes were set to Parallel Projection and was now able to generate the video. So the camera setting turned out to be the issue. Hope others can learn from this.

Yes, there are a couple of issue I need to clean up but as I said, I hope this will help others.

Edited update
OK, I am having a little problem. I have created a second version of the file that has all 3 scenes with the camera set to perspective. However, I cannot seem to get things so work correctly. Regardless of how I capture the camera the presentation of all 3 scenes winds up in the same perspective. I like for the plaque animation to be at an angle and the introduction and conclusion screens to be presented straight forward but I cannot get it to come out that way.

Any advice/hints as to how to make that work and should we take this discussion to the Scene animation with Animator thread?

[fredo6]

I will look into the bug, which seems to concern camera interpolation when in parallel projection.

I'll advise then.

[ntxdave]

@fredo6 thanks a ton for the reply. As you saw in my “edit”, I an also having a problem with the “view” position when I have all scenes in perspective. In this particular situation, I would like to have the “introduction” and “conclusion” scenes in parallel and the “animation”scene in perspective. Maybe this is an odd situation but I look forward to your resolution. I have another project in mind but will wait for your response. Again, thanks a ton for your response.

I hope I am not being a PITA with this.